Gisele Abron, Ph.D.
Program: Leadership Studies
Dissertation Title: "The Challenges of Private Four-Year Degree-Granting HBCUs: A Study of the Relationship between Fiscal Responsibility Composite Scores and Enrollment"
Major Professors: Dr. Edward Fort, Co-Chair & Dr. Karen Jackson, Co-Chair
Post-Graduation Plans: Continue to raise awareness surrounding the fiscal health of private 4-year degree-granting HBCUs.
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
The Graduate College
Doctoral Scholars E-Showcase
We Invite You to Join Us in Celebrating Our Spring 2019 Graduating Doctoral Scholars and Their Research! To view Doctoral Scholars E-Showcase profiles from previous semesters, please visit our Doctoral Scholars E-Showcase Archive.
Special Note from the Graduate College to Our Graduating Ph.D. Students
The road to the doctoral degree is long and arduous, but the result is well worth the challenge. Here at the end of your doctoral journey, you have achieved an unparalleled level of expertise in your particular area of study.
The Graduate College commends you on this remarkable achievement. We now encourage you to take time to reflect on the effort it took to get to this point and to reflect also on the support others provided to you during this process. From faculty advisors to funding organizations, from colleagues in the lab to family members and friends--your doctoral work has developed with the guidance and support of countless others.
As you walk across the graduation stage, you will join the ranks of our University’s more than four hundred total doctoral degree recipients. Your success strengthens A&T’s legacy and helps push our institution towards the goals of our strategic plan, A&T Preeminence 2020.
Congratulations and best wishes as you move forward into the next phase of your career!
Highlighted Doctoral Scholars
Please see the Highlighted Doctoral Scholars below to see a summary of their dissertation research:
Kingsley Aning Bonsu, Ph.D.
Program: Computational Science and Engineering
Dissertation Title: "Movement of Marginal Cropland in and out of Production: A GIS-BASED Analysis of North Carolina Crop Rotations"
Major Professor: Dr. Lyubov Kurkalova
Post-Graduation Plans: Teaching at Bennett College
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
Program: Computational Science and Engineering
Dissertation Title: "Movement of Marginal Cropland in and out of Production: A GIS-BASED Analysis of North Carolina Crop Rotations"
Major Professor: Dr. Lyubov Kurkalova
Post-Graduation Plans: Teaching at Bennett College
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
Kingsley Ekwemalor, Ph.D. (Fall 2018)
Program: Applied Science and Technology
Dissertation Title: “Detection of Galectin Expression and its Modulation in Goat Peripheral Blood”
Major Professor: Dr. Mulumebet Worku
Post-Graduation Plans: Postdoctoral research fellow; pursuing a faculty position
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
Program: Applied Science and Technology
Dissertation Title: “Detection of Galectin Expression and its Modulation in Goat Peripheral Blood”
Major Professor: Dr. Mulumebet Worku
Post-Graduation Plans: Postdoctoral research fellow; pursuing a faculty position
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
Eboghoye Eluka-Okoludoh, Ph.D.
Program: Applied Science and Technology
Dissertation Title: “Studies on the Expression and the Effect of Galectin-8 in Bovine Neutrophils”
Major Professor: Dr. Mulumebet Worku
Post-Graduation Plans: Postdoctoral position
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
Program: Applied Science and Technology
Dissertation Title: “Studies on the Expression and the Effect of Galectin-8 in Bovine Neutrophils”
Major Professor: Dr. Mulumebet Worku
Post-Graduation Plans: Postdoctoral position
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
Oluwafunke M. Folarin, Ph.D.
Program: Leadership Studies
Dissertation Title: "The Leadership Experiences of Sub-Saharan African Women in Healthcare in the United States"
Major Professor: Dr. Comfort Okpala
Post-Graduation Plans: Pursue a career in academia
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
Program: Leadership Studies
Dissertation Title: "The Leadership Experiences of Sub-Saharan African Women in Healthcare in the United States"
Major Professor: Dr. Comfort Okpala
Post-Graduation Plans: Pursue a career in academia
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
Yasmin E. Gay, Ph.D.
Program: Department of Counseling
Dissertation Title: “Supervisors Perception of Burnout Among Novice Rehabilitation Counseling Professionals: A Phenomenological Analysis”
Major Professor: Dr. Michael Brooks
Post-Graduation Plans: Accepted a Post-Doc Position with Wake Forest University
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Program: Department of Counseling
Dissertation Title: “Supervisors Perception of Burnout Among Novice Rehabilitation Counseling Professionals: A Phenomenological Analysis”
Major Professor: Dr. Michael Brooks
Post-Graduation Plans: Accepted a Post-Doc Position with Wake Forest University
>View Research Summary Slide (.pdf)
