Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1: Ph.D. candidates will articulate prominent leadership theories in Leadership Studies, analyze and critique these theories, and apply these theories in the course of addressing a variety of organizational issues and problems.

Outcome 2: Ph.D. candidates will realistically appraise their personal strengths and weaknesses exercising leadership. They will actualize leadership in real and complex situations.

Outcome 3: Ph.D. candidates will be able to use a range of perspectives and theoretical constructs from various social science/humanities disciplines/fields of study to analyze, critique, and make decisions about an array of leadership and organizational issues and problems.

Outcome 4: Ph.D. candidates will demonstrate the methodological skills necessary to design, analyze, critique, and conduct research using both qualitative and quantitative research techniques.

Outcome 5: Students’ written and oral communication will be clear, coherent, well organized, and technically correct.

Outcome 6: Students will critically examine culture other than own, and apply the knowledge gained within their personal and professional lives.

Alumni Outcomes

There are over 300 alumni of the doctorate in Leadership Studies. Our alumni include professors, researchers, educators, policymakers, school leaders, university administrators, consultants, executive directors of nonprofits, business leaders, and more.

Dissertation Directory

Explore our searchable directory of doctoral alumni below. To learn more about any individual click the arrow to the right of his or her name.

First Name	Last Name	Year Graduated	Title
Roderick	Matheson	1992	A Comparative Study of the Perceived Job Satisfaction of Site Administrators in San Diego City Schools
Rachel	Mathews	1984	Attitudes of Teachers and Administrators Towards the Handicapped in Malaysia and Implications for Teacher Training and Program Development
Lawrence	Mattes	1982	The Identification of Spanish-Speaking Children With Speech and Language Handicaps: An Analysis of Current Assessment Practices in Speech and Language Therapy Programs With Proposed Assessment Guidelines
Brian	Matthews	2004	Leaders' Influence on School Recruiting: A Case Study of an International School
Joseph	Mattox	1991	An Evaluation of the Program of Theological Education by Extension at the Center for Christian Studies in Northwest Mexico
Angie	Mays	1999	A Professional Competency Survey of Organizational Consultants in San Diego County
Diane	McClure	1988	On Being a Truant: A Phenomenological Study of Students in a Comprehensive High School
Robin	McCoy	2010	The Impact Of A Simulation Based Leader Development Training Program On Transformational And Transactional Leadership Behavior
Ophelia	McDaniels	1991	Political Participation of Registered Nurses: A Correlational Study
Nan	McDonald	2001	Reflective Practices: Collective Case Studies of Selected K-8 General Music Teachers in Peer Problem-Solving Discipline and Management Workshop Settings
Lindsey	McDougle	2011	Voluntary Sector Rich and Voluntary Sector Poor Communities: What Difference Does the Distinction Really Make?
Darren	McGlynn	2005	Facing the Leadership Challenges on Decommissioning US Navy Ships
Whitney	McIntyre Miller	2010	Postconflict Community Development in Sierra Leone: Western, Cultural, and National Influences
Dorene	McLaughlin	1996	An Evaluative Case Study of the Effects of a Learning Style Awareness Program for Ninth Graders at an Independent School
Teresa	McNeil	1986	A History of Catholic School Education in San Diego County, California, From 1850-1936
Madeline	Meistrich	2007	Politics and the Glass Ceiling in American Law Enforcement: Why Not more Female Chiefs of Police?
Pablo	Mendoza	1997	Leadership From the Perspectives of Filipino-Americans: A Delphi Study
Roger	Mestinsek	2000	Charter School Leadership: A Comparative Study of Principals in Traditional and Charter Schools
Lorena	Meza	2011	Parental Support of Latinos in Higher Education
Cara	Miller	2012	The Classroom as a Community of Inquiry
Joan	Miszak	1989	Organizational Change in Action: A Qualitative Case Study of US Air's Acquisition of Pacific Southwest Airlines
Dianette	Mitchell	1992	The Impact of the Accountability Movement on Principals in a Large Southern California School District
Susan	Mitchell	1994	Creating Campus Climates That Are Free From Sexual Harassment: Implications for Leaders in Higher Education
Brian	Moffitt	1998	Identification of Core Multidisciplinary Competencies in an Integrated Public Health and Human Service System
Sarina	Molina	2010	Examining the Role of Meaning-making and Cultural Competence in How Teachers Understand and Approach their Work with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Patricia	Moore	1990	The Effect of Science Inservice Programs on the Self Efficacy Belief of Elementary School Teachers
Elva	Mora	1997	Involving Latino Parents in the Middle-Level School: A Study of First Generation and Second Generation Mexican and Mexican American Parents
Catriona	Moran	2007	Teachers' Perceptions of a 360-degree Feedback Process
Janice	Morris	2009	The Impact of Authentic Leadership and Ethical Organizational Culture on Auditor Behavior
John	Mosby	2009	From Strain to Success: A Phenomenological Study of the Personal and Academic Pressures on African American Male Community College Students
Aned	Muniz Gracia	2011	FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DECISION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING SENIORS IN COROZAL, PUERTO RICO, TO PURSUE POST-SECONDARY STUDIES
Andre	Murphy	2002	Perception And Reality: An Empirical Assessment Of Navy Leadership Styles And Business Process Reengineering Outcomes
Alan	Nelson	1994	Leadership Training of Ministerial Students in Evangelical Institutions of Higher Education
Richard	Newman	2005	Connecting the Dots: A Study of an Innovative Principal Preparation Program's Impact on the Mental Models and On-the-Job Behaviors fo Aspiring School Leaders.
Anna	Newton	1988	Leadership and Development: A Study of Higher Education Academic Administrators
Alana	Nicastro	2004	Wresting and Arresting Sense In Academe: The Complicated Discursive Structures of Female Assistant Professors
Derek	Noether	2005	How Leaders use the Construct of Culture to Influence Change Resistance: A Study of a Planned Change Initiative in a Combined Government and Military Organization
David	Noyes	2002	Point Of Transition Service Integration Project: A Multiple-Case Study of a Systems Change Intervention
James	O'Brien	2007	Experiences of Sacramental Marriage
Patricia	Ottow Keen	2008	Roots of Ancient Wisdom for Contemporary Education
Mary	Padulo	2001	The Balancing Act: Work Environment Issues for Women With Children in Student Affairs
Patricia	Parlin	1985	Attitudes of Principals Toward Written Composition Research and Instructional Leadership Practices Associated With Effective Writing Practices
Lynette	Patton	1987	A Synthesis of Dissertation Research on Faculty-Role Stressors in Nursing Education
Susan	Payment	2003	Goddesses in the Union: A Qualitative Study of Women in Leadership Positions in College and University Union Settings
Robert	Peacock	2001	First Nations Students: What Teachers Do That Makes Them Successful
John	Pejza	1987	An Investigation of Strong Religious Cultures in Selected Catholic Secondary Schools
Bertha	Pendleton	1989	The Schools of the Future Commission of San Diego City Schools: An Ethnographic Study
Mark	Peters	2009	Exploring Efforts on Two College Campuses to Cultivate a Culture of Vocation
Theresa	Peterson	1993	Leadership Relationships and the Superintendency
Kevin	Petti	2006	Connecting Art and Science: An Interdisciplinary Strategy and Its Impact on the Affective Domain of College Human Anatomy Students