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
Toni	Pfister	2007	Adapted Physical Education Enrollment Issues and Exercise Mediators for Students with Disabilities in San Diego County Community Colleges
Douglas	Player	1996	The Identification of Behavioral Indicators of a Superintendent's Leadership Success: A Delphi Study
Gregorio	Ponce	2001	A Case Study of Shared Governance at Imperial Valley College
O.	Powell	2001	A Historical Perspective of the Freedom Schools: Implications for Social Change
Mary	Powers	1990	The Influence of the Strategic Planning Process on a Nonprofit Board and a Public Commission
Jennifer	Preimesberger	2000	Historical Perspective of the Implementation of Inclusive Education in Selected Schools in the Diocese of San Diego
Gail	Prentiss	1983	A Study of the Organizational Effectiveness of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
Frederick	Preston	1997	A Measure of Perceived Power in Influencing Change Among Selected Education Participants in Alberta
Pamela	Priest	1992	The Impact of an Integrated Study Skills Program on University of La Verne Adult Undergraduates at Vandenberg Air Force Base and Naval Air Station North Island
Chris	Procello	2008	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Provosts in Building a Student Learning Assessment-Supportive Organizational Culture:A Multiple-Site Evaluatoin Within the California State University System
Joseph	Raffa	1997	Clashing Cultures or Collaborating Networks: A Study of Organization Culture in Breast Cancer Prevention
Lyle	Rangel	1988	The Effect of Cooperative Learning on the Spelling Skills, Self-Concept, and Locus of Control of Below Average Learners
Judith	Rauner	1995	The Impact of Community Service Leadership on Student Development as Perceived by Student Leaders
Elizabeth	Rechebei	2003	Political Leadership Perceptions on the College of Micronesia System in the Federated States of Micronesia
Jennifer	Reiter-Cook	2010	California Charter School Closures: Perspectives and Advice from Nine Former Charter School Directors
Mark	Remy	1999	The Relationship of Principal Leadership Styles and School-Site Conditions to Stress Levels of Elementary School Teachers
Stephani	Richards-Wilson	2003	An Analysis of the Benefits of an MBA Degree as Reported by a Diverse Graduate Population of a Southwestern University
Isabel	Ries	1998	The Role of the Site Facilitator in the New Directions in Distance Learning Project
Steven	Robbins	1995	Women and Men in Collaborative Working Partnerships: Connecting Two Disparate Modes of Experience
Jodi	Robledo	2006	An Exploration of Supportive Relationships in the Lives of Academically Successful Individuals with Autism
Anita	Rogers	1994	Barriers to Community: The Development of an Instrument to Assess Components of Prejudice
Raymond	Roll	2007	Wherry Revisited: An Empirical Examination of the Nonperformance Factors that Influence Variation in a Performance Rating
Jaime	Romo	1998	Voices Against Discrimination and Exclusion: Latino School Leaders' Narratives for Change
Nancy	Royal	1987	The Long Term Consequences of Specific Language Disabilities: The Secondary School Years
Carolyn	Salerno	1991	A Study of the Differences Between Classrooms Using a Meaning-Centered Approach and a Code-Centered Approach in the First Year Implementation of the California English-Language Arts Framework
Evangeline	San Nicholas	2003	Instructional Leadership in Guam's Public Elementary Schools
Michelle Sanders	Santos	2003	Perceptions of Principal Effectiveness and Teacher Morale: A Study of Public Secondary School Teachers on Guam
Juanita	Santos Nacu	1998	Storytelling in Project Heart to Heart: A Means to Bridge Generational Gap in Post 1965 Filipino Immigrant Families
Patricia	Saraniero	2007	I Teach What I DO, I DO What I Teach: The Experiences and Impacts of Teaching Artists
Susan	Sargent	1989	The Utilization of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act Funding Within the Disabled Student Programs and Services of the California Community Colleges
Caren	Sax	1999	Diversity, Collaboration, Reflective Practice and Technology in Professional Education Programs: Strategic Choices for Higher Education
Shay	Sayre	1986	Leader Communication and Organizational Culture: A Field Study
Emily	Schell	2003	Exploring Teachers' Experiences with the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute
Verna	Schmidt	1995	Awakening Institutions: A Delphi Study
Ralph	Schoenfeld	1994	Dimensions of Anxiety and Their Effect on an Aspect of the Performance Process: Commission of Mental Errors
Patrick	Schwerdtfeger	2005	The Role of the Chief Instructional Officer Within the California Community Colleges
June	Scopinich	1987	A College Athletic Department - An Example of a High Performance System Existing in an Organized Anarchy Known as a University Higher Education Organization
Mary	Scott	1989	The Labyrinth of Challenge to Change: An Analysis of Community College Leaders' Thinking Styles and Behavioral Practices in the Current Environment
Jan	Secrist	1996	Voices of Midlife Tomboys: A Narrative Study
Mary	Shea	2006	So You Think It's Inclusion... Think Again: A Quantitative Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions in Community Youth Organizations
Jan	Shields	1999	Towards a New Theory of Personal Teaching Efficacy: The Development and Testing of a New Model and Scale Using Teachers and Student Teachers Participating in a Reflective Practitioner Model Practicum
William	Shine	1986	A Study of Retention and Leadership: A Process Model of Turnover
Ethelyn	Shippey	1993	An Evaluative Study of the Effects of the PIRK Reading Program on Reading and Learning in Development in Learning Disabled Students
Jensen	Shirley	2009	Congregation Activism in the Community: A Study of Faith-Based Leadership
Robert	Siciliani	1998	The Development of an Instrument to Identify Differing Views of Leadership Within Organizations
Linda	Siefert	2002	Modeling the Effects of Financial Aid on Student Enrollment Decisions: A Quantitative Case Study of a Private Catholic University
David	Silver	2010	Understanding Charter School Governance: A Case Study of a Conversion Charter School Board of Directors
Sandra	Singleton	1990	California Pioneers in Speech Pathology: 1915 Through 1951 Looking Back for the Future
Karen	Skalbeck	1991	Profile of a Transformational Leader: A Sacred Mission
Marilyn	Skordas	1988	The Impact of the Father/Daughter Relationship on Women in Educational Administrative Leadership Positions