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
A.	Bowden	2002	Collaborative Leadership In Middle Schools and Teacher Job Satisfaction: A Search for Relationships
Adolfo	Gonzales	1996	Historical Case Study: San Diego and Tijuana Border Region Relationship With the San Diego Police Department 1957-1994
Adriana	Zylmans	1991	Ethnic Inclusion Strategies for the World Affairs Council: A Case Study
Alan	Nelson	1994	Leadership Training of Ministerial Students in Evangelical Institutions of Higher Education
Alan	Grant	1992	Entrepreneurial Leadership: A Delphi Study of New Venture Success Factors
Alana	Nicastro	2004	Wresting and Arresting Sense In Academe: The Complicated Discursive Structures of Female Assistant Professors
Alex	Kodiath	1987	A Study of the Commonalties and Differences of Male and Female Spiritual Leaders
Alyson	Caouette	1995	The Phenomenon of Flow Among Classroom Teachers and the Implications for Leadership Practice
Amy	Fraher	2002	The Development of the Tavistock and Tavistock -Inspired Group Relations Movement in Great Britain and the United States: A Comparative and Historical Perspective
Andre	Murphy	2002	Perception And Reality: An Empirical Assessment Of Navy Leadership Styles And Business Process Reengineering Outcomes
Aned	Muniz Gracia	2011	FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DECISION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING SENIORS IN COROZAL, PUERTO RICO, TO PURSUE POST-SECONDARY STUDIES
Angie	Mays	1999	A Professional Competency Survey of Organizational Consultants in San Diego County
Anita	Rogers	1994	Barriers to Community: The Development of an Instrument to Assess Components of Prejudice
Anna	Newton	1988	Leadership and Development: A Study of Higher Education Academic Administrators
Anthony	Smith	1987	Shared Organizational Culture and Leader Communication: A Study of Correlation
Antonia	Spadaro	1997	The Wrath of Ignorance: Schizophrenic Policies in Access to Health Care for Undocumented Latinas
Audrey	Barrett	2008	The Nonprofit Ethics Survey: A Contextual Approach
Barbara	LeWinter	1986	A Study of the Influence of Logo on Locus of Control, Attitudes Toward Mathematics, and Problem-Solving Ability in Children in Grades 4, 5, 6
Barbara	Gilliss	1994	Organizations of the Future: An Analysis of Current Literature and a New Model
Barbara	Broderick	1988	Naturalistic Inquiry: An Appropriate Method for Evaluating Customer Training - A Case Study of a Computer System Value-Added Reseller
Barbara	Lincoln	2000	Career and Family: A Qualitative Study of Working Mothers
Barbara	Judy	1984	Kindergarten Admission Procedures in Independent Schools With Suggested Guidelines
Barbara	Trent	1993	An Evaluation of Student Perceptions of Academic Advising in a RN/BSN Distance Educational Nursing Program
Beatriz	Villarreal	1989	An Analysis of the Special Education Services for Children and Youth in Costa Rica
Bertha	Pendleton	1989	The Schools of the Future Commission of San Diego City Schools: An Ethnographic Study
Bonnie	Dowd	2003	The Relationship Between Decision-Making and Accountability: A Case Study of Two State Community College Systems
Brenda	Campbell	2002	Genre Studies: Temporary Homogeneous Grouping to Improve Reading or Merely Another Form of Tracking?
Brian	Moffitt	1998	Identification of Core Multidisciplinary Competencies in an Integrated Public Health and Human Service System
Brian	Matthews	2004	Leaders' Influence on School Recruiting: A Case Study of an International School
Candace	Aiani	2009	Developing an Instrument to Measure the Degree of Implementation of Information Literacy Curriculum
Candice	Francis	1990	Profiles in Faculty Leadership: The Experience of 1985-86 California Community College Senate Presidents
Cara	Miller	2012	The Classroom as a Community of Inquiry
Caren	Sax	1999	Diversity, Collaboration, Reflective Practice and Technology in Professional Education Programs: Strategic Choices for Higher Education
Carmen	Bàrcena	1993	Bicultural Women in Monocultural Organizations: Professional Hispanic Women's Experiences of Diversity and Their Recommendations for Organizations
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
Catriona	Moran	2007	Teachers' Perceptions of a 360-degree Feedback Process
Charles	Friedrichs	2001	The Effect of Professional Growth Opportunities as Determined by California Public High School Instrumental Music Teachers
Charles	Girvin III	2001	The Role of a Middle School Assistant Principal in Establishing and Maintaining Positive School Climate
Charles	Algaier	2003	Job Satisfaction, Leadership Styles, and Teaching Practices among CNMI Public Elementary School Teachers
Cheryl	Getz	1998	Observing the Spirit of Resilience: The Relationship Between Life Experiences and Success in Higher Education for African American Students
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
Christiane	Sorenson	2010	Balancing Act: A Study of International School Heads' Efforts to Manage the Professional and Personal Aspects of Their Lives
Christina	Chiriboga-Hahn	2003	An Evaluation Study of a Community College Administrative Leadership Development Program
Christine	Cecil	1997	Enter the Water Carriers: Embracing Parenting Experience in Work Teams
Clara	Eder	1999	California African-American Infant Mortality Prevention: A Prospective Study
Claudia	Chavez McKay	2010	The Contributions of the Unwanted
Constance	Gillan	2002	A Comparative Case Study: Aircrew Adaptive Decision Making
Cynthia	Camberg	1992	Valuing a Culturally Diverse Work Force: An Examination of Intended Changes and Successes as Perceived by Upper and Middle Management, Supervisors, and Line Staff in a Health Care Organization
Cynthia	Martinez	2012	Preparing Global Leaders: A Theoretical Model for Understanding the Development of Intercultural Competency
Dallas	Boggs	1990	Literary Perceptions of Leadership