View our EdD Early Childhood specialization completion requirements
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
- Core courses (50 cr.)
- Capstone (10 cr.)
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
Courses
In the EdD Early Childhood Education specialization, you’ll build skills and progress toward your final capstone project in every course.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
PhD completion program courses help you return to doctoral work, match with an advisor, and stay on track to finishing your dissertation.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence you need to tackle complex managerial challenges, contribute new knowledge, or teach at the graduate level.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence needed for complex managerial challenges and research with Walden’s ACBSP-accredited PhD program.
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My background, experience and education are aligned with the ability to successfully design, conduct and evaluate projects in knowledge translation/implementation science, evidence-based healthcare and comparative effectiveness research. As an experienced systematic review methodologist with particular expertise in meta-analysis, I am certified by the Joanna Briggs Institute as a train-the-trainer for economic, qualitative and quantitative systematic review. I have received multiple research awards for the conduct of systematic reviews and knowledge translation, including a Robert Wood Johnson grant for a review of population health, a NJ Healthcare Foundation grant for a multi-site knowledge translation project, and a Society of Pediatric Nursing award for a systematic review of risk factors in acute delirium, an American Nurses Foundation award ,and have won awards for some of this work. I am a member of the Scientific Methodology Committee of the Joanna Briggs Collaboration, and as a committee chair for doctoral projects, I have guided more than 30 students to the successful completion of their systematic review projects and more than 50 students in successful DNP capstone projects.. . I hold a joint appointment in the School of Nursing and School of Public Health (Dept. of Epidemiology/Biostatistics). I work well with groups either as the principal or co-investigator and my doctoral degree in research and evaluation allows me to engage and lead efforts in evaluating project objectives and milestones. As a faculty member, I teach courses in epidemiology and population health, Implementation Science and Meta-analysis to epidemiology, nursing, medical and dental students.
EdD, Teachers College - Columbia University
Post-master's Certificate, Texas Christian University
MEd, TC, Columbia University
BS, Pace University
Fellow, Academcy of Nursing Education, , 2013
Fellow, Academcy of Nursing Education, , 2013
Fellow, National Academies of Practice, 2016
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