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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Dr. Janine Everett earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She has been involved in research and higher education since 2006, and in healthcare since the early 1990s. She is currently the Director of the Public Health Program at a private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, and serves Walden University's DNP Program.
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
MS, University of Pennsylvania
BS, University of Phoenix
AA, Beaufort County Community College
University of Pennsylvania, University Fellow, , 2007
Sigma Theta Tau International, Xi Chapter, PhD Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2011
North Carolina Nurse Scholars, Scholarship Award, , 1993
National Institute of Nursing Research; Ruth L. Ki, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2009
Marion R. Gregory Award for a Distinguished Doctor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2011
International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2010
Institute of Nursing Science (INS), University of Basel, Switzerland, 2009
Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society, , 1993
Everett, J., Fargo, J., Sommers, M. (2010). Factors protecting skin from injury: Relationships between age, skin colour and skin elasticity. Injury Prevention
Sommers, M., Everett, J., Tiller, D., Fargo, J. (2012). Forensic examination following rape: Do skin colour and baseline injury matter?. Injury Prevention
Sommers, M. S., Brown, K. M., Buschur, C., Everett, J., Fargo, J. D., Fisher, B. S., Hinkle, C., Zink, T. M. (2012). Injuries from intimate partner and sexual violence: Significance and classification systems. Journal of forensic and legal medicine
Sommers, M., Everett, J., Fargo, J. (2010). Injury from rape and consensual sexual intercourse: Role of skin colour and time to exam. Injury Prevention
Alexander, K., Dovydaitis, T., Beacham, B., Bohinski, J., Brawner, B., Clements, C., Everett, J., Gomes, M., Harner, H., McDonald, C., Pinkston, E., Sommers, M. (2011). Learning health equity frameworks within a community of scholars. Journal of Nursing Education
Walsh-Brennan, A.M., De L, Eon Siantz, M., Barnsteiner, J., Cotter, V., Everett, J. (2012). LGBTI content for nursing curricula. Journal of Professional Nursing
Everett, J., Budescu, M., Sommers, M. (2012). Making sense of skin color in clinical care. Clinical Nursing Research
Everett, J., Sommers, M. S. (2013). Skin viscoelasticity: physiologic mechanisms, measurement issues, and application to nursing science. Biological research for nursing
Fisher, B. S., Kaplan, A., Budescu, M., Fargo, J., Tiller, D., Everett, J., Sommers, M. (2013). The Influence of Anogenital Injury on Women's Willingness to Engage With the Criminal Justice Process After Rape. Violence and Victims
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