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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Jehan Hill, Ph.D., LCPC, is a core faculty member at Walden University. Dr. Hill is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in the state of Illinois. Her scholarly work highlights methods of advocacy, activism, and culturally responsive counseling practices to better support historically marginalized and oppressed communities in the educational system. As a counselor educator, she aims to empower students to utilize their voice within the classroom space and to pursue their academic interests. She is passionate about training strong counseling graduates and focuses on preparing students to meet the needs of the communities that they serve.
PhD, Idaho State University
MEd, Kent State University
BA, Arizona State University
Yates, C., Hill, J., Bowman, S. (2023). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Hill, J., Chan, C. (2020). Comprehensive school counseling approaches towards liberation and activism with undocumented immigrants in rural communities.
Baquet, S., Hill, J. (2022). Cross-Cultural Distance Dialogues in Counselor Education: Collaborative Pedagogy. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling
Chan, C., Hill, J., Baquet, S. (2020). Extensions of intersectionality theory from critical race analysis: A framework of coalitions for interrogating race and racism in social studies education.
Yates, C., Hudock, D., Astramovich, R., Hill, J. (2019). Helping students who stutter: Interprofessional collaboration between speech-language pathologists and school counselors.
Hill, J., Testa, J., Baquet, S., Muirhead, K. (2021). Implementing a social justice framework in career counseling. The Career Development Quarterly
Miville, M., Hill, J. (2020). Indigenous healers were right all along! The case of multicultural competence, client worldview, and folk systems. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
B, P., Hill, J., Calkovsky, A., Childs, J., Conwell, K., Frank, E., Inselman, K., Siwiec, A., Patterson-Mills, S. (2020). Making video conferences equitable and inclusive. Career Convergence Web Magazine.
Marasco, V., Baquet, S., Hill, J. (2021). Queer vocational and workplace considerations. Queer Psychology: Intersectional Perspectives
Hill, J., Baquet, S., Muirhead, K. (2020). Solution-focused group work for at-promise youth.
Phipps, G., Baquet, S., Hill, J., Pantoja-Patiño, J., Moh, Y., Jenkins, K. (2023). Words Matter: The 7th Edition APA Publication Manual and Bias-Free Language Use in Counselor Education. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
Baquet, S., Hill, J. (2017). Biracial identity development; Implications for the therapeutic relationship.
Valderrama, A., Hill, J., Irizarry, A. (2020). Children with Autism: Family Counseling Considerations.
Baquet, S., Hill, J. (2018). Critical pedagogy: Implications for counselor educators.
Hill, J., Rodenkirch, K., Perdikaris, E. (2021). Critical Race Theory & ASCA: Addressing Educational Inequities.
Muirhead, K., Baquet, S., Hill, J., Marasco, V. (2022). Culturally and Socially Informed Recovery Treatment for Young Adults in College.
Hill, J., Baquet, S. (2021). Culturally Responsive Career Counseling: Supporting Latinx Students with a Learning Disability.
Hill, J., Rodenkirch, K. (2020). Culturally Responsive Counseling within the Educational Setting.
DeMeyer, M., Howells, R., Hill, J. (2016). Discriminative model using a humanistic approach.
Sellman, J., Hill, J., Astramovich, R. (2018). Diversity in action: Making a difference in rural schools..
Hill, J., Zarbetski, A., Irizarry, A. (2020). Engaging in the College Process: Empowering Students with Learning Disabilities.
Hill, J., Baquet, S. (2021). Facilitating Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competency through Cross-Cultural Distance Dialogue.
Yates, C., Hill, J. (2019). Grounded Theory Analysis of Counselor Educators Decision Making During Admission Interviews: An Exploration of the Process and Mental Heuristics.
Hill, J., Baquet, S. (2021). Multiracial identity model: Current trends in teaching and practice.
Hill, J., Baquet, S. (2018). Promoting multicultural awareness within peer group supervision.
Hill, J., Marasco , V., Muirhead, K., Baquet , S. (2021). Promoting multiculturalism and social justice in group supervision.
Baquet, S., Marasco, V., Hill, J. (2021). Queer Affirming Career Counseling: A Constructionist and Intersectional Application Across the Lifespan.
Yates, C., Moody, S., Hill, J. (2017). Rash analysis of the counseling self-efficacy measure.
Randy, A., Tachell, J., Lane, J., Hill, J. (2017). School counseling in Idaho: Current trends & future possibilities.
Camach, O., Hill, J., Fickling, M. (2021). School Counselors’ Mental Health Advocacy and Undocumented Student Voices.
Yates, C., Hill, J., Baquet, S. (2017). The application of biofeedback-assisted relaxation training with counseling practicum students.
Hill, J. (2020). The Experience of Arab American Counseling Students: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis..
Stewart, L., Hill, J. (2018). The human-animal bond (HAB) in senior mental health wellness..
Muirhead, K., Baquet, S., Hill, J., Marasco, V. (2022). The Intersections of Addiction and Incarceration: Culturally and Politically Informed Interventions for Substance Use Recovery.
Hill, J. (2021). What's Holding Us Back?" Understanding "-isms..
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