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. Callahan is originally from Farmington, Maine, but has enjoyed travel across the United States and to several Countries. At this point, she has lived in Northeastern, Central, Western, and Southern parts of the United States, but still considers Maine ‘home’. Dr. Callahan received her Master of Public Health, with a concentration in epidemiology from San Diego State University and her Doctorate of Public Health, with a concentration in epidemiology from East Tennessee State University.
Most of Dr. Callahan’s career has occurred in South Carolina and Maine, where she worked as the manager of a statewide annual children's health survey, as a chronic disease epidemiologist reporting on child health data, as the Ryan White Part B and AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Manager, and most recently as full-time associate professor at the University of Maine at Farmington. She has worked at the community level and at the state level in all facets of community and public health. She has experience with all aspects of program planning and implementation, daily operations, reporting, financial oversight, and grant writing.
Dr. Callahan enjoys the occasional escape from the office to enjoy the abundant nature that Maine has to offer. She looks forward to a quiet evening with a good, non-‘work-related’ book and a cup of tea. She has a love of the road and tries to take a multi-state road trip annually to see what is out there waiting for her.
DrPH, East Tennessee State University
MPH, San Diego State University
Delta Omega, East Tennessee State University, 2015
Eta Sigma Gamma, University of Maine, 2007
Al Hasan, D., Charity, B., Chelsea, L., Callahan, K. (2018). Assessing the reliability of parent response of child health data. Maternal and Child Health
Heidari, K., Breneman, C., Elizabeth, B., Andrew, F., Callahan, K., Diedhiou, A. (2016). South Carolina twenty years of diabetes, A public health concern. American Journal of Medical Sciences
Callahan-Myrick, K. (2017). HIV/AIDS in Maine. Maine CDC
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