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. Katina Lang-Lindsey is a Part-Time Contributing Faculty in the Master of Social Work Program at Walden University. She received her doctorate in 2016 from Jackson State University. In concert, Dr. Lang-Lindsey has worked for the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) for over ten years in the capacity of both a Social Work Researcher and Nephrology Social Worker. Dr. Lang-Lindsey has worked in social work practice for over 20 years and continue to give and serve her community.
PhD, Jackson State University
MSW, Jackson State University
BS, Mississippi State University
American Association of Kidney Patients, Other - Alabama
Patient Center Octcome Research Institute (PCORI), Other - Washington, DC
Network 8 Advisory Council Award , Network 8, 2016
Lang-Lindsey, K. L. Measuring Health-Related Outcomes after Peer-Led Educational Intervention for African Americans with Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of Nephrology Social Work
Green, J., Ephraim , P., Hill-Briggs, F., Browne , T., Strigo , T., Hauer , C., Stametz , R., Darer, J., Patel , U., Lang-Lindsey, K. L. (2018). Putting patients at the center of kidney care transitions: Prepare now, a cluster randomized controlled trial.. Contemporary Clinical Trials
Lang-Lindsey, K. L., Yoon, E. (2017). An Experimental Study on the Effectiveness of Peer Intervention for African Americans with Chronic Kidney Disease. Society for Social Work and Research
Lang Lindsey, K. (2016). he Burden of Kidney Disease: A Patient, Caregiver, & Community Educator’s Perspective. National Association of Social Workers
Browne, T., Browne, D., Lang-Lindsey, K. (2017). NKF’s hosts patient-driving research stakeholders’ conference at 2017 Spring Clinical Meeting . National Kidney Foundation
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