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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Leann (Lee) Stadtlander, Ph.D. is both an experimental psychologist (Ohio State University) and a clinical health psychologist (Fielding University). Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at Montana State University- Bozeman, she joined Walden as a part time faculty member in 2004. She became full time in 2009, Coordinator of the Academic Psychology program in 2010, and in 2019 Coordinator of Faculty Research Training for Walden’s Center for Research Quality. She is the editor for Walden's Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences and became a Senior Core Faculty member in 2017. In 2017, she received the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence. In 2025, Dr. Stadtlander became coordinator of the Institute of Faculty Mentoring Excellence (IFME) and the editor of Walden's Journal of Online Mentoring.
PSYC 9000 - Dissertation
PhD, Ohio State University
Respecialization, Fielding University
Post-master's Certificate, Walden University
Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter, Volunteer - Bozeman
Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence, Walden University, 2017
Kramer, M., Stadtlander, L. M., Maurer, P. (2025). Childhood Events and Counseling Experiences of Chinese and Korean American Transracial Adoptees (TRAs). . Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Science
Stadtlander, L. M., Sickel, A. (2024). Aging as Online Faculty: Attitudes Toward Work and Retirement. Journal of Educational Research and Practice
Stadtlander, L. M., Lynn, L., Inman, D. (2023). A Positive Leadership Doctoral Mentor Training Course. Special issue “Nurturing the Faculty-Student Mentoring Dynamic in Higher Education” . New Direction for Teaching and Learning Journal
Lynn, L., Stadtlander, L. M., Inman, D., Burkholder, G., Morgan, A. (2023). Transforming doctoral mentoring expectations and culture: An action model approach. New Direction for Teaching and Learning Journal
Stadtlander, L. M., Ozcan, A., Johnson, L., Nicholson, B. N., Hyder, N. F. (2022). Faculty and student online mentoring preferences. Journal of Educational Research and Practice
Stadtlander, L. M. (2022). Editorial: Rewriting a social science dissertation into a journal article and getting it published.. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences
Stadtlander, L. M. (2021). Positive leadership theory for online dissertation mentoring.. Journal of Educational Research and Practice
Stadtlander, L. M., Sickel, A. E. (2021). A Qualitative Study Examining Home as Faculty Workplace During COVID-19 Self-Isolation. Higher Learning Research Communications
Trapp, K. A., Inman, D., Stadtlander, L. M., Mattoso, D. (2025). Discover the Institute for Faculty Mentoring Excellence (IFME). . Walden University
Stadtlander, L. M. (2025). Reviewing for and Publishing in Professional Journals. Walden University
Sickel, A., Stadtlander, L. M. (2025). Online Faculty Differential Attitudes Toward Aging. .
Stadtlander, L. M. (2025). Reviewing for and Publishing in Professional Journals. Walden University
Stadtlander, L. M., Perry, E. D., Gordon, M. (2024). “Understanding Your Walden Doctoral Students”. Walden University
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