Michelle Brown
Michelle Brown serves as the Director, Committee Support and Doctoral Student Progress, within Walden's Office of Research and Doctoral Services (ORDS). In this role, she supports the progress of Walden’s doctoral students, particularly in the capstone stage. In addition, Michelle works on other initiatives within ORDS related to capstone committee member training and doctoral program completion. Previously, Michelle served as a University Research Reviewer (URR) Coordinator in Riley College. She obtained her doctorate in Educational Leadership from the Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Kingsville. Her undergraduate work was completed at Penn State University, while her master’s degree is from Baylor University. She has served as a program director and associate professor for a doctoral program in educational leadership, a statistical analyst for government agencies, and has several years of K-12 teaching experience in both Pennsylvania and Texas.
Education
EdD, Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Corpus Christi
MA, Baylor University
BS, Pennsylvania State University
Awards / Honors
Faculty Excellence Award, Walden University, 2015
GPS Contribution to Student Success Award, GPS Laureate, 2017
GPS Collaboration Award, GPS Laureate, 2016
GPS Collaboration Award, GPS Laureate, 2015
OLC's Effective Practice Award for the DOC, OLC, 2017
Publications
Brown, M. S., Baltes, B. (2017). The relationship between social change involvement and education. Journal of Social Change
Baltes, B., Brown, M. S. (2016). The impact of early prospectus review. International Journal of Management and Applied Science
Mitchell, I., Nistor, N., Baltes, B., Brown, M. S. (2016). Effect of vocabulary test preparation on low-income Black middle school students’ reading scores. Journal of Educational Research and Practice
Brown, M. S. (2015). The Validation of the Spanish Version of the Emotional Skills Assessment Process. The International Journal of Transformative Emotional Intelligence
Presentations
Baltes, B., Brown, M. S. (2016). The impact of early prospectus review.
Brown, M. S. (2014). Ethnicity and Academic Success in Online Learning. American Education Research Association