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. Nina Nabors has served Walden University in a variety of leadership roles over the past 24 years. These roles included dean, associate dean, senior director, director, interim program director for the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), residency coordinator, core faculty for the PhD in Clinical Psychology, and chair of the PhD in Clinical Psychology program in the early days as contributing faculty. Additional service at Walden includes participating in multiple working groups for several accreditation efforts, the Gender and LGBTQI+ working group, and the Diversity and Inclusion working group. Dr. Nabors currently services as the Vice Provost for the Division of Healthcare Access and Quality that includes the College of Nursing, College of Social and Behavioral Health, and the College of Allied Health.
Dr. Nabors received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Florida in 1994. Before full-time work at Walden University, she was a tenured associate professor at Eastern Michigan University and has also served as assistant professor at Central Michigan University. Dr. Nabors has an active research agenda currently focused on women and leadership. Other research interests include mental health stigma, psychology of women, multicultural psychology, womanist/feminist therapy, women with disabilities, and rehabilitation psychology. She has numerous publications and presentations on these topics over the past 30 years. She has also served in a variety of leadership positions at the Association for Women in Psychology.
A Chicago native, Dr. Nabors is a licensed psychologist in Michigan and board-certified in rehabilitation psychology. She has a part-time private practice focused on multicultural psychology and related issues. She is married and resides in Southeast Michigan with her spouse, Cynthia, and her college son, Jeremiah, who attended his first Walden University event at six months of age.
PhD, University of Florida
MS, Illinois State University`
BS, Illinois State University
Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence, Walden University, 2016
Faculty Excellence Award, Walden University, 2016
Leadership Institute for Women Programs Award, American Psychological Association, 2008
Christine Ladd-Franklin Award (AWP), , 2004
Faculty Research Interest Grant, Walden University, 2011
Presidential Research Fellowship Award, Walden University, 2010
Sickel, A., Seacat, J., Nabors, N. A. (2016). Mental Health Stigma: Impact on Mental Health Treatment Attitudes & . Journal of Health Psychology
Sickel, A., Seacat, J., Nabors, N. A. (2014). Mental health stigma update: A review of consequences. . Advances in Mental Health
Nabors, N. A. (2014). Feminist queer crip theory: A critical review of the future. Sex Roles
Nabors, N. A. (2011). The Social Psychology of Stigma.
Moody, M., Ybarra, M., Nabors, N. A. (2009). Social Justice: Diversity In Action.
Nabors, N. A., Pettee, M. (2003). Womanist therapy with African American women with disabilities.
Nabors, N. A., Evans, J., Strickland, T. (2000). Neuropsychological assessment and intervention with African Americans.
Nabors, N. A., Hall, R., Miville, M., Nettles, R., Pauling, M., Ragsdale, B. (2001). Multiple minority group oppression: Divided we stand?. The Journal of the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Nabors, N. A., Freymuth, A. K. (2002). Attention deficits in children with sickle cell disease. Perceptual and Motor Skills
Dixon-Saxon, S. V., McCollum, W., Bever, S., Walsh, M. L., Winkelman, K. K., Nabors, N. A. (2017). Courageous Conversations: Diversity and Inclusion Inside and Outside Academia. Walden University
Nabors, N. A., Fraser, J. (2017). Privilege, social class, and graduate training. Association for Women In Psychology
Sickel, A., Seacat, J., Nabors, N. A. (2015). Gender Differences & Mental Health Stigma. .
Nabors, N. A., Fraser, J., Hall, R. L. (2016). Feminism and Aging: Where are successful models of aging for elder lesbians? . Association for Women In Psychology
Sickel, A., Jason, S., Nabors, N. (2012). Mental Health Stigma, Treatment-Seeking, & Physical Health: Model Test.
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