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.
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Dr. Ryann Hanna holds a degree from Walden University in Industrial Organizational Psychology with a focus on leadership development. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of South Florida in 2010 and embarked on a Human Resources Management career while pursuing her Master of Arts degree. Throughout her career, she has developed a niche in leadership development for large supply chain and hospitality companies, supporting brands like Reinhart, Martin-Brower, Hilton, Marriott, Chipotle, and Safelite. As a Walden student, she contributed to the opening of hotels and restaurants for Virginia's premier hospitality employer, taught at the Culinary Institute of Virginia, and wrote on work-life integration. Currently, Ryann serves on Walden University's dissertation committee, focusing on qualitative methodology and phenomenology. She resides and commutes between Tampa, FL, and NYC with her son (5), step-son (17), step-daughter (8), husband, and Persian cat, Victoria.
PhD, Walden University
MA, Argosy University
BA, University of South Florida
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