Section 7: Initial Dissertation Planning

  1. The real-world problem or concern

    From Separation to Integration: Transitions of Muslim Adolescents from United States' K-8 Islamic Schools to United States' Secular Public High Schools

    Click the approved proposal document (word) to see the detailed proposal for the planned dissertation study.

  2. Potential research questions

    See the approved proposal document above.

  3. Theories, concepts, research literatures, and methodological approaches

    See the approved proposal document above.

  4. Areas of expertise that will need to be represented on the dissertation committee
    1. School administration and supervision
    2. Organizational leadership perspectives (as applicable to schools)
    3. Multi-cultural education and diversity in schools
    4. Education law as it applies to religious accommodation in public schools
    5. Education policy