BOONE—Dr. Angie Wright of Raleigh has received the inaugural Alice Phoebe Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award from Appalachian State University.

The award is administered through the doctoral program in educational leadership (Ed.D.) in Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education. The award was established by alumni and friends of the program to honor Alice P. Naylor, who retired in June 2008 after nine years as director of the program and 33 years on the faculty at Appalachian.

Angie Wright, second from right, has received the Alice Phoebe Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award from Appalachian State University. Pictured with Wright are from left Charles Duke, dean of the Reich College of Education; Kelly Clark-Keefe, assistant professor and doctoral advisor to Wright; Alice Naylor, professor emeritus; and Jim Killacky, director of Appalachian’s doctoral program in educational leadership. (Photo submitted)

Wright is senior director of grants administration and compliance reporting for the Wake County Public School System. She earned her Ed.D. in educational leadership in May 2008. Her dissertation research focused on the issues faced by working mothers who have to balance their responsibilities in the home and those in the workplace.

The award was presented as part of the Doctoral Program Spring Symposium held at the Appalachian State University Center in Hickory April 25.

Appalachian’s doctoral program in educational leadership is now in its 16th year. Participants typically are professionals from public school, community college or university settings.
An on-campus cohort of 12 doctoral students is admitted to the program each year.

Two years ago, in response to growing demands, an additional cohort of 12 students was admitted to the program offered at Appalachian State University Center in Hickory. A second cohort will start their doctoral studies at Hickory this fall.

For more information about the program, visit http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/edl/
or contact Jim Killacky, Director, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, Appalachian State University, P.O. Box 32038, Boone, N.C. 28608. Killacky also can be reached at 828-262-3168.

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