b"Michael Andrew Timko .Knoxville, TNB.S., Southern Illinois University; M.Ed., Charleston Southern University;M.A.T., Ed.S., The CitadelDissertation: Implementation Of An Early College Design In A Rural High School: Empowering Place-Conscious Leadership To Affect Change And Overcome Barriers To InnovationAdviser: Dr. Daniella Hall SutherlandMichael's study on rural school equity in SC has been nominated as Clemson University's Dissertation in Practice of the Year to the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED). Michael is an administrator in Berkeley County School District, and plans to use his improvement science knowledge and skills to lead and serve the rural students of South Carolina.DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYEducational LeadershipParker Morse Andreoli Rockingham, NCB.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A.T., University of North Carolina at CharlotteDissertation: Addressing the Elephant in the Room: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study of Principals Perceptions of Opportunity Gaps, Their Leadership Practices and Access to Advanced Placement Courses for Marginalized StudentsAdviser: Dr. Hans KlarParker has been a lead author on two peer-reviewed publications and a co-author on five other publications. She has accepted the position of Clinical Assistant Professor and M.Ed./Ed.S Program Coordinator in the department of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development here at Clemson.Patricia Maria Gosnell .Easley, SCB.S., M.Ed., Southern Wesleyan University; Ed.S, Clemson UniversityDissertation: Bridging the Gap Between High-Stakes Testing and 21st-Century SkillsAdviser: Dr. Hans KlarKyra Michelle Lobbins.Chicago, ILB.S., Tulane University; M.S., Northern Illinois University; M.B.A., University of AkronDissertation: In This Body, in This Skin, at This Institution, at This Time: Black Women University Administrators Stories of Survival During the Pandemic and Racial ReckoningAdviser: Dr. Angela CarterKyra currently serves as the Chief of Staff to the president at Adler University in Chicago, playing a key role in their overall leadership, direction, and national reputation. Kyra joined Adler in 2021, after an 8-year tenure at Clemson Universitymost recently serving as the deputy chief of staff in the Office of the President. In 2019, Kyra was recognized as one of Greenvilles Best and Brightest 35 and Under.16"