Through Our Lens: Recent Episodes
Kimberly Nava Eggett and Rebecca Burry
In this episode we catch up with our friend/accountability group to discuss where they are now and how much having each other's support has meant to all of us throughout the program and our new adventures.
In this episode we collaborate on how we are navigating our new work spaces. How are we connecting with people on our campuses and what impact that has on our work going forward.
In this episode we both share some excited news about our new roles in the UNC system! We also discuss how our doctorate work prepared us for our new adventure and where we would like to take our podcast post-doctoral work.
One year already!? In this episode we discuss what it has been like over the last year decompressing from our doctoral work. We also debrief about meeting with a former instructor Dr. Osmond and his current doctoral writing class. It has really felt like a full circle of life academically for us.
After a well deserved break we are BACK! In this episode we address the "what's next?" question we both are getting a lot. We also celebrate our bond as colleagues and friends and reflect back on our time in the doctorate program.
In this episode we discuss what we have been working on since our dissertation defense. As we work to finalize edits we also are leaning into the realization that we are going to be celebrating our graduation in a couple of weeks! Our excitement in the month of March called for rest in April, but we are making sure all the items on our sacred timeline are being fulfilled.
In this episode we defend our research work and process in our Dissertation Defense. This was the first in person defense since 2020 and the very FIRST collaborative dissertation at Appalachian State University!!! We were so very excited to share our process and research with our committee and answer questions they had about our decisions during our data collection and throughout our writing. In the final minutes you will hear us officially become Dr. Kimberly Nava Eggett and Dr. Rebecca Burry. We still have some remaining edits to complete, however, it was a great feeling to share our work and celebrate our great accomplishment!
This is the most exciting episode for us! While attending NCTIES (North Carolina Technology in Education Society) Conference, we made plans to meet in person after our last 4 years of working together. The episode starts with Kimberly walking up to the restaurant and sharing the feelings (and nerves) of being able to see each other in person for the first time. We conclude with discussing our current progress and our next steps going forward as we conclude our dissertation work.
During this episode we talk with Dr. Vachel Miller the Director of Appalachian State's Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. We talk with him about his dissertation journey and thank him for the support and guidance he has offered us both throughout our journey during course work and in our dissertation phase.
In this episode we discuss where we are in our process and our next steps. Since the last episode we have completed our data collection and are analyzing our data for our methodology articles. We talk through our findings and how they will be part of what is included in our final articles and dissertation defense.
In this episode we talk with LaShawndra White and Laura Shears who are also in the doctoral program at Appalachian State University with us. We discuss meeting each other, surviving orientation and feelings of imposter syndrome, supporting each other during course work, and how we kept each other accountable during the independent writing process of our Qualifying Exams (QE).
In this episode we discuss our progress this semester. We celebrate turning in our first two articles for review by our committee chair and members. We also discuss how our data collection is going and look to our next steps in our sacred timeline.
In this episode we talk with our final committee member Dr. Salinas. Through our conversation we discuss her background, research interest, and why she chose to be part of our committee. We also talked about being women in leadership roles and in academia.
In this episode we have one of our committee members join us, Dr. Amy Cheney. We talk about her research and career journey and why we felt like she was a great addition to our committee.
In this episode we talk with our Dissertation Committee Chair, Dr. Patrick O'Shea. We discuss why he decided to join our adventurous journey of a co-dissertation. We also discuss how educational technology has changed over the past 2 years throughout the pandemic and ways education can grow from these changes.
In this episode we talk with one of our committee members, Dr. JuanEs Ramirez. He shares his dissertation process, his why of working with us, and shares great advice on the process of writing and defending your work. We are so lucky to have him on our committee and excited to continue our work with Dr. Ramirez.
In this episode we recap the Prospectus along with the IRB process. We also talk about how we are both officially doctoral candidates:)
In the episode we discuss finalizing our prospectus and getting the approval of our committee! We also celebrate our completion of our last class for our coursework!!!!
In this episode we discuss our problem statement which led us to our research questions. We also delve into the writing process in the doctorate program and our journey thus far.
In this episode we discuss the history of podcasting, educational uses, and pros/cons. We recorded this special edition for EDL:7040 project on Technology Trends. As we utilize podcasting in our dissertation work, we also wanted to highlight how podcasting is a technology trend that can be beneficial in K-12 classrooms as well.
In this episode we share the exciting news of being approved to be the first co-dissertation at Appalachian State University! We also discuss working on our Prospectus and our next steps in the dissertation process.
In this episode, we grapple with the wording of our research question. Preparing to work on our prospectus means getting approval from the Graduate school for a co-dissertation. This week we have worked on reworking/rewording our research question to pinpoint our focus on the what we want to accomplish from our dissertation. We also discover why the Ed.D program was in our cards!
In this first episode we describe our podcast purpose and discuss our work together on a co-dissertation at Appalachian State. Join us as we grapple with finding our research purpose (our why) and our authentic work through collaborating on our dissertation.