Through Our Lens

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.