Thesis Title: Contribution of International Education to Higher Education Institutions and Social Transformations: Interview-based Research of University Leaders in Kazakhstan

Advisory Committee: Dr. Dilrabo Jonbekova, Dr. Jason Sparks

Thesis Title: Investigating Kyrgyz Migrant Students’ Educational Experiences and Sociocultural Integration in Kazakhstani Secondary Schools Through an Ecological and Cultural Capital Lens

Advisory Committee: Dr. Mir Afzal Tajik, Dr. Oliver Mutanga

Thesis Title: Governing Doctoral Futures:
Habitus, Capital, and the Bureaucratic Regulation of PhD Careers in Kazakhstan



Advisory Committee: Dr. Munyaradzi Hwami, Dr. Michelle Bedeker

Thesis Title: Understanding Faculty Research Performance through the AMO–Performativity Lens in Universities of Kazakhstan.”

Advisory Committee: Dr. Ahmet Aypay, Dr. Kairat Kurakbayev

Thesis Title: Transformation of teachers’ practice to maintain student engagement of students with special educational needs and disability in a mainstream school in Astana.

Advisory Committee: Dr. Sourav Mukhopadhyay

Thesis Title: Inclusive Assessment in Two Kazakhstani Higher Educational Institutions: Voices from the Field.

Advisory Committee: Dr. Sourav Mukhopadhyay, Dr. Zumrad Kataeva

Thesis Title: Stakeholders’ Perceptions of National Large-Scale Assessments in Kazakhstan.

Advisory Committee: Dr. Duishonkul Shamatov, Dr. Alper Calykogly

Thesis Title: Coloniality of Testing”: Situating Pakistani graduate test-takers perspectives and experiences of high-stakes English proficiency tests within their life stories

Advisory Committee: Dr. Syed Abdul Manan, Dr. Anas Hajar

Thesis Title: Dean’s Perceptions and Practices of Leadership at Two Kazakhstani Universities.

Advisory Committee: Dr. Ahmet Aypay, Dr. Sulushash Kerimkulova

Thesis title: Investigating Quality Culture in Two Kazakhstani Universities: A Mixed-Methods Study
Advisory Committee: Dr. Ahmet Aypay, Dr. Jason Sparks

Thesis title: Exploring Transformative Learning Experiences of International Students at Two Highly Selective EMI Universities in Kazakhstan: A Qualitative Inquiry

Advisory Committee: Dr. Anas Hajar, Dr. Syed Abdul Manan

Thesis title: Understanding International Students’ Negotiation of Language Identities at EMI Universities in Kazakhstan: A Mixed Methods Inquiry

Advisory Committee: Dr. Anas Hajar, Dr. Daniel Hernández-Torrano
External examiner: Dr. Jim McKinley

Thesis Title: Factors Explaining the Differences in Elementary Students’ Reading Achievement in Schools in Kazakhstan

Advisory Committee:
Main adviser –Dr. Kairat Kurakbayev
Co-adviser – Dr. Lynne Parmenter, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Thesis title: Divergent Talent Development Trajectories among High-Ability Adolescents in Selective Schools in Kazakhstan: A Person-Oriented Study

Advisory Committee: Dr. Daniel Hernández-Torrano, Dr. Kairat Kurakbayev