August 2025 Issue of Impacting Education
The August 2025 issue of Impacting Education (Vol. 10 No. 3), guest edited by Vachel Miller and Star Brown, explores the evolving landscape of EdD scholarship. This themed issue—The Present and Future of EdD Alternative Dissertations—highlights how programs are moving beyond the traditional five-chapter model to embrace innovative forms of scholarly work that bridge research and practice.
Across this issue, contributors showcase approaches such as:
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Three-chapter dissertations-in-practice (DiPs)
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Dossier-style dissertations
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Multi-paper ePortfolios
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Documentary filmmaking as scholarly inquiry
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Joint dissertations of practice
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Black feminist reframings of the EdD landscape
Together, these articles present bold possibilities for how doctoral research can serve communities, advance professional practice, and inspire change.
The guest editors will also host a webinar this fall exclusively for CPED members, offering an opportunity to further explore the themes and innovations raised in this issue.