Doctoral Student Spotlight: Mayuri Ambule​​
Q: What was the most challenging thing about going through the doctoral program?
A: Changing three different homes and jobs along with three different schools for two young kids in three different countries has the most challenging experience. Also, living through pandemic has not been as well.
Q: What sparked your passion for education?
A: Its unquestionable ability to bring lifelong positive changes in people's lives.
Q: Who has been most inspirtational for
A: My family has been my source of inspiration and guiding light throughout my doctoral journey. My chair Dr. Kenneth Young has been my mentor from the very beginning of my doctoral journey. I have also benefitted immensely because my committee members Dr. Krystal Hinerman and Dr. Kaye Shelton with their wealth of knowledge.
Q: When you successfully defended your dissertation, how did you feel?
A: After defending my dissertation, I was overwhelmed with joy, relief, and gratitude. After almost 3 years, it is a bit surreal that I don't have to do assignments on the weekends anymore.
"I am incredibly proud of Dr. Ambule and her accomplishments. She is a model of commitment and leadership; successfully completing coursework and her dissertation while caring for her family, maintaining a full-time job, and during a global pandemic, not to mention with a 10 1/2 hour time difference between New Delhi and Texas that required many early mornings and late nights for her. I look forward to seeing where her journey leads her next."
- Dr. Kenneth Young, associate professor of educational leadership