Upcoming Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Announcements
May 18, 2013
Graduate Faculty, Students and Staff:
This list of scheduled Ph.D. dissertation defenses is distributed so that you may attend or so that you may see the full announcement. If you wish to see the full announcement, please call the University Graduate School Office, (812) 855-8853. If you wish to attend, as a courtesy please contact the committee chair in advance.
James C. Wimbush, Dean, The University Graduate School
KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Business
Feng, Hui: Two Essays on Marketing Capabilities
Friday, May 24, 2013, 10:00 am
BU 742
Chair: Prof. Neil A. Morgan, (855-1114)
Han, Da Hee: Two Essays on Construal Level, Emotions, and Coping Processes
Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 2:00 pm
BU742
Chair: Prof. Adam Duhachek, (855-1099)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, GRADUATE DIVISION
Psychology
Boucher, Kathryn L.: Forecasting Stereotype Threat: Role of Perspective and Gender Salience on the Perception of Stereotype Threat
Monday, May 20, 2013, 1:00 pm
Psychology Building, Room 128
Chair: Prof. Robert J. Rydell, (855-7608)
History
Mays, Devi E.: Transplanting Cosmopolitans: The Migration of Sephardic Jews to Mexico, 1900-1934
Monday, May 20, 2013, 2:30 pm
Ballantine Hall Room 704
Chair: Prof. Jeffrey Veidlinger and Prof. Matthias Lehmann, (855-5877 and 949/824-6521)
Sociology
Waity, Julia F.: Is There a Persistent Rural-Urban Divide? Spatial Inequalities in Food Insecurity and the Impact of the Great Recession
Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 10:00 am
Schuessler Institute for Social Research, Room 201
Chair: Prof. Patricia McManus, (855-8970)
Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Hadley, Fredara M.: Defining African American Alternative Music in 21st Century Atlanta, Georgia
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 10:00 am
Wells Library E170 (IDAH)
Chair: Prof. Portia Maultsby, (855-2708)
Economics
Baral, Pallavi: Essays on Formation of Networks and its Applications
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 11:00 am
WY 225
Chair: Prof. Frank H. Page, Jr., (855-4764)
History
Molnar, Christopher A.: Nation, Migration, and Cold War: Yugoslavs in Germany, 1945-1995
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 10:00 am
Ballantine Hall 704
Chair: Prof. Mark Roseman, (855-8325)
Comparative Literature
Yang, Ya-Chu: Love in Translation: Hybrid Identity Formations in Contemporary Fiction and Film
Friday, May 24, 2013, 10:00 am
BH916
Chair: Prof. Vivian Nun Halloran, (856-5653)
English
Thompson, Madeleine M.: Birth of the First: Authenticity and Collecting Modern First Editions, 1890-1930
Friday, May 24, 2013, 2:00 pm
Ballantine Hall, Parker Library
Chair: Prof. Christoph Irmscher and Prof. Joel Silver, (443-622-3277 and 855-2452)
Geological Sciences
Crippa, Paola: Understanding the Sources, Scales and Fate of Ultrafine Particles
Monday, May 27, 2013, 2:00 pm
MSBII 334
Chair: Prof. Sara C. Pryor, (855-5155)
Economics
Baghestanian, Sascha: Three Essays on Non-Rational Expectations, Cognitive Abilities, Adaptive Learning and Market Micro-Structure
Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 11:00 am
Wylie 225
Chair: Prof. Daniela Puzzello, (856-5419)
Sociology
O'Brien, Timothy L.: Witnessing Expertise: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Legal Determinations of Expert Authority in United States District Courts
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 10:00 am
Ballantine Hall 847
Chair: Prof. Thomas F. Gieryn, (855-9973)
Spanish & Portuguese
Rose, Marda C.: Pragmatic Development of L2 Spanish Proposals in Planning Talk
Friday, May 31, 2013, 12:00 pm
Ballantine 242
Chair: Prof. J. Clancy Clements, (855-5732)
Economics
Stoddard, Brock V.: Essays on the Role of Uncertainty in Social Dilemmas: A Laboratory Examination
Monday, June 03, 2013, 2:00 pm
Wylie Hall 225
Chair: Prof. James M. Walker, (855-2760)
English
Zervos, Petros: Eros and Eikos Mythos: Love and Plausibility in Shakespeare's Sonnets
Monday, June 03, 2013, 2:00 pm
BH 442E
Chair: Prof. Judith H. Anderson, (855-3821)
Biology
Kang, Qing: The Interplay Between Mitotic Kinases and Phosphatases in Regulating the Timing of Mitotic Entry in the Early Embryonic Cell Cycle
Wednesday, June 05, 2013, 10:00 am
Simon Hall 001
Chair: Prof. Joseph R. Pomerening, (856-3952)
Sociology
Wolfe, Joseph D.: The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Child and Adolescent Health: An Organization and Systematic Comparison of Measures
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 4:00 pm
Schuessler Institute for Social Research 201
Chair: Prof. Jane D. McLeod and Prof. Eliza K. Pavalko, (855-2149 and 855-2569)
Noy, Shiri: Globalization, International Financial Institutions and Health Policy Reform in Latin America
Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 am
SISR 201
Chair: Prof. Patricia McManus, (855-8970)
Comparative Literature
Valles, Margot B.: Judaized Romance and Romanticized Judaization: Adaptation in Hebrew and Early Yiddish Chivalric Literature
Friday, June 14, 2013, 2:00 pm
Ballantine 916
Chair: Prof. Dov-Ber Kerler, (855-1951)
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, GRADUATE DIVISION
Learning & Development Science
Ingram-Goble, Adam A.: Playable Stories: Making Programming and 3d Role-Playing Game Design Personally and Socially Relevant
Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 9:30 am
W. W. Wright Education Building Room 2277
Chair: Prof. Daniel Hickey and Prof. Sasha Barab, (856-2344 and 480/727-5674)
Curriculum & Instruction
Soylu, Mary K.: A Virtual E-Telier: A Descriptive Study of Interaction, Presence, Learning, and Satisfaction in an Online Studio Art Course for Undergraduate Non-Art Majors
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 1:00 pm
W. W. Wright Education Building, Room 3134
Chair: Prof. Marjorie Manifold, (856-8133)
Instructional Systems Technology
Dutta, Pratima: Personalized Integrated Educational Systems (PIES) for the Learner-Centered Information-Age Paradigm of Education: A study to improve the design of the functions and features of PIES
Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 1:00 pm
W. W. Wright Education Building, Room 2102
Chair: Prof. Charles M. Reigeluth, (856-8464)
SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS AND COMPUTING, GRADUATE DIVISION
Informatics
Clark, Wyatt T.: Understanding Protein Function through Statistical Inference and Evolutionary Analysis
Tuesday, June 04, 2013, 8:00 am
Lindley Hall LH101
Chair: Prof. Predrag Radivojac, (856-1851)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Environmental Science
Oviedo Vargas, Diana: Dissolved Organic Matter and Coupled Elemental Cycles in Streams and Rivers
Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 1:00 pm
MSBII Gill Conference Room
Chair: Prof. Todd V. Royer, (855-0971)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Leisure Behavior
Duffy, Lauren N.: An examination of tourism impacts in coastal communities in the Dominican Republic: Moving towards sustainable tourism development as a mechanism for social justice
Monday, May 20, 2013, 3:00 pm
C013
Chair: Prof. Rasul A. Mowatt, (855-3089)
Human Performance and Neural Sciences
Ryder, Rachel A.: Crossed-Spinal Conditioning of the Soleus H-reflex: The Effects of Age and Physical Activity
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 10:00 am
School of Public Health Room 125
Chair: Prof. Joel McCormick Stager and Prof. David Koceja, (855-1637 and 855-7302)
Human Performance
Weaver, Priscilla A.: Investigation of Physical Therapy Practice in Early Intervention
Friday, May 31, 2013, 10:00 am
School of Public Health H125
Chair: Prof. Georgia Frey, (855-1262)
