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Upcoming Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Announcements

July 1, 2008

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

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, GRADUATE DIVISION

Anthropology
Doubleday, Alison French: "LRP5 Polymorphisms and Bone Mineral Density in the Baboon (Papio hamadryas)." Monday, July 28, 2008, 1:00 p.m., Jordan Hall, Room 102. Chair: Prof. Frederika A. Kaestle (855-3164)

Art History
Smith, Laura E.: "Obsuring the Distinctions, Revealing the Divergent Visions: Modernity and Indians in the Early Works of Kiowa Photographer Horace Poolaw, 1925-1945." Saturday, July 19, 2008, 10:00 a.m., FA007. Chair: Prof. Sarah Burns (855-2652)

Biology
Christiansen, Katy M.: "Characterization of defense responses in the Arabidopsis thaliana mutant enhanced disease resistance 1." Monday, July 21, 2008, 009 Jordan Hall. Chair: Prof. Roger Innes (855-2219)

Cooper, Idelle: "Ecological causation of sex differences and a female-limited dimorphism in Hawaiian damselflies." Tuesday, July 2, 2008, 1:00 p.m., Myers 001. Chair: Prof. Curt Lively (855-1842)

Koskella, Britt: "Examination of negative frequency-dependent selection in a snail- trematode system." Thursday, July 3, 2008, 1:00 p.m., 001, Simon Hall. Chair: Prof. Curtis M. Lively (855-1842)

Smith, Margaret Snoke: "The Role of Axis Formation in the Evolution of Direct Development in the Sea Urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma." Tuesday, July 8, 2008, Room 009, Jordan Hall. Chair: Prof. Rudolf Raff (855-2791)

Yamada, Masashi: "The Role of the Transport Inhibitor Response2 (T1R2) Gene in Auxin Synthesis in Arabidopsis." Monday, July 28, 2008, 11:00 a.m., Jordan Hall 248. Chair: Prof. Mark Estelle (856-1216)

Cognitive Science and Computer Science
Goldberg, Joshua: "Why do they look when they do? A dynamical field theory of infant gaze." Thursday, July 17, 2008, 10:30 a.m., Lindley Hall, Room 101. Co-Chairs: Prof. Michael Gasser (856-3868) and Prof. Linda B. Smith (855-6052)

Communication and Culture
Hamel, Keith J.: "The History of Hype & the Art of Anticipation: The Evolution and Aesthetics of Hollywood Film Trailers." Monday, August 4, 2008, 11:00 a.m., 800 East Third Street, Room 256. Chair: Prof. James Naremore (855-2137)

West, Isaac: "Legal Trans/scripts: Transgender Rhetorics of Law and Everyday Life." Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 10:00 a.m., 272 Classroom Office Building. Chair: Prof. John Louis Lucaites (855-5411)

Zhang, Xianguang: "Entrepreneurial Culture in Transition-Period China: A Rhetorical Critique." Monday, July 14, 2008, Classroom-Office Building, Room 272. Chair: Prof. Robert L. Ivie (855-5467)

Comparative Literature
Kao, Chia-Li: "Imperialist Ambiguity and Ambivalence in Japanese and Taiwanese Literature, 1895-1945." Monday, July 28, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Ballantine Hall, Room 916. Co-Chairs: Prof. Purnima Bose (855-5334) and Prof. Michiko Suzuki (856-7002)

Economics
Arcalean, Calin: "Essays on the Dynamic Effects of Public Policies in Regional Economies." Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 1:30 p.m., Room 225, Wylie Hall. Chair: Prof. Gerhard Glomm (855-6160)

de Araujo, Pedro F.: "Heterogeneity in Macro Models of Asset Accumulation." Thursday, July 31, 2008, 9:30 a.m., Room 225, Wylie Hall. Chair: Prof. Gerhard Glomm (855-7256)

Lee, Changmin: "Essays on Boards of Directors." Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 1:30 p.m., Room 329, Wylie Hall. Chair: Prof. Eric Rasmusen (855-9219)

Murray, James: "Three Essays in Adaptive Expectations in New Keynesian Monetary Economies." Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Room 225, Wylie Hall. Chair: Prof. Eric M. Leeper (855-9157)

Schiopu, Ioana: "Essays in Human Capital Accumulation, Growth and Dynamic Public Policies." Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Room 225, Wylie Hall. Co-Chairs: Prof. Gerhard Glomm (855-6160) and Prof. Michael Kaganovich (855-6967)

English
Smith, Nathanial B.: "Dreams of Influence: Embodied Reading in Early Renaissance English Literature." Monday, July 28, 2008, 3:30 p.m., Parker Library, Ballantine Hall, Room 442. Chair: Prof. Judith H. Anderson (855-3845)

Fine Arts
Keller, Candace: "Visual Griots: Social, Political and Cultural Histories in Mali through the Photographer's Lens." Friday, July 18, 2008, 1:30 p.m., Fine Arts Library Seminar Room. Chair: Prof. Patrick McNaughton (855-2548)

Perrill, Elizabeth: "Contemporary Zulu Ceramics, 1960s-Present." Monday, July 14, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Fine Arts Library Seminar Room, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts. Chair: Prof. Patrick McNaughton (855-9556)

Geography
Hutton, Jennifer L.: "Isoprene Dynamics over a Northern Hardwood Forest: Measurements and Modeling." Monday, July 14, 2008, 11:00 a.m., Student Building 014. Co-Chairs: Prof. Sara Pryor (855-6303) and Prof. Hans Peter Schmid (855-6303)

Linguistics
Farris-Trimble, Ashley W.: "Cumulative faithfulness effects in phonology." Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 9:30 a.m., Charter Room, Indiana Memorial Union. Chair: Prof. Daniel A. Dinnsen (855-7948)

Oglesbee, Eric N.: "Multidimensional Stop Categorization in Engish, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and Canadian French." Thursday, July 10, 2008, 9:00 a.m., Memorial Hall, Room 401. Chair: Prof. Kenneth de Jong (856-1307)

Park, Hanyong: "Phonological information and linguistic experience in foreign accent detection." Friday, August 1, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Memorial Hall, Room 401. Chair: Prof. Kenneth de Jong (856-1307)

Mathematics
Kuo, Jung-Miao: "The Clifford algebra of a cubic form." Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Rawles Hall, Room 127. Chair: Prof. Darrell Haile (855-2197)

Philosophy
Alexander, Joshua: "Philosophical Intuitions and Experimental Philosophy." Friday, July 25, 2008, 2:00 p.m., 120 Sycamore Hall. Chair: Prof. Joan Weiner (855-5237)

Aumann, Antony: "Kierkegaard on the Need for Indirect Communication." Monday, July 14, 2008, 2:30 p.m., 120 Sycamore Hall. Chair: Prof. Paul Vincent Spade (855-9503)

Philosophy and Cognitive Science
Theiner, Georg: "From Extended Minds to Group Minds: Rethinking the Boundaries of the Mental." Thursday, July 10, 2008, 4:00 p.m., Sycamore Hall 120. Co-Chairs: Prof. Timothy O'Connor (855-6817) and Prof. Robert Goldstone (855-4853)

Physics
Welty-Rieger, Leah: "The Lifetime of a Beautiful and Charming Meson: Bc Lifetime Measured Using the DO Detector." Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:00 a.m., Swain Hall West 235. Chair: Prof. Rick Van Kooten (855-2650)

Psychology and Cognitive Science
Roberts, Michael E.: "Human Collective Behavior." Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Room 128. Co-Chairs: Prof. Robert L. Goldstone (855-4853) and Prof. Peter M. Todd (855-3914)

Psychology and Neural Science
Solomon, Andrea C.: "Neuroanatomical Correlates of Episodic Memory in Huntington's Disease." Monday, July 14, 2008, 1:30 p.m., Room 128, Psychology Building. Chair: Pro. Julie Stout (855-2963)

Sociology
Barlow, Rachael E.: "Stakes in the Stacks: Library Buildings and Librarians' Professional Identities." Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 3:00 p.m., 843, Ballantine Hall. Chair: Prof. Thomas Gieryn (855-2569)

Blouin, David D.: "All in the Family? Understanding the Meaning of Dogs and Cats in the Lives of American Pet Owners." Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Room 843, Ballantine Hall. Chair: Prof. Robert V. Robinson (855-3987)

Fairchild, Emily: "Creating Meaning in Weddings and Commitment Ceremonies: The Effects of Structure and the Potential for Cultural Change." Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 10:00 a.m., 843, Ballantine Hall. Chair: Prof. Donna Eder (855-2569)

Perry, Brea L.: "The Ripple Effect: Social Network Dynamics in Mental Illness." Thursday, July 10, 2008, 2:00 p.m., Room 100, Scheussler Institute for Social Research. Chair: Prof. Bernice A. Pescosolido (855-6256)

Spanish and Portuguese
Malovrh, Paul A.: "Task Demands and Interlanguage Development: A Multifaceted Analysis of the L2 Production of Spanish Direct-Object Clitic Pronouns." Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 1:00 p.m., Rm. 004, Ballantine Hall. Chair: Prof. Kimberly Geeslin (855-8376)

Urdangarain, Giovanna: "Bodies Lost, Bodies Recovered?: Memory, History and Identity in the Post-dictatorship Novel by Women Writers of the Southern Cone." Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 3:00 p.m., BH 844. Chair: Prof. Kathleen Myers (855-6691)

KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GRADUATE DIVISION

Garrett Jr., Robert P.: "The Impact of Parenting Advantage on Internal Corporate Venture Performance." Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Room CG1004, Kelley School of Business. Chair: Prof. Jeffrey G. Covin (855-2715)

Sankaranarayanan, Balaji: "IS Outsourcing Effectivenss: Understanding the Effects of Relationship Diversities, Client Capabilities and Knowledge Capital Gains." Monday, July 14, 2008, 10:30 a.m., Room 732, Kelley School of Business. Co-Chairs: Prof. Carol V. Brown (201/216-5581) and Prof. Alan Dennis (855-2691)

SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, GRADUATE DIVISION

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, GRADUATE DIVISION

Counseling Psychology
Bouwkamp, Jennifer C.: "The Work Values and Job Satisfaction of Family Physicians." Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 10:00 a.m., W. W. Wright Education Building, Room 4112. Chair: Prof. Susan Whiston (856-8336)

Erickson, Christine J.: "The Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy in the Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offenders." Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Center for Adolescent and Family Studies. Chair: Prof. Thomas Sexton (856-8350)

Gandhi, Punita: "Understanding the Nature of Spiritual Experiences: A Qualitative Study." Monday, July 7, 2008, 9:30 a.m., W. W. Wright Education Building, Room 4204. Chair: Prof. Jeffrey Daniels (856-8304)

Curriculum and Instruction
Allspaw, Kathleen M.: "Secondary science classroom dissections: Informing policy by evaluating cognitive outcomes and exploring affective outcomes." Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 1:00 p.m., ES3138E Indianapolis with broadcast to W. W. Wright Education Building, ED 1002 Bloomington. Chair: Prof. Charles Barman (317/274-6813)

History, Philosophy, Policy in Education and Higher Education
Bathon, Justin M.: "Examining the Characteristics of School Leaders and of Local Schools where Indiana Educational Leadership Preparation Programs Place their Graduates." Monday, July 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m., W. W. Wright Education Building, Room 4204. Chair: Prof. Martha M. McCarthy (856-8384)

Clements, Margaret M.: "Patenting at Universities in the United States: An International Network Analysis of the Complexity of University Patenting Activities." Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 2:00 p.m., W. W. Wright Education Building, Room 4204. Co-Chairs: Prof. Robert F. Arnove (856-8374) and Prof. John P. Bean (856-8375)

Instructional Systems Technology
Watson, Sunkyung L.: "A Disadvantaged and Marginalized Alternative School's Culture of Learning and the Case of Change." Thursday, July 10, 2008, 10:30 a.m., W. W. Wright Education Building, Room 2277. Chair: Prof. Charles M. Reigeluth (856-8464)

SCHOOL OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION, GRADUATE DIVISION

Human Performance
Ayvazoglu, Nalan R.: "Physical Activity Determinants in Youth with High Functioning Autism." Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 9:00 a.m., School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Room 125. Chair: Prof. Francis M. Kozub (855-7719)

SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS, GRADUATE DIVISION

Computer Science
Mustacoglu, Ahmet F.: "Event-based Infrastructure for Reconciling Distributed Annotation Records." Thursday, July 31, 2008, 10:30 a.m., Lindley Hall 101. Chair: Prof. Geoffrey C. Fox (856-7977)

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, GRADUATE DIVISION

SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS, GRADUATE DIVISION

SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, GRADUATE DIVISION

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, GRADUATE DIVISION

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Conner, Sarah: "Exploring the Function of the Fanconi Anemia Proteins FANCA, FANCC, and FANCG through Protein-Protein Interactions." Monday, July 14, 2008, 2:00 p.m., MS326, Indianapolis. Chair: Prof. Mu Wang (317/274-1446)

Pierre, Monique: "The Role of Visceral Endoderm (VE) and VE Secreted Factors in Hematopoietic Specification Using Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Embryoid Bodies." Monday, July 14, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Rm. 101, Cancer Research Building, Indianapolis. Chair: Prof. Mervin Yoder (317/274-4738)

Medical and Molecular Genetics
Chen, Qian: "Functional Analysis of Smad7 in Mammalian Heart Development." Monday, July 14, 2008, 1:00 p.m., Room IB133, Medical Library Building, Indianapolis. Chair: Prof. Yan Chen (317/278-0275)

Microbiology and Immunology
McDaniel, Andrew: "The role of Pakl in the cellular and molecular components of plexiform neurofibromas." Thursday, July 3, 2008, 1:00 p.m., MS 326, Indianapolis. Chair: Prof. D. Wade Clapp (317/278-9290)

Nursing

Payne, Leslie K.: "Skin Conductance Response as a Marker of Intuitive Decision Making in Nursing." Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 12:30 p.m., NU 441, Indianapolis. Chair: Prof. Sharon L. Sims (317/274-4300)

SCHOOL OF MUSIC, GRADUATE DIVISION

SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY, GRADUATE DIVISION

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, GRADUATE DIVISION

Public Affairs
Cho, Yoon Jik: "Trust in Managerial Leadership within Federal Agencies: Antecedents, Outcomes, and Contextual Factors." Saturday, August 2, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Room 300, School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Co-Chairs: Prof. James L. Perry (855-5971) and Prof. Evan Ringquist (855-0732)

Espinosa, Salvador: "On Revenue Sharing and Budgetary Behavior: Assessing the Determinants of Subnational Financial Behavior and their Impact on the Creation of a Decentralized Tax System in Mexico." Thursday, July 24, 2008, 10:00 a.m., School of Public and Environmental Affairs Dean's Conference Room. Chair: Prof. John Mikesell (855-2840)

Nesbit, Becky: "The Institutional Context of Volunteering: The Impact of Families, Paidl Labor, State Policies, and Military Service." Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 8:00 a.m., School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Room 300. Chair: Prof. David A. Reingold (855-5971)

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, GRADUATE DIVISION