Upcoming Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Announcements
May 16, 2012
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
Titus, Varkey K.: Invest, Cooperate, or Acquire: Two Essays on External Corporate Venturing and Its Antecedents
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 8:00 am
Kelley School of Business, BU742
Chair: Prof. Jeff Covin, (855-2715)
Cummings, Jeffrey W.: Virtual First Impressions Matter: The Effect of Social Networking Sites On Impression Formation in Virtual Teams
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10:00 am
Kelley School of Business, BU744
Chair: Prof. Alan Dennis, (855-2691)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, GRADUATE DIVISION
Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Justice, Deborah R.: Sonic Change, Social Change, Sacred Change: Music and the Reconfiguration of American Christianity
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 10:00 am
510 North Fess, Seminar Room
Chair: Prof. Ruth Stone, (855-0398)
English
Stasik, Tamara L.: Forms of Living: Asceticism, Culture, and Articulating the Medeled Liyf in late Medieval English Literature
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 3:00 pm
Ballantine Hall, Room 448
Chair: Prof. Patricia Ingham, (855-0521)
Anthropology
McGill, Alicia E.: Aal a wi da wan?: Cultural Education, Heritage, and Citizenship in the Belizean State
Friday, May 18, 2012, 10:00 am
701 East 8th Street, Room 100
Chair: Prof. Anne Pyburn, (855-2563)
Mathematics
Truong, Tuyen T.: Pullback of Currents by Meromorphic Maps
Monday, May 21, 2012, 10:30 am
Rawles Hall, Room 127
Chair: Prof. Eric Bedford, (855-6674)
History
Butler, John J.: A History of Railroad Depots in Bloomington, Indiana and Roanoke, Virginia
Monday, May 21, 2012, 12:30 pm
Ballantine Hall
Chair: Prof. Eric Sandweiss, (855-0210)
Psychology
Ballard, Robin Hanson: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Child Informed Mediation
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 9:30 am
Psychology Building, Room 130
Chair: Prof. Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, (855-8159)
Biology
Mendes Soares, Maria H.: The Ecology and Evolution of Microbial Predation by Myxococcus Xanthus across Heterogeneous Prey Environments
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 9:00 am
Jordan Hall 248
Chair: Prof. Gregory J. Velicer, (856-2586)
Spanish
Barker, Maria Hasler: Effects of Pedagogical Intervention on the Production of the Compliment and Compliment Response Sequence by Second Language Learners of Spanish
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 10:00 am
Ballantine Hall 844
Chair: Prof. J. César Félix-Brasdefer, (855-9551)
Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Stoll, Jeremy J.: Follow the River of Stories: Comics, Folk Culture, & Social Justice in New Delhi
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 1:30 pm
Chair: Prof. Pravina Shukla, (856-1715)
Mathematics
Topaloglu, Ihsan A.: An Isoperimetric Problem With Long-Range Interactions
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10:00 am
Rawles Hall, Room 316
Chair: Prof. Peter Sternberg, (855-6726)
English
Rubens, Amy E.: Making "Medicine" in America, A Literary Account: 1870-1950
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 1:30 pm
Ballantine Hall 448 (Media Room)
Chair: Prof. George Hutchinson, (855-8224)
Spanish
Ronquest, Rebecca E.: An Acoustic Analysis of Heritage Spanish Vowels
Friday, May 25, 2012, 10:00 am
Ballantine Hall 015
Chair: Prof. Erik Willis, (855-8494)
Mathematics
Lodge, Russell B.: The Boundary Behavior of Thurston's Pullback Map
Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 10:30 am
Rawles Hall 127
Chair: Prof. Kevin Pilgrim, (855-3477)
Philosophy
Han, Gwakhee: Integrity as A Moral Virtue
Saturday, June 02, 2012, 11:00 am
Sycamore Hall, Room 120
Chair: Prof. Marcia Baron, (856-0101)
Astronomy
Hamper, Randall T.: Observational Exploration of M dwarf Dynamos
Monday, June 04, 2012, 10:00 am
Swain West 318
Chair: Prof. Kent Honeycutt, (855-6916)
Philosophy
Theurer, Kari L.: Rethinking Reductionism: From 17th Century Mechanism to Contemporary Molecular Neuroscience
Monday, June 04, 2012, 2:00 pm
Sycamore Hall, Room 120
Chair: Prof. Colin Allen, (855-8916)
Chemistry
Mondal, Prolay K.: Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Daphnicyclidin A
Friday, June 08, 2012, 2:00 pm
Chemistry Building, Room C127
Chair: Prof. David R. Williams, (855-6629)
Political Science
Rich, Timothy S.: Beyond Institutional Effects of Mixed Systems: A Multi-level Analysis of East Asian Electoral Reforms
Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 1:30 pm
Woodburn Hall 218
Chair: Prof. Jacob Bielasiak and Prof. Jean Robinson, (855-3711 and 856-0827)
Biology
Patrick, Joyce E.: Regulation of Swarming Motility in Bacillus subtilis
Thursday, June 28, 2012, 2:00 pm
Simon Hall MSB1, Room 001
Chair: Prof. Daniel B. Kearns, (856-2523)
SCHOOL OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION, GRADUATE DIVISION
Human Performance
Donahue, Matthew S.: Neuromuscular Response of Individuals with and Without Functional Ankle Instability
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 2:30 pm
University Gym, Room 100
Chair: Prof. Carrie Docherty, (856-6035)
Ficklin, Travis K.: Mechanisms for the Generation of Ball Speed in Windmill-Style Softball Fast-Pitching
Friday, May 25, 2012, 10:00 am
School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Room 125
Chair: Prof. Jesus Dapena, (855-8407)
Frederick, Evan L.: A World of One-Way and Two-Way Streets: Exploring the Nuances of Fan-Athlete Interaction on Twitter
Monday, June 11, 2012, 1:00 pm
School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Room 125
Chair: Prof. Choong Hoon Lim, (855-0510)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Public Affairs
Moldogaziev, Temirlan T.: Information Economics in Insurance Markets for Municipal Debt Securities: Monoline Insurance in Primary and Secondary Trades
Friday, May 18, 2012, 10:00 am
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Room 275
Chair: Prof. Craig L. Johnson, (855-0732)
Public Policy
Arnold, Gwendolyn B.: Assessing Wetland Assessment: Understanding State Bureaucratic Use and Adoption of
Rapid Wetland Assessment Tools
Thursday, July 19, 2012, 1:00 pm
Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, 513 N. Park Street, Toqueville Room
Chair: Prof. Elinor Ostrom, (855-0441)
