Upcoming Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Announcements
May 24, 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
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
The Ellison Room, The Lilly 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)
Mathematics
Yao, Jinghua: Existence, Stability and Bifurcation Problems in Continuum Thermodynamics
Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 10:30 am
RH 127
Chair: Prof. Kevin R. Zumbrun, (855-2200)
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)
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)
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)
Physics
Liu, Honghuan: Design a Compact Medical Synchrotron and 3D Dose delivery of Rapid Cycling Beam
Tuesday, June 04, 2013, 3:00 pm
North Large Conference Room at CEEM
Chair: Prof. Shyh-Yuan Lee, (855-2899)
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)
Linguistics
Hantgan, Abbie E.: Aspects of Bangime Phonology and Morphology
Wednesday, June 05, 2013, 12:00 pm
Distinguised Alumni Hall
Chair: Prof. Robert Botne, (855-6456)
Biology
Shukla, Animesh: Molecular characterization of an ecologically significant blue-green light color acclimation response in marine Synechococcus
Thursday, June 06, 2013, 3:00 pm
Jordan Hall 009
Chair: Prof. David Kehoe, (856-4715)
Geological Sciences
Waddle, Robert C.: Modeling Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction in Areas Affected by Acid Mine Drainage: Implications for Geomorphic Reclamation Design and Optimization
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 10:00 am
Geology Department/Geological Survey S-201
Chair: Prof. Greg A. Olyphant, (855-1351)
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)
Religious Studies
Krawcowicz, Barbara A.: Covenantal Theodicy Among Haredi and Modern Jewish Thinkers during and after the Holocaust
Thursday, June 13, 2013, 1:30 pm
Sycamore Hall 224
Chair: Prof. Shaul Magid, (855-3531)
Chemistry
Contino, Nathan C.: Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry: Lowering Limits of Detection and Improving Signal to Noise
Thursday, June 13, 2013, 2:30 pm
Chemistry C033
Chair: Prof. Martin Jarrold, (856-1182)
Sociology
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)
Biochemistry
Snyder, Anthony J.: Structure-function studies of the alphavirus E3 and E2 glycoproteins
Friday, June 14, 2013, 10:00 am
Simon Hall, 001
Chair: Prof. Suchetana Mukhopadhyay, (856-3686)
Biology
Vineyard, Laura E.: Transverse Patterning of the Plant Cortical Microtubule Array
Friday, June 14, 2013, 1:00 pm
Jordan Hall 009
Chair: Prof. Sidney L. Shaw, (856-5001)
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)
Criminal Justice
Kaylen, Maria T.: Violence in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Areas: Trends, Demographics, and Measurement
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 2:00 pm
SISR 201
Chair: Prof. William Alex Pridemore, (856-2220)
Psychology
Banerji, Ishani: How and Why Self-Disclosure and Gossip are Different
Friday, June 21, 2013, 1:30 pm
Psychology room 228
Chair: Prof. Eliot Smith, (856-1350)
English
Wennerstrom, Courtney B.: "Polyamorousness: 'Divided Affection' in Eighteenth-Century Life
Friday, June 21, 2013, 3:00 pm
Parker Library--Department of English
Chair: Prof. Mary Favret, (855-8283)
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, GRADUATE DIVISION
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
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)
