Upcoming Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Announcements

February 09, 2010

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

Chemistry
Ferguson, Glen A.: Spectroscopy and Reactivity of Silicon Surfaces
Monday, February 15, 2010, 11:00 am
Chemistry Building, Room 127
Chair: Prof. Krishnan Raghavachari, (856-1766)

Religious Studies
Hammerstrom, Erik J.: Buddhists Discuss Science in Modern China: 1898-1949
Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 1:00 pm
Sycamore Hall, Room 219
Chair: Prof. Aaron Stalnaker, (855-8089)

Psychology
Staples, Angela D.: Regulation of Infant Distress during Still-Face
Friday, February 19, 2010, 3:30 pm
Psychology Building, Room 137C
Chair: Prof. John E. Bates, (855-8683)

SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS, GRADUATE DIVISION

Computer Science
Kambadur, Prabhanjan : PFunc: Modern Task Parallelism For Modern High Performance Computing
Friday, February 19, 2010, 10:30 am
Lindley Hall 101
Chair: Prof. Andrew Lumsdaine, (855-6486)

SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, GRADUATE DIVISION

Information Science
Stoerger, Sharon: Pedagogical Practices in a Virtual World: An Ethnographic and Discourse Analysis Approach
Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 2:00 pm
W. W. Wright Education Building, Room ED 2277
Chair: Prof. Susan C. Herring, (856-4919)