KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Monday, April 29, 2024, 10:00 am
Business
Sun, Meng
After-Hours Market Reactions and Media Coverage of Firms' Earnings Announcements
Hodge Hall 7301
Chair: Prof. Ken Merkley, (812-855-2655)
Thursday, May 02, 2024, 1:00 pm
Business
Sachdeva, Agrim
HUMAN-AI COLLABORATION IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: A MULTI-METHOD INVESTIGATION OF VULNERABILITY INTRODUCTION PREDICTION AND CODE GENERATION
Hodge Hall 7301
Chair: Prof. Alan Dennis, (812-855-2691)
Monday, May 13, 2024, 1:00 pm
Business
Mallon, Timothy
How Do Reference Group Size and Relative Performance Incentives Affect Employee Performance?
Hodge Hall 5103
Chair: Prof. Lori Bhaskar / Prof. Geoff Sprinkle, (404-457-6856 / 812-345-7552)
Monday, May 13, 2024, 2:15 pm
Business
Zen, Edwin
Screening and Monitoring for Green Investments by Financial Intermediaries
Hodge Hall 7300
Chair: Prof. Charles Trzcinka, (812-855-9908)
Monday, May 20, 2024, 10:30 am
Business
Zhai, Chengcheng
Improving Drinking Water Access: NGO Operations and Strategies
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Chair: Prof. Kurt Bretthauer, (812-855-3487)
Friday, June 07, 2024, 1:30 pm
Business
Wang, Zitai
Three Essays on Corporate Finance
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Chair: Prof. Kristoph Kleiner / Merih Sevilir, (812-856-7182 / +49 345 7753-808)
Thursday, June 20, 2024, 9:30 am
Business
Li, Joanna
Three essays on institutions, organizations, and inequalities
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Chair: Prof. Tomasz Obloj / Prof. Eric Zhao, (812-855-0887 / +44-186-528-8800)
Monday, July 15, 2024, 12:00 pm
Business
Danesh Yazdi, Amir
Three Essays on Finance
Hodge Hall 6146
Chair: Prof. Nandini Gupta, (812-855-3416)
Monday, July 29, 2024, 1:00 pm
Business
Adams, Joel
Taking Vision Seriously: Implications for Rationality, Action, and the Nature of the Entrepreneur.
Hodge Hall 7301
Chair: Prof. Jeff McMullen, (812-855-2718)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, GRADUATE DIVISION
Monday, April 29, 2024, 8:00 am
Mathematics
Lowry, Nathanial
Abelian varieties over large non-algebraically closed fields
Rawles Hall 127
Chair: Prof. Michael Larsen, (812-855-1064)
Monday, April 29, 2024, 12:00 pm
Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Ghobashi, Ahmed
Investigating colon cancer tumorigenesis and cellular heterogeneity
Simon Hall 001
Chair: Prof. Heather O'Hagan, (812-855-3035)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 10:30 am
English
Mendez, Christopher
Mi Tierra Firme: Creating Space, Place, and Identity in Contemporary Latine Literature and Media
Ballantine Hall 440A
Chair: Prof. Alberto Varon, (512-587-1611)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 2:00 pm
Geological Sciences
Sherrill, Elizabeth
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Earthquake Cycle at Subduction Zones and Stable Continental Regions
Geology Building Room 2022
Chair: Prof. Kaj Johnson, (812-855-3612)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 3:00 pm
Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Wieneke, Marisa
Memes as Folklore: Toward a Method for Meme Analysis
Classroom Office Building 261
Chair: Prof. Pravina Shukla, (812-856-1715)
Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 10:00 am
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences / Cognitive Science
Anderson, Ryan
PSYCHOACOUSTIC AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES OF INTERACTION BETWEEN PITCH AND TIMBRE CUES IN STATIC AND DYNAMICALLY VARYING SOUNDS
Health Sciences Building, C1021Z
Chair: Prof. William Shofner / Prof. Jennifer Lentz, (812-856-1069 / 812-856-0783)
Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 4:00 pm
History
Serdiukov, Stepan
Identity, Citizenship, and the Modern State: Russian Molokan Migrants in the United States, 1901-1930
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Chair: Prof. John Bodnar, (812-320-3748)
Thursday, May 02, 2024, 9:00 am
Anthropology
Rachok, Dariia
Affective Belonging: Vulnerable Groups' Political Subjectivity and HIV in Ukraine
Student Building 159
Chair: Prof. Sarah Phillips, (812-322-3706)
Thursday, May 02, 2024, 10:00 am
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Mac Gabhann, Fionnan
Tradition and the Politics of Culture: Case Studies from Irish Folklore
Classroom Office Building, room 261
Chair: Prof. Ray Cashman, (614-364-1696)
Thursday, May 02, 2024, 10:00 am
Geological Sciences
Ely, Ricardo
Introducing the Early High Disparity Phylogenetic Comparative Model
Geology Building Room 2022
Chair: Prof. P. David Polly, (812-855-7994)
Thursday, May 02, 2024, 2:00 pm
Chemistry
Guo, Xu
Improving the Performance of Multiscale Molecular Dynamics with A Novel Integrator and An Enhanced Backmapping Method
Indiana Memorial Union, Oak Room
Chair: Prof. Liang-shi Li, (812-855-7178)
Friday, May 03, 2024, 12:00 pm
Philosophy
Kazanjian, Mariam
Shame, Blame, and Sexism: Moral Ignorance and Moral Responsibility
Memorial Union, Sycamore
Chair: Prof. Allen Wood, (812-856-0912)
Monday, May 06, 2024, 2:00 pm
Physics
Eaton, Adam
Numerical studies of topology in low-dimensional systems
Swain West 214
Chair: Prof. Herbert Fertig, (812-856-1980)
Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 2:00 pm
Physics
Rasmusson, Alexander
Trapped Ion Cooling, Heating, and Thermometry
Swain West 214
Chair: Prof. Philip Richerme, (812-856-1488)
Thursday, May 09, 2024, 2:00 pm
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Colom Brana, Gloria
From Batey to Marquesina: The History, Form, and Use of the Carport in Puerto Rico
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Chair: Prof. Jason Baird Jackson, (812-856-1868)
Friday, May 10, 2024, 10:00 am
Microbiology
Doucette, Kaitlin
RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES IN THE ROTAVIRUS GENOME PROMOTE EFFICIENT VIRAL REPLICATION
Simon Hall #001
Chair: Prof. John Patton, (812-855-5211)
Friday, May 10, 2024, 10:00 am
Sociology
Russian, Anna
NEGOTIATING GENDER ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS CONTEXTS: THE CASE OF THE FORMER COLLEGE ATHLETE
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Chair: Prof. Youngjoo Cha, (812-856-1798)
Friday, May 10, 2024, 1:30 pm
Economics
Wang, Chao
Essays in Industrial Organization
Wylie Hall 225
Chair: Prof. Ruli Xiao / Prof. Stefan Weiergraeber, (812-855-3213 / 812-855-2146)
Monday, May 13, 2024, 3:00 pm
Sociology
Lista, Peter
Negotiated Order and the Formal Structure of the Early Federal Reserve System
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Chair: Prof. Fabio Rojas, (812-856-1491)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 3:00 pm
Cognitive Science
Dubova, Marina
Observations and theories: cognitive mechanisms of discovery
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 6th Floor Conf. Room 6050G
Chair: Prof. Robert Goldstone, (812-272-5226)
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 3:00 pm
Slavic Languages and Literature
Cravens, Rebecca
"In Various Planes of Time": Connections Between Time Travel and Narrative Framing in Russian Modernism
Global and International Studies Building 3134
Chair: Prof. Jacob Emery, (812-756-0506)
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 11:00 am
Political Science
Lucky, Matthew
Learning Regimes: The Politics of Expertise
Woodburn Hall 218
Chair: Prof. William Scheuerman, (812-855-6308)
Friday, May 17, 2024, 1:30 pm
Mathematics
Wei, Zhifeng
Graph Embedding for Random Walks and Community Detection
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Chair: Prof. Russell Lyons, (812-855-1645)
Monday, May 20, 2024, 10:00 am
Sociology
Sharps, Aminta
Multidimensional Views of Police: A Social Psychological Approach
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Chair: Prof. Pamela Jackson, (812-855-2540)
Monday, May 20, 2024, 2:00 pm
Slavic Languages and Literature
Abrahamyan, Ani
Ethnographies of Transgression: Outlawed Communities in Imperial Russia (1856–1882)
Global and International Studies Building 3134
Chair: Prof. Elizabeth Geballe, (812-855-3351)
Monday, May 27, 2024, 9:00 am
Italian
Mazzitello, Pantalea
Cursing and Laughing. Blasphemy in Italian Renaissance Literature.
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Chair: Prof. Massimo Scalabrini / Prof. Andrea Ciccarelli, (812-855-8044 / 812-855-6029)
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 3:00 pm
Comparative Literature
Messejnikov, Alexander
Hyperreality and Visual Media in the Fiction of Vladimir Nabokov and Thomas Pynchon
Ballantine Hall 901
Chair: Prof. Jacob Emery, (812-855-3634)
Thursday, May 30, 2024, 1:00 pm
Psychology
Huber Gifford, Hollyann
Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence Based Practices to Support Trauma-Informed Court Reform
Psychology Room 137C
Chair: Prof. Amy Holzworth-Munroe, (812-855-8159)
Tuesday, June 04, 2024, 10:00 am
Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Brown, Haley
Investigating the role of epigenetic regulation in Drosophila eye specification
Simon Hall 001
Chair: Prof. Justin Kumar, (812-856-2621)
Thursday, June 06, 2024, 1:00 pm
Astrophysics (Astronomy)
Brady, Kristin
Applications of Infrared Spectroscopy for Chemical Abundances of Stars
Swain West 319
Chair: Prof. Catherine Pilachowski, (812-855-6913)
Friday, June 14, 2024, 9:00 am
Anthropolgy
Mecca, Elizabeth
Pesticides and Puberty: Investigating the association between rural environments characterized by industrial agriculture and the timing of puberty among girls in Costa Rica
Student Building 159
Chair: Prof. Andrea Wiley, (812-856-4993)
Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 1:00 pm
Sociology
Garcia, Melissa
Asian and Latiné College Experiences with Panethnic Student Organizations
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Chair: Prof. Jennifer Lee, (812-856-2522)
Thursday, July 11, 2024, 10:00 am
Italian
Salmaso, Nicolo
The Myth of Raffaella Carrà: Female Stardom in Post-1968 Italy
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Chair: Prof. Colleen Ryan, (812-855-1249)
Monday, July 29, 2024, 9:00 am
Portuguese
de Oliveira e Silva Lemos, Marcela
Flashes de um passado presente: A fotografia e a memória das ditaduras militares brasileira e argentina na prosa literária do século XXI
Global and International Studies Building, GA2134
Chair: Prof. Luciana Namorato, (812-272-1316)
Monday, July 29, 2024, 2:00 pm
Italian
Casiraghi, Lucia
“Non parlo mica così in real life”: Italian Youth’s Translanguaging Practices on Social Media
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Chair: Prof. Andrea Ciccarelli, (812-855-6029)
Friday, August 09, 2024, 1:00 pm
Gender Studies
Hoard-Jackson, Teresa
Fallopian Feminism: A Black Queer Feminist Methodological Intervention on Reproductive Technoscience
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Chair: Prof. Laura Foster, (812-855-0101)
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, GRADUATE DIVISION
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 10:00 am
School Psychology
Thielmeyer, Alexandria
Participation in a Community-Based Dance Class to Improve the Social Skills of Children on the Autism Spectrum
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Chair: Prof. Scott Bellini, (812-345-3839)
Thursday, May 02, 2024, 10:00 am
History, Philosophy and Policy Studies in Education
Tandon, Aditi
Dissecting Domination: Critical Perspectives on Caste, Class, and Gender in Central Indian Schools
Wright Education Building 4204
Chair: Prof. Bradley Levinson / Prof. Quentin Wheeler-Bell, (812-391-4653 / 812-856-8385)
Thursday, May 02, 2024, 3:00 pm
History, Philosophy and Policy Studies in Education
LaFosse, Richard
Disability Anti-Discrimination Laws in Higher Education's Metaverse
Wright Education Building 4204
Chair: Prof. Janet Decker, (812-856-8375)
Monday, May 13, 2024, 10:00 am
Instructional Systems Technology
Lee, Hyejeong
Examining the Effectiveness of Personalized Learning Through Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Academic Disparities
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Chair: Prof. Thomas Brush, (812-856-8458)
Monday, May 20, 2024, 9:00 am
Literacy, Culture, & Language Education
Greco, Todd
HERITAGE LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE: The relationship between affluent communities and immigrant parents raising children with a heritage language
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Chair: Prof. Beth Samuelson, (812-856-8256)
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 1:00 pm
Curriculum and Instruction
Rahman, Shukufe
In Search of a Science Education for Rohingya Refugees in the Camps in Bangladesh
Wright Education Building 2277
Chair: Prof. Gayle Buck, (812-856-8171)
Thursday, June 06, 2024, 1:00 pm
Curriculum and Instruction
Cardona Otero, Javier
Taxonomía of a Spicy Espécimen: A Public Performative Pedagogy
Wright Education Building 3115
Chair: Prof. Gustave Weltsek, (812-856-8158)
SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS, COMPUTING, AND ENGINEERING, GRADUATE DIVISION
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 8:30 am
Informatics
Bhowmick, Pallabi
Beyond Digital Boundaries: Breaking Barriers to Social Connectivity for Older Adults Using Tangible, Customizable Peer-Based Check-In Solutions
Luddy Building, Room 1006
Chair: Prof. Erik Stolterman Bergqvist, (812-856-5803)
Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 1:30 pm
Informatics
Randall, Natasha
Evaluating and Designing for the Purchase of Consumer Home Robots
Luddy AI Center 2001
Chair: Prof. Selma Sabanovic, (812-856-0386)
Thursday, May 02, 2024, 3:30 pm
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Metzcar, John
Toward a general framework of multicellular systems biology with application to cellular motility and phenotype control
Luddy AI Building Conference Room 2005
Chair: Prof. Paul Macklin / Prof. Filippo Radicchi, (626-372-1203 / 812-855-9322)
Monday, May 13, 2024, 10:00 am
Computer Science
Qin, Yue
Verifiable Machine Learning for Privacy Enhancing Technology
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Chair: Prof. Xiaojing Liao, (864-650-8137)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 10:00 am
Computer Science
Zhu, Rui
Mitigating and understanding security and privacy issues in AI system
Luddy 3069
Chair: Prof. Haixu Tang / Prof. Xiaofeng Wang, (858-205-9135 / 412-780-0022)
Friday, May 17, 2024, 9:30 am
Computer Science
Xiao, Yue
Fulfilling Privacy And Security Compliance In Software Supply Chain
Luddy Building, Room 4063
Chair: Prof. Luyi Xing / Prof. Xiaojing Liao, (812-272-6588 / 864-650-8137)
Friday, May 17, 2024, 1:00 pm
Informatics / Cognitive Science
Whitley, Derek
The Intrinsic Evolution of Reconfigurable Electronic Circuitry
Geology Building Room 3055B
Chair: Prof. Randall Beer / Prof. Eduardo Izquierdo, (812-856-0873 / 812-567-3382)
Friday, May 24, 2024, 1:00 pm
Computer Science
Jafari, Elham
Computational Methods for Gene Regulation Inference From Single-cell Multi-Omics Data
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Chair: Prof. Yijie Wang, (240-401-1064)
Wednesday, June 05, 2024, 1:00 pm
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Li, Zhengyi
Guardians of the Gateway: Cyber Threat Intelligence at the Forefront of System Security Preservation and Public Health
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Chair: Prof. Xiaojing Liao, (864-650-8137)
THE MEDIA SCHOOL, GRADUATE DIVISION
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 10:00 am
Media Arts and Sciences
Booth, McCall
Parental Mediation in Multilingual Families
230M Franklin Hall
Chair: Prof. Nicole Martins, (812-855-7720)
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, GRADUATE DIVISION
Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 2:00 pm
Anatomy
Goodwin, Michael
An investigation into academic outcomes and experiences of undergraduate students with learning disabilities and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in anatomy, and other large, introductory STEM courses
Biology Building 102
Chair: Prof. Valerie O'Loughlin, (812-855-7723)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Monday, April 29, 2024, 10:00 am
Public Affairs
Zebrowski, Wesley
Discretion and Inequity in Agricultural Programs
O'Neill School, Conference Room A225
Chair: Prof. James Farmer, (812-558-0674)
Monday, April 29, 2024, 1:00 pm
Public Affairs
Lee, Euipyo
Unpacking Public Sector Innovation: Causes and Effects of Innovation in Korea, Taiwan and the United States
O'Neill School Conference Room PV-A318
Chair: Prof. Sean Nicholson-Crotty, (812-855-0122)
Monday, May 13, 2024, 12:00 pm
Public Affairs
Memmott, Trevor
Intersections and Insecurity: Measuring the Determinants, Consequences, and Mitigators of Material Hardship
O'Neill School, Conference Room A225
Chair: Prof. David Konisky, (812-855-6990)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 1:00 pm
Environmental Health
Khan, Sajjad
Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Ecology in Monroe County, Indiana: Diversity and Abundance patterns across environmental gradients
School of Public Health, room PH 125
Chair: Prof. Luis Chaves, (812-856-4561)
Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 9:00 am
Epidemiology
Holler, Emma
Anticholinergic Medication Use, Delirium, and Dementia Among Older Surgical Patients
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Chair: Prof. Christina Ludema, (812-855-9181)
Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 1:00 pm
Human Performance
Friedman, Annalee
Cutaneous Reflex Characteristics and Perceived Instability in CAI: Longitudinal Exploration ad Effects of Stochastic Resonance
School of Public Health - IU Bloomington - Room PH C100
Chair: Prof. Carrie Docherty / Prof. Leif Madsen, (812-856-6035 / 812-855-4548)
Monday, June 03, 2024, 10:00 am
Health Behavior
Yang, Meng
USE, DECEPTION, AND CESSATION OF E-CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS AMONG U.S. YOUTH AND ADULT POPULATIONS
School of Public Health room PH 125
Chair: Prof. Hsien-Chang Lin, (812-855-6197)
Tuesday, June 04, 2024, 10:00 am
Health Behavior
Wright, Brittanni
Understanding the Sexual Experiences of People Living with Sickle Cell Disease
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Chair: Prof. Debby Herbenick, (812-855-7011)
Friday, July 19, 2024, 10:30 am
Health Behavior
Jackson, Frederica
Perinatal Loss - Bereavement Care Experiences of Indiana Women and Health Provider Perspectives
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Chair: Prof. Cecilia Obeng, (812-361-6789)