KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 10:00 am
Business
Li, Xiaoying
Three Essays on Bank Intermediation
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Chair: Prof. Matt Billett, (812-855-3366)
Thursday, July 03, 2025, 9:00 am
Business
Attari, Iman
How Did It Happen? A Supply Chain Perspective on the Opioid Crisis
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Chair: Prof. Jonathan Helm / Prof. Jorge Mejia, (812-679-7826 / 404-939-0114)
Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 9:00 am
Business
Kim, Dongkyoo
Influencer Marketing Strategies on Digital Platforms
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Chair: Prof. Beth Fossen, (601-500-1845)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, GRADUATE DIVISION
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 9:00 am
Physics
McKay, Samuel
Structures of Quantum Entangled Neutron Beams
Swain West 214
Chair: Prof. David Baxter / Prof. Roger Pynn, (812-855-8337 / 505-670-9708)
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 11:00 am
Sociology
Cleckner, Callie
Inside Indiana Gun Shows: Gun Show Organizations, Gun Culture, and the Symbolic, Racialized Dynamics of a Changing Marketplace
Karl F. Schuessler Institute for Social Research 100
Chair: Prof. Tim Hallett, (812-219-3469)
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 12:00 pm
Geography
Pervin, Rubaya
Remote Sensing and Modelling Dryland Vegetation and Carbon Cycle Patterns
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Chair: Prof. Scott Robeson / Prof. Mallory Barnes, (812-855-7722 / malbarn@iu.edu)
Friday, June 20, 2025, 1:00 pm
Philosophy
Pettler-Khurana, Zoe
The Social Construction of Disability
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Chair: Prof. Kate Abramson, (812-856-3676)
Friday, June 20, 2025, 1:00 pm
History
David, Jessica
Bribed Oracles, Corrupt Seers, and the Politics of Piety in Ancient Greece, 6th – 4th Centuries BCE
Ballantine Hall Conference Room 803
Chair: Prof. Eric Robinson, (812-855-3236)
Friday, June 20, 2025, 1:00 pm
Sociology
Liang, Yingjian
Imagining Globally, Adapting Locally: How Skilled Immigrants Plan and Launch International Careers in an Uncertain World
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Chair: Prof. Dina Okamoto, (530-574-0997)
Monday, June 23, 2025, 10:00 am
Geography
Watkins, Jennifer
Who Profits from the Plate? Labor and Power in the U.S. Restaurant Industry
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Chair: Prof. Daniel Knudsen, (812-855-6303)
Monday, June 23, 2025, 1:00 pm
History
Ware, Eric
Papal Letters and Geographies, 844-896
Ballantine Hall Conference Room 803
Chair: Prof. Deborah Deliyannis, (812-855-3431)
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 1:00 pm
English
Fischer, Sarah
From Writers To Content Creators: Teaching, Embodiment, & Multimodal Composition
Ballantine Hall 403
Chair: Prof. Justin Hodgson, (812-855-1834)
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 2:30 pm
Chemistry
Ibrar, Maha
Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles and their Assemblies for Anti-counterfeit Applications
Chemistry Building, Room 033
Chair: Prof. Sara Skrabalak, (812-856-1892)
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 1:00 pm
English
McCool, Megan
Pedagogy of Care: (Anti)Violence in Writing Studies, the Teaching of Community-Engaged Writing, and Feminist Social Change
Ballantine Hall 403
Chair: Prof. Katherine Silvester, (520-404-7219)
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 2:30 pm
Chemistry
Skalla, Rebecca
Design and Functionalization of Zirconium-Based Porous Coordination Cages: Solvent and Ligand Effects on Tunability
Chemistry Building, Room 033
Chair: Prof. Eric Bloch, (812-855-4798)
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 10:00 am
Sociology
Ekl, Emily
Authority and Expertise in Contemporary Professions: Examining Countervailing Powers in the Provision of Patient Care by Allied Health Professionals
Morrison Hall, Room 326
Chair: Prof. Bernice Pescosolido, (812-855-6213)
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 12:00 pm
English
Luczak, Benjamin
Arguing Health Care: Narrative, Topoi, and Symbols in United States Health Care Reform
Ballantine Hall 403
Chair: Prof. Robert Terrill, (812-360-6263)
Friday, June 27, 2025, 10:00 am
Second Language Studies
Brakovec, Hunter
Third Language Transfer and Development
Ballantine Hall, room 703
Chair: Prof. Rex Sprouse, (812-272-3332)
Monday, June 30, 2025, 10:00 am
Spanish
Vega Gonzalez, Monica
Masculinidades en el quehacer artístico puertorriqueño contemporáneo: identidad(es) en movimiento y trayectorias que marcan espacios
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Chair: Prof. Jonathan Risner / Prof. Solimar Otero, (336-991-8929 / 626-419-4196)
Monday, June 30, 2025, 1:00 pm
Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Herriage, Hunter
Unscheduled polyploidy disrupts tissue function and promotes tumorigenesis.
Biology Building 248
Chair: Prof. Brian Calvi, (812-855-5450)
Monday, June 30, 2025, 1:00 pm
French
Defever, Elke
The Representation of Women in Contemporary Bandes Dessinées about the Algerian War of Independence: Memory, Power, and Agency
Indiana Memorial Union, Distinguished Alumni Room
Chair: Prof. Brett Bowles, (812-855-7438)
Tuesday, July 01, 2025, 2:00 pm
Chemistry
Morey, Merissa
Probing Inter- vs. Intra-Pore Surface Through the Diffusion of Guest Molecules Into Porous Cages
Chemistry Building, Room 033
Chair: Prof. Eric Bloch, (812-855-4798)
Wednesday, July 02, 2025, 10:00 am
Political Science
Koehnlein, Brittney
From Syringes to Stability: The Legitimizing Power of Vaccinations in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
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Chair: Prof. Ore Koren, (612-309-2500)
Monday, July 07, 2025, 9:30 am
Political Science
Khanna, Aashna
Who's Got your Back? Structural Positions of G20 Economies and Access to the Global Financial Safety Net
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Chair: Prof. Jun Sudduth, (812-855-6308)
Monday, July 07, 2025, 12:00 pm
Political Science
Urtuzuastigui, Gerardo
Economic Sanctions and Civil Conflict in Target Countries
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Chair: Prof. Ore Koren, (812-855-6308)
Monday, July 07, 2025, 1:00 pm
Sociology
Gallati, Benjamin
Doing Genre: Cultural Change and the Evolution of Authentic Race and Gender Performances in Hip Hop
Ballantine Hall 740B
Chair: Prof. Timothy Hallett, (812-856-1426)
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 11:30 am
Linguistics
Chen, Yi-An
Perceptions and sociolinguistic evaluations of Mainland Mandarin and Taiwan Mandarin on Bilibili
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Chair: Prof. Susan Herring, (812-856-4919)
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 1:30 pm
Economics
Byun, Ryan
Essays in Financial Economics
Wylie Hall 225
Chair: Prof. Todd Walker / Prof. Ke-Li Xu, (812-856-2892 / 812-855-5525)
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 2:00 pm
English
Loy, Sara
Practice Imperfect: Agential Repetition in the Golden Age of Children’s Literature
Ballantine Hall 403
Chair: Prof. Ivan Kreilkamp / Prof. Lara Kriegel, (812-855-6132 / 812-855-6290)
Thursday, July 24, 2025, 1:00 pm
Criminal Justice
Diaz, Carmen
Pretrial Diversion, Recidivism, and Race: A Mixed-Methods Impact Evaluation of a Prosecutor-Led Pretrial Diversion Program
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Chair: Prof. Miriam Northcutt Bohmert, (616-443-4783)
Friday, August 15, 2025, 10:00 am
Mathematics
Cho, Myung Sin
K-theoretic Tate-Poitou duality at prime 2
Rawles Hall 127
Chair: Prof. Michael Mandell, (812-855-8524)
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, GRADUATE DIVISION
Monday, June 23, 2025, 1:00 pm
Curriculum and Instruction
Sianturi, Iwan
Charting the Mathematical Mind: Future Educators’ Number Sense, Spatial Ability, Problem-Solving Strategies, Problem-Solving Orientations, and Confidence in Solution Accuracy
School of Education, Room 3115
Chair: Prof. Erik Tillema, (812-345-3652)
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 2:00 pm
Special Education
Ozkaya, Ozan
Early Intervention Providers' Interactional Practices During Home Visits: A Mediated Learning Framework
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Chair: Prof. Hannah Schertz, (812-856-8146)
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 10:30 am
Counseling Psychology
Pandelios, Alexis
EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION AND CONTEXTUAL FACTORS ON INTERPERSONAL GRATITUDE EXCHANGE OUTCOMES
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Chair: Prof. Y. Joel Wong, (812-856-8293)
Monday, July 21, 2025, 1:00 pm
Counseling Psychology
Carver, Dasha
The impact of sexual exploitation and cultural betrayal trauma on Black Americans' sexual pleasure
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Chair: Prof. Zoe Peterson, (812-856-8063)
SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS, COMPUTING, AND ENGINEERING, GRADUATE DIVISION
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 11:00 am
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Srivastava, Prateek
GMachine - An abstract machine for Graph Processing
Luddy Hall 4102
Chair: Prof. Martin Swany, (812-856-7795)
Thursday, June 19, 2025, 10:00 am
Computer Science
Hong, Yuhui
Machine Learning Advanced Small Molecular Identification and Analysis through Mass Spectrometry
Luddy Hall 4986
Chair: Prof. Haixu Tang, (812-856-1859)
Friday, June 20, 2025, 2:00 pm
Informatics
Panicker, Aswati
Technology-Mediated Food Interactions in Long-Distance Adult Family Relationships: Healthy Eating, Social Presence, Embodied Communication, and Digital Scaffolding
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Chair: Prof. Chia-Fang (Christina) Chung, (206-696-1912)
Monday, July 07, 2025, 11:00 am
Information Science
Chen, Pei-Ying
Taiwan’s research collaboration under the New Southbound Policy: Trends, Effects, and Implications
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Chair: Prof. John Walsh, (812-856-0707)
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 10:00 am
Informatics
Balladichanda, Rachith Aiyappa
Towards Empirically Validated Models of Cogno-Social Belief Dynamics
Luddy AI Building Conference Room 2005
Chair: Prof. Yong-Yeol Ahn, (812-856-2920)
THE MEDIA SCHOOL, GRADUATE DIVISION
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 2:00 pm
Media Arts and Sciences
Ochieng, Jimmy
Africans perceptions of falsehoods in the global north: Drivers of belief in and engagement with conflict-related misinformation
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Chair: Prof. Betsi Grabe / Prof. Jason Peifer, (812-606-9743 / 215-432-6363)
SCHOOL OF MUSIC, GRADUATE DIVISION
Monday, July 07, 2025, 1:00 pm
Music Education
Juan, Hsuan-Wen
THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANXIETY, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN MUSIC PRACTICE OF ADOLESCENT PERFORMERS IN TAIWAN
School of Music, 267
Chair: Prof. Peter Miksza, (812-272-2135)
Monday, July 14, 2025, 3:00 pm
Music Education
Woock, Emily
A Collective Case Study on Musical Parenting and Early Childhood Music Classes
Simon Music Center SM267
Chair: Prof. Julia Shaw, (812-856-5015)
Thursday, July 17, 2025, 4:00 pm
Music Education
Greenwood, Nathan
An Investigation of Tertiary Music Education Recruitment Strategies in the United States
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Chair: Prof. Peter Miksza, (812-855-7253)
SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, GRADUATE DIVISION
Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 2:00 pm
Middle Eastern Languages and Culture
Tagoulla, Rachel
Sufi Ethical Philosophy in the Thought of Shaykh Mohamed Faouzi al-Karkari
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Chair: Prof. Asma Afsaruddin, (812-856-7347)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Friday, July 11, 2025, 10:30 am
Public Affairs
Lee, Jongmin
Essays on Citizen and Nonprofit Perceptions and Behaviors in Government Grant Applications
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Room A335
Chair: Prof. Jill Nicholson-Crotty, (573-673-3338)
Monday, July 14, 2025, 1:00 pm
Public Affairs
Mee, Emily
Drivers of Administrative Burden Response: The Impact of Compliance, Learning, and Psychological Costs on Student Financial Aid Preferences
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Conference room A225
Chair: Prof. Amanda Rutherford, (214-803-3114)
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 10:00 am
Public Affairs
Beasley, Julie
NAVIGATING DIFFERENCES TO EQUIP INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES IN THE PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT SECTORS
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, A225
Chair: Prof. Sergio Fernandez, (812-325-0981)
Friday, August 01, 2025, 10:00 am
Public Affairs
Cash, Rachel
Nonprofit Dark Money: Donor Advised Funds and Democracy
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, room 275
Chair: Prof. Beth Gazley, (812-855-1464)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Monday, June 23, 2025, 9:00 am
Health Behavior
Lee, Shin Hyung
Understanding Factors Associated With Opioid-Related Behaviors and Outcomes in U.S. Adults
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Chair: Prof. Dong-Chul Seo, (812-855-9379)
Wednesday, July 09, 2025, 11:00 am
Human Performance
Gorini Pereira, Felipe
Targeted TRPM8 Stimulation and Brown Adipose Tissue Activation in Humans
School of Public Health, Room C100
Chair: Prof. Blair Johnson, (812-855-8699)
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 10:00 am
Epidemiology
Ndeke, Jonas
Cervical Cancer Patient Treatment Trajectories, Survival Risk Factors, and Barriers to Optimal Care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
School of Public Health-Bloomington, room C100
Chair: Prof. Douglas Landsittel, (816-829-3446)
Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 11:00 am
Human Performance
Tourula, Erica
Protecting Kidney Health during Occupational Heat Stress: Effects of Hydration, Hyperthermia, and Hydration Beverage Type
Indiana Memorial Union, Walnut Room
Chair: Prof. Zac Schlader, (812-855-6953)
Thursday, July 17, 2025, 9:00 am
Human Performance
Sogard, Abigail
Ergogenic Aids To Attenuate Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction And The Respiratory Muscle Metaboreflex In Health And Disease
School of Public Health room PH C100
Chair: Prof. Timothy Mickelborough, (812-855-0753)
Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 1:00 pm
Health Behavior
Khan, Shahzarin
Sexual Pleasure Experiences of South Asian Women in the USA
School of Public Health, room PH C100
Chair: Prof. Eric Walsh-Buhi, (812-855-4867)
