In response to the novel Coronavirus pandemic, the University Graduate School requests that all currently scheduled thesis and dissertation defenses be held remotely through May 31 using tools such as Zoom and Skype.
Click here for more information on affected defense policies and for guidelines, best practices, and resources for conducting defenses online.
One of the last steps to obtaining your doctoral degree is to defend your dissertation. Once you have finalized your dissertation, you must schedule and announce your defense.
First, arrange a mutually agreeable time with your committee. Set up the oral exam at least 30 days prior to when you wish to defend. Provide all members of your committee with a complete copy of your dissertation at least 30 days before the defense so they will have sufficient time to read and criticize your work.
Once the date of your defense has been established, you should complete the Ph.D. Defense Announcement Submission through OneStart. The announcement e-doc must reach the University Graduate School at least 30 days before the date of your defense. The University Graduate School begins counting the 30 days from the date your e-doc is received by our office. We recommend that you submit the e-doc at least 40 days before your defense date to allow time for the e-doc to route for approval through your academic department.
The summary should be informative and contain a brief statement of the principal results and conclusions. Unlike the abstract, which is intended for specialists in the field, an attempt should be made in the summary to communicate the findings in language and style that can be understood by the University community at large. The summary should be no less than 150 and no more than 300 words in length.
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Once announced, the time and place cannot be changed without the approval of the dean of the University Graduate School.
Ordinarily, the defense is conducted here at Indiana University, but under extraordinary circumstances other arrangements can sometimes be made. Prior approval must be obtained from your committee and the University Graduate School.
After submitting your Ph.D. Defense Announcement Submission e-doc, track your document to ensure timely approval. Retain the email confirmation containing your document ID.
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Have your committee sign the acceptance and abstract pages of your dissertation at the defense.
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This list of scheduled Ph.D. dissertation defenses is distributed so that faculty may attend or see the full announcement. If you are a faculty member and wish to see the full announcement, please call the University Graduate School Office at (812) 855-8853. If you wish to attend, please contact the committee chair in advance as a courtesy.
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 1:30 pm
Business
Lee, Hyejin
Essays on the Role of Power Distance Belief on Consumers' Judgments and Choice Behaviors
Hodge Hall 7301
Chair: Prof. Ashok Lalwani, (812-855-1160)
Friday, April 17, 2020, 1:00 pm
Business
Cao, Jingcun
Essays on Market Structure Dynamics and User Mobile Behavior
Hodge Hall 7301
Chair: Prof. Shibo Li, (812-855-9015)
Monday, April 20, 2020, 10:00 am
Business
Xia, Junwei
Qualitative Disclosure as a Tax Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from the U.K. Tax Strategy Disclosure Requirement
Hodge Hall 7301
Chair: Prof. Sonja Rego, (812-855-6356)
Wednesday, May 06, 2020, 1:00 pm
Business
Nguyen, Ha
Motivation and Distortion: The Economics of Incentives in the Credit Market
Zoom Meeting: contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. Matthew Billett / Prof. Gregory Udell, (812-345-3730 / 812-323-2418)
Wednesday, May 06, 2020, 1:00 pm
Business
Nguyen, Ha
Motivation and Distortion: The Economics of Incentives in the Credit Market
Zoom Meeting: contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. Matthew Billett / Prof. Gregory Udell, (812-345-3730 / 812-353-2418)
Friday, June 26, 2020, 10:00 am
Business
Lee, Youngduk
The Combined Effects of Features that Increase the Criterion-Related Validity of Self-Report Personality and How This Affects Incremental Validity of Coworker-Ratings of Personality
Hodge Hall 7301
Chair: Prof. Christopher Berry, (812-856-7903)
Monday, April 06, 2020, 10:00 am
Cognitive Science
Candadai Vasu, Madhavun
Bits from Behaviors: Understanding function using information in embedded, embodied, and dynamical neural networks
Eigenmann Hall, Rm 525
Chair: Prof. Eduardo Izqiuerdo, (812-567-3382)
Monday, April 06, 2020, 10:00 am
Criminal Justice
Sims, Holly
Know Your Place: Racial Etiquette in a Midwestern Prison System
Sycamore 312
Chair: Prof. William Oliver, (812-855-6772)
Monday, April 06, 2020, 1:30 pm
Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Keller, Adrienne
Considering plant-soil-microbe nutrient feedbacks from a tree's perspective
Simon Hall 001
Chair: Prof. Richard Phillips, (812-856-0593)
Tuesday, April 07, 2020, 10:00 am
Mathematics
Sozer, Kursat
Two-dimensional Extended Homotopy Quantum Field Theories
Rawles Hall 127
Chair: Prof. Vladimir Touraev, (812-855-6754)
Tuesday, April 07, 2020, 12:45 pm
Astronomy
Maas, Zachary
The Galactic Chemical Evolution of Chlorine and Phosphorus
Swain West 319
Chair: Prof. Catherine Pilachowski, (812-855-6913)
Wednesday, April 08, 2020, 10:00 am
Second Language Studies
Nam, Bora
'Be'-insertion in interlanguage: a topic marker, a tense/agreement morpheme, or both?
IMU Walnut room
Chair: Prof. David Stringer, (812-855-5992)
Thursday, April 09, 2020, 1:00 pm
History
Silva, Luis
The Long Mexican American Movement, 1910-1954
Weatherly Hall 122
Chair: Prof. John Nieto-Phillips, (812-855-2076)
Thursday, April 09, 2020, 4:00 pm
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
Alaboudi, Rashed
SPEECH ACT OF REQUEST: A SOCIOPRAGMATIC ANALYSIS IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH CONTEXTS
Global and International Studies Building 2134
Chair: Prof. Salman Al-Ani, (812-606-1534)
Sunday, April 12, 2020, 2:00 pm
Philosophy
Tenen, Levi
From Heirlooms to Nature: An Account of Extrinsic Final Value
Sycamore Hall 120
Chair: Prof. Marcia Baron, (812-856-0101)
Monday, April 13, 2020, 10:00 am
History
Lanzillo, Amanda
Between Islam and Industry: Laboring identities in colonial-era India
Weatherly Hall 122
Chair: Prof. Michael Dodson, (812-855-6286)
Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 10:30 am
Economics
Guo, Junjie
Essays on Macroeconomics and Finance
Wylie Hall Room 225
Chair: Prof. Todd Walker, (812-856-2892)
Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 1:30 pm
Political Science
Clark, Janice
Charting the Direction of Immigration Policy at the Local and State Levels
Woodburn Hall 200G
Chair: Prof. Timothy Hellwig / Prof. Lauren MacLean, (812-855-3519 / 812-856-2376)
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 9:30 am
Germanic Studies
Wuensch, Juliane
German-Jewish Female Identity and the Dream of an Egalitarian Society-A comparative study of Rahel Varnhagen, Rosa Luxemburg, and Hannah Arendt
Hamilton Lugar GA3134
Chair: Prof. Fritz Breithaupt / Prof. Mirjam Zadoff, (812-855-1553)
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 3:00 pm
Chemistry
Martinez, Jorge
Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds as Single Atom Sources for the Assembly of New Ligands
Simon 001
Chair: Prof. Jeremy Smith, (812-856-4119)
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 9:30 am
Economics
Li, Chaojun
Three Essays in Econometrics
Wylie Hall 225
Chair: Prof. Joon Park, (812-856-0268)
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 3:30 pm
English
Hutchings-Goetz, Tracey
Touchy Subjects: Haptic Sensations in the Eighteenth Century
Zoom Room https://iu.zoom.us/j/160206156
Chair: Prof. Jesse Molesworth, (812-855-1543)
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 4:00 pm
Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Martin, Alison
Sonic Intersections: Listening to the Musical and Sonic Dimensions of Gentrification in Washington, DC
Classroom Office Building Room 272
Chair: Prof. Fernando Orejuela / Prof. Ruth Stone, (812-855-1027)
Friday, April 17, 2020, 1:30 pm
Mathematics
Thompson, Brady
The Spectrum of Unitarily Invariant Random Matrix Models with Increasingly Many Spikes
Rawles Hall 127
Chair: Prof. Hari Bercovici, (812-855-1989)
Friday, April 17, 2020, 2:00 pm
Mathematics
Martinez Granado, Didac
Smoothings: A Study of Curve Functionals
Lindley Hall 112
Chair: Prof. Dylan Thurston, (812-855-6730)
Monday, April 20, 2020, 10:00 am
Political Science
Johnson, Cathryn
Women's Participation in Community Life and Politics in Mali and Burkina Faso: French Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Associational Life
Woodburn Hall 218
Chair: Prof. Lauren MacLean, (812-856-2376)
Monday, April 20, 2020, 2:00 pm
Central Eurasian Studies
Lee, Kwang Tae
The Myth of the Butcher Amir: Tribal Politics and Early Modernization in Nineteenth Century Central Asia
GLobal and International Studies Building 2067
Chair: Prof. Ron Sela, (812-856-7017)
Monday, April 20, 2020, 3:00 pm
Communication & Culture
Kutnicki, Saul
Impermanent Cinema: A Rhetorical History of Decline
Franklin Hall FF230M
Chair: Prof. John Lucaites / Prof. Gregory Waller, (812-855-8224 / 812-855-5721)
Monday, April 20, 2020, 4:00 pm
Chemistry
Hancock, Erin
Climbing the Ladder Towards Complexity: Total Syntheses of Ladderane-Containing Natural Products and Applications
Chemistry C?033
Chair: Prof. M. Kevin Brown, (812-856-9114)
Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 2:45 pm
Political Science
Taber, Charles
Collective Democratic Remittances: African Migrant Associations' Impact on Economic and Political Development in their Homeland
Woodburn Hall 218
Chair: Prof. Lauren MacLean, (812-855-6308)
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 11:00 am
Psychology
Sujan, Ayesha
Maternal use of psychiatric medications during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes and neurodevelopmental problems in offspring
Psychology 128
Chair: Prof. Brian D'Onofrio, (812-856-0843)
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 12:30 pm
Microbiology
Nero, Thomas
Helicase ComM promotes efficient integration of ssDNA during natural transformation in Gram negative bacterial species
Simon Hall SI001
Chair: Prof. Ankur Dalia, (812-856-1895)
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 2:00 pm
English
Vaughn, Emer
The Specimen as "Strange-Stranger": Transcorporealities in 19th-Century American Natural History
Remote defense - Zoom
Chair: Prof. Christoph Irmscher, (443-622-3277)
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 3:30 pm
Political Science
Byrne, Sean
Reconsidering Neustadt: As Neustadt's Presidential Power Approaches Sixty, Is It Time for Another Political Revolution?
To be held via Zoom due to COVID-19: Contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. William Bianco, (812-856-0940)
Friday, April 24, 2020, 9:30 am
History
Jashari, Denisa
Cartographies of Conflict: Political Culture and Urban Protest in Santiago, Chile 1872-1994
Weatherly Hall 122
Chair: Prof. Daniel James, (812-855-6321)
Friday, April 24, 2020, 10:00 am
Mathematics
Tang, Pengfei
Bernoulli percolation and uniform spanning forests on nonunimodular transitive graphs
Rawles Hall 127
Chair: Prof. Russell Lyons, (812-855-1645)
Friday, April 24, 2020, 1:00 pm
English
Boggs, Molly
Someone Else's Home: Lodging in Victorian Literature
Lindley Hall 215D
Chair: Prof. Ivan Kreilkamp, (812-855-6132)
Friday, April 24, 2020, 1:00 pm
English
Davoudi, Dalia
The Kinesthetic Nineteenth Century: Dissenting Bodies in American Literature, 1851 - 1862
Virtual Meeting: Contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. Jennifer Fleissner, (812-855-9532)
Friday, April 24, 2020, 4:00 pm
Physics
Zettlemoyer, Jacob
First Detection of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering on an Argon Target
Multidisciplinary Engineering and Sciences Hall (MESH) - North Large Conference Room (NLCR)
Chair: Prof. Rex Tayloe, (812-855-3057)
Monday, April 27, 2020, 1:00 pm
Mathematics
Hussung, Steven
Pluripotential Theory Associated with Convex Bodies and Related Numerics
Rawles Hall 127
Chair: Prof. Norm Levenberg, (812-855-0957)
Monday, April 27, 2020, 5:00 pm
Physics
McGinnis, Navin
Structure of parameters in the Standard Model and new signals for extended Higgs and matter sectors
Swain West 130
Chair: Prof. Radovan Dermisek, (812-606-4603)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 12:00 pm
Economics
Jacobson, Margaret
Essays in Macroeconomics
Wylie Hall 225
Chair: Prof. Todd Walker, (812-856-2892)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 2:00 pm
Economics
Mao, Ruoyun
Three Essays on Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Jordan Hall A105
Chair: Prof. Todd Walker, (812-856-2892)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 2:30 pm
Mathematics
Qin, Xuqiang
Moduli spaces of instanton sheaves on Fano threefolds
Rawles Hall 127
Chair: Prof. Valery Lunts, (812-855-6732)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 3:00 pm
Genome, Cell, & Developmental Biology / Neuroscience
Panchal, Jayharsh
Signaling mechanisms underlying nicotine-induced upregulation of ?7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)
MSBII, Rm. 102
Chair: Prof. Joseph Farley / Prof. Andrew Zelhof, (812-855-6828 / 812-855-0294)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 4:00 pm
Economics
Zhang, Wandi
Macroeconomic Implications of Financial Frictions
Wylie Hall 225
Chair: Prof. Bulent Guler, (812-855-7791)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 4:00 pm
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
Alrashoodi, Saud
Gender-based Differences in the Realization of the Speech Act of Refusal in Saudi Arabic
Global and International Studies Building Room 2067
Chair: Prof. Salman Al-Ani / Prof. Nader Morkus, (812-855-8555 / 812-856-2400)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 1:00 am
Economics
DeDad, Michael
Essays on Consumer Choice, Tastes, and Lenders' Risk Aversion Amid Consumer Default
Wylie Hall 225
Chair: Prof. Volodymyr Lugovskyy, (812-856-4594)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 10:00 am
Physics
Liu, Zhi
Physical observables in quantum field theory on a collapsing black hole background
Remote defense: contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. Micheal Berger, (812-855-2609)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 10:00 am
Italian
Borfecchia, Roberto
Straniamento e identita nella letteratura migratoria del Novecento: alcuni casi italiano/americani.
Global and International Studies Building, 3rd Floor West
Chair: Prof. Andrea Ciccarelli, (812-855-6029)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 1:00 pm
Psychology
Hughes, Colleen
Resting-state and task-evoked functional connectivity underlying social cognitive function in healthy aging
Zoom meeting due to Covid-19
Chair: Prof. Anne Krendl, (812-856-8007)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 3:45 pm
Economics
Ramos Pastrana, Julio Alberto
Three Essays in Political Economy
Wylie Hall 225
Chair: Prof. Dean Lueck / Prof. Gustavo Torrens, (812-856-4522 / 812-856-8131)
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 10:00 am
French
Vredenburgh, Amanda
Space of Hesitation, Place of Confrontation: A New Approach to the Fantastic Genre through Contemporary French Novels
Global & International Studies Building 1060
Chair: Prof. Oana Panaite, (812-855-1134)
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 12:00 pm
Economics
Loxton, Abigail
Essays on Inter Vivos Transfers and Early Career Choices
Wylie Hall Room 225
Chair: Prof. Gerhard Glomm, (812-855-7256)
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 1:30 pm
Second Language Studies
Rothgerber, John
The influence of native language phonotactics on second language lexical representation in Japanese learners of English
Maple Room, IMU
Chair: Prof. Isabelle Darcy, (812-855-0033)
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 2:00 pm
Anthropology
Krupa, Krystiana
Repatriating Ancient Biosamples: Understanding the Interplay between Tribal Knowledge, Anthropological Science, and NAGPRA
Student Building 159
Chair: Prof. Frederika Kaestle, (812-855-3164)
Friday, May 01, 2020, 12:00 pm
Communication & Culture
Lavelle, Julie
Serial Mobility: Tracing the Circulation of Silent Serial Films
Franklin Hall, Room 212
Chair: Prof. Gregory Waller, (812-855-5721)
Monday, May 04, 2020, 10:00 am
Italian
Mioni, Lino
From Manuscript to Print: The Case of Maestro Martino's "Libro de arte coquinaria"
Hutton Honors College, Conference Room, 2nd floor
Chair: Prof. H. Wayne Storey, (812-361-4964)
Monday, May 04, 2020, 11:00 am
Neuroscience / Human Performance
Liu, Yang
The effect of sequence learning on sensorimotor adaptation
School of Public Health, remote Zoom meeting
Chair: Prof. Hannah Block / Prof. David Koceja, (812-855-5390 / 812-855-7302)
Monday, May 04, 2020, 1:00 pm
Anthropology
Newell, Savannah
Up in Smoke: Tobacco Consumption in the Prehistoric American Midwest
Student Building 159
Chair: Prof. Della Cook, (812-855-6368)
Tuesday, May 05, 2020, 10:00 am
English
Lee, Mi Jeong
World Form and the Aesthetics of Distance in the Modernist Novel
Lindley Hall 215D
Chair: Prof. Judith Brown, (812-855-1543)
Tuesday, May 05, 2020, 10:00 am
Anthropology
Rogers, Emily
Choctaw Arts and the Meaning of Making
Online session to be held via Zoom
Chair: Prof. Jason Baird Jackson / Prof. Anya Peterson Royce, (812-856-1868 / 812-855-0248)
Wednesday, May 06, 2020, 10:30 am
Theatre and Drama
D'Ambrosi, Joseph
The Good News on Stage: Evangelicalism and Theatre Practice in Antebellum America
Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center, 275 N. Jordan, Room A262
Chair: Prof. Eleanor Owicki , (812-855-7189)
Thursday, May 07, 2020, 1:00 pm
Biochemistry
Chaparian, Ryan
LuxR and Nucleoid-associated Proteins Remodel Promoter Architecture To Modulate Quorum Sensing Gene Expression
Simon Hall Room 001
Chair: Prof. Julia van Kessel, (812-856-2235)
Friday, May 08, 2020, 10:00 am
Germanic Studies
Willee, Arne
Thought Experiments as a Narrative Genre
Remote defense per Zoom: Contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. Fritz Breithaupt, (812-272-4361)
Friday, May 15, 2020, 2:00 pm
Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior
Shoemaker, William
The Evolution and Ecology of Energy-limited Microbial Populations
Remote defense: contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. Jay Lennon, (812-856-0962)
Monday, May 18, 2020, 10:00 am
Sociology
Thomas, Clayton
Nonprofit Hospitals' Charity Care Policies, Provision of Charity Care Dollars, and Mission Drift in Response to Market Factors and External Pressures
Ballantine Hall 740B
Chair: Prof. Brea Perry, (812-856-0447)
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 2:00 pm
Sociology
Wright, Eric
Evangelical Religiopolitical Identity, Ideological Realignment, and Social Welfare Attitudes in the Age of the Religious Right
Ballantine Hall 740 B
Chair: Prof. Fabio Rojas, (812-856-1491)
Monday, May 25, 2020, 1:00 pm
Psychology
Liu, Yanjun
The Underlying Relationship between Categorization and Decision
PSY 312A
Chair: James Townsend, (812-855-9598)
Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 2:00 pm
Neuroscience / Psychology
Moussa-Tooks, Alexandra
Sex-Specific Effects of Early Life Stress on the Cerebellar Endocannabinoid System and Associated Functional Outcomes: A Foray into a Translational Animal Model
Psychology 128
Chair: Prof. William Hetrick / Prof. Ken Mackie, (812-855-2620 / 812-855-2042)
Friday, July 17, 2020, 1:00 pm
History
Buono, Stephen
The Province of All Mankind: Outer Space and the Promise of Peace
IMU Tree Suites, Poplar Room
Chair: Prof. Nick Cullather, (812-855-1602)
Monday, April 06, 2020, 10:00 am
Learning & Developmental Sciences
Huang, Chu-Jen
Studying Computational Thinking through Collaborative Design Activities with Scratch for Middle School Students
Wright Education Bldg 2277
Chair: Prof. Joshua Danish, (812-856-8330)
Friday, April 10, 2020, 2:00 pm
Curriculum & Instruction
Butler, Alexander
Teacher Candidates' Beliefs about Teaching and Representations of Teaching on the edTPA
Wright Education Bldg 2102
Chair: Prof. Robert Kunzman, (812-856-8122)
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 1:00 pm
Curriculum & Instruction
Hollett, Alexandria
Liberation in Teacher Education: Confronting the Maintenance of Whiteness and the Cult of Individualism in Pre-Service Teachers' Theories of Justice
Remote Defense -- see chair for details
Chair: Prof. Kathryn Engebretson, (651-249-3995)
Friday, April 17, 2020, 1:00 pm
Counseling Psychology
Cheng, Jacky Li-Yang
The Invisible Heroes: Asian Men and Their Career Experiences in Traditionally Masculine Workforces
Wright Education Bldg 34
Chair: Prof. Kerrie Wilkins-Yel / Prof. Joel Wong, (812-856-8293 / 812-856-8300)
Monday, April 27, 2020, 10:00 am
Curriculum & Instruction
Graves, Jean
Tour Talk: Docents, Visitors and Authority in the Art Museum
Wright Education Bldg 4204
Chair: Prof. Lara Lackey, (812-856-8150)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 12:00 pm
Counseling Psychology
Li, Yue
Clients' Race/Ethnicity as a Moderator of the Relationship between the Therapeutic Alliance and Treatment Outcome
Wright Education Bldg 34
Chair: Prof. Susan Whiston, (812-856-8336)
Monday, May 04, 2020, 1:00 pm
Curriculum & Instruction
Borowski, Rebecca
Investigating Students' Reasoning about Quantity as Exhibited on Number Lines
Wright 2277
Chair: Prof. Amy Hackenberg, (812-856-8223)
Tuesday, May 05, 2020, 1:00 am
Higher Education
Pearce, Nick
MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY WITHIN COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHING: THE CREATION OF A SAFE SPACE FOR RELIGION IN THE ACADEMY
Chair: Prof. Megan Palmer, (317-274-5231)
Tuesday, May 05, 2020, 1:00 pm
School Psychology
Ryan, Tybytha
A CHILDREN'S BOOK READ ALOUD AND DISCUSSION INTERVENTION TEACHING TYPICALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN ABOUT AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
Remote Defense: see chair for details
Chair: Prof. Rebecca Martinez, (812-856-8324)
Tuesday, May 05, 2020, 3:00 pm
Higher Education
Trujillo, Daniel
College Student Resistance in the Age of Social Media: The Social Capital Building Experiences of African American Graduate Students who Purposefully use Social Media to Engage in Student Activism Online
Wright Education Bldg 4204
Chair: Prof. Megan Palmer, (317-274-5231)
Thursday, May 07, 2020, 9:00 am
Curriculum & Instruction / Inquiry Methodology
Williamson, Francesca
Using Applied Conversation Analysis and Membership Categorization Analysis to Study STEM Graduate Student Teaching Development
Remote Defense: see chair for details
Chair: Prof. Gayle Buck / Prof. Jessica Lester, (812-856-8171 / 812-856-8328)
Thursday, May 07, 2020, 10:00 am
Higher Education
Sharp, Sacha
A dramaturgical analysis of Black women graduate students' social media use as a space for reclamation, resistance, and healing.
W. W. Wright Education Bldg., Rm 4214
Chair: Prof. Lori Patton Davis, (812-219-4624)
Thursday, May 07, 2020, 1:00 pm
Literacy, Culture, & Language Education
Davis, Summer
Not a Straight Path: A Critical Thematic Narrative Analysis of the Induction of Two Self-Identified, Gay, Novice English/Language Arts Teachers
Remote Defense: see chair for details
Chair: Prof. Mary Beth Hines, (812-856-8290)
Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 10:00 am
Counseling Psychology
Hyman, Jacqueline
The Sisters of Sport Psychology: An Examination of the Professional Black Female Experience
Wright Education Bldg 034
Chair: Prof. Jesse Steinfeldt, (812-856-8331)
Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 10:00 am
Counseling Psychology
Hyman, Jacqueline
The Sisters of Sport Psychology: An Examination of the Professional Black Female Experience
Wright Education Bldg 034
Chair: Prof. Jesse Steinfeldt, (812-856-8331)
Thursday, May 14, 2020, 12:00 pm
Counseling Psychology
David, Jessica
#IMWITHKAP: The Perceived Role of Sport Psychology Practitioners in the Activist-Athlete Movement
Wright Education Bldg 0034
Chair: Prof. Jesse Steinfeldt, (812-856-8331)
Thursday, May 14, 2020, 1:00 pm
History, Philosophy, & Policy in Education
Carter, Garrett
When They See Us: A Case Study Exploring Culturally Responsive School Leadership in a Midwestern Suburban Middle School
via Zoom due to COVID-19: contact chair for information
Chair: Prof. Dionne Danns, (812-856-8398)
Thursday, May 21, 2020, 2:00 pm
Literacy, Culture, & Language Education
Henze, Adam
Means of Conveyance: Spoken Word Pedagogy, Hip Hop Literacies, and the Challenges of Fostering Poetry Spaces
Wright Education Bldg 2140
Chair: Prof. James Damico / Prof. Jessica Lester, (812-856-8267 / 812-856-8300)
Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 1:00 pm
Special Education
Bixler, Kristina
Examining RTI Models and Evidence-Based Interventions in Elementary Schools
Remote Defense: see chair for details
Chair: Prof. Jeffrey Anderson, (812-856-8155)
Monday, April 06, 2020, 11:00 am
Informatics
Bu, Yi
Understanding the Citation-based Impact of Scientific Publications through Ego-centered Citation Networks
Luddy Hall, Room 3115
Chair: Prof. Ying Ding, (512-471-3877)
Tuesday, April 07, 2020, 10:00 am
Informatics
Zynda, Gregory
Combining DNA Methylation With Reinforcement Learning Improves Sensitivity and Accuracy of Eukaryotic Genome Annotation
Luddy Hall 4004
Chair: Prof. Mehmet Dalkilic, (812-856-3010)
Friday, April 10, 2020, 9:00 am
Computer Science
Zhang, Haoyu
String Similarity Joins and Search on Edit Distance
Luddy Hall, Room 4063
Chair: Prof. Qin Zhang, (408-802-5610)
Monday, April 13, 2020, 10:00 am
Informatics
Deckard, Gary
Organizational Challenges and Concretion of Cybersecurity Education, Training, Exercises, and Performance Predictors within the United States Department of Defense
Wendell W. Wright Education Building, Room 2280
Chair: Prof. L. Jean Camp, (812-856-1865)
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 2:30 pm
Information Science
McCoy, Chase
SOCIO-MATERIAL INTERACTION NETWORKS, DATA DASHBOARDS, AND DECISION MAKERSâ PRACTICES: A STUDY OF DATA DASHBOARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Luddy Hall Room 2122
Chair: Prof. Howard Rosenbaum, (812-855-3250)
Friday, July 03, 2020, 12:00 pm
Information Science
Bueckle, Andreas
Immersed in Data: Rethinking Interactions with Data in the Context of the Data Visualization Literacy Framework
Luddy Hall, room 4012
Chair: Prof. Katy Borner, (812-855-3256)
Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 1:00 pm
Anatomy
Reynolds, Amberly
PRE-NURSING STUDENT PROGRESSION TOWARDS ADMISSION TO NURSING SCHOOL AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY EXPLORING ANATOMY COURSEWORK AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ADMISSION
Jordan Hall 102
Chair: Prof. Polly Husmann / Prof. Valerie O'Loughlin, (812-856-2373 / 812-855-7723)
Tuesday, April 07, 2020, 4:00 pm
Musicology
Reidy, Brent
A Golden Age of Poetry and Power: Artists, Outsiders, and the Kennedy Administration
Simon Music Center M267
Chair: Prof. Phil Ford, (812-855-6985)
Thursday, April 09, 2020, 4:00 pm
Musicology
Stafford, Karen
Binders' Volumes and the Culture of Music Collectorship in the United States, 1830-1870
Simon Music Center, Music Library, M267
Chair: Prof. Halina Goldberg, (812-855-7096)
Friday, April 10, 2020, 4:00 pm
Music Theory
Frederick, Leah
Generic (Mod-7) Geometric and Transformational Approaches to Voice Leading in Tonal Music
Simon Center M285
Chair: Prof. Julian Hook, (812-856-0121)
Monday, April 20, 2020, 4:00 pm
Musicology
Leone, Matthew
The Dynamics of Canon Formation, 1800-1850 The Case of Jan Ladislav Dussek
East Studio Building, JS111
Chair: Prof. Halina Goldberg, (812-391-3093)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 4:00 pm
Musicology
Nelson, Devon
The Antiquarian Creation of a Musical Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Simon Music Center, Music Library, M267
Chair: Prof. Daniel Melamed, (812-855-8252)
Friday, May 01, 2020, 3:45 pm
Music Theory
Blustein, Nathan
Through Arrangements of Shadows: Experiences of Reprise in Stephen Sondheim's Leitmotivic Musicals
Simon Music Center M267
Chair: Prof. Blair Johnston, (812-856-6075)
Friday, April 10, 2020, 9:00 am
Public Affairs
Bello Gomez, Ricardo
UNPACKING ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION: TESTING THE INTERACTION OF NATIONAL AND SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY IN EXPLAINING SUBNATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Ostrom Workshop, Tocqueville Room
Chair: Prof. Claudia Avellaneda, (812-855-0635)
Monday, April 13, 2020, 9:00 am
Public Affairs
Iracheta Carroll, Jose
Air Quality, Mobility and Metropolitan Policy: Empirical Evidence from Mexico City, Los Angeles and San Francisco
SPEA O'Neill Dean's Conference Room 300
Chair: Prof. Barry Rubin, (812-855-4556)
Wednesday, May 06, 2020, 10:00 am
Environmental Science
Sullivan, Cheryl
Exposure to complex environmental health challenges: Agent Orange and Sodium Dichromate
Remote defense: contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. James Perry, (812-369-2096)
Thursday, May 07, 2020, 9:00 am
Public Affairs
Olvera Esquivel, Johabed Georgina
The Impact of a Home Visiting Program and Its Implementation on Mothers and Children Health
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Room A225
Chair: Prof. Maureen Pirog, (812-855-0732)
Thursday, May 07, 2020, 2:00 pm
Publif Affairs
Zhang, Ruodan
Three Essays on Nonprofit-Government Interactions and the Effects on Citizen Participation
SPEA Dean's Conference Room (SPEA 300)
Chair: Prof. Jill Nicholson-Crotty, (812-855-8406)
Monday, April 20, 2020, 3:30 pm
Leisure Behavior
Zwart, Ryan
An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Outdoor Recreation Activity Type and Environmental Self-Selection Strategies for Health Promotion
School of Public Health, remote Zoom meeting
Chair: Prof. Alan Ewert, (812-340-4415)
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 9:30 am
Leisure Behavior
Hines, Ryan
Exploring Motivational Factors for Student Participation in Leadership of College Outdoor Adventure Programs
Indiana Memorial Union, Sassafras Room, Tree Suite
Chair: Prof. Alan Ewert, (812-340-4415)
Monday, April 27, 2020, 11:00 am
Human Performance
Kim, Kyungyeol
Switching costs in fitness centers: Conceptualization, measurement, and empirical examination
School of Public Health, room PH 125
Chair: Prof. Kevin Byon, (812-856-1966)
Monday, April 27, 2020, 5:45 pm
Health Behavior
Hadfield, Jaclyn
MOVING TOWARDS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EQUALITY: HOW MESSAGE FRAMING IMPACTS YOUNG ADULT FEMALE BELIEFS AND INTENTION TO ENGAGE IN MOVEMENT BEHAVIORS
School of Public Health, room PH 125
Chair: Prof. Lucia Guerra-Reyes / Prof. Lesa Huber, (812-856-7663 / 812-855-1733)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 2:00 pm
Health Behavior
Nolting, Tyler
A Phenomenological Investigation of Time to Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Indiana Farmers with Prostate Cancer and Measurements of Traditional Masculinity Ideology
School of Public Health, Remote Zoom Meeting
Chair: Prof. David Lohrmann / Prof. Cecilia Obeng, (812-856-5101 / 812-856-0502)
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 3:00 pm
Health Behavior
Kaschalk, Elizabeth
Evaluation of a Nutrition Curriculum Piloted in Indiana High Schools by Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
School of Public Health, Zoom virtual meeting
Chair: Prof. Alyce Fly, (812-855-7975)
Friday, May 01, 2020, 11:00 am
Health Behavior
Boveja, Rachel
Middle Eastern and African Refugee Perceptions of Cultural Competency Among Health Professionals Providing Health Services in the United States
School of Public Health, Remote Zoom meeting
Chair: Prof. David Lohrmann, (812-856-5101)
Friday, May 01, 2020, 11:30 am
Leisure Behavior
Quash, Tiffany
Phenomenal Black Mermaids: The Experiences of Black Womyn Collegiate Swimmers
School of Public Health, Zoom Video-Conferencing
Chair: Prof. William Ramos, (812-322-5395)
Monday, May 04, 2020, 11:00 am
Human Performance / Neuroscience
Liu, Yang
The effect of sequence learning on sensorimotor adaptation
School of Public Health, remote Zoom meeting
Chair: Prof. Hannah Block / Prof. David Koceja, (812-855-5390 / 812-855-7302)
Tuesday, May 05, 2020, 10:00 am
Human Peformance
Lee, Daehyoung
EFFICACY OF A GAMIFIED, BEHAVIOR CHANGE TECHNIQUES BASED MOBILE APPLICATION PUZZLEWALK ON INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND REDUCING ANXIETY IN ADULTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
School of Public Health, Remote Zoom meeting
Chair: Prof. Georgia Frey, (812-855-1262)
Tuesday, May 05, 2020, 1:00 pm
Health Behavior
Taylor, Shaneil
Concurrent Polydrug use behaviors among Opioid Using Emerging Adults: Perceived Life Satisfaction and Influencers
Indiana Memorial Union, Sassafras Room of the Tree Suite
Chair: Prof. David Lohrmann, (812-856-5101)
Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 9:00 am
Leisure Behavior
McIntire, Jordan
Boys will be Boys, and Girls will be Girls - Leisure's Role in Challenging and Reinforcing Normed Ideologies of Gendered Expression
School of Public Health, Room PH 125
Chair: Prof. Rasul Mowatt, (812-855-3089)
