KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 1:30 pm
Business
Li, Moyan
Three Essays on Health Economics
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. George Ball / Prof. Haizhen Lin / Prof. Daniel Sacks, (812-856-0625 / 812-855-3535)
Monday, April 22, 2024, 1:00 pm
Business
Kim, Kyu Ree
To Profit or To Assist? How the Interplay Between Product Recommendations and Relative Prices Impact Consumers' Inferences and Choice
Hodge Hall Marketing Department Conference Room
Chair: Prof. Rom Schrift, (812-856-1081)
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 10:00 am
Business
Somasundaram, Pooja
How Consumers Prioritize Their Own (And Others') Time for Well-Being
Hodge Hall Marketing Department Conference Room HH 2100
Chair: Prof. Jenny Olson, (920-420-9280)
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)
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, GRADUATE DIVISION
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 12:00 pm
Linguistics
Jagiella, Francis
Brazilian Portuguese Rhotic Variation and Deletion in Salvador and São Paulo
Indiana Memorial Union Distinguished Alumni Room
Chair: Prof. Kenneth de Jong, (812-855-6456)
Monday, March 25, 2024, 12:00 pm
Astrophysics (Astronomy)
Lu, Hao
Neutron Birefringence Measurements of Polarized 129Xe, 131Xe and 3He
Center for Exploration of Energy & Matter (CEEM), North Large Conference Room
Chair: Prof. William Snow, (812-855-7914)
Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 2:00 pm
Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior
Talbott, Katherine
Impacts of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium on songbird reproductive physiology and behavior
Simon Hall 001
Chair: Prof. Ellen Ketterson, (812-855-6837)
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 11:00 am
Linguistics
Coburn, Jeremy
The Hadza Language: Vitality, Phonetics, and Phonology
Indiana Memorial Union, Sassafras Room
Chair: Prof. Kelly Berkson, (603-568-7273)
Friday, March 29, 2024, 2:00 pm
Neuroscience / Human Performance
Zuidema, Taylor
Tackling the Neurological Implications: Exploring Repetitive Head Impacts in Young Football Athletes Through Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
School of Public Health IU Bloomington – room PH C100
Chair: Prof. Keisuke Kawata / Prof. David Koceja, (812-855-5244 / 812-855-7302)
Friday, March 29, 2024, 2:00 pm
History
Andrei, George
Our Struggle for Existence: Forestry, Rural Citizenship, and Statebuilding in Modern Romania
Ballantine Hall Conference Room, BH901
Chair: Prof. Maria Bucur, (812-855-1993)
Monday, April 01, 2024, 10:00 am
Germanic Studies
Hamilton, Holly
Silently Finding the Fulcrum: Tipping the Gender Balance in the American Turners Turnverein Movement
Global & International Studies Building 3067
Chair: Prof. Benjamin Robinson, (812-855-6887)
Monday, April 01, 2024, 11:00 am
Spanish
Boyd, Beth
FROM COLONIAL FOUNDATIONS TO POST-COLONIAL NETWORKS: APPARITION MIRACLES AND CONTEMPORARY MEMETICS NARRATE THE CONQUEST
Global and International Studies Building, GA 2170
Chair: Prof. Kathleen Myers, (812-855-9194)
Monday, April 01, 2024, 11:00 am
Sociology
Beardall, Katherine
"What we call advantages to the program other people call an inequity": The Role of Honors in Inequality and Opportunity in Higher Education
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Jessica Calarco / Prof. Anna Mueller, (812-855-4127 / 812-856-1370)
Monday, April 01, 2024, 11:30 am
Economics
Knies, Austin
Information Frictions in Health Care and Transportation
Wylie Hall Room 225
Chair: Prof. Emerson Melo, (812-855-9051)
Monday, April 01, 2024, 1:00 pm
Geological Sciences
Farrugia, Paul
Unveiling the Paleoenvironments of Pleistocene Hominins: Insights from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Geology Building Room 3060
Chair: Prof. Jackson Njau, (812-856-3170)
Tuesday, April 02, 2024, 1:00 pm
Chemistry
Kraj, Pawel
Directing Functionality of P22 Virus-Like Particle Materials through Partitioning-Based Approaches
Indiana Memorial Union, Oak Room
Chair: Prof. Trevor Douglas, (812-856-6936)
Thursday, April 04, 2024, 1:00 pm
Anthropology
Parker, Jenny
Analysis of Virtual Community Structure through Multi-lingual Communication: A Study of a Senegalese Facebook Page
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Anne Pyburn, (812-855-2563)
Friday, April 05, 2024, 12:00 pm
Sociology
Finlay, Brandon
Hustle in Higher Ed., or the Hustle of Higher Ed.? The Formerly Incarcerated In Higher Education
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Chair: Prof. Jessica Calarco / Prof. Ethan Michelson, (608-262-2921 / 812-856-1521)
Tuesday, April 09, 2024, 10:00 am
Economics
Park, Byung Goog
Essays on International Macroeconomics
Wylie Hall Room 225
Chair: Prof. Christian Matthes, (812-855-3567)
Tuesday, April 09, 2024, 11:00 am
Philosophy
Buchinski, Alexander
Kant's Doctrine of Transcendental Idealism
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Allen Wood, (812-856-0912)
Tuesday, April 09, 2024, 11:00 am
Neuroscience / Psychology
Salibayeva, Kamilya
An Integrative Approach to Human Emotions: Topology, Networks, Interoception
Psychology PY137C
Chair: Prof. Aina Puce / Prof. Olaf Sporns, (812-650-2213 / 812-855-2772)
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 11:30 am
Philosophy
Shephard, Paul
Trust So You Know: Addressing the Spread of Political Misinformation on Social Media Through the Lens of Epistemic Trust
Sycamore Hall 120
Chair: Prof. Frederick Schmitt, (812-361-6723)
Thursday, April 11, 2024, 3:00 pm
Religious Studies
Slaughter, Margaret
Clefts in the Rock: The Theology of Sheela-na-gigs in Medieval Ireland
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Chair: Prof. Constance Furey, (812-325-5038)
Monday, April 15, 2024, 11:00 am
Psychology
Jones, Caitlyn
Organizational Mindset Cues And Their Impact On Anticipated Employee Experiences Throughout The Human Resource Cycle
Psychology Building, Room 128
Chair: Prof. Mary Murphy, (773-677-6677)
Monday, April 15, 2024, 4:30 pm
Philosophy
Linsenbardt, Daniel
Defense of an Adbuctive Argument for Doxastic Normativism
Sycamore Hall 120
Chair: Prof. Adam Leite, (812-856-4148)
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 9:30 am
Germanic Studies
Woodward, Claire
Narrative Bystanders: A History of Compassion and Implication in Observing Suffering in German Storytelling
Global and International Studies Building 3134
Chair: Prof. Fritz Breithaupt, (812-272-4361)
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 4:00 pm
Chemistry
Pope, Brigham
OPTICAL MANIPULATION OF PARTICLES WITH NANOPATTERNED LENSES AND ELECTRODES INTEGRATED INTO MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES
Chemistry CH033
Chair: Prof. Stephen Jacobson, (812-855-6620)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 12:00 pm
Political Science
Watts, Donovan
The Politics of Black Millennials
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Edward Carmines / Prof. Vanessa Cruz Nichols, (812-855-5065 / 812-855-6308)
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 9:00 am
Criminal Justice
Gonsler, John
THE STORIES THEY ARE DYING TO TELL YOU: A STUDY OF NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF GUN VIOLENCE
Sycamore Hall Room 312
Chair: Prof. Jeff Gruenewald / Prof. Natalie Kroovand Hipple, (812-856-2759)
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 1:00 pm
Economics
Leslie, Jonathan
Essays in Macroeconomics, Health Care, and Machine Learning
Wylie Hall Room 225
Chair: Prof. Bulent Guler, (812-855-7791)
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 1:30 pm
Gender Studies
Kizer, James
"Doing It" Differently? Narrating and Navigating Autistic Sexual Desire
Lindley Hall 201H
Chair: Prof. Cynthia Wu, (812-855-0101)
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 1:30 pm
Germanic Studies
Peters, Elijah
The Role of Semantics in the Emergence and Maintenance of Suffixes: An Investigation of Old High German -heit and -tuom
Global and International Studies Building 3134
Chair: Prof. Tracy Hall, (812-855-1553)
Friday, April 19, 2024, 1:00 pm
Gender Studies
Hoard-Jackson, Teresa
Fallopian Feminism: A Black Queer Feminist Methodological Intervention on Reproductive Technoscience
Lindley Hall 201H
Chair: Prof. Laura Foster, (812-855-0101)
Monday, April 22, 2024, 12:00 pm
Psychology
White, Andrew
Reflective Pathways: Seeing Identity Development Opportunities in Academic Contexts Promotes Student Belonging
Psychology 128
Chair: Prof. Amanda Diekman, (812-856-7516)
Monday, April 22, 2024, 1:00 pm
English
Hizer, Amelia
Accessibility in Higher Education: Rhetorically Navigating Spaces of Ableism
Ballantine Hall 403
Chair: Prof. Scot Barnett / Prof. Robert Terrill, (919-559-6282 / 812-360-6263)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 9:30 am
Philosophy
Williams, Elizabeth
Character as Narrative: Moral Responsibility in Context
Sycamore Hall 120
Chair: Prof. Kate Abramson, (812-856-3676)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:30 am
Economics
Cho, Hyeyun
Essays on Human Capital Accumulation: Labor Market Implications and Perspectives on an Aging Economy
Wylie 225
Chair: Prof. Bulent Guler, (812-855-7791)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10:00 am
Psychology
De Jesus Romero, Robinson
Optimizing Self-Help Interventions for Mental Health Disorders: A Multifaceted Approach Exploring Treatment Preferences, Mechanisms of Change, and Emotion Regulation Measurement
Psychology 120A
Chair: Prof. Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, (787-222-2493)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 2:00 pm
Biochemistry
Bower, James
INVESTIGATION OF NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR 1 BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN MICELLE MEMBRANE MIMETICS
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Marc Morais / Prof. Joshua Ziarek, (812-855-2706 / 617-416-1448)
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 11:00 am
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Yun, Donghyeon
Effects of nonlinear algorithms on output signal-to-noise ratios of a digital hearing aid
IU Health Sciences Building (2630 E Discovery Parkway), Room C1020
Chair: Prof. Jennifer Lentz, (812-606-8483)
Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:00 am
Anthropology / Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Bridges, Benjamin
Cedar Arts in a Changing Climate: Weaving Rules, Value, and Tradition in Southeast Alaska
Classroom Office Building (C2) Room 272
Chair: Prof. Jason Baird Jackson / Prof. Sarah Osterhoudt, (812-856-1868 / 812-855-0871)
Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:00 am
Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Peach, Douglas
The Afterlives of Africanisms: History, Cultural Heritage, and Musical Performance among Gullah Geechees in South Carolina
Student Office Building, Room 261
Chair: Prof. Pravina Shukla, (812-856-1715)
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)
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)
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)
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, GRADUATE DIVISION
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 1:15 pm
Counseling Psychology
Purnell, DeJon
THE REFEREE PERSPECTIVE: AN EXPLORATION OF THE REFEREE EXPERIENCE AT THE ELITE LEVEL OF COMPETITION
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Jesse Steinfeldt, (812-856-8331)
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 10:00 am
School Psychology
Heck, Olivia
Student Voices: Improving School-Based Mental Health for Secondary Students with Internalizing Problems
Wright Education Bldg 4214
Chair: Prof. Scott Bellini / Prof. Heather Ormiston, (812-856-8325 / 812-855-0352)
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 1:00 pm
School Psychology
Nygaard, Malena
Mental Health Action Plans (MHAPs): A Pilot Study Exploring Coordinated Mental Health Supports for Students with Intensive Socioemotional Needs
Remote defense: Contact chair for details
Chair: Prof. Heather Ormiston, (812-855-0352)
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 2:00 pm
Counseling Psychology
Boyd, Derick
Former Black Male College Scholar-Athletes: Lived Experiences in Completing Graduate School
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Chair: Prof, Jesse Steinfeldt, (616-482-9057)
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)
SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS, COMPUTING, AND ENGINEERING, GRADUATE DIVISION
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 9:30 am
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Zhang, Chengming
Hardware-Software Co-design of Efficient and Scalable Machine Learning
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Chair: Prof. Dingwen Tao, (951-236-2342)
Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:00 am
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Sivaraman, Aswin
Resource-Efficient Model Adaptation Methods for Personalized Speech Enhancement Systems
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Chair: Prof. Minje Kim, (812-856-3675)
Friday, March 29, 2024, 11:00 pm
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Tian, Jiannan
GPU-Accelerated Data Reduction for Scientific Data Toward Exascale Computing
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Dingwen Tao, (812-855-2822)
Monday, April 01, 2024, 1:00 pm
Informatics / Media Arts & Sciences
Brown, Logan
THE MYTHICAL MASS MARKET: THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN MOBILE GAME INDUSTRY 1997-2008
Franklin Hall, Room 230M
Chair: Prof. Nathan Ensmenger / Prof. Raiford Guins, (812-855-0705 / 310-866-1587)
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 1:15 pm
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Withana, Sachith
Cyberinfrastructure Knowledge Network: Optimizing Edge-Cloud-Continuum for Efficient Data Capture, Modeling, and Deployment
Luddy Building, 2005
Chair: Prof. Beth Plale, (812-855-4373)
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)
THE MEDIA SCHOOL, GRADUATE DIVISION
Monday, April 01, 2024, 1:00 pm
Media Arts & Sciences / Informatics
Brown, Logan
THE MYTHICAL MASS MARKET: THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN MOBILE GAME INDUSTRY 1997-2008
Franklin Hall, Room 230M
Chair: Prof. Nathan Ensmenger / Prof. Raiford Guins, (812-855-0705 / 310-866-1587)
SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, GRADUATE DIVISION
Friday, April 12, 2024, 12:00 pm
Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
Sophiamehr, Amin
Taming the Leviathan: Alfarabi's Political Philosophy
Global and International Studies Building 3067
Chair: Prof. John Walbridge, (812-219-5794)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 3:00 pm
Environmental Science
Solohin, Elena
The effects of natural and human-induced environmental change on tidal wetlands
O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Room A225
Chair: Prof. Christopher Craft, (812-856-1837)
Thursday, April 11, 2024, 2:30 pm
Environmental Science
Jackson, Craig
The Development and Application of Chromosome-Scale Genome Assemblies to Elucidate the Role of Genome Architecture and Chromosomal Rearrangements in Shaping the Genomic Landscape of Divergence in Daphnia Ecological Speciation
O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs Room A318
Chair: Prof. Joseph Shaw, (812-855-1392)
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, 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
Friday, March 29, 2024, 2:00 pm
Human Performance / Neuroscience
Zuidema, Taylor
Tackling the Neurological Implications: Exploring Repetitive Head Impacts in Young Football Athletes Through Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
School of Public Health IU Bloomington – room PH C100
Chair: Prof. Keisuke Kawata / Prof. David Koceja, (812-855-5244 / 812-855-7302)
Monday, April 08, 2024, 12:00 pm
Health Behavior
Yuan, Shuhan
The Significance of Physical Activity on Cognitive Function in Middle Age: Insights from A Long-Term Study and A Daily Diary Study
School of Public Health: Virtual Remote Meeting
Chair: Prof. Angela Chow, (812-856-2986)
Friday, April 26, 2024, 3:00 pm
Epidemiology
Wang, Fengge
Modifiable risk factors in relation to the risk of breast cancer among U.S. women
School of Public Health IU Bloomington – room PH 125
Chair: Prof. Juhua Luo, (812-856-2858)