Special Notice
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University Graduate School has updated its guidelines for conducting thesis and dissertation defenses. Click here for more information.
Schedule Your Defense
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.
Announce Your Defense
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.
Learn how to track your announcement »
Upcoming Announcments
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.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, GRADUATE DIVISION
Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 1:00 pm
Chemistry
Chamness, Laura
Interplay between Folding and Evolution in Integral Membrane Protein Homeostasis
Chemistry CH033
Chair: Prof. Jonathan Schlebach, (812-855-6779)
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 3:00 pm
Chemistry
Klapper, Lily
The Synthesis of Non-Proteinogenic ß-Hydroxy Amino Acids for Use in Macrocyclic Depsi-Peptide Antibiotics and Their Analogues
Chemistry CH033
Chair: Prof. Michael VanNieuwenhze, (812-856-7545)
Thursday, October 13, 2022, 4:00 pm
Cognitive Science / Psychology
Meagher, Brian
Categorization and Recognition in a Naturalistic Stimulus Domain
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Robert Nosofsky / Prof. Richard Shiffrin, (812-855-2534 / 812-855-4972)
Monday, October 17, 2022, 3:00 pm
Chemistry
Dorn, Stanna
Development and Application of Cooperative Catalysis Methods for Alkene Carboboration
Chemistry Building, Room CH033
Chair: Prof. M. Kevin Brown, (812-856-9114)
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 2:00 pm
Mass Communications
Heatherly, Kyle
JUST THE RIGHT DOSE OF CIVILITY: CONSENSUS, POLARIZATION, AND IMITATION IN POLITICAL NEWS
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Sung-Un Yang, (812-855-0078)
Friday, October 21, 2022, 3:00 pm
Chemistry
Sahota, Navneet
DEVELOPING FAST CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND REACTION MONITORING METHODS USING DROPLET CHEMISTRY
Simon Hall 001
Chair: Prof. David Clemmer, (8112-855-8259)
Monday, October 24, 2022, 12:00 am
Chemistry
Williams, Brett
SPECIATION OF IONS GENERATED FROM LASER ABLATION OF GRAPHITE FLUORIDE AND ITS DERIVATIVES
Indiana Memorial Union, Walnut Room
Chair: Prof. Caroline Chick Jarrold, (812-856-1190)
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 1:00 pm
Chemistry
Haddadpour, Nazanin
Studies Toward Total Synthesis of Cyathane Diterpenoids
Chemistry Building CH033
Chair: Prof. David Williams, (812-855-6629)
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 4:00 pm
Chemistry
Huang, Sheng-Yuan
In-Plane Nanofluidic Devices for Measuring Biophysical Properties of Virus-Like Particles
Chemistry CH001
Chair: Prof. Stephen Jacobson, (812-855-6620)
Friday, October 28, 2022, 10:30 am
Anthropology
Ellis, Aaron
Beer & Blogs: Scientific Knowledge In American Craft Beer
Student Building 159
Chair: Prof. Sarah Osterhoudt, (812-855-0871)
Friday, October 28, 2022, 2:00 pm
Germanic Studies
Sorensen, Lane
The Late Middle Low German 'Rhytmi Mensales' of Johannes Junior: Edition, Translation and Analysis
Global & International Studies Building Room 2067
Chair: Prof. Tracy Alan Hall, (812-855-1640)
Tuesday, November 01, 2022, 1:00 am
Physics
Xie, Yuanheng
Open-endcap Paul Traps for Radial-2D Ion Crystals
Swain west 214
Chair: Prof. Phil Richerme, (812-856-1488)
Thursday, November 03, 2022, 4:00 pm
Chemistry
Ricard, Timothy
New Methods for Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics based on Graph-Theoretically defined Molecular Fragmentation Methods
Chemisty CH001
Chair: Prof. Srinivasan Sasha Iyengar , (812-361-7077)
Friday, November 04, 2022, 11:00 am
Communication & Culture
Law, Martin
Living and Dying in Democratic Disharmony: Protest Rhetoric in the Struggles for Disability Justice and Black Lives
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Robert Terrillo / Prof. Phaedra Pezzullo, (812-855-0118 / 303-492-9871)
Friday, November 04, 2022, 4:00 pm
History
Elward, Zane
Illustrating Italy: Conflict and Complicity in Italian Comics, From Fascism to the Early Republic
Ballantine Hall 804
Chair: Prof. Carl Ipsen, (812-855-8976)
Friday, November 11, 2022, 1:00 pm
Genome, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Mahmoudzadeh, Nader
The effects of L-2-hydroxyglutarate on Drosophila melanogaster
Biology Building 248
Chair: Prof. Jason Tennessen, (812-855-9803)
Monday, November 14, 2022, 3:00 pm
Chemistry
Trammel, Grace
Arylboration for the Synthesis of Borylated N-Heterocycles
Chemistry Building CH033
Chair: Prof. M. Kevin Brown, (812-856-9114)
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, GRADUATE DIVISION
Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 12:30 pm
Counseling Psychology
Lees, Oliver
Tabletop Therapy: An Examination of Therapeutic Factors Within Tabletop Role-Playing Game Groups
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Rebecca Martinez, (812-856-8324)
Monday, November 14, 2022, 3:00 pm
Counseling Psychology
Paneto, Adrian
An Exploration of the Relationship between Opioid and Stimulant Misuse, Major Depressive Disorder, and Religiosity Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Latinx Emerging Adults: Results from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Ellen Vaughan, (812-856-8243)
SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS, COMPUTING, AND ENGINEERING, GRADUATE DIVISION
Friday, October 07, 2022, 11:00 am
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Feng, Bo
DEEP LEARNING FOR TACKLING SPATIOTEMPORAL FORECASTING PROBLEMS
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Geoffrey Fox, (812-219-4643)
Friday, October 07, 2022, 12:00 pm
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Fadnavis, Shreyas
Learning Representations of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Images
Luddy AI 2005
Chair: Prof. Eleftherios Garyfallidis, (812-856-5240)
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 10:30 am
Computer Science
Luo, Yu
Knowledge Enhanced Digital Objects
Luddy Center for Artificial Intelligence, Room 2005
Chair: Prof. Beth Plale, (812-855-4373)
Thursday, November 17, 2022, 10:00 pm
Informatics
Boothy, Clara
The Changing Trajectories of Academic Careers in the Environments of Team Science
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Nathan Ensmenger, (812-856-5754)
SCHOOL OF LAW, GRADUATE DIVISION
Friday, November 11, 2022, 10:15 am
Law and Democracy
Shah, Sikander
Implementing Local Centripetalism in Pakistan: A federalist solution for upholding liberal values and tackling neoliberalism and civil-military imbalance
Center for Constitutional Democracy, Conference Room 100
Chair: Prof. David Williams, (812-855-6793)
SCHOOL OF MUSIC, GRADUATE DIVISION
Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 3:00 pm
Musicology
Brown, Caitlin
Music and Disenchantment at Artist Communities in the United States, 1910–1933
Simon Music Center M267
Chair: Prof. Phil Ford, (812-855-6985)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, GRADUATE DIVISION
Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 8:00 am
Public Affairs
Madsen, Kimberly
REPRESENTATION AND PERFORMANCE AS TOOLS FOR INCREASING PERCEPTIONS OF LEGITIMACY IN POST-CONFLICT AREAS AND THE LIMITING FACTOR OF CORRUPTION
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Amanda Rutherford, (812-856-0828)
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Friday, October 07, 2022, 2:00 pm
Human Performance
Rahman-Enyart, Micah
THE EFFICACY OF PERTURBATION-BASED BALANCE TRAINING ON PREVENTING FALLS IN OLDER ADULTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS WITHOUT META-ANALYSIS (SWiM)
School of Public Health - Room PH 017
Chair: Prof. David Koceja / Prof. John Shea, (812-855-7302 / 812-856-6045)
Thursday, October 27, 2022, 12:00 pm
Leisure Behavior
Hoback, Noah
Barriers Impacting Travel Patterns of Older Adults
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. Jennifer Piatt, (812-855-7819)
Monday, October 31, 2022, 5:00 pm
Human Performance
Saeedpourparizi, Mohammadreza
Combining EEG, and eye tracking: Goal location and Avoidance margin Effects on Path selection in Obstacle Avoidance
Remote Defense: Contact Chair for Details
Chair: Prof. John Shea, (812-856-6045)