Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

Beth A. Zamzow (Music), "The Influence of the Liturgy on the Fifteenth-century English Carols," D. Jenni, Chair; 8:30am, Rare Book Room, Music Library, VMB

Jennifer Chidsey (Science Education), "Implementation of a Science Education Reform Project: A Case Study of Three
Elementary Teachers," J. Shymansky and M. Brown, Co-Chair; 9am, 467 VAN

Steven J. Schwarze (Communication Studies), "Hegemony and Responsibility: The Boundary Waters Management Controversies, 1978-1998," T. Poulakos, Chair; 10am, 105 BCSB

Amy E. Wenzel (Psychology), "An Evaluation of Schema-based Models of Information Processing in Anxiety Disorders," D. Fowles, Chair; 1pm, 104 SLP

Kirsten J. Strom (Art History), "Making History: Surrealism and the Invention of a Political Culture," S. Foster, Chair; 1:30pm, E101 AB

Timothy C. Hallstrom (Molecular Biology), "Cis- and Trans-activators of the Pleiotropic Drug Resistance Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae," W. Moye-Rowley, Chair; 2pm, 5-669 BSB

Jin-Fan Liu (Mechanical Engineering), "Sensitivity Analysis of Elastic Multibody Mechanisms," K. Abdel-Malek, Chair; 2pm, Conf. Room, ERF

David C. Schwebel (Psychology), "Relations between Children’s Temperament, Estimation of Ability, and Unintentional Injuries," J. Plumert, Chair; 2pm, E17 SSH

Stephen Niermann (Physics), "Nonlinear Aspects of the Renormalization Group," Y. Meurice, Chair; 2:30pm, 309 VAN

Prasenjit R. Gupta (Comparative Literature), "Indian Errant: Selected Short Fiction of Nirmal Verma, Translated from Hindi, with a Critical Introduction," D. Weissbort, Chair; 3pm, 317 PH

Dale A. Pelletier (Microbiology), "Enzymes of Anaerobic Benzoate Degradation from Rhodopseudomonas palustris," C. Harwood, Chair; 3pm, 3-560 BSB

Dec. 6

David H. McCarter (History), " ‘Of Physick and Astronomy’: Almanacs and Popular Medicine in Massachusetts, 1700-1764," S. Lawrence, Chair; 10am, 273 SH

Alfred G. Mueller II (Communication Studies), "In the Name of God: Constituting Ukrainian Space via Religious Discourse," K. Farrell and V. Hesli, Co-Chair; 10:30am, 105 BCSB

Kristine Burling (Education), "A Correlational Investigation of the Relationship between Psychological Distress, Life Satisfaction, and Health Care Utilization among Elderly Male Inmates," K. Cocco and V. Tarvydas, Co-Chair; 3:30pm, N340 LC

Dec. 7

Sally J. Henderson (Education), "Family Correlates of Exceptional Adolescent Achievement," R. Dustin, Chair; 10am, 210 LC

Dec. 9

Ibon Izurieta (Spanish), "Dos católicos conservadores en el nacimiento romántico del nacionalismo vasco: Unamuno y Sabino de Arana," T. Lewis, Chair; 9am, 114 PH

Elliott L. Vanskike (English), "Reading Masochistically: Postmodern Detective Fiction and Gertrude Stein, Alain Robbe-Guillet, Paul Auster, J.G. Ballard, and Kathy Acker," R. Landon and R. Latham, Co-Chair; 12:30pm, 331 EPB

Dec. 13

Myeong-Kyeong Shin (Science Education), "A Study of the Effectiveness of the Iowa Chautauqua Staff Development Model for Reform of Science Teaching in Korea," R. Yager, Chair; 8am, 457 VAN

Dec. 14

Ye Lao (Biochemistry), "Multiple Interactions between DNA and Human Replication Protein A (RPA)," M. Wold, Chair; 10:30am, Aud. 2, BSB

Dec. 15

David C. Hoffman (Communication Studies), "Rhetoric and the Culture of Display in Hellenic Greece," T. Poulakos, Chair; 10am, 105 BCSB