Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

Lee-Yuen Lew (Science Education), "Development of Constructivist Behaviors among Four New Science Teachers Prepared at the University of Iowa," R. Yager, chair; 2:30pm, 467 VAN

Nov. 6

Joshua Kotzin (English), "The Museum Mood: American Literature and Modern Styles of Retrospection," T. Lutz, chair; 11am, 331 EPB

Nov. 7

Lyn Elliot (English), "Rethinking Escape, Entrapment, and Belonging in the American Road Narrative," T. Lutz, chair; 8:30am, 331 EPB

Edward Monroe (Education), "Drawing upon the Experiences of Those Who Are Out: A Qualitative Study of the Coming-out Process of Gays and Lesbians," G. Stone, chair; 3:30pm, 350 LC

Nov. 8

Robin Looft-Wilson (Physiology and Biophysics), "Rat Mesenteric Artery Function after Hindlimb Suspension," E. Shibata, chair; noon, 5-669 BSB

Nov. 9

Robin Wilson (Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health), "The Role of Primary Care Patterns in Stage at Diagnosis Outcomes among Native American Cancer Patients in New Mexico and Arizona, 1994-1997," J. Torner, chair; 10am, 2710 SB

Surachman Dimyati (Education), "Sixth Grade Indonesian Students’ Explanations Concerning the Earth and Its Related Phenomena," J. Wilson, chair; 1pm, 467 VAN

Nov. 10

Homer Stewart (Psychology), "Effect of Personality on the Appraisal of Future Performance: A Dissertation," J. Suls, chair; 12:30pm, E17 SSH

Nov. 14

Qi Shi (Physiology and Biophysics), "Molecular Mechanism of Enhancer-mediated Renin Gene Transcription," C. Sigmund, chair; 1pm, 5-669 BSB

Nov. 15

Bradley Olson (Psychology), "The Influence of Outgroup Salience and Extremity on the Polarization of Ingroup Opinion," R. Baron, chair; 10am, 104 SLP

Nov. 16

Angela Goodman (Chemistry), "A Spectroscopic Study of Heterogeneous Reactions of Nitrogen Oxides and Sulfur Oxides on Solid Particles of Atmospheric Relevance," V. Grassian, chair; 9:30am, 323A CB

Lori Vermaas (American Studies), "The National Trees: Celebrating the Sequoias—Their Trunks, Roots, Stumps, Bark—and Their Depiction as Big Trees in America, 1852-1944," J. Raeburn and J. Kinsey, co-chairs; 3:30pm, 200 JB

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