May 3

Amy Shoultz (Education), “Learning to Think Like a Teacher: The Role of Reflection in Student Teaching,” J. Marshall, chair; 9:30am, N262 LC

Jennifer Blackhurst (Industrial Engineering), “A Network Based Methodology to Model Supply Chain Systems,” P. O’Grady, chair; 10am, 4511 SC

Carolyn Bonifield (Business Administration), “Effects of Anger and Regret on Postpurchase Behaviors,” C. Cole, chair; 10am, 158 VAN

Job Olakangil (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering), "Effects of Phosphorus and Silicon Purity on Coke Formation and Reaction Kinetics in the Direct Synthesis of Methyl-chlorosilanes,” D. Rethwisch, chair; 10am, 4511 SC

Hsin-Lan Chien (Music), “Exploring the Influences of Beethoven on Chopin’s Composition with Special Emphasis on Beethoven’s Op. 26 and Chopin’s Op. 35,” R. Lecuona, chair; 1:30pm, Rare Book Room, Music Library, VMB

Tianrun Yang (Pharmacy), “Preparation, Characterization and Pharmaceutical Uses of Biodegradable Oxidized Celluose and Its Adduct with Chitosan,” V. Kumar and G. Banker, co-chairs; 1:30pm, S218 PHAR

May 6

Gudrun Haraldsdottir (Anthropology), “Cooperation and Conflicting Interests: An Ethnography of Fishing and Fish Trading on the Shores of Lake Malawi,” P. Durrenberger, chair; 11am, Callen Room, 205D GILH

Sara Kimble (History), “Justice Redressed: Women, Citizenship, and the Social Uses of the Law in Modern France, 1890-1939,”S. Hanley, chair; 2:15pm, Callen Room, 205D GILH

May 9

Jennifer Tiernan (Mass Communications), “An Illusion of Calm: Snapshot Photography, History, and Memory among Vietnam Veterans,” H. Hardt, chair; 10am, Callen Room, 205D GILH

May 10

Yanrong Chang (Communication Studies), “Culture and Communication: An Ethnographic Study of Chinese Criminal Courtroom Communication,” K. Fitch, chair; 9am, 105C BCSB

Yong Cao (Business Administration), “Three Essays on Retailer’s Pricing, Services and Customer Channel Usage in the Internet Market Place,” T. Gruca, chair; 1:30pm, S401 PBB

May 13

William Thomas (History), “The United States Department of Justice and Dissent during the First World War,” A. Steinberg, chair; 10:30am, 273 SH

May 14

Jing Wu (Communication Studies), “Remembrance, Narrative and the Imagination of the Social: Film and Television Representations of the Cultural Revolution during the First Decade of the Reform Era,” J. Peters, chair; 9am, Callen Room, 205D GILH

Sharon Kennedy-Nolle (English), “Reconstruction of Post War Literary Regionalism: Alternative Literary Visions of New Souths and New Citizens, 1865-1886,” K. Diffley, chair; 10am, 331 EPB

May 15

Bert Kreitlow (History), “State and Peasant: Maize and Modernization in Zacapoaxtla, Mexico, 1930-1982,” E. Hale and M. Gobat, co-chairs; 1pm, 273 SH

May 16

Roger Polston (Mechanical Engineering), “Analysis of Critical Boundaries of Closed Loop Mechanisms via Serial Chain Decomposition,” J. Freeman and R. Han, co-chairs; 1pm, 208 ERF

Judith Hausner (Education), “An Examination of the Relationship between Psychological Empowerment and Professionalism in Nursing,” L. Helms, chair; 1:30pm, N461 LC

May 17

Nadir Basturkmen (Electrical and Computer Engineering), “New Built-in Self Test Methods for Scan Designs,” S. Reddy, chair; 2pm, 4501 SC

May 24

Christopher Moon (History), “A University of the Fatherlands? The Demise of European Federalism in the European Communities and the Making of the European University Institute,” D. Schoenbaum, chair; 1:30pm, 273 SH

May 31

Jay Granier (Speech and Hearing Science), “The Influence of Frequency, Concreteness, and Grammatical Category on Semantic Processing and Word Retrieval in Probable Alzheimer’s Disease,” R. Hurtig, chair; 10am, 308 SHC

June 6

Eric Epping (Physiology and Biophysics), “Intracellular Trafficking of the Yeast ABC Transporter Yor1,” S. Moye-Rowley, chair; 9:30am, 5-669 BSB