Ph.D. defenses

July 5

Nelson Lu (Statistics), "Tests on Multiplicative Covariance Structures," D. Zimmerman, chair; 2pm, 241B SH

July 8

Tammy Wilgenbusch (Education), "School Psychologists’ and School Principals’ Perceptions of the Current Role School Psychologists Have in Crisis Intervention and Their Ratings of Importance," K. Gerken, chair; 3:30pm, 350 LC

Jaehoon Seol (Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences), "Analysis of the Radiosity Equation Using the Collocation Method," K. Atkinson, chair; 4pm,114 MLH

July 10

Jay Wellman (Business Administration), "Managerial Actions and Their Effects on Investors: Essays on Mutual Funds and Corporate Spinoffs," A. Vijh, chair; 1pm, W364 PBB

Kris Beck (Political Science), "The Once and Future Republic: Essays on the American Polity," J. Nelson, chair; 1:30pm, 337 SH

Michael McLendon (Mathematics), "The Hochschild Homology of Skein Algebras," C. Frohman, chair; 2pm, 218 MLH

July 11

Haley Sinn (Biology), "Characterization of Novel Xin Genes in the Mouse," J. Lin, chair; 9am, 102 BSL

Terri Kenyon (Microbiology), "Regulation of Varicella-zoster Virus Infection by the Viral Serine Protein Kinase ORF47," C. Grose, chair; 11am, 2-114 ML

Lisa Kelley (Nursing), "Expectations and Networks for Elder Care in Rural St. Lucia," M. Maas and M. Dreher, co-chairs; 2:15pm, 101 NB

July 12

Daniel Hay (Chemistry), "Non-conventional, Mild Reductants in Solid State Chemistry: Synthesis of Group 5 and 6 Hexanuclear and Trinuclear Cluster Halides," L. Messerle, chair; 9am, 323A CB

Amy Carney (Education), "An Investigation of Teachers’ Perspectives Regarding ADHD Symptoms and Teachers’ Behavior Ratings of 5-6-Year-Old Children Diagnosed with ADHD from Non-ADHD Peers," K. Gerken, chair; 10am, N461 LC

July 15

Lei Lu (Interdisciplinary Studies), "Function of DEG/EnaC Genes in Drosophila," M. Welsh, chair; 9:30am, McEwen Room, 1-561 BSB

Hong Duan (Free Radical and Radiation Biology), "Regulation of Tumor Suppressor Gene Maspin Expression in Human Breast and Prostate Cancer Cells," F. Domann, chair; 1pm, B180-A ML

Job Olakangil (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering), "Effects of Phosphorus and Silicon Purity on Coke Formation and Reaction Kinetics in the Direct Synthesis of Methylchlorosilanes," D. Rethwisch, chair; 1pm, 4505 SC

Oleg Svidersky (Mathematics), "Spectra of Dirac and Rarita-Schwinger Operators on the Chronometric Space," T. Branson, chair; 4pm, B13 MLH

July 16

Roberta Casko (Education), "An Analysis of the Interactions of Relaxation Exercises, State and Trait Anxiety, and Desire for Control in Women with Preterm Labor," E. Altmaier, chair; 8:30am, 350 LC

Wenchun Feng (Education), "Examining Applicability of the Jackknife Procedures for Estimating Standard Errors of Variance Component Estimates in Random Effects One-faceted and Two-faceted G Study Designs," R. Ankenmann and R. Brennan, co-chairs; 1pm, 340B LC

July 17

Julie Reece (Chemistry), "Optical Sensors for Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide with Radiolumi-nescent Light Sources and Application to Bioprocess Monitoring," M. Arnold, chair; 9:30am, 323A CB

Gary Heil (Microbiology), "Evidence for Allosteric Coeffector Mediated Inhibition of a Protein-Protein Interaction Involved in the Transcription Regulation of the gcv Operon of Escherichia coli," G. Stauffer, chair; 10am, 3-560 BSB

Donna Stewart (Education), "The Academic and Behavioral Functioning of Youth with Learning Disabilities, Conduct Disorder, or Both Conditions," K. Gerken, chair; 1pm, 350 LC

Michelle Larson (Statistics), "Two-sample Likelihood Ratio Tests of Dispersion between Probability Vectors Using Order-restricted Techniques,"T. Robertson, chair; 2pm, 31 SH

Gregory Reed (Education), "The Relative Effects of Contrasting Food Dimensions during the Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders," S. Ehly and D. Wacker, co-chairs; 4pm, 350 LC

July 18

Deborah Bobier (Psychology), "A Measure of Susceptibilityto Social Influence: Scale Development and Validation," D. Watson, chair; 10am, 104 SLP

Dean Yoshizumi (Psychology), "Decision Making and the Useof Analogy in Risky Choice," I. Levin, chair; 2pm, E17 SSH

July 19

Joshua Shrout (Civil and Environmental Engineering), "Potential for in situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate Utilizing Indigenous or Ubiquitous Micro-organisms," G. Parkin, chair; 9:30am, 4511 SC

Patricia Hardre (Education), "The Effects of InstructionalDesign Knowledge and Skill Development on Teaching Competence, Self-efficacy, and Performance," J. Reeve andK. Schuh, co-chairs; 10am, 350 LC

Jeffrey Luci (Chemistry), "Synthetic Studies and Molecular Orbital Calculations in Early Transition Metal Organodi-metallic and Trinuclear Cluster Chemistries," L. Messerle, chair; 10am, 323A CB

Meredith Preuss (Free Radical and Radiation Biology), "Oxidative Stress in Glioma Cells: The Role of Antioxidant Enzymes and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids," L. Oberley, chair; 10am, B180-A ML

John Dawson (Geoscience), "Morphology and Evolution of the Coral Genera Anomocora, Asterosmilia, and Montastraea from the Neogene to the Recent in the Caribbean," A. Budd, chair; 1pm, Callen Room,205D GILH

William Kalkhoff (Sociology), "Collective Validation in Multi-actor Task Settings: Extending the Berger et al. Theory of Legitimation," L. Troyer, chair; 1pm, W140A SSH

Runa Musib (Biochemistry), "Conformational Changes in a Subdomain 3/4 Loop of Yeast Actin," P. Rubenstein, chair; 1pm, Med. Alum. Aud., E331 GH

Hui Deng (Education), "a-Stratified Computerized Adaptive Testing with Unequal Item Exposure across Strata," T. Ansley, chair; 2pm, 350 LC

July 22

Junghoon Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering), "Formation of N-Nitrosodime-thylamine (NDMA) in Drinking Water," R. Valentine, chair; 10am, 3210 SC

July 23

Terry Hostetler (Computer Science), "Simulating the Behavior of Small Pedestrian Groups in Virtual Public Gatherings," J. Kearney, Chair; 10am, 210 MLH