Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

David Ufnar (Geoscience), “Mid-Cretaceous Paleosols of the Western Interior Basin: Paleohydrologic and Stratigraphic Implications,” L. Gonzalez, chair; 8:30am, 231 TH

Byeng-Dong Youn (Mechanical Engineering), “Advanced and Generalized Methodology of Reliability-based Design Optimization,” K. Choi, chair; 9am, 4511 SC

Robert Hopson (Art History), “The Symbolist Portraiture of Berthe Morisot,” D. Johnson, chair; 10:30am, E101 AB

Lida Nguyen (Pharmacy), “Characterization of pH-induced Aggregation and Gelation in Glucagon Solutions,” L. Kirsch, chair; 1pm, S218 PHAR

Li Hong (Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences), “Nonlinear Algorithms for Image Resolution Enhancement and Image Compression,” J. Kari, chair; 1:30pm, 140 SH

Mahoumbah Klobah (Comparative Literature), “Troubled Kinship: Africanist Discourse in African American Literature,” R. Kuenzli, chair; 3pm, 331 EPB

Hsun-Chih Kuo (Statistics), “Estimation of Survival Functions and Multinomial Parameters under Order Constraints,” R. Dykstra, chair; 3:30pm, 103 SH

John Rudisill (Philosophy), “Towards a Reclamation of Substantive Liberalism,” D. Jeske, chair; 4pm, 218 EPB

Dec. 10

Eliot Blake (American Studies), “The Magical Armchair: Private Power and the Commodification of Expressive Freedom,” J. Smith, chair; 10am, 704 JB

Jolene Stritecky (Anthropology), “Looking through a Moral Lens: Morality, Violence, and Empathy in Solomon Islands,” V. Dominguez, chair; 10:15am, Callen Room, 205D GILH

Dec. 14

Douglas Anderson (English), “Alienation and Abundance: American Farm Fiction, 1900-1930,” T. Lutz, chair; 1pm, 331 EPB

Dec. 17

Xiaoguang Zhang (Pharmacy), “The Physical Stability of Drug Emulsion Delivery Systems under Extreme Thermal Stress,” L. Kirsch, chair; 1pm, S218 PHAR

Dec. 18

Christina Runge Samuelson (Speech and Hearing Science), “Responses of the Auditory Nerve to Sinusoidal Electrical Stimulation: Effects of High-rate Pulse Trains,” P. Abbas, chair; 9am, 233 SHC

Taylor Lake (American Studies), “American Delsartism and the Bodily Discourse of Respectable Womanliness,” L. Rabinovitz, chair; 10am, 704 JB

Dec. 20

Barbara Quaney (Exercise Science), “Investigations of the Memory Systems Underlying the Anticipatory Programming of Fingertip Forces during Precision Grip,” K. Cole, chair; 10am, 418 FH

Dec. 21

Gerald Harp (English), “Sense Metaphors of Cognition in Early Modern English Texts,” A. Snider, chair; 2:30pm, 331 EPB

Jan. 17

Patrick Monahan (Education), “Potential Modifications to Reduce Type I Error Inflation and to Reduce Estimation Bias of the Mantel-Haenszel Procedure for Detecting Differential Item Functioning, Based on Alternative Matching Scores,” R. Ankenmann, chair; 1:30pm, 340B LC

Jan. 24

Kelley Westerhouse (Psychology), “Development and Validation of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality—Collateral Report Version (SNAP-CRV),” L. Clark, chair; 3pm, 104 SLP