Ph.D. Defenses

June 10

Anne Rippentrop (Education), “The Relationship between Religiosity/Spirituality and Health Outcomes in a Chronic Pain Population,” E. Altmaier, chair; 12pm, 0712A UIHC

Ningchuan Xiao (Geography), “Geographical Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms,” M. Armstrong, chair; 1pm, 221 JH

June 12

Karin Larsen (Psychology), “Prenatal Negative Affect States and Reproductive Health Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Health Behaviors,” M. O'Hara, chair; 10am, 104 SLP

Koung-Hee Leem (Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences), “Solving Linear Systems from Meshfree Discretizations,” S. Oliveira, chair; 10am, 105 MLH

Steven Gates (Education), “Words That Preserved Union,” E. Folsom and J. Marshall, co-chairs; 1pm, N262 LC

June 13

Michael Baxter (Genetics), “From Environment to Invasion:  The Role of hilE in Regulating Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium,” B. Jones, chair; 9am, 283 EMRB

Kenneth Williford (Philosophy), “The Structure of Self-consciousness: A Phenomenological and Philosophical Investigation,” P. Butchvarov, G. Landini, and E. Fales, co-chairs; 3:30pm, C208 PBB

June 16

Karen Reed (Biomedical Engineering), “The Emu as a Model for Necrotic Femoral Head Collapse,” T. Brown, chair; 10:30am, 2174 WL

Alycia Hund (Psychology), “Developmental Changes in the Flexibility and Stability of Spatial Category Formation Based on Spatiotemporal Experience,” J. Plumert, chair; 1pm, 104 SLP

June 17

Juerg Tschirren (Electrical and Computer Engineering), “Segmentation, Anatomical Labeling, Branch-point Matching, and Quantitative Analysis of Human Airway Trees in Volumetric CT Images,” M. Sonka, chair; 9am, 3210 SC

Jasdeep Nanra (Immunology), “Developmental and Functional Characteristics of Murine Marginal Zone B Cells,” M. Wilson, chair; 1pm, 283 EMRB

June 18

David Banash (English), “Writing through the Real: Twentieth-century Literary Collage,” R. Kuenzli, chair; 3:30pm, 323B EPB

June 19

Ivelisse Torres (Education), “An Investigation of Personality Characteristics, Internalizing Symptoms, and Locus of Control Orientation of Gifted Adolescents Participating in a Summer Residential Program for Gifted Youth,” S. Ehly, chair; 10am, 350 LC

Ping Yin (Education), “Estimating Reliability of Group Mean Difference Scores in Longitudinal Designs,” R. Brennan, chair; 1:30pm, 340B LC

June 20

Heather Quevedo (Geoscience), “High-resolution Stable Isotope Records of Climate Change from NW New Jersey and NE Pennsylvania,” L. Gonzalez and S. Carpenter, co-chairs; 10am, Callen Room, 205D GILH

Erica Larson (Science Education), “Aligning Science Assessment Items from the Iowa Testing Program Batteries and the State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS) with the National Science Education Content Standards,” S. Everett and E. Pizzini, co-chairs; 1:30pm, 467 VAN

June 23

Jingzhou Yang (Mechanical Engineering), “Swept Volumes: Theory and Implementations,” K. Abdel-Malek, chair; 3pm, 3111 SC

June 24

Bonnie Sonnek (Education), “How Teachers and Administrators Perceive a Language Arts Change Initiative in One Middle School,” A. DiPardo, chair; 1pm, N262 LC

June 26

Robin Barrow (English), “Narratives of Outrage: Sexual Violence and the Victorian Novel,” F. Boos, chair; 1pm, 349 IMU

July 1

Iman Ahmad (Free Radical and Radiation Biology), “Glucose Deprivation-induced Oxidative Stress and Cancer Therapy,” D. Spitz, chair; 2pm, B180 M