Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

Kristin Lindley (Music), "Violin and Viola Master Classes with Master Artist-Teacher Dorothy DeLay: An Analysis of Technique and Process with Accompanying Videotapes and Transcripts," L. Lafosse, chair; 10am, Rare Book Room, Music Library, VMB

Roberto Rodriguez-Moya (Film Studies), "Blade Runner as Reflexive Film and the Primacy of the Image," D. Andrew, chair; 10am, Callen Room, 205D GILH

Simon Dixon (Film Studies), "The Image Incarnate: On the Documentary Representation of Painting in Film," D. Andrew, chair; 2pm, 331 EPB

Sarah Fields (American Studies), "Female Gladiators: Gender, Contact Sport, and Law in America," C. Parratt, chair; 2:30pm, 200 JB

Brenton J. Malin (Communication Studies), "American Masculinity under Clinton: The ‘Crisis of Masculinity’ and the ‘New Man’ of the ’90s," B. Gronbeck, chair; 3:30pm, Callen Room, 205D GILH

Nov. 18

Corina Sandu (Mechanical Engineering), "Tracked Vehicle Modeling," J. Freeman, chair; 10am, 202 ERF

Nov. 20

Maria Fidalgo-Eick (Spanish), "Synchronous On-line Negotiation of Meaning by Intermediate Learners of Spanish," J. Liskin-Gasparro, chair; 9am, 114 PH

Christian Keathley (Film Studies), "The Wind in the Trees: Cinephilia, Panoramic Perception, and History," D. Andrew, chair; 9am, 331 EPB

Eugene Bechen (Music), "Sources of Stress as Perceived by Preservice and Inservice Iowa Music Educators," K. Phillips and C. Rodriguez, co-chairs; 9:30am, 2079 VMB

Kavita Khubchandani (Anatomy and Cell Biology), "Surfactant Protein A and Innate Immunity," J. Snyder, chair; 9:30am, 1-561 BSB

Jennifer Cassata (Education), "Student Self-evaluation of Writing Ability: A Case Study with Seventh-grade Students in Their Classroom," N. Jackson, chair; 10:30am, 350 LC

Wendy Robertson (Art History), "The Discovery of a New Measure: Creative Institutions and Visionary Arts from Black Mountain College to MOMA," S. Foster, chair; 11am, E101 AB

Nov. 21

Martin Jones (Occupational and Environmental Health), "Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project: Application of a Subjective Health and Safety Rating System and Assessment of Farm Operator Daily Activities Using a Pen-based Computer System," J. Merchant, chair; 9am, 5170 WL

Roberto Lopez-Valcarce (Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Blind Equalization of Linear and Nonlinear Digital Communication Channels from Second Order Statistics," S. Dasgupta, chair; 9:30am, 205B CC

Timothy Parnell (Genetics), "Insights into the Mechanism of Gypsy Insulator Function: Are Higher Order Chromatin Structures Required?," P. Geyer, chair; 12:15pm, Aud. 2 BSB

Nancy Moorhead (Education), "Financial Impact of Open Enrollment on Iowa Public Schools, 1994-1995 through 1999-2000," G. Chambers, chair; 12:30pm, N434 LC

Lily Adu (Industrial Engineering), "A Data Envelopment Analysis-based Framework for Strategic Group Analysis: Empirical Investigation in the Hospital Industry," D. Bricker and T. Gruca, co-chairs; 3pm, 4227 SC

Nov. 27

Debra Kay (Education), "Neuropsychological Assessment of Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder Subtypes," D. Clay, chair; 10am, 350 LC

Cynthia Goody (Education), "Food and Its Multiple Meanings for Rural Guatemalan Women: A Qualitative Approach," S. McNabb, chair; 10:30am, N434 LC

Ronald Sikorski (Chemistry), "Computational and Experimental Evaluation of Low Barrier Hydrogen Bonds and Transition State Models for Serine Esterase Enzymes," D. Quinn, chair; 11:30am, 323A CB

Dong Kim (Education), "A Comparison of IRT Equating and Beta 4 Equating," R. Brennan and M. Kolen, co-chairs; 1pm, N340B LC

Olga Petrova (Linguistics), "The Evolution of the English Obstruent Inventory: An Optimality Theoretic Account," J. Beckman, chair; 3:30pm, 570 EPB

Nov. 28

Peggy Trzebiatowski (French), "Madame de Lafayette and Marguerite de Navarre: A Particular Attachment," D. Thomas, chair; 12:30pm, 114 PH

Myunghoon Kim (Education), "A Study of Selected Factors Affecting Time to Graduation of Transfer Students from Iowa Community Colleges at the University of Iowa," C. Rzonca, chair; 1pm, N434 LC

John Krieger (Mechanical Engineering), "A Multiple Beam Lidar for Wind Measurement," W. Eichinger, chair; 1:30pm, 4501 SC

Sandra Lukaszewski-Rose (Chemistry), "Preparation and Functionalization of (E) and (Z) 1,2-Difluoro-1-tri-n-butylstannyl-1,4-pentadiene," D. Burton, chair; 1:30pm, 323A CB

Dae-Yul Lee (Education), "A Study of Selected Factors Affecting Time to Doctorate and Graduation at the University of Iowa," C. Rzonca, chair; 3pm, N434 LC

Do-Yong Park (Science Education), "An Evaluation of the Earth System Science in the Community (EarthComm) from a Perspective of Its Effectiveness in Improving Student Learning and Its Congruency with the Visions in the National Science Education Standards," R. Yager, chair; 4:30pm, 467 VAN

Nov. 29

Yolisa Nompula (Music), "A Comparison of European and Xhosa Singing among South African Children," K. Phillips, chair; 9:30am, 2079 VMB

James Eads (Education), "A Study of the Adequacy and Equity of School Infrastructure Support in the State of Iowa," G. Chambers, chair; 10am, N434 LC

Alfred Mueller (Communication Studies), "In the Name of God: Constituting Ukrainian Space via Religious Discourse," K. Farrell, chair; 12:30pm, 105C BCSB

Kuo-Kuang Wen (Biochemistry), "Yeast Tropomyosins Rescue a Polymerization-defective Mutant Yeast Actin (V266G, L267G)," P. Rubenstein, chair; 12:30pm, Aud. 2 BSB

Alessandra Alfieri (Statistics), "Topics in the Analysis of Mixed Models," J. Ledolter, chair; 1:30pm, 71 SH

Kuberan Balagurunathan (Pharmacy), "Synthesis of Neoglycoconjugates of Biochemical and Biopharmaceutical Significance," R. Linhardt, chair; 1:30pm, S311 PHAR

Chunmei Yang (Molecular Biology), "The Role of SNARE Proteins in Insulin Regulated GLUT4 Trafficking," J. Pessin, chair; 1:30pm, 5-669 BSB

Nov. 30

Esmail Bonakdarian (Computer Science), "Generation and Management of Ambient Traffic in Real-time Driving Simulation," J. Cremer, chair; noon, N100 LC

Jong-Won Lee (Education), "Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding the Importance of the Qualities of the Ideal Teacher and Their Application to the Teacher Selection Process in the Korean Public Secondary Schools," W. Foley, chair; 1pm, N434 LC

Vinod Jairaj (Chemistry), "A Novel Approach to the Stereospecific Preparation of Polyfluorinated Silanes, Stanannes, and Other Fluorinated Organometallic Compounds," D. Burton, chair; 2pm, 323A CB

Huilan Xing (Education), "An Empirical Evaluation of an Improved Version of the Difference Method for Estimating the Measurement Error at Specific Score Levels," S. Dunbar, chair; 2pm, 340B LC

Dec. 1

Hermi Hewitt (Nursing), "Contributions of Three Nursing Leaders to the Development of Registered Nursing Education in Jamaica 1946-1986," M. Donahue, chair; 8am, 133 NB

Paul Schilf (Music), "An Analysis of Interaction between Teens and Their Parents When Instrumental Music is Used in a Cooperative Learning Environment," D. Coffman, chair; 9am, Rare Book Room, Music Library, VMB

Lori Goetsch (Geoscience), "A Custom-designed Constructed Wetland for Removal of Targeted Pollutants during Tertiary Treatment of Wastewater Plant Effluent," L. Drake, chair; 10am, Callen Room, 205D GILH

Suat Ozkorucuklu (Physics), "K±/[pi]± Production Ratios with Hyperons and Proton," Y. Onel, chair; 10am, 309 VAN

Paula Ford (Anthropology), "Narratives of Social Healing: Cultural Politics and the Nicaraguan Women’s Movement," F. Babb, chair; 11am, 119 MH

Yefei He (Computer Science), "Realtime Visualization of Dynamic Terrain for Ground Vehicle Simulation," J. Cremer, chair; 1:30pm, B11 MLH

Sarapee Hirankarn (Pharmacy), "Analysis of Clinical Pharmacokinetic Data: NONMEM©, WinBUGS©, and Artificial Neural Networks," R. Herman, chair; 1:30pm, S218 PHAR

Genevieve Kovalesky (English), " ‘A New Biography’ of Her Own: Virginia Woolf and the Ninteenth Century," F. Boos, chair; 2pm, 331 EPB

Armando Gonzalez (Spanish), "Subversión en la poesía de Federico García Lorca," W. Dobrian, chair; 2:30pm, 114 PH

Mary Stegmaier (Political Science), "Voting Behavior during Economic and Political Transitions: The Case of Post-Communist East Central Europe," M. Lewis-Beck, chair; 2:30pm, 337 SH

Anne Eisenberg (Sociology), "Fringe Groups and Their Fight for Legitimacy: A Social Network Approach," B. Markovsky, chair; 3pm, W113 SSH

Victor Wynn (Sociology), "Shifting Class Structures: Examining the Dynamic Nature of Class and Class Resources as the Postindustrial Economy Evolves," C. Mueller and K. Leicht, co-chairs; 3pm, W113 SSH

Dec. 4

Sally Rigeman (Science Education), "The Impact of Technology on Chemistry Students’ Construction of Meaning from a Laboratory Investigation of Boyle’s Law," J. Wilson, chair; 1pm, 467 VAN

Mithat Kaya (Physics), "Ds Charm Strange Meson Hadroproduction," Y. Onel, chair; 1:30pm, 208 VAN

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