Doctoral oral exams for June 23-29

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

McKinley Melton, Ph.D., Afro-American Studies. Saturday, June 23, 1 p.m., 803 Campus Center Room. Dissertation: “Pen Stroking the Soul of a People: Spiritual Foundations of Black Diasporan Literature.” Michael Thelwell, chr.

Sriram Natarajan, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering. Monday, June 25, 10 a.m., 109 Knowles Engineering Building. Dissertation: “Security Issues in Network Virtualization for the Future Internet.” Tilman Wolf, chr.

Marina Bendersky, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering. Tuesday, June 26, 1 p.m., Gunness Student Center, Marcus Hall. Dissertation: “Particle-Collector Interactions in Nanoscale Heterogeneous Systems.” Jeffery Davis, chr.

Roger Silvers, Ph.D., School of Management. Wednesday, June 27, 1 p.m., 112 Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: “The Valuation Impact of Sec Enforcement Actions on Non-Target Foreign Firms.” Pieter Elgers, chr.

Stefanie Giera, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology Program. Friday, June 29, 9:30 a.m., 222 Morrill II South. Dissertation: “Individual Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners Interact to Disrupt Thyroid Hormone Action During Development.” R. Thomas Zoeller, chr.

Elih Velazquez-Delgado, Ph.D., Chemistry. Friday, June 29, 2 p.m., 221 Integrated Sciences Building. Dissertation: “Suicidal & Homicidal Shape Shifters: Allosteric Regulation of Caspase-6 Proteolytic Activity.” Jeanne Hardy, chr.