Doctoral oral exams for June 3-7

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

Karen Riska, Ph.D., Kinesiology. Monday, June 3, 8 a.m., 153 Totman. Dissertation: “The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Mediating Muscle Soreness.” Barry Braun, chr.

Daniel Pope, Ph.D., Comparative Literature. Monday, June 3, 3 p.m., 301 Herter Hall. Dissertation: “Enigmatic Realism: Doing Justice through Postmodern Use of Photography and First-Person Figuration in the Works of Sebald, Marías, and Hemon.” William Moebius, chr.

Max Lein, Ph.D., Chemistry. Tuesday, June 4, 9:30 a.m., 153 Goessmann. Dissertation: “Droplet-Interface Bilayer Technologies for Membrane Protein Analysis and Molecular Trafficking Measurements.” Matthew Holden, chr.

Deborah Polin, Ph.D., Anthropology. Wednesday, June 5, 10 a.m., E-23 Machmer. Dissertation: “Negotiating the Translation of Engaged Pedagogy to “Real Life” Action: Searching for a Praxis of Possibility within the Citizen Scholars Program at UMass-Amherst.” Arthur Keene, chr.

Vanessa Fabien, Ph.D., Afro-American Studies. Wednesday, June 5, 1 p.m., 302 Gordon Hall. Dissertation: “African American Environmental Ethics: Black Intellectual Perspectives.” John Bracey, chr.

Ahren Fitzroy, Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior. Wednesday, June 5, 3:30 p.m., TBD. Dissertation: “The Effects of Metric Strength on the Allocation of Attention Across Time.” Lisa Sanders, chr.

Daniel MacDonald, Ph.D., Economics. Wednesday, June 5, 4 p.m., 919 Thompson Hall. Dissertation: “Contract as Contested Terrain: Economic History of Law and the Rise of American Capitalism.” Gerald Friedman, chr.

Jerold Laguilles, Ed.D., Education. Thursday, June 6, 10:30 a.m., 151 Hills South. Dissertation: “What Kind of Alumni do Low-Income Students Become? An Investigation of the Relationship between Income-Status and Future Alumni Involvement.” Elizabeth Williams, chr.

Timothy Delaune Ph.D., Political Science. Thursday, June 6, 11 a.m., E23 Machmer. Dissertation: “Democratizing the Criminal: Jury Nullification as Exercise of Sovereign Decision over the Friend-Enemy Distinction.” Nicholas Xenos, chr.

Patrick Taylor, Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior. Thursday, June 6, 3 p.m., 423 Tobin Hall. Dissertation: “Effects of Auditory and Visual Temporally Selective Attention on Electroencephalographic Indices of Early Perceptual Processing.” Lisa Sanders, chr.

Yingyi Mao, Ph.D., Food Science. Friday, June 7, 9:30 a.m., 243 Chenoweth Lab. Dissertation: “Designing Novel Emulsion Performance by Controlled Hetero-Aggrigation of Mixed Biopolymer System.” Julian McClements, chr.

Robert Cook, Ed.D., Education. Friday, June 7, 10 a.m., 151 Hills South. Dissertation: “Application of Item Response Theory Models to the Algorithmic Detection of Shift Errors on Paper and Pencil Tests.” Lisa Keller, chr.

Marie Blackman, Ph.D., English. Friday, June 7, 3 p.m., Renaissance Center. Dissertation: “Shakespearean Signifiers.” Arthur Kinney, chr.