Academics

Doctoral Oral Exams for Aug. 1 – 5

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

Adiyukh Berbekova, Ph.D., School of Management, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 10 a.m., ISOM 237. Dissertation: “Three Essays on the Destination Performance Measures and Objective Quality of Life Indicators.” Muzzo Uysal and Albert Assaf, co-chrs.

Smriti Kumar, Ph.D., School of Management, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1 p.m., ISOM 108. Dissertation: “The Role of Data Permission Frames, Data Sensitivity, Audiences and Defaults on Consumers’ Willingness to Share Personal Information.” George Milne and Elizabeth Miller, co-chrs.

Anil Saini, Ph.D., Computer Science, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 10 a.m., CS140. Dissertation: “Labeled Modules in Evolving Programs.” Lee Spector, chr.

Julia Novrita, Ph.D., College of Education, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 9 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “‘Sustaining Peace from Campus to Community’ The Role of Students to Promote Campus-level Reconciliation: A Case Study of Maluku, Indonesia.” Bjorn H. Nordtveit, chr.

Charles Weisenberger, Ph.D., History, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 3 p.m., Herter 601. Dissertation: “Beyond the South: The Telfair Family, Slavery and the Antebellum One Percent.” Barbara Krauthamer, chr.

Flavia Cunha, Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Thursday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m., Herter 301 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Language Attitudes and Oral Proficiency in Heritage Speakers of Brazilian Portuguese.” Patricia Gubitosi, chr.

David Luther, Ph.D., Chemistry, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2 p.m., ISB 329. Dissertation: “Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutic Biomolecules through Versatile Polymer Nanotechnology.” Vincent Rotello, chr.

Yukun Li, Ph.D., Biostatistics, Friday, Aug. 5, 9 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Inverse Probability Weighting in Survival Analysis and Network Analysis.” Raji Balasubramanian, chr.