Doctoral Oral Exams for April 15, 2024 – April 19, 2024
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The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Jonathan Woodson, PhD., Neuroscience and Behavior
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 2:00PM, Life Science Lab 610
Dissertation: “The Anatomical and Functional Contributions of Vasopressin-Expressing Neurons of the PVN.” Joseph Bergan, Chair.
Cooper Wagner, PhD., Physics
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 2:00PM, Lederle 927 and via Zoom
Dissertation: “Searching for Exotic Higgs Boson Decays in the BBrr Final State in the Atlas Detector.” Verena Martinez Outschoorn, Chair.
Jessica Wiseman, PhD., Music
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 11:30AM, Bromery Center 421
Dissertation: “Refugees’ Perceptions of Music Participation and Implications for the Music Education Profession.” Lisa Lehmberg, Chair.
Jeonhyeong Yeo, PhD., Civil and Environmental Engineering
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 1:00PM, Marston Hall 234
Dissertation: “A Study of Effective and Usable Patterns for Drag-Reduction and Antifouling.” Byung Kim, Chair.
Destiney Linker, PhD., History
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 11:30AM, via Zoom
Dissertation: “Smash Colonial Violence!: Internationalism, Intersectionality, and the Emergence of Black Feminist Politics, 1968-1985.” Barbara Krauthmaer, Chair.
Alex McGlasson, PhD., Polymer Science
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 12:30PM, Conte Polymer Research Building A110/111
Dissertation: “From Micromotors to Solid Surfactants: Synthesis and Applications of Heterogeneous Polymer Particles.” Thomas P. Russell, Chair.
Muhammad Faraz, PhD., Political Science
Friday, April 19, 2024, 1:30PM, via Zoom
Dissertation: “Epistemic Communities and Legal Outcomes in Pakistan.” Andrew March, Chair.
Michael J. McCrackan, PhD., Astronomy
Friday, April 19, 2024, 3:00PM, Lederle 533
Dissertation: “Development of the TolTEC Data Reduction Pipeline and the Application of Hierarchical Bayesian Inference to TolTEC Data.” Grant Wilson, Chair.
Christian Andres Puma Ninacuri, PhD., Hispanic Literature and Linguistics
Friday, April 19, 2024, 10:00AM, Herter Hall 301
Dissertation: “Focus Marking in Ecuadorian Andrean Spanish in New York City.” Patricia Gubitosi, Chair.
Youngwoo Kim, PhD., Computer Science
Friday, April 19, 2024, 10:00AM, Computer Science 243
Dissertation: “Extracting Token-Level Semantic Matching from Text-Pair Classification.” James Allen, Chair.