Doctoral Oral Exams for June 2, 2025 – June 6, 2025

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

Verity Norman-Tichawangana, PhD., Education
Monday, June 6, 2025, 10:00AM, Furcolo 110. 
Dissertation: “(De)Centering Whiteness: A Betweener Conversation.” Sangeeta Kamat, Chair.

Randy Kwende, PhD., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Monday, June 6, 2025, 2:00PM, via Zoom. 
Dissertation: “Cryogenic Radio Receivers for Superconducting Qubit Readout.” Joseph Bardin, Chair.

Joseph Heng, PhD., Food Science
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 10:00AM, Chenoweth Lab 243. 
Dissertation: “Sustainable Crop Protection: Essential Oil as a Biocidal Drift Reduction Adjuvant.” Jiajai Lu, Chair.

Casey Buchholz, PhD., Economics
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 11:00AM, Crotty Hall 308 and via Zoom. 
Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Greenbackism and Race in Texas, 1876-1878.” Gerald Friedman, Chair.

Eleni Kapoulea, PhD., Psychological and Brain Sciences
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 11:00AM, via Zoom. 
Dissertation: “Causes of Loneliness in Cambodian American Adults Through an Intergenerational Lens.” Rebecca Ready, Chair.

Paul Erb, PhD., Sociology, Wednesday
June 4, 2025, 11:00AM, via Zoom. 
Dissertation: “Whither Pragmatism? A Critical Realist Reconstruction of Dewey’s Naturalistic Humanism.” Cedric de Leon, Chair.

Christina Allingham, PhD., Food Science
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 11:00AM, South College E241. 
Dissertation: “Developing Improved Food Safety and Sanitation Implementation Resources for Food Production Environments.” Matthew D. Moore, Chair.

Yuxi Zhou, PhD., Communication
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 8:00AM, ILC S418 and via Zoom. 
Dissertation: “Growing Up in the Digital Age: Perceptions of Parenting and Experiences of Online Opportunities and Risks Amond Urban Chinese Adolescents.” Erica Scharrer, Chair.

Ricardo Poza, PhD., Education
Friday, June 6, 2025, 3:00PM, Furcolo 102. 
Dissertation: “Empowering Girls to Have a Choice: Investigating How Social Cognitive Career Theory Can Inform Middle School Computer Science Curriculums.” Martina Nieswandt, Chair.

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