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Doctoral Oral Exams for June 16, 2025 – June 20, 2025

June 6, 2025 News

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

Yunga Liu, PhD., Computer Science
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 10:00AM, LGRC A215. 
Dissertation: “Advancing Objective Assessment of Physical and Behavioral Phenotypes Using Wearable and Mobile Technologies.” Ivan Lee, Chair.

Elizabeth Llorca, PhD., Education
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 10:30AM, Furcolo S125. 
Dissertation: “Inclusive Special Education Practices within a Dual Language Community of Learners.” Marialuisa Di Stefano, Chair.

Blossom Metevier, PhD., Computer Science
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 2:00PM, LGRC A311. 
Dissertation: “Fair Algorithms for Sequential Learning Problems.” Phillip Thomas, Chair.

Seung Suk Josh Lee, PhD., Linguistics
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 2:00PM, ILC N400. 
Dissertation: “Simultaneous Encoding and Decoding of Laryngeal Contrasts and Prosodic Structure in Seoul Korea.” Kristine Yu, Chair.

Nora Suren, PhD., Communication
Friday, June 20, 2025, 3:00PM, via Zoom. 
Dissertation: “Navigating Double Oppression Online: How Alternative Content Creators Maintain their Ideological Integrity Under Algorithmic Bias and Turkish Authoritarianism.” Jonathan Ong, Chair.

Jorge Simoes Minella, PhD., History
Friday, June 20, 2025, 3:00PM, via Zoom. 
Dissertation: “Defiant Grace: Brazil and the Sao Francisco River (1799-1955).” Joel Wolfe, Chair.

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