Doctoral Oral Exams for April 1-5
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Hema Preya Selvanathan, Ph.D., Psychology, Monday, April 1, 8:30 a.m., 521A Tobin. Dissertation: “Public Attitudes Toward Collective Action: Three Social Psychological Investigations in Malaysia, the United States, and Israel-Palestine.” Brian Lickel, chr.
Pritha Dutta, Ph.D., Isenberg School of Management, Monday, April 1, 10:30 a.m., 237 Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: “Blood Supply Chain Networks in Healthcare: Game Theory Models and Numerical Case Studies.” Anna Nagurney, chr.
John Delconte, Ph.D., Regional Planning, Monday, April 1, 2 p.m., 221 Olver Design Building. Dissertation: “Place Vibrancy and its Measurement: Construct and Scale Development, and Pilot Field Study of Three Massachusetts Villages.” Mark Hamin, chr.
Marc Lorenc, Ph.D., Anthropology, Monday, April 1, 4 p.m., E17 Machmer. Dissertation: “Recollections: Memory, Maternity, and Meritocracy at the Dr. James Still Historic Office and Homestead.” Whitney Battle-Baptiste, chr.
Zachary Albert, Ph.D., Political Science, Tuesday, April 2, 11 a.m., 420 Thompson Hall. Dissertation: “Partisan Policymaking: Research and Advocacy in an Era of Polarization.” Ray La Raja, chr.
Renee Crizer, Ph.D., Nursing, Tuesday, April 2, 1 p.m., 101 Skinner Hall. Dissertation: “Making the Invisible Visible: Adolescent Caregiver Experiences in Multiple Sclerosis.” Karen Kalmakis, chr.
Lucius Couloute, Ph.D., Sociology, Wednesday, April 3, 10 a.m., 1028 Thompson. Dissertation: “Criminal Inequality: Ex-prisoners in a State of Reentry.” Enobong (Hannah) Branch, chr.
Andrew Rohrman, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Wednesday, April 3, 3 p.m., 234 Marston Hall. Dissertation: “Laboratory Study of the Failure Characteristics of Ballast.” Carlton Ho, chr.
Kathryn Rahlwes, Ph.D., Microbiology, Thursday, April 4, 2 p.m., N610 Life Sciences Laboratory. Dissertation: “Regulation of Lipomannan and Lipoarabinomannan Biosynthesis in Mycobacteria.” Yasu Morita, chr.
Nellipher Lewis, Ph.D., College of Nursing, Friday, April 5, 9:30 a.m., S240 Integrative Learning Center. Dissertation: “Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Attitudes Towards Abuse Against Women and Children Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Malawi.” Mary T. Paterno, chr.
Troy Peters, Ph.D., Environmental Conservation, Friday, April 5, 10 a.m., 170 Design Building. Dissertation: “Predictive Modeling of Automated Building Façade Elements to Attain Thermal Comfort in Passively Conditioned Buildings in Different Climates.” Ajla Aksamija, chr.
Reza Rajabi, Ph.D., Isenberg School of Management, Friday, April 5, 10:30 a.m., 237 Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: “Essays on Marketing in New Ventures.” Thomas G. Brashear, chr.
Inci Sariz Bilge, Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Friday, April 5, 11 a.m., 301 Herter Hall. Dissertation: “Translator Agency in Turkey under Censorial Constraints: 1990s to the Present.” Edwin Gentzler, chr.
Jayash Paudel, Ph.D., Resource Economics, Friday, April 5, 12:30 p.m., 303 Stockbridge Hall. Dissertation: “Three Essays on Environmental and Agriculture Economics.” Christine Crago, chr.
Soheyl Borjian, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Friday, April 5, 2 p.m., 209 Knowles. Dissertation: “Methodologies for Reservoir Systems Analysis: Application of Optimization and Deep Learning.”
Javad Moshfegh, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Friday, April 5, 2 p.m., 109 Knowles Engineering Building Conference Room. Dissertation: “A Parallel Direct Method for Finite Element Electromagnetic Computations Based on Domain Decomposition.” Marinos Vouvakis, chr.
Gavin Portwood, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Friday, April 5, 3 p.m., 118 Kellogg Room, ELAB 2 Building. Dissertation: “A Study on Homogenous Sheared Stably Stratified Turbulence.” Stephen de Bruyn Kops, chr.