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

Jonathan Woodson Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior, Tuesday, April 16, 2 p.m., Life Science Lab 610. Dissertation: “The Anatomical and Functional Contributions of Vasopressin-Expressing Neurons of the PVN.” Joseph Bergan, chair.

Cooper Wagner, Ph.D., Physics, Tuesday, April 16, 2 p.m., 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, Ph.D., Music, Tuesday, April 16, 11:30 a.m., Bromery Center 421. Dissertation: “Refugees’ Perceptions of Music Participation and Implications for the Music Education Profession.” Lisa Lehmberg, chair.

Jeonhyeong Yeo, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wednesday, April 17, 1 p.m., Marston Hall 234. Dissertation: “A Study of Effective and Usable Patterns for Drag-Reduction and Antifouling.” Byung Kim, chair.

Destiney Linker, Ph.D., History, Wednesday, April 17, 11:30 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Smash Colonial Violence!: Internationalism, Intersectionality, and the Emergence of Black Feminist Politics, 1968-1985.” Barbara Krauthmaer, chair.

Alex McGlasson, Ph.D., Polymer Science, Thursday, April 18, 12:30 p.m., 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, Ph.D., Political Science, Friday, April 19, 1:30 p.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Epistemic Communities and Legal Outcomes in Pakistan.” Andrew March, chair.

Michael J. McCrackan, Ph.D., Astronomy, Friday, April 19, 3 p.m., 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, Ph.D., Hispanic Literature and Linguistics, Friday, April 19, 10 a.m., Herter Hall 301. Dissertation: “Focus Marking in Ecuadorian Andrean Spanish in New York City.” Patricia Gubitosi, chair.

Youngwoo Kim, Ph.D., Computer Science, Friday, April 19, 10 a.m., Computer Science 243. Dissertation: “Extracting Token-Level Semantic Matching from Text-Pair Classification.” James Allen, chair.