Doctoral Oral Exams for April 30-May 04

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

Xueying Yu, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics, Monday, April 30, 1 p.m., 1634 Lederle Graduate Research Tower. Dissertation: “Global Well-Posedness and Scattering for the Defocusing Quintic Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation in Two Dimensions.” Andrea Nahmod, chr.

Zhiyuan Yao, Ph.D., Physics, Wednesday, May 2, 9 a.m., 409 Hasbrouck. Dissertation: “Quantum Phase Transitions in Disordered Boson Systems.” Nikolay Prokofiev, chr.

Laura Heston, Ph.D., Sociology, Thursday, May 3, 10 a.m., 1028 Thompson. Dissertation: “Queering Kinship: LGBTQ Parents and the Creation of Real Utopias.” Robert Zussman, chr.

David Alan Katz, Ph.D., English, Thursday, May 3, 2 p.m., Renaissance Center. Dissertation: “‘To Weigh the World Anew’: Poetics, Rhetoric, and Social Struggle, from Sidney’s Arcadia to Shakespeare’s Theater.” Arthur Kinney, chr.

Mary Eliza Rebecca Ray, Ph.D., Economics, Friday, May 4, 11 a.m., 309 Crotty Hall. Dissertation: “Stumbling Toward the Up Escalator: How Trends in International Trade, Investment, and Finance Have Complicated Latin America’s Quest for Sustainable, Diversified Economic Development.” James K. Boyce, chr.