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

Donald Snyder, Ph.D., Political Science, Monday, Aug. 10, 10:30 a.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “The Weight of Words: Operationalizing Clarity, Concreteness and Personalization in Political Language.” Alex Theodoridis, chair.

Jerome Hoover, Ph.D., Psychological and Brain Sciences, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 11 a.m., Tobin 521B and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Testing Model Predictions: Effects of Suspect Contenders on Eyewitness Responses.” Andrew L. Cohen, chair.

Paul Michael Thomson, Ph.D., Afro-American Studies, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2 p.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Who’s Afraid of Martin Luther Queen? Gender, Sexuality, and the Drama of the Black Power Period.” James E. Smethurst, chair.

Lujia Wang, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 3 p.m., LGRT 1681. Dissertation: “Casual Per-Protocol Analyses of Vaccine Trials.” Ted Westling, chair.

Vaishali Malik, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Thursday, Aug. 13, 1 p.m., ISB 221. Dissertation: “Engineering Electroporation Strategies for Targeted Therapeutic Delivery and Cellular Modulation.” Prabhani Atukorale, chair.

Jayashree Bhagabati, Ph.D., Chemistry, Friday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m., Goessmann 153 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Towards Precision Therapeutics: Exploring Selectivity in Targeted Protein Degradation and Drug Delivery.” S. Thayumanavan, chair.

Feng Sun, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Friday, Aug. 14, 2 p.m., Marcus Hall 201. Dissertation: “Advancing Brain Science and Cell Biology with High-Precision Optogenetic Cell Interfaces.” Guangyu Xu, chair.