The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Academics

Doctoral Oral Exams for Feb. 27 – March 3

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

Dongxu Zhang, Ph.D., Computer Science, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, 10 a.m., VIA Zoom. Dissertation: “Graph Representation Learning with Box Embeddings.” Andrew McCallum, Chair

Renee Heywood, Ph.D., Education, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 9 a.m., Furcolo Room N113. Dissertation: “Leveraging Community Cultural Wealth Through Counterspaces and Counterstories: A Black Administrators Autoethnography.” Theresa Austin, Chair.

Mengjie Xu, Ph.D., Management, Thursday, March 2, 2023, 10 a.m., ISOM Room 219. Dissertation: “Have I Had the Same Abused Experience as You? Third Parties’ Schadenfreude or Anxiety Reaction and Behavioral Responses to Observed Abusive Supervision.” Orlando Richard, Chair