Doctoral Oral Exams for July 18 – 22

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

Ethan Tupelo, Ph.D., Political Science, Monday, July 18, 3 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Debris of Progress: A Political Ethnography of Critical Infrastructure.” Timothy Pachirat, chr.

Abhinav Jangda, Ph.D., Computer Science, Tuesday, July 19, 3 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Languages and Compilers for Writing Efficient High-Performance Computing Applications.” Arjun Guha, chr.

Fanjun Li, Ph.D., Chemistry, Wednesday, July 20, 1 p.m. Goessman 153. Dissertation: “Investigation of Kinase Conformational Dynamics and Analytes Detection with Protein Nanopore.” Min Chen, chr.

Xiang Li, Ph.D., Computer Science, Wednesday, July 20, 1 p.m. CS 303. Dissertation: “Probabilistic Commonsene Knowledge.” Andrew McCallum, chr.

Subendhu Rongali, Ph.D., Computer Science, Thursday, July 21, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Low Resource Language Understanding in Voice Assistants.” Andrew McCallum, chr.

Smriti Kumar, Ph.D., School of Management, Thursday, July 21, 2022, 3 p.m. ISOM 237. Dissertation: “The Role of Data Permission Frames, Data Sensitivity, Audiences and Defaults on Consumers’ Willingness to Share Personal Information.” George Milne, chr.

Siobhan Mei, Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Friday, July 22, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Refashioning History: Women as Sartorial Storytellers.” Kathryn Lachman, chr.

Mitchell Culler, Ph.D., Food Science. Friday, July 22, noon, via Zoom. Dissertation: “Novel Approaches for Preventing Oxidation in Emulsion-based Food Systems.” Eric Decker, chr.