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

Danielle A. Allessio, Ph.D., College of Education, Monday, March 16, noon, N113 Furcolo. Dissertation: “Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Pedagogical Agent Design, and Hispanic English Language Learners.” Florence Sullivan, chr.

Whitney C. Blocher McTigue, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Wednesday, March 18, 10:30 a.m., N410 Life Science Laboratories. Dissertation: “Encapsulation and Stabilization of Biomacromolecules.” Sarah L. Perry, chr.

Michelle Nicholson, Ph.D., College of Education, Wednesday, March 18, 2 p.m., S115 Furcolo. Dissertation: “Locating Safe Spaces for Food Insecure Female Community College Students.” Kathryn A. McDermott, chr

Rilee Zeinert, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Thursday, March 19, 9:30 a.m., 221 Integrated Sciences Building. Dissertation: “The Lon Protease Integrates Protein Quality Control with DNA Damage Responses in Caulobacter crescentus.” Peter Chien, chr.

Jean Cody, Ph.D., College of Nursing, Thursday, March 19, 1 p.m., 112 Skinner Hall. Dissertation: “Mediation and Moderation of Arthritis Fatigue.” Jeungok Choi, chr.

Nurul Yaqin, Ed.D., College of Education, Friday, March 20, 9 a.m., N113 Furcolo. Dissertation: “Increasing Senior High School Students’ Mathematical Problem-Solving Skills through Improving Their Spatial Visualization Skills by Learning and Practicing Three-Dimensional Dynamic Geometry with Cabri 3D.” Joseph Berger, chr.

Christina Arther, Ph.D., Plant Biology, Friday, March 20, 2 p.m., N610 Life Sciences Laboratory. Dissertation: “Origin of Gene Specificity in the Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis.” Dong Wang, chr.