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

Kyle Stubbs, Ph.D., Isenberg School of Management, Monday, March 2, 10:00 a.m., N220 Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: “Narratives in Subjective Performance Evaluations: Do Ratings Change the Narrative?” M. David Piercey and Jeremiah Wayne Bentley, co-chrs.

Abdolvahab Khademi Shamami, Ph.D., College of Education, Monday, March 2, 1 p.m., S115 Furcolo. Dissertation: “An Investigation of Fit Criteria within MG-CFA for Examining Non-Negligible Measurement Invariance.” Craig S. Wells, chr.

Øyvind Blaker, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Wednesday, March 4, 2:30 p.m., 118 ELAB II. Dissertation: “Characterization of a Natural Clayey Silt and the Effects of Sample Disturbance on Soil Behavior and Engineering Properties.” Don J. DeGroot, chr.

Seyed Nima Orazani, Ph.D., Psychological and Brain Sciences, Thursday, March 5, 1 p.m., 15B Bartlett. Dissertation: “Shadows of the Past: The Effects of Movements’ Past Strategy on Third-Parties’ Support for Its Current Strategy.” Bernhard Leidner, chr. 

Korka Sall, Ph.D., English, Friday, March 6, 10 a.m., E501 South College. Dissertation: “Negritude Feminisms: Francophone Black Women Writers and Activists in France, Martinique and Senegal from the 1920s to the 1980s.” Rachel Mordecai, chr.

Deniz Besik, Ph.D., Isenberg School of Management, Friday, March 6, 3:30 p.m., 112 Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: “Essays on Competitive Perishable Food Supply Chain Networks: From the Impacts of Tariffs and Quotas to Integration of Quality.” Anna Nagurney, chr.