Doctoral Oral Exams for March 20 – 24

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

Annemarie Foley, Ph.D., Education, Wednesday, March 22, noon, Furcolo Hall Room S115. Dissertation: “For the Love of Teaching: Preservice Teachers Experience of Moral Education.” Dr. Darrell Earnest, Chair

Juili Dattaram Parab, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Wednesday, March 22, 1:30 p.m., Lederle Graduate Research Tower, Room 201 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Ethylene Polymerization Using the Phillips Catalyst.” Friederike Jentoft, Chair 

Pempho Chinkondenji, Ph.D., Education, Thursday, March 23, noon, Furcolo Hall Room N125. Dissertation: “The Im/possibilities of (Un)making in-school Pregnancy and Student Motherhood [as praxis]: Schooling Post-Pregnancy Amidst Health and Social Crises in Malawi.” Dr. Jacqueline Mosselson, Chair

Madhuri Palnati, Ph.D., Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Thursday, March 23, 3 p.m., Via Zoom. Dissertation: “The Impact of Pregnancy Lifestyle Intervention Among High-Risk Hispanic Women.” Lisa Chasan-Taber, Chair

Juan Pablo Jimenez Caicedo, Ph.D., Education, Friday, March 24, 3 p.m., Furcolo Hall Room N113. Dissertation: “Scaffolding Narrative Writing in a Fourth-Grade Classroom Through ACCELA’s Expanded Teaching and Learning Cycle: A Case Study.” Dr. K.C. Nat Turner, Chair

Juan M. Ruiz-Hau, Ph.D., Education, Friday, March 24, 10 a.m., Via Zoom. Dissertation: “An Analysis of Puerto Rican Testimonios of Oppression and Resistance in Postsecondary Education.” Dr. Ezekiel Kimball, Chair.

Vishal Sarsani, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics, Friday, March 24, 10 a.m. LGRT Room 1234. Dissertation: “Studying Gene Essentiality in Transposon-insertion Sequencing: Statistical Approaches and Analysis.” Patrick Flaherty, Chair