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

Kimberly Acevedo, Ph.D., Organismic Evolutionary Biology, Wednesday, March 26, 11 a.m., LSL 410. Dissertation: “Phenotypic and Genomic Characterization of Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus sojae at the Population Level.” John Gibbons, Chair.

Jared Yeager, Ph.D., Computer Science, Wednesday, March 26, 3:30 p.m., Computer Science A311. Dissertation: “Machine Checked Verification of Validation Tests for Seldonian Algorithms.” J. Eliot Moss, Chair.

Juan Carlos Cabrera Pons, Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Thursday, March 27, 3 p.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Naves Inventoras de Regiones: Colonial Spanish American Epic Poetry and the Invention of America.” Maria Barbon, Chair.

Tao Wang, Ph.D., Physics, Thursday, March 27, 3:30 p.m., Hasbrouck 409 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “New Techniques in Computational Quantum Field Theory.” Nikolay Prokofiev, Chair.

Raymond Caraher, Ph.D., Economics, Friday, March 28, 9 a.m., Crotty Hall 308 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Three Essays on Reproductive Health Policy.” Michael Ash, Chair.

Thomas Daventry-Shea, Ph.D., Philosophy, Friday, March 28, 1 p.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “New Digital Order: Essays on the Epistemology of the Internet.” Hilary Kornblith, Chair.

Nadia Fernandez, Ph.D., Environmental Conservation, Friday, March 28, 1:30 p.m., Holdsworth Hall 105. Dissertation: “Evolutionary Processes Shaping Population Structure in a Neotropical Freshwater Fish, the Golden Dorado.” Lisa Komoroske, Chair.

Grayson Chong, Ph.D., English, Friday, March 28, 1:30 p.m., South College E245. Dissertation: “Tun Yuh Hand Mek Fashion: Dancehall Fashion as Everyday Resistance in Jamacia and the Caribbean Diaspora.” Rachel Mordecai, Chair.

Karl Lyn, Ph.D., Economics, Friday, March 28, 2 p.m., via Zoom. Dissertation: “Black Ecologies of Repair: Worldmaking and the Next Generation.” Amilcar Shabazz, Chair.