Doctoral Oral Exams for March 28–April 1

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

Se Jin Kim, Sport Management, Ph.D., Monday, March 28, 9 a.m. ISOM N220. Dissertation: “The eSport Points of Attachment Index (EPAI): Exploring Psychological Connections of eSport Consumers on Behavioral Intentions Toward eSport Organizations.” Janet Fink, chr.

Saumya Lal, English, Ph.D., Monday, March 28, 10 a.m. Tower Room E501 South College. Dissertation: “At the Limits of Empathy: Political Conflict and its Aftermath in Postcolonial Fiction.” Stephen Clingman, chr.

Mojtaba Salarpour, Management, Ph.D., Monday, March 28, 11 a.m. ISOM 120. Dissertation: “Essay on Supply Chain Economic Networks for Disaster Management Inspired by the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Anna Nagurney, chr.

Rylan Gajek-Leonard, Mathematics, Ph.D., Monday, March 28, 10:30 a.m. LGRT 1634. Dissertation: “On the Iwasawa Invariants of Nonordinary Modular Forms.” Tom Weston, chr.

Chloe Hunt, Afro-American Studies, Ph.D., Monday, March 28, noon,. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Conjuring New Worlds: Black Women’s Speculative Fiction and the Restructuring of Blackness.” Britt Rusert, chr.

Stacy Reardon, English, Ph.D., Monday, March 28, 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “At the Edge of Battle: Soldiering in 21st Century African American and Latinx Literature.” Laura Doyle, chr.

Sheikh Sarwar, Computer Science, Ph.D., Monday March 28, 2022, 2:30 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Data Scarcity in the Event Analysis and Abusive Language Detection.” James Allan, chr.

Koboul Mansour, Education, Ph.D., Monday March 28, 2022, 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “World-Class Universities and the Imitation Game: The Reality of the Global South.” Chrystal A. George Mwangi, chr.

Christian Steinmetz, Polymer Science, Ph.D., Monday March 28, 2022, 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Synthesis of Next-Generation Block Copolymer Architectures.” E. Bryan Coughlin, chr.

Michael Tyler Mascari, Public Health, Ph.D., Wednesday March 30, 2022, 9:00 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Interplay of Environmental Chemicals and Folate in the Etiology of Autistic Traits: Analysis Using Multipollutant Approaches.” Youssef Oulhote, chr.

Ryan McKenna, Computer Science, Ph.D., Wednesday March 30, 2022, 1:00 p.m. LGRC A215 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Practical Methods for High-Dimensional Data Publication with Differential Privacy.” Gerome Miklau, chr.

Eean Grimshaw, Communication, Ph.D., Wednesday March 30, 2022, 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Native America Speaks: Blackfeet Communication and Culture in Glacier National Park.” Donal Carbaugh, chr.

Adam Aboobaker, Economics, Ph.D., Friday April 1, 2022, 8:00 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Three Essays on Growth and Distribution in Dual Economies.” Peter Skott, chr.

Sohini Banerjee, English, Ph.D., Friday April 1, 2022, 10:00 a.m. Tower Room E501 South College. Dissertation: “Writing the Aftermath: Uncanny Spaces of the Postcolonial.” Stephen Clingman, chr.

Subhalakshmi Gooptu, English, Ph.D., Friday April 1, 2022, 10:00 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Stories Women Carry: Labor and Reproductive Imaginaries of South Asia and the Caribbean.” Asha Nadkarni, chr.

Manish Motwani, Computer Science, Ph.D., Friday April 1, 2022, 10:00 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “High-Quality Automated Program Repair.” Yuriy Brun, chr.

Karen Brummond, Sociology, Ph.D., Friday April 1, 2022, 11:00 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Organizational Variation in Federal Agencies’ Gender Pay Gaps.” Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, chr.