Doctoral Oral Exams for March 7–11
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Jeannine Blake, Ph.D., College of Nursing, Monday, March 7, 10 a.m. Skinner Hall room 112. Dissertation: “Intravenous Smart Infusion Pump Safety and Flow Rate Accuracy.” Karen Giuliano, chr.
Jordan Abbott, Ph.D., College of Education, Tuesday, March 8, 9 a.m. Furcolo S125. Dissertation: “Conceptualization and Operationalization of College Readiness for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Grounded Theory Study with Transition Stakeholders.” Alexandra Lauterbach, chr.
Madeline Berkowitz, Ph.D., College of Education, Wednesday, March 9, 9 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “A Comparison of Guided Reading and Systematic Phonics Approaches to Supplementary Reading Instruction.” Amanda Marcotte, chr.
Derek Doughty, Ph.D., Anthropology, Wednesday, March 9, 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Ball or Die: Understanding Black Male Student-Athlete Counterstories at an HWCU.” Krista Harper, chr.
Thomas Sawyer, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Wednesday, March 9, 2 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Human Saposin B Ligand Binding and Presentation to α-Galactosidase A.” Scott Garman, chr.
Ying Li, Ph.D., Anthropology, Wednesday, March 9, 2:30 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “‘Ethnicity in the Clouds:’ Heritage Governance in Post-disaster Qiang Communities in Sichuan Province of China.” Elizabeth L. Krause, chr.
Lisa Amato, Ph.D., College of Education, Friday, March 11, 11 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “‘We’re Not Born to be Quiet, Things Make You That Way.’ Student Voices and Perspectives on Developing a Culturally Sustaining Trauma Informed School.” Michael Krezmien, chr.
Julie Spencer-Robinson, Ph.D., College of Education, Friday, March 11, noon, via Zoom. Dissertation: “Active Choice or Default Decision? When Families Who Reside in a Competitive School Choice Environmental Enroll Children in Their District Schools.” Kathryn McDermott, chr.
Kimberly Johnson, Ph.D., Linguistics, Friday, March 11, 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “On the Semantics of Verbal and Nominal Tense in Mvskoke (Creek).” Seth Cable, chr.
Adaeze Egwuatu, Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior, Friday, March 11, 2 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Motivated Attention to Social and Non-Social Reward Stimuli in Children: Associations with Temperamental Surgency and Externalizing Problem Behavior.” Jennifer McDermott, chr.