Academics

Doctoral Oral Exams for May 23–27

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

Carly McCann, Ph.D., Economics, Monday, May 23, 9 a.m. Crotty Hall room 308 and via Zoom. Dissertation: “Essays on Anti-Discrimination Legislation Enforcement and Sex-Based Discrimination in U.S. Labor Markets.” M.V. Lee Badgett, chr.

Huan Kuang, Ph.D., School of Management, Monday, May 23, 10:30 a.m. Isenberg School of Management 237. Dissertation: “Climate-related Innovations: Economic Value and Risk Mitigation.” Bing Liang, chr.

Candance King, Ph.D., Afro American Studies, Monday, May 23, 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “re(Sisters) in Captivity: Black Women, Bioexcess and Technologies of Subversion.” Britt Rusert and Stephanie Shonekan, co-chrs.

Narayani Sritharan, Ph.D., Economics, Tuesday, May 24, 9 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Four Essays on Peace Consolidation and Ethnic Reconciliation in Postwar Sri Lanka.” Léonce Ndikumana, chr.

Michael DeJesus III, Ph.D., College of Education, Tuesday, May 24, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “How Well Does the New York Higher Education Opportunity Program Work for Black Men? A Mixed Methods Study.” Kathryn McDermott, chr.

Robin Garabedian, Ph.D., English, Tuesday, May 24, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “When Choices Aren’t Choices: Academic Literacy Normativities in the Age of Neoliberalism.” Donna LeCourt, chr.

Hamed Rezanejad Asl Bonab, Ph.D., Computer Science, Tuesday, May 24, 10 a.m., CS 203. Dissertation: “Neural Approaches for Language-Agnostic Search and Recommendation.” James Allan, chr.

Tippawan Srichalerm, Ph.D., College of Nursing, Wednesday, May 25, 1:30 p.m. Skinner Room 112. Dissertation: “Thai Novice Nurses’ Experiences and Perspectives of Breastfeeding and Human Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)” Carrie-Ellen Briere, chr.

Raghavendra Addanki, Ph.D., Computer Science, Friday, May 27, noon., CS 151 and Zoom hybrid. Dissertation: “Combinatorial Algorithms for Experimental Design and Graph Discovery.” Andrew McGregor and Cameron Musco, co-chrs.