Doctoral Oral Exams for May 30– June 3

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

Andrew Lamont, Ph.D., Linguistics, Tuesday, May 31, 10:30 a.m., ILC N400 and Zoom hybrid. Dissertation: “Directional Harmonic Serialism.” Joe Pater, chr.

Hannah Archambault, Ph.D., Economics, Wednesday, June 1, 8:30 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Work, Workers and Social Control: Racial Post-Fordism and Alternative Systems.” Vamsicharan Vakulabharanam and Ina Ganguli, co-chrs.

Ezgi Cengiz, Ph.D., Resource Economics, Wednesday, June 1, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Essays on Advertising, Sodium Intake, and Soda Taxes.” Christian Rojas, chr.

Javier Mas, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Thursday, June 2, 10 a.m. LSL N410 and Zoom hybrid. Dissertation: “Chemical Biology Approaches for Tracking and Manipulation of Macrophage Phenotypes.” Michelle Farkas, chr.

Michael Tyler Mascari, Ph.D., School of Public Health, Thursday June, 2, 1 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Interplay of Environmental Chemicals and Folate in the Etiology of Autistic Traits: Analysis Using Multipollutant Approaches.” Youssef Oulhote, chr.

Shaina Sadai, Ph.D., Geosciences, Thursday, June 2, 1 p.m., Morrill Science Center III Room 129 and Zoom hybrid. Dissertation: “The Global Impact of the Antarctic Ice Sheet in a Warming World: Using Numerical Modeling and Critical Physical Geography to Assess Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Climate Justice.” Rob DeConto, chr.

Jasmine Dixon, Ph.D., Psychology, Thursday, June 2, 2 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Discrimination and Cognition in Midlife Black Women: The Protective Roles of Social Support and Religiosity/Spirituality.” Rebecca Ready, chr.

Ke Wang, Ph.D., Physics, Thursday, June 2, 2 p.m. via Zoom. Dissertation: “Symmetry-Breaking Effects in Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems.” Tigran Sedrakyan, chr.

Max Nelson, Ph.D., Linguistics, Friday, June 3, 10 a.m., ILC N400 and Zoom hybrid. Dissertation: “Phonotactic Learning with Distributional Representations” Joe Pater, chr.