Graduate School

Current Students – Upcoming Doctoral Defenses

July

7/22/13
Siwei Gao, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Essays on Risk Finance and Incentive Contracting
621 Alter Hall, 1:00 p.m.

7/22/13
Aubrey Hilbert, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D.
Blinded by the Right: Liberalism Among Black Christian Conservatives
748 Gladfelter Hall, 11:00 a.m.

7/22/13
Lijia Xie, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Leveraging Hotel Performance by Consumer Reviews
394 Speakman Hall, 2:00 p.m.

7/24/13
James Lunden, Biology, College of Science and Technology
Ph.D.
Ocean Acidification and the Cold-Water Coral Lophelia Pertusa in the Gulf of Mexico
234 Biology-Life Sciences Building, 3:00 p.m.

7/24/13
Michael Nipple, Economics, College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D.
Optimal Unemployment Insurance in a Model with Skill Loss and Match Quality Uncertainty
560 Ritter Hall Annex, 2:00 p.m.

7/24/13
Adam Ozimek, Economics, College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D.
Sticky Rents and the CPI for Owner-Occupied Housing
105 Ritter Hall, 10:00 a.m.

7/24/13
Lorna Quandt, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D.
Modulation of Neural Mirroring by Sensorimotor Experiences: Evidence from Action Observation and Execution
856 Weiss Hall, 12:00 p.m.

7/25/13
Narendra Gaddiraju, Chemistry, College of Science and Technology
Ph.D.
Asymmetric Synthesis of C-1 Substituted Cocaine Analogues and Anti-Alpha Alkyl-Beta-Amino Esters Using Enantiopure Sulfinimine (N-Sulfinyl Imines)
404 Beury Hall, 1:00 p.m.

7/25/13
Kamala Kandi, CITE/Math & Science Education, College of Education
Ed.D.
The Impact of a Virtual Learning Environment on Student Achievement in Genetics
175 Ritter Hall Annex, 12:00 p.m.

7/25/13
Clara Wagner, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D.
Trait Rumination, Depression, and Executive Functions in Early Adolescence
542 Weiss Hall, 1:00 p.m.

7/29/13
Janice Chen, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Implications of Cost Behavior for Earnings Surprise and Market Reaction
404 Alter Hall, 10:30 a.m.

7/29/13
Shunlan Fang, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Real Cost Management
404 Alter Hall, 1:00 p.m.

7/29/13
Omer Genc, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
International Acquisitions and International Competitiveness of U.S. Firms
505 Alter Hall, 11:00 a.m.

7/29/13
Fang-Chun Liu, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Value Creation in the Knowledge-Based Economy
404 Alter Hall, 9:00 a.m.

7/29/13
Ki Song, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Strategic Scorecard for Government
404 Alter Hall, 2:30 p.m.

7/29/13
Yunsheng Wang, Computer and Information Science, College of Science and Technology
Ph.D.
Designing Efficient Routing Protocols in Delay Tolerant Networks
1015D Wachman Hall, 11:00 a.m.

7/30/13
Richard Brown, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Capabilities, Strategic Intent, and Firm Performance: An Empirical Investigation
A505 Alter Hall, 1:00 p.m.

7/30/13
Phillip Hoefs, Religion, College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D.
Andalusi Muslims: A Bourdieuian Analysis of Ethnic Group Identity (881-1110 C.E.)
621 Anderson Hall, 11:00 a.m.

7/31/13
Nieka Bright, Kinesiology, College of Health Professions and Social Work
Ph.D.
Glutamate Receptor, Ionotropic N-Methyl D-Aspartate 2B Polymorphisms and Concussive Recovery in Athletes
559 Ritter Hall Annex, 1:00 p.m.

7/31/13
Shih-Ching Wang, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Individual Differences in Thinking Biases and Attitude Polarization
Location TBA, 1:00 p.m.

 

August

8/1/13
Catherine Hall, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Values Subduction: A Critical Examination of the Hyderabad Information Technology Sector as "Third Space"
338 Alter Hall, 9:45 a.m.

8/1/13
Tianyang Ma, Computer and Information Science, College of Science and Technology
Ph.D.
Graph-Based Inference with Constraints for Object Detection and Segmentation
1015D Wachman Hall, 10:00 a.m.

8/5/13
Snehal Awate, Business Administration, Fox School of Business and Management
Ph.D.
Trajectory of Innovation in Emerging Industries: Evidence from the Global Wind Power Industry
404 Alter Hall, 11:00 a.m.

8/6/13
Jennifer McKim, English, College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D.
Milton, Early Modern Culture, and the Poetics of Messianic Time
821 Anderson Hall, 11:00 a.m.