Research

Upcoming Defenses

August

8/10/10

Ann Rausch-Aviles, CITE/Language Arts, College of Education

Ed.D.

The Effects of Guided Reading and Word-Mapping on the Vocabulary, Comprehension,

and Fluency of Struggling Adolescent Readers

179 Ritter Hall Annex, 10:00 a.m.

8/13/10

Lingyu Zheng, Statistics, Fox School of Business and Management

Ph.D.

Estimation of the Linkage Matrix in O-GARCH Model and GO-GARCH Model

391 Speakman Hall, 10:30 a.m.

8/18/10

Bretton Alvare, Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

Ph.D.

From Marxist Guerillas to Rastafari Warriors:  The Rise, Fall, and Reinvention of the National

United Freedom Fighters

914 Gladfelter Hall, 10:00 a.m.

8/24/10

Jingru Chen, Statistics, Fox School of Business and Management

Ph.D.

Selection of Optimal Threshold and Near-Optimal Interval Using Profit Function and

ROC Curve: A Risk Management Application

391 Speakman Hall, 10:30 a.m.

8/27/10

Kelly Fisher, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts

Ph.D.

Exploring the Mechanisms of Guided Play in Preschoolers' Developing Shape Concepts

642 Weiss Hall, 10:00 a.m.

8/30/10

Raul Rojas, Communication Sciences, College of Health Professions and Social Work

Ph.D.

Waves of Change: Longitudinal Growth Profiling of Bilingual (Spanish-English) Language

Development

351 Weiss Hall, 12:00 p.m.