Sezgi Başak Kavakli, Media and Communication PhD, Lew Klein College of Media and Communication
Media, Migration, Polarization: Can Journalists Help Mitigate Polarization Regarding Migration in Türkiye?
January 16, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Zoom

Nadia Niknami, Computer and Information Science PhD, College of Science and Technology
Improving Performance of Intrusion Detection Systems for Software-Defined Networks
January 24, 2025, at 8:00 a.m.
Zoom

Theresa M. White, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
What are the Academic Experiences of Master's Students who are Caregivers?
January 24, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Michael J. Giordano, Education/Applied Linguistics PhD, College of Education and Human Development
The Effects of Lexical Coverage, Discourse Structure, and Text Variables on Listening Comprehension
February 1, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
Japan Campus

Alexander Bourne, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Identifying Key Determinants of School Effectiveness in Jamaica From an Analysis of the National Education Inspectorate Findings
February 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Austin Matthew Mullen, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Conference Realignment and the Role of Faculty Athletics Representatives
February 24, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Ritter Hall 349

Ricardo Bennett, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Investigating the Impact of Mentorship and Feedback on Student Teachers' Perceptions of the Final Year Teaching Practice: Listening to Jamaican Student Teachers
February 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Channing Shippen, Music Therapy PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Perspectives on Group Music Therapy Encounters With People Experiencing Homelessness: a Narrative Inquiry
February 25, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.
Presser Hall Conference Room

Arjun Balaram, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
It Starts at the Top: Exploring CEOs' Global Mindset Attributes
February 26, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

HyunHee (Hanna) Woo, Music Therapy PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Music Therapy Practices for Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) Patients in Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals: Content Analysis
February 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Presser Hall Conference Room

Lauren E. Ruhnke, Anthropology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Negotiating (Non)Belonging: Queer Selfhoods and Socialities in Neoliberal Urban Mumbai
February 28, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Zoom

Yun Wu, Global Finance DS, Fox School of Business
The Impact of Demographic Transition on China's Real Estate Market Prices
March 9, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Zoom

Stephen Gluckman, English PhD, College of Liberal Arts
“The whole world could break into a thousand little pieces”: Anxieties of Incomprehensibility and Community in Modern and Contemporary American Fiction?
March 10, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Maureen Shetty, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Advancing Representation in U.S. Clinical Trials: An Analysis of Intent to Participate, Participation Dynamics, Barriers, and Motivations
March 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Tawny Threats, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Give Teachers the Mic: An Investigation into the Literacy Gap and Education
March 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Elizabeth R. Jackson, Policy and Organizational Leadership Studies PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Like This and Like That: Black Middle-Class Collegians in White Spaces
March 11, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Alexa S. Trifilo, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Implicit Bias in Hiring: Leveraging Avatars to Foster Inclusive Hiring Practices
March 12, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
Zoom

Julien G. Ehrenkonig, Anthropology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Illustrating Islam: Comics as Dakwah and the Negotiation of Muslim Identity in Indonesia
March 12, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Zoom

Hao Jiang, Operations and Supply Chain Management PhD, Fox School of Business
From Coopetition to Control: Strategies for Navigating Supply Chain Complexities
March 13, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom

Roberto A. Guzmán-Hernández, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
The Role of Aggregated Tau on Endothelial and Cerebrovascular Dysfunction
March 13, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
MERB 610

Yuzhang Zhou, Global Finance DS, Fox School of Business
Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Financialization of Enterprises
March 15, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Zoom

Amanda M. Peluzzo, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
The Role of IL-19 in Lymphangiogenesis and Lymphatic Function Through Regulation of Junctional Morphology
March 18, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
MERB 1010

Kaitlyn Rose Campbell, Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
The Path to the Pincer: Mapping the Development of the Infant Goal-Directed Grasp via Novel Neural and Kinematic Methods
March 18, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.
Weiss Hall 615

Min Kyung Boo, English PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Disidentifying with America: Idea of Development in Post-2000 Asian Immigrant Narratives
March 19, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Zoom

Rick Barrantes Aguero, Music Performance/Bassoon DMA, Boyer College of Music and Dance
A Performance Guide and Analysis of Carlos Escalante Macaya's Desasosiego for Solo Bassoon, Strings, and Percussion (2017)
March 19, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Presser Hall 103

Luis Garcia Ayala, Political Science PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Making Legibility Work: The Bureaucratic Politics of State Knowledge
March 20, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom

Tammy Lind-Butikis, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Is DEI DOA? Leadership Practices that Foster Pride, not Prejudice in America's Schools
March 20, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Zoom

Lily F. Scott, Art History PhD, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Neither Then nor Now: Queer Temporalities and Interwar Portraits of Expatriate Sapphists
March 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Amani Annie Rush, Educational Psychology PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Musing the Museum: A Case Study Exploring Racial Socialization through a Black Museum's Organizational Identity
March 21, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom

Janice Julal, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Explaining the Nexus Between Leadership and School Effectiveness in Jamaican Secondary Schools: a Focus on the Role of the Middle Manager
March 21, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Pawan Anand, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Unlocking the Potential: Exploring the Impact of Integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agile Software Engineering
March 21, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Zoom

Jiajie Zhou, Global Finance DS, Fox School of Business
Research on Double Helix Brand Consumption Index Based on Big Data Analysis: an Empirical Study on China's Automobile Brand Consumption Index
March 24, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
Zoom

Teena A. Kochukoshy, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Clinical Trials Offices for Decentralized Clinical Trials
March 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Victoria Palmaccio, Physics PhD, College of Science and Technology
The HUNTER Experiment: a Precision Massive-neutrino Search Based on a Laser-cooled Atomic Source
March 24, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
SERC 408

Fabian Emilo Wainwright, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Principals as STEM Leaders: Managing in the Implementation of A STEM Based Primary Curriculum: A Mixed Methods Study
March 24, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Wenonah M. Carney, Religion PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Virgins, Visons, Dreams and the Prophetess: 'Catholic' New Prophecy and the Innovation of Montanism
March 24, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Zoom

Brian Belisle, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Exploring the Interplay of Military Experience and Agile Mindset in Software Development
March 24, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
Zoom

Haifeng Zhang, Global Finance DS, Fox School of Business
Corporate Debt Structure and Corporate Innovation Output
March 24, 2025, at 8:30 p.m.
Zoom

Irem Altiner Sahin, Mathematics PhD, College of Science and Technology
Metalenses and Refraction Problems
March 25, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
Wachman Hall 314

Lance McCoy, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
School Leaders' Perspectives on Gaming in K-12 Settings
March 25, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Zoom

Amber Davidson, Social and Behavioral Sciences PhD, College of Public Health
Personal and Environmental Factors Predicting Community Mobility of Young Autistic Adults
March 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Ritter Annex 992

Fergan E. Imbert, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Productive and Latent HIV Infection of the Central Nervous System: Virus and Host Wrestle for Control of the SUMOylation System
March 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
MERB 8th Floor Conference Room

Alexis Muench, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Evolution of Mutual Insurance Companies: Balancing Tradition with Modern Changes
March 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Alter Hall 556

Artur Andrade, Mathematics PhD, College of Science and Technology
Harmonic Analysis Methods for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems in Uniformly Rectifiable and Infinitesimally Flat Ahlfors Regular Domains
March 26, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Wachman Hall 312

Carolyn Adkerson, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Beyond Competition: an Exploration of How Collegiate Women Athletes Navigate Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Opportunites
March 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Erya Ouyang, Business Administration/Marketing PhD, Fox School of Business
Essays on Multimodal Machine Learning and Social Media Analytics
March 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Alter Hall 556

Angela Renee Rocchi, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
CRISPR Antiviral Excises JC Polyomavirus Genome and Suppresses Pathogenic Protein Expression Through Simultaneous Targeting of Early and Late Genes
March 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
MERB 710

Samuel Grant Black, Computer Information Sciences PhD, College of Science and Technology
Image Classification with Unstructured Collections
March 28, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
SERC 306

Samantha N. Kimmel, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Dual Benefits: Dual Enrollment's Impact on Student Enrollment, Persistence, and Host Institution
March 28, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Melissa Ingster-Walker, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Programmatic Shifts in Need-Based and Merit Based College Financial Aid Policy
March 28, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom

Camille Rose Parker, Psychology and Neuroscience PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Neural Mechanisms Promoting Biased Social Memories in Intergenerational Child Abuse
March 28, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Weiss Hall 615

Tauheedah Shukriyyah Asad, Media and Communication PhD, Lew Klein College of Media and Communication
Hollywood Shuffle: The Changing Landscape of Black Entertainment, Production Culture, and the Industry's Move Down South
March 28, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Emily J. DeWoolfson, Music PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Charting the Currents: A Cartography of the Water Topic in Fin-de-Siècle French Music
March 31, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Jennifer Jones, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Is it Greener on the Other Side of the State Line? The Attractiveness of U.S. States for Cannabis Industry Expansion
March 31, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Zhaowei Zhang, Business Administration/Finance PhD, Fox School of Business
Essays on Derivative Pricing and Crypto Factor Models
March 31, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Issra Mehdi, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
The Dupe Effect: Exploring Consumer Motivations Behind Dupe Purchases
March 31, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Zoom

Brandis Nicole Whitfield, Mathematics PhD, College of Science and Technology
The Geometry of End-Periodic Mapping Tori
March 31, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Wachman Hall 313

Kirsten Paulus, Social and Behavioral Sciences PhD, College of Public Health
How We Communicate Behavior Matters: Adolescent Sexual Behavior in the Era of Streaming Television
April 1, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Ritter Annex 992

Alexandr Sergeevich Kislitsyn, Music Performance DMA, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Enhancing Performance on Bowed String Instruments Through Physical Training: an Illustrated Guide - Weightlifting, Strength, Endurance, and Other Types of Exercise for String Players
April 1, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Presser Hall 353

Lindsay Kristine Cloud, Health Policy PhD, College of Public Health
Examining the Impact of State Laws that Regulate Access to Firearms for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States
April 1, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Tech Center 370

Nicole Emser, Art History PhD, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Disordering the Land: Visual and Material Strategies of Creating Futurity and the Otherwise in Contemporary Caribbean Art
April 1, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Jennifer Carroll Rivers, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
"I'll Find my Way or Make One": The Transformative Impact of HBCUs on the Career Trajectories of Emergent Black Professionals
April 1, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Jessica Sara Sternbach, Art History PhD, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
"Through the Ears to the Soul": Female Musicians in Dutch Seventeenth-Century Paintings
April 1, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Architecture 203

Phoebe A. Bryant, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
The Silent Epidemic: Unseen Factors Driving Data Breach Fatigue in Everyday Lives
April 2, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Zoom

Abdullah Al-Amin, Environmental Engineering PhD, College of Engineering
Comprehensive Stormwater Management: Investigating PTE Fate and Transport, Bioretention Media Amendment, Biochar, and Innovative Design for Water Quality Improvement
April 2, 2025, at 12:30 p.m.
Zoom

Ryan Sanders, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
In the Shadow of the Leader: a Framework for Understanding Self-leadership and Training Transfer
April 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
Zoom

Emily Cowell, Biology PhD, College of Science and Technology
Ecological Dynamics of Methane-seep Foundation Species: Succession, Disturbance Response and Niche Stability
April 3, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
BioLife Room 234

Joseph Rilling, Statistics PhD, Fox School of Business
P-Value Based Variable Selection for Generalized Linear Models
April 3, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
William Wei Conference Room

Tanique Schaffe-Odeleye, Statistics PhD, Fox School of Business
Dynamic Causal Inference: Methodological Foundations and Applications
April 4, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
William Wei Conference Room 361/Zoom

Henry M. Cohen, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
The Role of Mitochondrial Matrix and Intermembrane Space Calcium Signaling in Physiological and Pathological Metabolic Regulation
April 4, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
MERB 910

Louise Catherine Lamont Borthwick, Geoscience PhD, College of Science and Technology
Geophysical Investigation of Glacier Geometry and Subglacial Geology, and Their Influence on Glacier Dynamics: case Studies of Taku Glacier, Alaska and Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
April 4, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Beury Hall 305

Alexis Gates, Education PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Silver Linings: Pandemic Educational Technology Use in a Post-Pandemic Classroom
April 4, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Julio Avael, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
How Technology Adoption, Human Behavior, and Cost Efficiency Influence Hospital Task Allocation: a Resource-based View and Technological Unemployment Perspective
April 4, 2025, at 2:15 p.m.
Zoom

Brandon Michael Fairchild, Sociology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Pū 'ali Kalo i ka Wai 'ole: Harm Care, and the Uneven Growth of a Houseless Community
April 4, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.
Zoom

Jennifer N. Stanley, Criminal Justice PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Comorbidity Conundrum: Assessing Treatment Participation and Recidivism Outcomes Among Incarcerated Individuals With Co-occurring Opioid Use and Mental Health Disorders
April 4, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.
Mazur Hall 8

Eric Shepherd Martin, Teaching and Learning PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Japanese EFL Learners' High-Frequency Written and Spoken Receptive Word Knowledge
April 5, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Japan Campus

Lu Huang, Religion PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Mount Jizu: The Creation and Development of a Sacred Site in Southwest China (15-20th C.)
April 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Mazur Hall/Zoom

Huitong Pan, Computer Information Science PhD, College of Science and Technology
Information Extraction from Scientific Literature
April 7, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Zoom

Jiaxin Zhao, Statistics PhD, Fox School of Business
On Principal Generalized Linear Modeling for Sufficient Dimension Reduction and Model Building
April 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
William Wei Conference Room

Elizabeth Garrison, Computer Information Science PhD, College of Science and Technology
Leveraging AI as Assistive Technology to Support Neurodivergent Users
April 7, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
SERC 306/Zoom

Kelsei D. Thomas, Education PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Exploring Instructional Strategies Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory: Supporting Student Motivation in Online College Courses
April 8, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Stanley Joseph Konoval, Philosophy PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Kant's Copernican Hypothesis: an Affirmation of Transcendental Idealism as a Viable Foundation for the Sciences and Empirical Realism
April 8, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.
Mazur Hall 7th Floor/Zoom

Virginia F. Ulichney, Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Associations Between Everyday Social Connection and Emotional Well-being Across Adulthood
April 9, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Weiss Hall 615

Lindsey C. Stewart, Clinical Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
The Relationship Between Rumination and Rejection Sensitivity in Youth: a Longitudinal Study
April 14, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Zoom

Daniel C. Carsello, Music Studies PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
"America in Miniature": Constructing White Masculinity through Imagined Black Performance in Vernacular and Choral Music of the United States
April 15, 2025, at 2:15 p.m.
Rock Hall Conference Room

Leah C. Leiner, Mathematics PhD, College of Science and Technology
An Exploration of Compatibility
April 16, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Wachman Hall 617

Meryl Fernandez Lumba, Philosophy PhD, College of Liberal Arts
The Dual Structure of Comedy in Hegel's Philosophy of Art
April 16, 2025, at 8:00 p.m.
Mazur Hall

Kyle Lehrbach, Psychology and Neuroscience PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Project Access: Examining Reimbursement Rates and Mental Health Service Providers' Decision to Accept Health Insurance in Private Practice
April 17, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
PSC Conference Room/Zoom

Matthew Mattoni, Clinical Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Functional Connectivity Heterogeneity and Consequences for Clinical and Cognitive Prediction
April 18, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
PSC Conference Room

Kasra Pourrostami Niavol, Environmental Engineering PhD, College of Engineering
Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Biological Treatment Systems: Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) and Anaerobic Digestion
April 18, 2025, at 12:30 p.m.
Zoom

Anastasiia Agolli, Business Administration PhD, Fox School of Business
Dogs at the Workplace: Daily Investigation of Effects on Well-being and Job Performance
April 22, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Alter Hall 332

Jordan Cagle, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
When Black Men Succeed: A Qualitative Study Examining Black Men's K-12 Experiences and the Impact on their Life Success
April 22, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Jiayue Hu, Mechanical Engineering PhD, College of Engineering
Multiscale Modeling of Failure Mechanisms in Multiphase Composite Materials
April 23, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
Engineering 607A

Brittany Echols, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Health and the Cities: The Responses of Educational Leaders to Health Education Policy
April 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Joshua Richard Stern, History PhD, College of Liberal Arts
The Fractured Politics of Class Harmony: Labor Experts and Industrial Democracy in the United States and Chile, 1941-1973
April 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Gladfelter 914

Chong Li, Bioinformatics PhD, College of Science and Technology
Integrative Approaches Toward Understanding 3D Genome Organization and Functional Impact of Human Genetic Variation
April 28, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
SERC 306

Steven Robert Goold, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
The Usage of Expanded Ensemble for the Prediction of Water-Organic Solvent Partition Coefficients of Small Drug-like Molecules
April 28, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Beury 226B

Yuhui Zhu, Media and Communication PhD, Lew Klein College of Media and Communication
Embracing the Dichotomy: Ambivalence, Attitudinal Strength, and their Role in Cognitive Processing and Persuasion Amid Conflicting Information
April 28, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Weiss 325

Rafaa Saleh A Aljurbua, Computer Information Science PhD, College of Science and Technology
Graph-Based Approach: Bridging Insights from Structured and Unstructured Data
April 28, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Doaa Serag Mohamed Morsy, Spanish and Portuguese PhD, College of Liberal Arts
El Cuerpo Femenino Enfermo y Discapacitado en la Literatura Hispanoamericana y Árabe Contemporánea
April 28, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Mazur 821

Nadina R. Latchman, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Ultrastructure Analysis of Mitochondria, Lipid Droplet and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Apposition in Human Heart Failure
April 29, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
MERB 910

Hussain Otudi, Computer Information Science PhD, College of Science and Technology
Modeling Infrequent Events by Integrating Noisy Data from Multiple Sources and Applying Machine Learning to Classify and Predict Disruptions
April 29, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom

Bianca Paranzino, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
Polarization-resolved Optical Microscopy for Nanoparticle Imaging
April 29, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Beury 404

Christine Dandrow, Media and Communication PhD, Lew Klein College of Media and Communication
Playing with Narrative: Canon and Collective Memory in Tabletop Roleplaying Games
April 30, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Syed Jafar Shah Bukhari, Civil Engineering PhD, College of Engineering
Development of Economically Feasible Sustainable and Durable Concrete Mixtures Using Performance-Enhancing Admixtures and Alternative Cementitious Materials
April 30, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
ENGR 709B

Alyssa I. Kniffin, Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Sex Differences in the Role of Pkmζ in Drug Self-administration and Prefrontal Cortex Synaptic Plasticity
April 30, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Hamilton Library

Karolina Joanna Janik, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Mechanisms of Abnormal Spinal Cord Development and Biomarkers of Open Neural Tube Defects: Insights from a Fetal Rat Model
May 1, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
MERB 610

Kaltra Marku, Spanish PhD, College of Liberal Arts
De Las Obras Literarias Al Cine Y La Televisión: Una Aproximación a Las Adaptaciones en Latinoamérica Durante El Siglo XX-XXI
May 1, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Mazur Hall 821

Soo Hyung Kim, Media and Communication PhD, Lew Klein College of Media and Communication
Production Culture in a Networked Era: The Rise of Korean Web Dramas
May 2, 2025, at 12:30 p.m.
AH 005/Zoom

Abbey L. Friedman, Clinical Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Prospective Profiles of Conduct Problems Among Youth: Stability and Transitions During Adolescence
May 5, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
Weiss Hall 542

Courtney Elizabeth Berne, Geography, Environment and Urban Studies PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Nuance, Encounter and Restorative Justice: How the Black Horseman of Philadelphia Reshape Mythic Narratives and Reclaim Spatial Agency
May 5, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Sean G. Bailey, Music Studies PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Generic: Musical Improvisation with Machine Learning and Generative Composition
May 5, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
Zoom

Robert Krauss, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Emotional Dynamics of Teaching: Examining Burnout, Turnover, and the Role of Educational Leadership in Teacher Well-Being
May 5, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Kyle Morris-Sol, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
We Play Together, We Stay Together: Edutainment's Influence on Students of Color from Low-SES Communities
May 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Seyedhamidreza Pirasteh, Music Composition PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Music of Protest: Intersectionality of Art and Activism Inside Iran and the Iranian Diaspora
May 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Presser Hall Conference Room

Molly Tassoni, Clinical Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Examining Cognitive Correlates of Motivated Memory in Older Adults Using Standard and Naturalistic Paradigms
May 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Weiss Hall 615

Angela Kropf, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Business-to-Business Procurement Decisions in Privately Held and Publicly Traded Firms
May 6, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Brooke Schleyer, Clinical Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Maladaptive Exercise: a Psychometric Investigation
May 6, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Robert F. Maloney, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
Design, Characterization, and Therapeutic Evaluation of Flexibly-constrained Stapled Peptides for Breast Cancer and Neuronal Regeneration
May 6, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
SERC 504

Benjamin P. Spiro, Education PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Vicarious Learning via Questioning Interactions in Undergraduate Mathematics
May 6, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Ritter 349

Peter Isaev, Computer Information Science PhD, College of Science and Technology
Non-axiomatic Reasoning and Casual Explorative System (Narces), a Hybrid symbolic Reasoning With Sub-symbolic Learning for Autonomous Intelligent Agents
May 7, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Vivek Trivedy, Computer Science PhD, College of Science and Technology
Representation Learning for Visual Tasks: a Study of Attention and Information Selection
May 7, 2025, at 11:30 a.m.
SERC 306

Subhrodeep Ray, Mechanical Engineering PhD, College of Engineering
Microperforated Panels for Pickleball Sound Mitigation
May 7, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
ENG 607A

Paul Garside, Education PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Investigating Fluency and Interactional Competence Development in a Japanese University EFL Discussion Course
May 11, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Japan Campus

Arreon A. Harley-Emerson, Music Education PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Order my Steps: Developing a Framework for Interpreting Negro Spirituals and Gospel Music through Autoethnography and Testimony
May 13, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Presser 353

Matthew Sherwood, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
Synthesis and Reactivity of Medium Sized Cyclic Ethers: Efforts Towards the Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Heliannuol C and Total Synthesis of Heliannuol A and K
May 16, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Beury 226

Madison Shoraka, Mathematics PhD, College of Science and Technology
Modeling Reorganization of pCF10-induced Complex Structures in Enterococcus Faecalis Under Erythromycin Treatment
May 19, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Wachman 617

Shane D. Nelson, Policy and Organizational Leadership Studies PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Students and Careers: A Mixed Methods Study on Community College Students' Sense of Belonging in their Career Development Journey
May 20, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom

Michael O'Hara, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
‘Many Programmatic Roads to Rome’: a Secondary Analysis of Physical Therapy Program Data and Its Relationship With Student Pass Rates on the National Physical Therapy Examination
May 27, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Yifan Gong, Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD, School of Pharmacy
Evaluating the Impact of Glycocalyx Partitioning of Basic Drugs and Developing a New Rat Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model
June 2, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
School of Pharmacy 530

Wenyue Lu, Sociology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Community, Family, and Support: Depression Among Older Asian American Immigrations in the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 4, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Jingxuan Geng, Operations and Supply Chain Management PhD, Fox School of Business
Navigating Innovative Marketplaces: Models and Data-driven Strategic Behaviors and Operations
June 5, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Zoom

Linwei Gao, Statistics PhD, Fox School of Business
Data-driven Hospital Selection: A Mechanism to Address Racial Disparities in Surgery
June 6, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Liacouras 361

Yu Tian, Statistics PhD, Fox School of Business
Test of Exchangeability under Binary Expansion
June 6, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Alter Hall/Zoom

Nathanial Martin Finn, Teaching and Learning PhD, College of Education and Human Development
The Development of L2 English Speaking Ability: Linguistic and Interactional Perspectives
June 7, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Japan Campus

Chidubem I. Eneanya, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Involvement of the Cerebellum in Skilled Forelimb Function Before and After Cervical Lesions
June 9, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Hamida Mubasshera, Economics PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Three Essays on Economics of Risky Behavior
June 9, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Felipe A. Ribeiro, Political Science PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Controlling Connectivity: The Impact of Expanding Road Networks on Criminal Networks
June 10, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom

Kevin Jerry Anglade, Africology and African American Studies PhD, College of Liberal Arts
African Cultural Retentions in Black American Families
June 12, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Hyangeun Ji, Education PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Teaching with Conversational AI: Exploring Human-AI Collaboration and the Beliefs and Experiences of Language Teachers
June 12, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Xiulian Fan, Global Finance DS, Fox School of Business
A Study on Investment Strategy Selection for Big Brands of Pharmaceutical Enterprises
June 14, 2025, at 8:30 p.m.
Zoom

Stafford Stewart, Environmental Engineering PhD, College of Engineering
Application Of Anthropogenic Chemical and Biological Markers to Characterize Receiving Urban Waters for Human Fecal Pollution
and Untreated Sanitary Waste
June 18, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Engineering 301A/Zoom

Tyler Hancock Rockey, Art History PhD, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
The Restoration of Ancient Sculpture in the Renaissance: Ecology, Materiality, and Play
June 18, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
ARCH 203

Yuo Ko, Marketing PhD, Fox School of Business
Applying Machine Learning to Analyze Influencers' Multimodal (Verbal and Nonverbal) Behaviors in Livestreams
June 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Alter 556

John Edward Syquia, Teaching and Learning PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Formulaic Language and Interactional Practices: Their Impact on Interactional Competence During Group Discussions
June 21, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Japan Campus

Abdalaziz Sawwan, Computer Information Sciences PhD, College of Science and Technology
Novel Variations and Applications of Multi-Armed Bandit Learning
June 24, 2025, at 8:00 a.m.
Zoom

John Robert Oakley, Mathematics PhD, College of Science and Technology
The Algebra, Geometry, and Topology of Cusped Mapping Tori
June 24, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Wachman 617

Colin Tipton, Accounting PhD, Fox School of Business
The Effect of Reporting Unit Goodwill Disaggregation on Impairment Assessments: Evidence from Critical Audit Matters
June 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Alter 745

Alice Lee, Accounting PhD, Fox School of Business
Lobbying for Accounting Legislation
June 25, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Alter 745

Coral I. Zayas Colon, Spanish and Portuguese PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Translanguaging Practices and Language Resistance at the Uruguayan-Brazilian Border: Identity and Language Ideologies
June 25, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Zoom

Avery Grace Ann Selberg, Biology PhD, College of Science and Technology
From Genes to Traits: a Combined Approach for Detecting Sequence Errors and Convergent Evolution
June 26, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
BioLife Room 234

Hana H. Gebremariam, Sociology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
"They're Not Reaching Students the Way They Want to be Reached": A Study of College of Students' Experiences with the Climate and Use of Campus Mental Health Services
June 27, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Gladfelter Hall

Sussan Saikali-Wehbe, Political Science PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Using Gender Reforms as Foreign Policy Tools: the Case Study of Saudi Arabia
June 30, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Mora Michelle Grehl, Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
An Investigation of Self-Evaluation During the Initial Phase of Motivated Behavior in Individuals with Depression
June 30, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom

Nicole Katherine Ciesinski, Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Bias Modification for Intermittent Explosive Disorder
June 30, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Sara E. Contreras, Political Science PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Covert Abortion Networks: How Civil Society Subverts the State and Provides Abortion, No Matter What
July 2, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom

Abbas Adekola, Religion PhD, College of Liberal Arts
An Exegesis of "Verily We Have Made You Tribes and Nations" and It's Implications for Modern Discourse on (Religious) Pluralism
July 3, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Mazur 621

Yining Wu, Philosophy PhD, College of Liberal Arts
What Matter Matters: Body, Spirit and Vital Motion in Anne Conway's Metaphysics
July 4, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
Zoom

Peihao Wang, Tourism and Sport PhD, Fox School of Business
Cultivating a Sustainable Ecosystem for Platform Service Businesses: A Multi-Stakeholder Inquiry in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
July 9, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Michelle Y. Hurtubise, Anthropology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty: Pathways through Turtle Island Film Festivals and Diverse Media Ecosystems
July 9, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Yaming Gong, Business Administration/Finance PhD, Fox School of Business
Essays on Government-Supported Small-Business Lending Programs in the U.S.
July 14, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Liacouras 420/Zoom

Wei Hu, Global Finance DS, Fox School of Business
The Impact of CEO and Chairman Turnover on Stock Return and Operating Performance
July 14, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Zoom

Nicholas Anthony Ruiz, Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Behavioral and Linguistic Markers of Craving
July 21, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
Weiss Hall 615

Jessica L. Atkins, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
DNA Polymerase Theta Cooperates With Adh5 and Aldh2 Dehydrogenases to Protect Hematopoietic Cells From Formaldehyde-mediated DNA Damage
July 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
PAHB 310B