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Graduate Calendar

Temple’s Graduate Calendar is your resource for key dates and deadlines related to graduate education, including deadlines for submitting final dissertations and theses, doctoral dissertation and MFA project completion grant applications, fellowship nominations and First Summers Research Initiative applications.

You can also access the Office of the University Registrar calendar, which includes important universitywide dates.

Upcoming Defense Dates

The following are scheduled dissertation defenses. This schedule is updated continuously as defense announcements are received by the Graduate School.

August 2026

Veronica Nicole Nelson, Criminal Justice PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Connected or Cut Off? A Mixed Methods Examination of Pennsylvania Prison Visitation Experiences
August 3, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
Gladfelter Hall 914

Todd R, Lewis, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
Development of an Intracellular, FRET-Based Assay for Homodimerization of the Tumor Suppressor PTEN
August 3, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
SERC 504

Ye Qian, Business Administration/Finance PhD, Fox School of Business
Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing
August 5, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

M. Harun-Or-Rashid, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
One- and Two-Photon Spectroscopic Characterization of 2-Amino-8-Vinylpurine Riboside, a Bright, Red-Shifted Fluorescent Adenosine Analogue
August 5, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Beury Hall 226

Amazjah Grant, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
The Power of Perception: How Principals' Views of School Climate Influence Student Achievement
August 6, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
Zoom

Pablo Izurieta, Business Administration/International Business Administration PhD, Fox School of Business
Investment in the Anthropocene: How Climate Risk Restructures International Business
August 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom

Tugce Kinik, Epidemiology PhD, Barnett College of Public Health
Exploring Functional Limitations by Thyroid Cancer Status, Mental Distress, and Predictors of Functional Limitations in Thyroid Cancer Survivors
August 7, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Paley Hall 345

Jacob Henebry, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
Magnetic Switching of Energetic Materials and Water Oxidation by Metal Oxides & Organic Catalysts
August 18, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
SERC 504

September 2026

Mohammed Yousuf, Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD, School of Pharmacy
Improved Models for Drug Transporters; Application to in Vitro Assays and Renal Transporter-mediated Drug-drug Interactions
September 16, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Pharmacy 260

Helen Elizabeth Schmidt, Psychology and Neuroscience PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Cognitive, Affective, and Linguistic Dynamics Supporting Social Connection
September 18, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
Weiss Hall 615

Benjamin Ferman, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Epigenetic Regulation of Oncogenic MYC Amplifications
September 28, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Reimann Auditorium, Fox Chase Cancer Center

 

October 2026

Gerard Jameson, Religion PhD, College of Liberal Arts
From Exodus to Upload: Black American New Religious Movements from 1896-2025
October 13, 2026, at 11:30 a.m.
Microsoft Teams

Tara C. Kennette, English PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Reciprocal Relations: Women and the Environment in American Regionalist Writing
October 21, 2026, at 12:30 p.m.
Zoom

RoseMarie LaMar, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
The Relational Effects of Artificial Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence: What Is the Impact in the Workplace?
October 21, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom

Samuel Brancazio, Biomedical Sciences PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
IL-15/IL-15 Ra-Targeted CRISPRa Boosts NK Cell Effector Function and Responsiveness Against HIV-Infected Cells 
October 29, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
MERB 710

 

November 2026

Ishwar Bridgelal, Education PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Challenges and Pathways of Identity Exploration Among Immigrant-Origin College Students with Complex Trauma
November 17, 2026, at 8:00 a.m.
Zoom

Temple University graduate students analyze information at Temple's Center City campus