Danicia Monet Malone, Geography, Environment, and Urban Studies PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Spaces of Encounter: Public Art and Black Spatial Aesthetics
March 5, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom
Katherine J. Burke, Education PhD, College of Education and Human Development
"Okay, We're Doing it Again:" Students' Experiences with Repetition in Developmental Mathematics Education
March 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Ritter 349
Kelsey Hanson, Media and Communication PhD, Klein College of Media and Communication
Meoryscaping: Remembering Conflict and Constructing Mnemonic Places on Guided Walks Through Belfast
March 10, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Zoom
Colette Michele Koszarek, Executive Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Overcoming Barriers When Implementing the Cultural Awareness Competency Framework in Pennsylvania's Schools
March 10, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Zoom
Courtney Kershaw, Executive Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Exhausted but Expected: Voices from the Staffroom on Burnout in Public Education
March 10, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom
Sarah Lee, Music Performance/Piano DMA, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Musical and Psychological Symbolism in Robert Schumann's Drei Fantasiestücke, Op.111: A Performer's Guide
March 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Rock Hall 126
Brian M. Cuzzolina, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
"Everything Everywhere All at Once": Connecting Life to Practice of Institutional Agents Committed to Racial Equity in Elite Small Liberal Arts Colleges
March 12, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Ritter Hall 348
Amanda Marie Spurri, Bioengineering PhD, College of Engineering
Enhancing Arthroscopic Diagnostics Using Visible Near-Infrared Fiber Optic Spectroscopy
March 13, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
Engineering Building 930A
Randy Michael Taylor, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
The Practice of Restorative Practices: A Phenomenological Study of the Barriers to the Long-term Implementation and Sustainability of Restorative Practices in Suburban Secondary Schools
March 13, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
Ritter Hall 106
Katelyn L. Lucas, English PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Reckoning With Lenape Sovereignty: Settler Memory and Lenape Representation in American Literature (1750 to 2019)
March 13, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom
Julian Dane Jenson, Music Performance/Historical Keyboard DMA, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Nineteenth-Century Piano Music from Chile: a Performance Practice Perspective
March 13, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
Rock Hall 102
Cameron Jamal Milton, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
The Invisible Burden: How Childhood Adversity Impacts Adult Financial and Health Outcomes
March 13, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom
David K. Gerson, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
College Athletics: The Role of Athletic Departments in Student-Athlete Sense of Belonging
March 16, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom
Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Dilini Ruwanthika Dassanayake, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
The Role of Solvent-Analyte Interactions in Determining Ionization Probability in Laser Electrospray Mass Spectrometry (LEMS)
March 17, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
SERC 504
James Jabir Areago, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Career Mobility and Networking Strategies in the Insurance Industry: Insights for Black Professionals
March 17, 2026, at 3:30 p.m.
Zoom
Alexis Haskell, Media and Communication PhD, Klein College of Media and Communication
From Crossword to Crossplay: Tracking Relationship Repair Between the New York Times and its Audience from 1942-2026
March 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Annenberg 1H
William E. Maher, Art History PhD, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Queer Eschatologies: Transubstantiation in Contemporary Latin American Art
March 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Tyler B086
Katherine Elizabeth Eulau, Psychology and Neuroscience PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Developmental Language Outcomes of a Remote Caregiver-Mediated Intervention
March 18, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
Weiss Hall 615
Jacob S. Woods, Mathematics PhD, College of Science and Technology
Mathematical Models and Numerical Methods for the Movement and Life Cycle of Invasive Pests Across Multiple Scales
March 18, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
Wachman 313
Timothy Harvey Gentry, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Board Capital Activation and Crisis Recovery: Director Evidence on Crisis Knowledge
March 18, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Zoom
Laura Elizabeth Wilson, Art History PhD, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
The Building in Meïdani Square, Kastelli: The Study of the Drinking Vessels and Drinking Practices in the Pediada Region of Minoan Crete
March 20, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Zoom
Hannah Elaine Verdonk, Bioinformatics PhD, College of Science and Technology
Developing Codon Model Tools to Improve Detection of Natural Selection
March 20, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
BioLife 234
Kristina Danielle Bolton, Higher Education EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Examining How an Institution Develops Support Services for International Students
March 23, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom
Ignacio Castelli, Physics PhD, College of Science and Technology
Infrared Regulators in Perturbative Calculations of Generalized Parton Distributions
March 23, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
SERC 408
Zachary J. Rzicznek, Media and Communication PhD, Klein College of Media and Communication
Representing the American Rifleman: How the NRA Built and Maintained a National Community of Gun Owners
March 23, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
Annenberg Hall 005/Zoom
Natalie L. Lee, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Evaluating the Opportunity Cost of Advertising Disinvestment During Recessions
March 23, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
Zoom
Michael Jason Simon, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Wine Fraud Prophet
March 23, 2026, at 3:30 p.m.
Zoom
Madison Elizabeth Ingram, History PhD, College of Liberal Arts
An Atmosphere of Service and Freedom: Black Libraries in the Segregated South, 1905-1952
March 23, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Weigley Room
Lindsay Metzker-Epstein, Policy and Organizational Studies PhD, College of Education and Human Development
For the Sake of Heaven: Faith, Sexuality, and Communal Jewish Identity at Yeshiva University
March 24, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Ritter 348
Zoe M.K. Hagley, Media and Communication PhD, Klein College of Media and Communication
Many Nations One Caribbean: Strengthening Caribbean Integration through Social Identity
March 24, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
The Mind Lab, Room AH1
Emily Virginia Schollenberger, Art History PhD, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Shifting Sediments: Photography, Memory, and Imperial Landscapes in Contemporary Art
March 25, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Zoom
Jiyao Liu, Computer & Information Sciences PhD, College of Science and Technology
Distributed Quantum Computing via Enhanced Connectivity
March 25, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom
Morgan Pantuck, Biomedical Sciences MD/PhD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Metabolic Regulation of Alveolar Progenitor Cell Fate by Glutaminolysis During Lung Regeneration
March 25, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
MERB 910
Xuanzhang Liu, Computer & Information Sciences PhD, College of Science and Technology
Incentive Mechanism Design in Blockchain-based Federated Learning over Edge Clouds
March 25, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom
Robert J. Pavlovich Jr., Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Governing Social Media Harms: A Critical Realist Extension of the Theory of the Firm
March 25, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom
Sophia Holmqvist, Clinical Psychology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Digital Phenotypes From a Low-cost Smartwatch to Inform Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
March 25, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Weiss 542
Wilfredo Rodriguez III, Music Education PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
The Impact of Virtual Reality on High School Music Education: An Exploratory Study
March 25, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Presser Center for Research and Creativity in Music
John Nana Sarfo, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
The Intersection of Geopolitics and Strategic Procurement: An Exploration of Sourcing in the Defense Industry from a Six Sigma Perspective
March 25, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Zoom
Shujit Chandra Paul, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
Structure-Property Relationships and Application of Molecular Crystal Solid Electrolytes for Next-generation Metal-ion Batteries
March 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
SERC 604
Christine E. Colosimo, Dance PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Erick Hawkins and the Development of a Dance Avant-Garde in the United States
March 26, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Wachman 313
Daniel José Custódio, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Forging Paths: The Role of Cultural Identity in Latino Career Self-Management
March 27, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Zoom
Abdullah Al Fahim, Civil Engineering PhD, College of Engineering
High-Performance Carbonatable Cementitious Systems: Novel Materials and Processing Methods
March 27, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
Dean's Conference Room, Engineering Building
Bin Li, Computer & Information Sciences PhD, College of Science and Technology
Enhancing Trustworthiness of Federated Learning for Disease Prediction
March 27, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.
SERC 306
Imani N’seya Askew-Shabazz, Social and Behavioral Sciences PhD, Barnett College of Public Health
Endorsement of Radicalized Reproductive Stereotypes as a Barrier to Infertility Treatment Among Black Women
March 27, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom
Dana Santos, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Empowering Financial Futures: Exploring the Effectiveness of Employer-based Financial Literacy Programs for Blacks and Hispanics (U.S.)
March 27, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
Zoom
Jacob T. Stahovich, Physics PhD, College of Science and Technology
All-optical Quantum Control of Angular Momentum Orientation and High-resolution Spectroscopy of Alkali Dimers
March 27, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
SERC 408
Nicole C. Cochran, Sociology PhD, College of Liberal Arts
The Rise of the Privileged Precariat: Reconfiguring White Middle-Class Womanhood in the New Economy
March 27, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Mazur Hall, Sociology Department Fishbowl
Melissa Tolosa, Geography, Environment, and Urban Studies PhD, College of Liberal Arts
Philadelphia as Borderland: Crimmigration, Resistencia, and Local Power
March 27, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Zoom
Yao Xu, Dance PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Beyond Resistance: Aesthetics and Politics of Chinese Independent Choregraphy
March 27, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Dance Department, Room 302
Miguel Colon Jr., Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Rewriting the Playbook: Strategic Responses to the Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
March 27, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Zoom
Caroline Merheb, Earth and Environmental Science PhD, College of Science and Technology
Evaluating Agrivoltaics for Microclimate Regulation and Food-Energy Co-production in Cities and Small-scale Farming
March 27, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Beury Hall 305
Kyra Samony, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
Pushing the Boundaries of Trifluoroacetylation: Development of Masked Acyl Reagents for the Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl Ketones
March 27, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Speakman Hall 112
Leana Rose Johnson-Jones, Educational Leadership EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Principals' Perceptions of Kindergarten Readiness in Addressing the Readiness Gap
March 30, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom
Michelle L. Perkins, Media and Communication PhD, Klein College of Media and Communication
Gatekeeping Grassroots Politics: The Shaping of Discourse around Identity-as-Politics in Jacobin Magazine
March 30, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
Zoom
Rifat Nurun Nabi, Chemistry PhD, College of Science and Technology
Development of Decarboxylative Strategies Towards the Synthesis of Fluorinated Pharmacons
March 30, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Beury Hall
Michael Anthony Lally, Art History PhD, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
To Wear and to See: Object Biographies and the History of Mobility in the Late Nineteenth-Century/Early Twentieth-Century Western Indian Ocean
March 31, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Dean's Conference Room, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Christopher Jack Holland II, Executive DBA, Fox School of Business
Faith Beyond the Fringes: Conditions that Support Faith-Institution Participation in Cross-sector Collaboration
March 31, 2026, at 12:30 p.m.
Zoom
Keith T. Roeckle, Music Education PhD, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Adolescent Perception of Chord Quality: An Aural Skills Assessment and Educational Correlates
March 31, 2026, at 1:00 p.m.
Presser Center for Research and Creativity in Music
