Upcoming Thesis Defenses
Nusaira Shahab
Title
ApoE4-The Genetic Risk Factor For Alzheimer’s Disease And Its Association With Hypertension
Chair(s)
Rasna Sabharwal
Quentin Chediak
Title
Starting Approximations for Implicit Runge-Kutta Methods Applied to Ordinary Differential Equations and Differential-Algebraic Equations
Chair(s)
Laurent Jay
Hannah Stutt
Title
Dorsal striatal dopamine dynamics orchestrate accurate interval timing decisions in mice
Chair(s)
Nandakumar Narayanan
Logan Dawson
Title
Mechanical Regulation of Glycolysis: Isoform-Specific Control of PFK1 in Mechanoadaptation
Chair(s)
Peter Rubenstein
Sarah Scherrer
Title
From Peroxide to Carbonate: The Role of Radical Species in the Reactivity of U(VI) Alteration Phases
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Tori Forbes
Kristen Davis
Title
Arterial Stiffness, Hemodynamic Mechanisms and Cognitive Function in Women with a History of Preeclampsia: Implications for Home-Based Exercise
Chair(s)
Gary Pierce
Xiaowen Tang
Title
Compositions of New Works for the Double Bass through Western and Eastern Influences
Chair(s)
Volkan Orhon
Rose Gogal
Title
Novel Computational Biophysics Methods for Unraveling the Impact of Missense Variants on Hearing Loss
Chair(s)
Michael Schnieders
Israel Wipf
Title
ATGL-mediated lipid droplet lipolysis promotes collective cell migration in Drosophila
Chair(s)
Tina Tootle
Ashanthi Kumari Katuwana Arachchige
Title
Linker Design for f-Element Hybrid Materials Chemistry
Chair(s)
Korey Carter
Charles Ezekiel
Title
CRYSTAL ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR SOLID DECOLORIZATION, MULTICOMPONENT MILLING, PHARMACEUTICAL COCRYSTALS AND HALO-PYRIMIDINE CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVES AS ANTIANDROGENS
Chair(s)
Alexei Tivanski
Harindu Rajapaksha
Title
Experimental and First-Principles Insights into High-Valent Actinide Chemistry
Chair(s)
Tori Forbes,
Sara Mason
I-Chun Hsiao
Title
Fairness, validity, and impact of a standardized English proficiency test in EMI contexts and beyond: A mixed-methods study of test takers’ perceptions
Chair(s)
Lia Plakans
Kayla Kemp
Title
The Experience of Leadership: A Phenomenological Analysis on the Leadership Experiences of Masters-level Counseling Students
Chair(s)
Laura Gallo
Laura Carpenter
Title
Dropouts, Rubber Tire Tramps, and Brave Migrants: Contemporizing American Transient Culture, 1970s - Present
Chair(s)
Stephen Warren
Lisa Ryoo
Title
A Brief Survey of Selected Oboe Works by Althea Talbot-Howard: A Performer’s Practice Guide
Chair(s)
Kenneth Tse
Jared Shulse
Title
Predictive Modeling of the Relationships between Property Value and Music Competition Results in Secondary School Music Education Programs
Chair(s)
Mary Cohen
Ashby Martin
Title
Does the use of a Speech Interpreter affect Neuropsychological Assessment
Chair(s)
Daniel Tranel
Yareli Reeve-Mendoza
Title
LGBTQIA+ Student Veterans Experiences in Higher Education: A Descriptive Qualitative Analysis
Chair(s)
Sherry Watt
Chawin Upara
Title
Sexual Dimorphism in Ligature-Induced Periodontitis is Mediated by the miR-141/200c Cluster
Chair(s)
Liu Hong
Jose Beltran Lizarazo
Title
Some existence results for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of balance laws arising in biology and traffic flow
Chair(s)
Tong Li
Abigail Lee
Title
Sexuality, Stigma, and Mental Health of Adolescents in Western Kenya
Chair(s)
William Story
Spenser McIntyre
Title
Human-Autonomy Team Effectiveness with Integrated Tactical Autopilot
Chair(s)
Thomas Schnell
Bichitra Borah
Title
Structure and Dynamics of Ionic Fluids Across Broad Temperature Regimes
Chair(s)
Claudio Margulis
Claire Christian
Title
Modeling the Myosin Heavy-Chain-Associated RNA Transcript Gene Regulatory Network
Chair(s)
Colleen Mitchell
Utsav Mukherjee
Title
Unraveling novel regulators of hippocampal long-term memory consolidation
Chair(s)
Ted Abel
Devin Reusch
Title
Form and Functional Observations: Structural Analysis of Nucleotide Incorporation by DNA Polymerase Iota & Inhibiting Bacteroides Thetaiotaomicron Essential Gene ruvB
Chair(s)
Aloysius Klingelhutz,
Dustin Bosch
Dylan Walters
Title
Toward Heterogeneous Energetic Materials with Designed Shock-to-Detonation Performance
Chair(s)
H. S. Udaykumar
Kevin Hall Jr
Title
Studying the Evolutionary Link between Quasars and Dusty Starbursts
Chair(s)
Hai Fu
Rebekah Erdman
Title
Liminal Landscapes: Women Composing Pastoralism in Twentieth-Century Britain
Chair(s)
Marian Wilson Kimber
Muhammad Elsadany
Title
Mechanistic Triangulation Across Molecular, Circuit, and Behavioral Scales
Chair(s)
Jacob Michaelson
Adrianna Caro
Title
Immune response and neurodegeneration after ear hair cell loss
Chair(s)
Steven Green
Tevin Middleton
Title
Examining the Role of Organizational and Contextual Factors on School Counselors' Perceived Social Determinants of Health Competency
Chair(s)
Gerta Bardhoshi
Ufuoma John Ejughemre
Title
Three Essays on Evaluating the Effects of the Continuous Medicaid Provision of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and Its Ending on Work and Health Access
Chair(s)
George Wehby
Travis Fischer
Title
Evaluation of how a virus-like particle containing a TLR9 agonist modulates the anti-tumor T cell response
Chair(s)
George Weiner
Yestyn Griffith
Title
Bach Through the Romantic Lens: Four Nineteenth-Century Piano Accompaniments to the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Chair(s)
Scott Conklin
Lorry Wilson
Title
FROM LEADERSHIP TO CLASSROOM PRACTICE: SCHOOL LEADERS’ INFLUENCE ON SOCIAL SKILL INSTRUCTION FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
Chair(s)
Liz Hollingworth
Brooke Yeager
Title
Functional network dynamics underlying cognitive impairments in Parkinson's disease
Chair(s)
Nandakumar Narayanan
Matthew Barber
Title
Constructing Legendrian Invariants via Legendrian Ribbon Categories
Chair(s)
Benjamin Cooper
Kitrick Fynaardt
Title
Delay Differential Equation Model of Oligomerization in Mitochondrial Fission
Chair(s)
Colleen Mitchell
Kevin Swenson
Title
In Defense of Computer Assisted Composition and Analysis.
Chair(s)
Jean-Francois Charles
Amira Nash
Title
A Transraciolinguistic Approach: Experiences of African-born Immigrant College Students through Storytelling
Chair(s)
Saba Vlach
Eliezer Santos Leon
Title
A Measurement Error Perspective on Radiomic Features for Prediction Modeling
Chair(s)
Brian Smith
Sora Kim
Title
(im)Politeness Negotiated Between Teachers and Students in Korean as a Foreign Language Classrooms in the United States
Chair(s)
Pamela Wesely,
Samuel Tanner
Hallie Abelman
Title
The Home Lives of Animal Objects: Disability Perspectives and Domestic Ecologies
Chair(s)
Kim Marra,
Naomi Greyser
Josie Welker
Title
Assessing the impacts of airborne particulate matter from plastic burning and personal care products
Chair(s)
Elizabeth Stone
Ufuoma Ejughemre
Title
Three Essays on Evaluating the Effects of the Continuous Medicaid Provision of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and Its Ending on Work and Health Access
Chair(s)
George Wehby
Xiaoyu Liu
Title
Ms. Bassbone– A DMA Recording Project featuring Bass Trombone and Women Composers
Chair(s)
Jonathan Allen
Kristopher Lukas
Title
Deciphering the Immunological and Translational Profile of Novel Double-Stranded mRNA LNPs
Chair(s)
Kevin Rice
Dana Alston
Title
Cinephiles, Inc.: Branding, Performance, and the Commodification of Contemporary Film Culture
Chair(s)
Corey Creekmur
Chloe Moel
Title
Using DNA Methylation and Genetic Variation to Measure Genetic Burden
Chair(s)
Benjamin Darbro
Alexander G P Glebov-McCloud
Title
Characterization of PRKAR1B Mutations Associated with Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chair(s)
Stefan Strack
Ghadeer N A A Abaido
Title
Julia Perry’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in Two Uninterrupted Speeds: An Orchestral Reduction for Second Piano
Chair(s)
Rene Lecuona
Samuel Chen
Title
New Works about Nature for Sinfonietta Ensemble: A Thesis Recording Project of Commissioned Works
Chair(s)
Kenny Lee
Juyoung Jung
Title
Multilevel Lasso-Penalized Meta-Regression with Correction for Measurement Errors in Moderators
Chair(s)
Ariel Aloe,
Won-Chan Lee
Shanari M R Wickremasinghage
Title
Bridging Color and Chemistry: New Classes of Sulfur-Nitrogen Polymers as a Platform for Advanced Materials
Chair(s)
Ned Bowden
Daniel Pette
Title
Plasma Wave-Particle Interactions in a Dipole Magnetic Field
Chair(s)
Frederick Skiff
Ayushi Ayushi
Title
Discovery of novel insulin sensitizers and molecular targets for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Chair(s)
Julien Sebag,
Robert Piper
Aubrey McEnroe
Title
Farm Stress, Discrimination, and Mental Health Outcomes: A Moderation Analysis of Women in Agriculture
Chair(s)
Martin Kivlighan