Upcoming Ph.D. Defense Dates

5/9/2008, 1:00 p.m.
Lilian Dindo, PSYCHOLOGY
Dual Pathways to Psychopathy: Relations with the Electrodermal Response
Chair: D. Fowles
Location: 217 SLP

5/9/2008, 9:00 a.m.
Yousun Shin, TEACHING AND LEARNING
The Effects of Planning on L2 Writing: A Study of Korean Learners of English as a Foreign Language
Chair: L. Schrier
Location: N293 LC

5/12/2008, 3:00 p.m.
Teresa Garcia, ED POLICY & LEADERSHIP STUDIES
Mexican Room: Public Schooling and the Children of Mexican Railroad Workers in Fort Madison, Iowa, 1923-1930
Chair: S. McNabb
Location: N434 LC

5/12/2008, 10:00 a.m.
Xiaohui Zhao, PSYCH & QUANT FNDTNS
Investigation of the Impacts of a Combination of Factors on the Validity of Customized Norms
Chair: T. Ansley
Location: 340B LC

5/12/2008, 11:00 a.m.
Joshua Thoms, SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Teacher-initiated Talk and Student Oral Discourse in a Second Language Literature Classroom: A Sociocultural Analysis
Chair: J. Liskin-Gasparro and C. Severino
Location: 315 PH

5/13/2008, 12:00 p.m.
Megan Foley, COMM STUDIES
The Rhetorical Figuration of Intimate Abuse and the Configuration of Public Affect
Chair: B. Biesecker
Location: 209 BCSB

5/14/2008, 10:00 a.m.
Dena Huisman, COMM STUDIES
Telling Family Identity: Storytelling, Family, and Culture
Chair: L. Baxter
Location: 209 BCSB

5/14/2008, 1:30 p.m.
Steven Almquist, ENGLISH
Linguistic Safari: Reading the Diaspora through Kiswahili
Chair: B. Eckstein
Location: 331 EPB

5/14/2008, 12:00 p.m.
Yi Ding, PSYCH & QUANT FNDTNS
Functional Behavior Analysis Technique to Evaluate Patients with Genetic Syndromes and/or Other Developmental Disabilities
Chair: K. Gerken and D. Wacker
Location: 350 LC

5/15/2008, 9:00 a.m.
Chen Liu, ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGR
VLSI Circuit Defect Diagnosis: Open Defects and Run-time Speed
Chair: S. Reddy
Location: 4016C SC

5/15/2008, 1:00 p.m.
John McKerley, HISTORY
Between Participation and Power: The Politics of Race in Postemancipation Missouri
Chair: S. Stromquist
Location: 273 SH

5/15/2008, 1:00 p.m.
Jamie Cvengros, PSYCHOLOGY
Patient Preferences and Perceptions of the Healthcare Encounter: The Impact of Congruence on Patient Satisfaction and Adherence
Chair: A. Christensen
Location: 104 SLP

5/16/2008, 1:00 p.m.
Kurt Rahmlow, ART HISTORY
Anterior Decorators: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Avant Garde Environments at Arles and Le Pouldu
Chair: D. Johnson
Location: 105E ABW

5/16/2008, 10:00 a.m.
William Ness, ENGLISH
Burning with Star-fires: The National Flag in Civil War Poetry
Chair: E. Folsom
Location: 331 EPB

5/16/2008, 4:30 p.m.
Jennifer Froehlich, MATHEMATICS
Universal Deformation Rings Related to the Symmetric Group S₅
Chair: F. Bleher
Location: 221 MLH

5/23/2008, 9:00 a.m.
Brandon Abbs, PSYCHOLOGY
The Temporal Dynamics of Auditory Memory for Static and Dynamic Sounds
Chair: P. Gupta
Location: 101 SLP

5/27/2008, 8:30 a.m.
Ira Buckner, PHARMACY
Compression Calorimetry, Powder Compaction Thermodynamics and Deformation Mechanisms
Chair: D. Wurster
Location: S218 PHAR

5/28/2008, 10:00 a.m.
Ke Yang, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Three Essays on Mergers and Acquisitions
Chair: A. Vijh
Location: S326 PBB

5/28/2008, 2:30 p.m.
Tracy Moran, PSYCHOLOGY
Infant Health Care Use: The Influence of Maternal Psychosocial Factors
Chair: M. O'Hara
Location: 104 SLP

5/29/2008, 1:30 p.m.
Hongyu Ruan, BIOLOGY
Aging Drosophila: Social Influence on Lifespan and Functional Indices in the Nervous System
Chair: C.-F. Wu
Location: 106 BBE

6/2/2008, 10:00 a.m.
Emine Bayman, BIOSTATISTICS
Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Multi-center Clinical Trials: Power and Subgroup Analyses
Chair: K. Chaloner
Location: 2500 UCC

6/3/2008, 1:30 p.m.
Amit Nandkeolyar, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
How Do Teams Learn? Shared Mental Models and Transactive Memory Systems as Determinants of Team Learning and Effectiveness
Chair: G. Stewart
Location: C106 PBB