The Graduate School

Dissertation Defense Information

Name: Roxanne Bowman

Program: Nursing

Dissertation Title:

     The ability of intention to predict duration of exclusive breastfeeding

Major Professor: Dr. Debra Anderson

Date: Jul 15, 2013

Time: 9:00 AM

Place: 315-T CON

Name: Yusuf Kaynak

Program: Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation Title:

     Process-induced Surface Integrity in Machining of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys

Major Professor: Dr. Ibrahim Jawahir

Date: Jul 08, 2013

Time: 12:00 PM

Place: 220K CRMS Building

Name: Amanda Abnee

Program: Soil Science

Dissertation Title:

     Influence of Riparian Buffer Management Strategies on Soil Properties

Major Professor: Dr. Mark Coyne

Date: Jul 01, 2013

Time: 1:00 PM

Place: N-224 Ag Science Bldg North

Name: Wenhui Wu

Program: Biology

Dissertation Title:

     THE REGULATION AND PACKAGING OF SYNAPTIC VESICLES RELATED TO RECRUITMENT WITHIN CRAYFISH AND FRUIT FLY NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS: VARIATIONS IN LOW- AND HIGH-OUTPUT TERMINALS

Major Professor: Dr. Robin Cooper

Date: Jun 28, 2013

Time: 9:00 AM

Place: Thomas Hunt Morgan Bio Sci Bldg 116

Name: Tina Hudson

Program: Special Education

Dissertation Title:

     Responding to the Need for Research in RTI: A Map of the Current Implementation and Assessment Practices from the Perspective of District and Building Administrators

Major Professor: Dr. Robert McKenzie

Date: Jun 25, 2013

Time: 1:00 PM

Place: TEB 122

Name: Allen Page

Program: Veterinary Science

Dissertation Title:

     Determination of farm-specific Lawsonia intracellularis seroprevalence in central Kentucky Thoroughbreds and the identification of factors contributing to equine proliferative enteropathy

Major Professor: Dr. David Horohov

Date: Jun 17, 2013

Time: 9:00 AM

Place: 110 Gluck Equine Research Center

Name: Sarah Burns

Program: Economics

Dissertation Title:

     Identifying Strategic Responses to Tax and Transfer Policy: Welfare Competition, Tax Competition, and the Elasticity of Taxable Income

Major Professor: Dr. James Ziliak

Date: Jun 13, 2013

Time: 2:00 PM

Place: 324be gatton building

Name: Chong Liu

Program: Veterinary Science

Dissertation Title:

     EVIDENCE FOR THE MATURATION OF CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSES IN EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS-INFECTED PONIES

Major Professor: Dr. David Horohov

Date: Jun 10, 2013

Time: 2:00 PM

Place: 110 Gluck Equine Research Center

Name: Mo Dan

Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dissertation Title:

     ENGINEERED NANOMATERIAL PHARMACOKINETICS, BIODISTRIBUTION AND BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER ASSOCIATION

Major Professor: Dr. Robert Yokel

Date: Jun 07, 2013

Time: 1:00 PM

Place: 411 in the Wethington Building and BPC 387

Name: Cathryn Kurkjian

Program: Microbiology

Dissertation Title:

     Post-natal lung development and intrinsic differences in alveolar macrophages affect the neonatal immune response to Pneumocystis

Major Professor: Dr. Beth Garvy

Date: Jun 04, 2013

Time: 10:00 AM

Place: Seminar Room MN-463; Defense MN-442

Name: Hongmei Jia

Program: Business Administration

Dissertation Title:

     The Effect of Auditors’ Assessment of Internal Control over Financial Reporting on Audit Fees, Cost of Debt and Firm Market Value

Major Professor: Dr. David Ziebart

Date: Jun 04, 2013

Time: 10:00 AM

Place: B&E 352

Name: Shaun Carlson

Program: Physiology

Dissertation Title:

     Evaluation of the Neurogenic Potential of Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 after Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice

Major Professor: Dr. Kathryn Saatman

Date: Jun 04, 2013

Time: 10:00 AM

Place: Room MS505, Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pavilion H

Name: Brandon Jutras

Program: Microbiology

Dissertation Title:

     Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Regulation in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia Burgdorferi: It's All About Growth

Major Professor: Dr. Brian Stevenson

Date: May 30, 2013

Time: 1:00 PM

Place: Seminar Room MN-463; Defense Room MS-403

Name: Sourik Ganguly

Program: Pharmacology

Dissertation Title:

     Molecular Mechanism of Abl kinase Mediated Invasion and Metastasis in Melanoma

Major Professor: Dr. Rina Plattner

Date: May 29, 2013

Time: 1:00 PM

Place: MN 363

Name: Yu You

Program: Economics

Dissertation Title:

     Essays on capital controls

Major Professor: Dr. Yoonbai Kim

Date: May 29, 2013

Time: 2:00 PM

Place: BE 324

Name: Nicki Baker

Program: Nutritional Science

Dissertation Title:

     POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL LIGANDS OF THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR PROMOTE ADIPOCYTE-MEDIATED DIABETES

Major Professor: Dr. Lisa Cassis

Date: May 28, 2013

Time: 11:00 AM

Place: CTW 411

Name: Simon Jette-Nantel

Program: Agricultural Economics

Dissertation Title:

     Implications of Off-Farm Income for Farm Income Stabilization Policies

Major Professor: Dr. David Freshwater

Date: May 28, 2013

Time: 1:00 PM

Place: Room 416, C.E. Barnhart Building, University of Kentucky,