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Name: Jeremy McIntyre
Program: Physiology Dissertation Title: Roles of EMX2 in Odorant Receptor Gene Expression and Olfactory Sensory Neuron Axon Growth Major Professor: Dr. Timothy McClintock Date: 11/16/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: MN 463 |
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Name: Angela Madden
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: A Descriptive Study of Literacy Identity Development in an Elemenetary Writing Workshop Major Professor: Dr. Janice Almasi Date: 11/16/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: 151 Taylor Education Building |
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Name: Steven Estep
Program: Educational Leadership Dissertation Title: Teacher Practices in a High Performing, Appalachian Rural High School Major Professor: Dr. Lars Bjork Date: 11/11/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: Lena Baily Room, Dickey Hall |
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Name: John Henninger
Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Production Sequencing and Stability Analysis of a Just-In-Time System with Sequence Dependent Setups Major Professor: Dr. Kozo Saito Date: 11/10/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 220K CRMS |
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Name: Julie Miker
Program: Mathematics Dissertation Title: Eigenvalue Inequalities for a Family of Spherically Symmetric Riemannian Manifolds Major Professor: Dr. Peter Hislop Date: 11/10/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: POT 745 |
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Name: Jennifer Fairchild
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: What Might Have Been: The Communication of Social Support and Women's Narrative Reconstruction Post-Miscarriage Major Professor: Dr. Michael Arrington Date: 11/06/2009 Time: 12:15 PM Place: 104 Med Behavioral Sci Bldg |
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Name: Traci Dundas
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: Socially Disadvantaged Students in Socially Disadvantaged Schools: Double Jeopardy in Mathematics Achievement in the G8 Countries Major Professor: Dr. Xin Ma Date: 11/06/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: TEB 122 |
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Name: Christina Benac
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: Understanding and Promoting Regular Dental Visitation: Theoretical Analyses and Message Testing Major Professor: Dr. Seth Noar Date: 11/05/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: Keeneland Room, WT Young Library |
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Name: Chunxu Liu
Program: Statistics Dissertation Title: A Nonparametric Version of Wilks' Lambda - Asymptotic Results and Small Sample Approximations Major Professor: Dr. Arne Bathke Date: 11/05/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 853 Patterson Office Tower |
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Name: Samuel Glasscock
Program: Music Dissertation Title: German Requiems Before Brahms: An Examination of Baroque Era Compositions with Textual or Musical Similarities Major Professor: Dr. Jefferson Johnson Date: 11/04/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: Study Room 5 Lucille Little Library |
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Name: Amani Anwar Mustafa Khalil
Program: Nursing Dissertation Title: Depressive Symptoms and Dietary Adherence in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Receiving Hemodialysis" Major Professor: Dr. Susan Frazier Date: 11/04/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: CON 315 |
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Name: Robert Page
Program: Biology Dissertation Title: Transcriptional and Morphological Changes During Tyroxine-Induced Metamorphosis of the Mexican Axolotl and Axolotl-Tiger Salamander Hybrids Major Professor: Dr. S. Voss Date: 10/28/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 101F Morgan Bldg. |
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Name: Vivian Ojogun
Program: Chemical Engineering Dissertation Title: The Effect of Fluorination on Partitioning Behavior and Bilayer Self Assembly Major Professor: Dr. Barbara Knutson Date: 10/28/2009 Time: 8:00 AM Place: 209 CRMS |
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Name: Derrick Hammons
Program: Entomology Dissertation Title: Insect-Plant Relationships and Sustainable Management of Popillia Japonica and Cotinis Nitida in Vineyards Major Professor: Dr. Daniel Potter Date: 10/23/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: S-201 Ag. Sci. Center North |
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Name: Katharine Jo Hahn
Program: Counseling Psychology Dissertation Title: Considering the Power of Context: Racism, Sexism, and Belonging in the Vicarious Traumatization of Counselors Major Professor: Dr. Pam Remer Date: 10/23/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 122 Taylor Ed. Bldg. |
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Name: Rajesh Gaur
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: Protesting Liberalization in India: An Examination of Discursive Strategies used by Street Vendors, Squatters, and Small Retailers Major Professor: Dr. Chike Anyaegbunam Date: 10/22/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: EGJ 117 |
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Name: Meiwu An
Program: Civil Engineering Dissertation Title: Integration of the Regression-Based Land Use Model and the Combined Trip Distribution-Assignment Transportation Model Major Professor: Dr. Mei Chen Date: 10/21/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: OHR 120 |
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Name: Kedra Cyrus
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Syntheses and Evaluation of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs): A Potential Chemical Genetic Approach to Breast Cancer Therapy Major Professor: Dr. Kyung Bo Kim Date: 10/21/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: College of Pharmacy 223 |
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Name: Paula Jones
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: Secondary Teachers' Perceptions and Use of a Course Management System: A Case Study of Limitations on Implementation in the Context of a High School Major Professor: Dr. Joan Mazur Date: 10/20/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: TEB 151 |
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Name: Hua Bai
Program: Entomology Dissertation Title: Functional Genomics Approaches to Study Hormone Action in Mosquito and Beetle Major Professor: Dr. Subba Palli Date: 10/20/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: S201 Ag. Sci. Center North |
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Name: Tao Tang
Program: Nutritional Science Dissertation Title: The Interplay between the Expression and Functions of Wnt13 Proteins during Apoptosis in Bovine Aortic Endothelial Cells Major Professor: Dr. Catherine Mao Date: 10/20/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: CTW 405 |
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Name: Sefka Genova
Program: Public Administration Dissertation Title: Policy Innovation, Program Maintenance, and Enrollment: The Case of State Medicaid Buy-In Programs Major Professor: Dr. Edward Jennings Date: 10/16/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 1645 POT |
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Name: Melinda Leonard
Program: Experimental Psychology Dissertation Title: The Role of Pragmatic Language Use in Mediating the Relation between ADHD Symptomology and Social Skills Major Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Lorch Date: 10/19/2009 Time: 3:30 PM Place: 207J Kastle Hall |
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Name: Tyasning Nusawardani
Program: Entomology Dissertation Title: The Regulation of Host Innate Immune Responses by Campoletis sonorensis Parasitization and CsIV Vankyrin Gene Expression Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Webb Date: 10/14/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: S201 Ag. Sci. Center North |
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Name: Erin Gilles
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: Beyond the Commerce of Birth Control: An Examination of the Content of Web-Based DTC and User-Created Messages about Oral Contraceptives Major Professor: Dr. Beth Barnes Date: 10/13/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: Grehan Building |
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Name: Siva Gandhapudi
Program: Microbiology Dissertation Title: A Role for Heat Shock Factor 1 in T cell Immune Response Major Professor: Dr. Jerold Woodward Date: 10/12/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: MN 442 |
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Name: Chi Lu
Program: Electrical Engineering Dissertation Title: Micro-Fabricated Hydrogen Sensors Operating at Elevated Temperatures Major Professor: Dr. Zhi Chen Date: 10/08/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 453F FPAT |
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Name: Eugene Patrick Leddin
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: Content Relevance Centric Theory: An Investigation of Content Relevance's Ability to Predict Learning Outcomes in a Training Environment Major Professor: Dr. Derek Lane Date: 10/06/2009 Time: 1:30 PM Place: Maggie Room, Grehan Bldg |
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Name: Andrea Rae Vansickel
Program: Experimental Psychology Dissertation Title: Agonist Replacement Medications for Methamphetamine Dependence: A Laboratory Analysis Major Professor: Dr. Craig Rush Date: 09/30/2009 Time: 12:30 PM Place: 104 Medical Behavioral Sci |
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Name: Sarah Beth Martin
Program: Anatomy and Neurobiology Dissertation Title: Exploring New Relationships between Hippocampus Volume and its Function Major Professor: Dr. James Geddes Date: 09/29/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: MN 363 |
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Name: Ruby Stevens
Program: Educational Psychology Dissertation Title: An Analysis of Variance to Examine Whether Middle School Students' Perceptions of Teacher Interactions and Home-School Dissonance Predict School Attachment Major Professor: Dr. Lynda Brown Wright Date: 09/28/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Carla Childers
Program: Business Administration Dissertation Title: Linking Service Encounters to Financial Performance: An Extended Approach to Valuation Major Professor: Dr. Scott Kelley Date: 09/25/2009 Time: 8:00 AM Place: 446 B&E |
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Name: Liangrong Yi
Program: Computer Science Dissertation Title: Decision-Theoretic Planning in Social Welfare and Music Generation Major Professor: Dr. Judy Goldsmith Date: 09/24/2009 Time: 2:30 PM Place: CRMS 209 |
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Name: Liping Huang
Program: Statistics Dissertation Title: Statistical Methods in Microarray Data Analysis Major Professor: Dr. Mai Zhou Date: 09/24/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 853 POT |
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Name: Saikat Boliar
Program: Veterinary Science Dissertation Title: Immunopathogenesis of Influenza A Virus: Inhibition of Monocyte Differentiation into Dendritic Cell Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Chambers Date: 09/21/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 110 Gluck |
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Name: Somaya Malkawi
Program: Rehabilitation Sciences Dissertation Title: Participation in Play Activities of Children with Cerebral Palsy Major Professor: Dr. Susan Effgen Date: 09/21/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: 216 CTW |
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Name: Shaoxin Feng
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Studies on Drug Solubilization Mechanism in Simple Micelle Systems Major Professor: Dr. Paul Bummer Date: 09/21/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 403 CTW |
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Name: Nelson Akafuah
Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Visualization and Characterization of Ultrasonic Cavitating Atomizer and Other Automotive Paint Sprayers Using Infrared Thermography Major Professor: Dr. Kozo Saito Date: 09/21/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 220K CMS |
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Name: James Searcy
Program: Pharmacology Dissertation Title: Lipid Signaling in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: Pharmacologically Targeting Major Professor: Dr. Nada Porter Date: 09/18/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: MN 463 |
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Name: Anyi Li
Program: Physics Dissertation Title: Study of QCD Critical Point Using Canonical Ensemble Method Major Professor: Dr. Keh Fei Liu Date: 09/17/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 357 Chem-Physics |
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Name: Zhaolin Zhang
Program: Entomology Dissertation Title: Studies on Hormone Response Elements and their Binding Proteins in Drosophila Melanogaster and Tribolium Castaneum Major Professor: Dr. Subba Palli Date: 09/17/2009 Time: 12:30 PM Place: N224 Ag Sci Center North |
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Name: James Butler
Program: Microbiology Dissertation Title: Mechanisms Governing the Zonal Activity of Alpha-fetoprotein Enhancer E111 Major Professor: Dr. Brett Spear Date: 09/16/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: Seminar MN 363, Defense 410 HSRB |
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Name: Corey Brelsfoard
Program: Entomology Dissertation Title: Characterization of the Wolbachia and Host Interaction and the Population Genetic Structure of the Lymphatic Filariasis Vector Aedes polynesiensis Major Professor: Dr. Stephen Dobson Date: 09/16/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: S-201 Ag. Sci. North |
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Name: Liu Yang
Program: Electrical Engineering Dissertation Title: Modeling and Analysis of Complex Production Systems with Split, Merge and Re-Entrant Operations Major Professor: Dr. Yu-Ming Zhang Date: 09/16/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 220 K CRMS |
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Name: Vijayalakshmi Varadarajan
Program: Physics Dissertation Title: Specific Heat of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Brill Date: 09/15/2009 Time: 12:30 PM Place: CP 179 |
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Name: Laura Daws
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: Happy Ever After.com: The Construction of Identity on Wedding Websites Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Lindlof Date: 09/11/2009 Time: 1:30 PM Place: 117 Grehan |
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Name: William Haris, Jr.
Program: Counseling Psychology Dissertation Title: Understanding Black Males' Perceptions of Marriage: Development and Validation of the Black Marriage Perception Survey Major Professor: Dr. Pam Remer Date: 09/10/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: AAshish Joshi
Program: Anatomy and Neurobiology Dissertation Title: Substrate and Regulation of Mitochondrial p-Calpain Major Professor: Dr. James Geddes Date: 09/04/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 8413 BBSRB |
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Name: Janet Forren
Program: Nursing Dissertation Title: Post Discharge Nausea and Vomiting in Ambulatory Surgical Patients: Incidence and Management Strategies Major Professor: Dr. Debra Moser Date: 09/14/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: CON 315T |
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Name: Antonio Shelton
Program: Educational Leadership Studies Dissertation Title: Accessing the Superintendency: Identifying the Assets of an African American Female Superintendent Major Professor: Dr. Beth Rous Date: 09/02/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 151 Taylor |
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Name: Gregory Finkbonner
Program: Educational Leadership Studies Dissertation Title: A Comparison of Student Achievement between Highly Qualified and Non-Highly Qualified Teachers in Kentucky Major Professor: Dr. Lars Bjork Date: 09/01/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 122 Taylor |
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Name: Jennifer Hamrick-King
Program: Gerontology Dissertation Title: An Interactive Approach Toward Improving Memory and Overall Functioning in Alzheimer's Disease: Implications for Disease Management Major Professor: Dr. John Watkins Date: 08/28/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 504 CON |
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Name: Jorge Gamboa
Program: Physiology Dissertation Title: Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Hypoxia Major Professor: Dr. Francisco Andrade Date: 08/27/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: MN 563 |
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Name: Margath Walker
Program: Geography Dissertation Title: La Frontera Esta de Moda: Cultural Production, National Identity and Urban Change on the U.S. -Mexico Border Major Professor: Dr. Susan Roberts Date: 08/25/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: Miller Hall |
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Name: Gilbert Ogunro
Program: Economics Dissertation Title: Three Essays on the Black-White Wage Gap Major Professor: Dr. Kenneth Troske Date: 08/14/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: Economics Rm 324 |
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Name: Keneth Sanford
Program: Economics Dissertation Title: Two Empirical Essays in Discrete Choice. Essay One: Ticket Pricing Decisions by Price Discriminating Monopolists. Essay Two: State Income Taxes and Residential Location Decisions Major Professor: Dr. Frank Scott Date: 08/13/2009 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Economics Rm 324 |
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Name: Gil Kim
Program: Economics Dissertation Title: A Contribution to Exchange Rate Economics Major Professor: Dr. Yoonbai Kim Date: 08/12/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: Economics conf. room |
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Name: Artress White
Program: English Dissertation Title: A House Built on Faith: Religious Rhetoric as Narrative Strategy in Black Fiction Major Professor: Dr. Joyce Green MacDonald Date: 08/11/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 1345 POT |
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Name: Brenikki Floyd
Program: Communiation Dissertation Title: Racial Differences in Sexual Debut: Implications for Designing HIV/STD and Pregnancy Prevention Messages Major Professor: Dr. Rick Zimmerman Date: 08/10/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: EGJ 117 (Maggie Room) |
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Name: Mary Griffin-Jenner
Program: Educational Leadership Dissertation Title: Work-Based Learning: Who's Participating and Why? Major Professor: Dr. Charles Hausman Date: 08/06/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Carol Patrick
Program: Educational Leadership Dissertation Title: A Comparison of Achievement Gains for Full-day and Half-day Kindergarten Students Major Professor: Dr. Charles Hausman Date: 08/06/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Reynolds Frimpong
Program: Chemical Engineering Dissertation Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Hydrogel Nanocomposites Major Professor: Dr. J. Zachary Hilt Date: 07/29/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: A157 AsTeCC |
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Name: Luis Gonzalez
Program: Economics Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Wealth and Transfers Major Professor: Dr. James P. Ziliak Date: 07/29/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 324 Gatton |
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Name: Sandra Winter
Program: Public Administration Dissertation Title: An Empirical Analysis of Factors Afffecting the Utilization and Cost of Healthcare by Kentucky State Prison Inmates Major Professor: Dr. J.S. Butler Date: 07/27/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 445 POT |
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Name: Ae Sook Kim
Program: Public Administration Dissertation Title: Policy Innovation, Diffusion, Reinvention, and Evolution in State Medicard Managed Care Programs Major Professor: Dr. Edward T. Jennings, Jr. Date: 07/24/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: 445 POT |
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Name: Jennifer Eli
Program: Education Sciences Dissertation Title: An Exploratory Study of Prospective Middle Grade Teachers' Mathematic Connections While Completing Investigative Tasks in Geometry Major Professor: Dr. Margaret Schroeder Date: 07/23/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 355 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Jennifer Robinson
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: Teacher Leadership and School Reform: A Case Study of the Accelerating Student Achievement Project in a Central Kentucky School District Major Professor: Dr. Lars Bjork Date: 07/23/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Shashank Rao
Program: Business Administration Dissertation Title: Managing Supply Chain Risks through Outsourcing: Three Studies Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Goldsby Date: 07/23/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: B&E 446 |
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Name: Glenda Patton
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: A Case Study: Exploring the Leadership Styles of Community-Based Early Childhood Program Directors Major Professor: Dr. Lars Bjork Date: 07/22/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Venkata Kavuluru
Program: Computer Science Dissertation Title: Analysis of Security Measures for Sequences Major Professor: Dr. Andrew Klapper Date: 07/22/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 209 CRMS |
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Name: Gwendolyn Rinker
Program: Nursing Dissertation Title: Factors Associated with Residential Radon Testing Intentions Major Professor: Dr. Ellen Hahn Date: 07/21/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 315T College of Nursing |
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Name: Gao Liu
Program: Public Administration Dissertation Title: Essays on Municipal Bond Insurance Major Professor: Dr. Merlin Hackbart Date: 07/21/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 445 POT |
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Name: Lisa Allen
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: Differentiating Professional Development for Teachers: How Teachers Develop and Implement Professional Growth Plans Major Professor: Dr. Charles Hausman Date: 07/20/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Su-Yun Chang
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: Teachers' Beliefs about Mandarin Literacy Instruction and Their Classroom Practices in an Elementary School in Central Taiwan Major Professor: Drs. Mary Shake and Beth Goldstein Date: 07/17/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 122 TEB |
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Name: Travis Sexton
Program: Biology Dissertation Title: The Distribution of Unpaired During Drosophila Oogenesis Major Professor: Dr. Douglas Harrison Date: 07/16/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 305 Morgan Bldg. |
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Name: Rosalie Aldrich
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: Message Strategies for Suicide Prevention Major Professor: Dr. Nancy Harrington Date: 07/16/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: EGJ 117 |
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Name: Xun Li
Program: Business Administration Dissertation Title: Foundations of Supply Chain Agility: A Work Design Perspective Major Professor: Dr. Clyde Holsapple Date: 07/16/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: 446 Gatton College |
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Name: Jordan Clark
Program: Anatomy and Neurobiology Dissertation Title: The Role of Cyclophilin D in Traumatic Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Major Professor: Dr. James Geddes Date: 07/15/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: MS 302 |
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Name: Tatiana Levit
Program: Business Administration Dissertation Title: Consumer Emotional Intelligence and the Impact of Affective Misforecasting on Product Evaluations for Restrained Versus Unrestrained Eaters Major Professor: Dr. David Hardesty Date: 07/15/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 446 B&E |
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Name: William J. Jones
Program: Business Administration Dissertation Title: Math Anxiety and Consumer Choice under Price Promotions: Insights from the Integration of Bio-Behavioral Perspectives Major Professor: Dr. Terry Childers Date: 07/15/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: B&E 446 |
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Name: Cynthia Reeser
Program: Family Studies Dissertation Title: Historical Context in Developmental Research: A Birth Cohort Analysis of the Baby Boom Generation Major Professor: Dr. Ronald Werner-Wilson Date: 07/14/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 316 Funkhouser |
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Name: MohamedDiwanMohideen Abul Hameed
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Computational Design of 3-Phosphoinositide Dependent Kinase-1 Inhibitors as Potential Anti-Cancer Agents Major Professor: Dr. Chang-Guo Zhan Date: 07/13/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 223 College of Pharmacy |
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Name: Zhen Hou
Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Algorithms for Vision Based Defect Detection on Textured Surfaces Major Professor: Dr. Johne M. Parker Date: 07/10/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: Dept. of Mechanical Eng. |
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Name: Purnima Mehrotra
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: Understanding Determinants of Sexual Behaviors of College Students in India Major Professor: Dr. Rick Zimmerman Date: 07/10/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 117 Grehan |
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Name: Zhongyi Nie
Program: Mathematics Dissertation Title: Estimates for a Class of Multi-Linear Forms Major Professor: Dr. Russell Brown Date: 07/10/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: POT 745 |
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Name: David Link
Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Bootstrap Enhanced N-dimensional Deformation of Space with Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy Major Professor: Dr. Robert Lodder Date: 07/09/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: ASTeCC A-157 |
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Name: Tracy Sturgill
Program: Veterinary Science Dissertation Title: Vaccine Responses and Immune Modulation in the Neonatal Foal Major Professor: Dr. David Horohov Date: 07/08/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 121 Gluck |
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Name: Ganna Lyubartseva
Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Alterations of Zinc Transporters in Alzheimer's Disease Major Professor: Dr. Mark Lovell Date: 07/06/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: Sanders-Brown 120 |
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Name: Sandra Slater
Program: History Dissertation Title: "My God was called Conqueror of Men": Constructions and Contestations of Masculinities in the New World, 1480-1640 Major Professor: Dr. Daniel B. Smith Date: 07/02/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 1745 POT |
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Name: Nathaniel Jones
Program: Exercise Science Dissertation Title: Potentiation of Muscle Twitch and Vertical Jump by Heavy Load Back Squats Major Professor: Dr. James Yates Date: 07/01/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: Seaton Bldg |
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Name: Alice Erickson
Program: Special Education Dissertation Title: A Survey of Supports Used by Women with Arthritis Over Age 50 to Maintain Employment Major Professor: Dr. Debra Harley Date: 06/30/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 236 Taylor Ed |
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Name: Megan Sampley
Program: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Dissertation Title: Glucose Regulation of Transcription in Pancreatic Beta-Cells Major Professor: Dr. Sabire Ozcan Date: 06/29/2009 Time: 9:30 AM Place: BBSRB |
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Name: Agnes Stairs
Program: Clinical Psychology Dissertation Title: Examining the Construct of Perfectionism: A Factor Analytic Study Major Professor: Dr. Gregory Smith Date: 06/26/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 206-A Kastle Hall |
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Name: Yi Jiang
Program: Plant Pathology Dissertation Title: Identification and Characterization of Host Factors Involved in Tombusvirus Replication Major Professor: Dr. Peter Nagy Date: 06/25/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 266 Plant Sci Bldg |
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Name: Janet Lines
Program: Microbiology Dissertation Title: The T Cell Response to Influenza Virus in Neonatal Mice Major Professor: Dr. Beth Garvy Date: 06/19/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: MN 463 |
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Name: Yongmei Pan
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Computational Modeling and Design of Protein Drugs for Anti-cocaine Therapuetics Major Professor: Dr. Chang-Guo Zhan Date: 06/17/2009 Time: 1:30 PM Place: 223 College of Pharmacy |
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Name: Jin Dai
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Preparation and Characterization of Blackberry Extracts and their Anticancer and Anti-inflammatory Properties Major Professor: Dr. Russell Mumper Date: 06/16/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 223 College of Pharmacy |
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Name: Xugang Guo
Program: Chemistry Dissertation Title: Imide-Functionalized Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis, Structure-Property and Device Studies Major Professor: Dr. Mark Watson Date: 06/15/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 137 Chemistry-Physics Bldg |
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Name: John Allen
Program: Geology Dissertation Title: Paleogeographic Reconstruction of the St. Lawrence Promontory, Western Newfoundland Major Professor: Dr. William Thomas Date: 06/12/2009 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 203 Slone Bldg |
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Name: Yushu Liu
Program: Statistics Dissertation Title: The Development and Comparison of PLS and OrPLS for Discrimination Major Professor: Dr. William Rayens Date: 06/10/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 853 POT |
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Name: Krasimira Rozenova
Program: Physiology Dissertation Title: Studies on the Role of Acid Sphingomyelinase and Ceramide in the Regulation of TACE Activity and TNF alpha Secretion by Macrophages Major Professor: Dr. Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian Date: 06/09/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: MN 463 |
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Name: Geraldine Reeves
Program: Nursing Dissertation Title: Heart Failure, Diabetes Mellitus, and Depressive Symptoms: The Convergence of Common Co-Morbidities Major Professor: Dr. Debra Moser Date: 06/05/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: College of Nursing |
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Name: Michelle Stephens
Program: Anatomy and Neurobiology Dissertation Title: Glutamate Regulation in the Hippocampal Trisynaptic Pathway in Aging and Status Epilepticus Major Professor: Dr. Greg Gerhardt Date: 06/03/2009 Time: 8:00 AM Place: MN 563 |
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Name: Qiang Zeng
Program: Materials Science and Engineering Dissertation Title: Evolution of Textures and Microstructures and its Effect on Mechanical Properties in Continuous Cast AA 3004 and 5052 Al Alloys Major Professor: Dr. Tongguang Zhai Date: 06/01/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 112 Raymond Bldg |
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Name: Ravindra Tejwani
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies of Partitioning and Transport Across Lipid Bilayer Membrane Major Professor: Dr. Bradley Anderson Date: 05/29/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 223 Pharmacy Building |
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Name: Mohammad Bani Ahmad
Program: Clincial Science Dissertation Title: The Role of Decay Accelerating Factor (DAF/CD55) in the Immunopathogenesis of Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection Major Professor: Dr. Oliver Oakley Date: 05/29/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: CTW #409 |
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Name: Ajay Makkuni
Program: Chemical Engineering Dissertation Title: Adsorbents for Aqueous and Vapor Phase Mercury Separation: Synthesis, Characterization and Mathematical Modeling Major Professor: Dr. Dibakar Bhattacharyya Date: 05/26/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 120 Raymond Bldg |
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Name: Mary Gieske
Program: Biology Dissertation Title: Mechanism of Estrogen/Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Priming the Pituitary for the Luteinizing Hormone Surge Major Professor: Dr. Chemyong Ko Date: 05/20/2009 Time: 5:00 PM Place: CTW 403 |
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Name: Karen Strand
Program: Educational Psychology Dissertation Title: Behavioral Affects of Consideration of Future Consequences and Time Perspective on Self-Regulation and Procrastination in Mastery and Performance Oriented College Students Major Professor: Dr. Lynley Anderman Date: 05/15/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 151 Taylor Ed |
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Name: Joel Kilty
Program: Mathematics Dissertation Title: Boundary Value Problems for Elliptic Systems on Lipschitz Domains Major Professor: Dr. Zhongwei Shen Date: 05/15/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: POT 745 |
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Name: Brian Mason
Program: Music Dissertation Title: A Performance Guide to the Music and Solo Improvisational Style of Dave Samuels Major Professor: Dr. James Campbell Date: 05/14/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: LCLI Study Room 5 |
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Name: Elizabeth Salt
Program: Nursing Dissertation Title: Medication Adherence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Major Professor: Dr. Ann Peden Date: 05/12/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 504 College of Nursing |
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Name: Stephanie Hyberger
Program: Educational and Counseling Psychology Dissertation Title: An Examination of Parental Closeness, Parental Monitoring, Relationship Quality, Dating Patterns, Alcohol Use, Marijuana Use, and Sexual Risk-Taking in Adolescence Major Professor: Dr. Rory Remer Date: 05/12/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: 245 Taylor Ed. |
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Name: Linda Kimsey
Program: Public Administration Dissertation Title: How Efficient are Military Hospitals? A Comparison of Technical Efficiency Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis Major Professor: Dr. John Scott Butler Date: 05/12/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 445 POT |
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Name: Rupak Dutta
Program: Physics Dissertation Title: Precision Study of Standard Model Corrections in Hadronic B Decays Major Professor: Dr. Susan Gardner Date: 05/11/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: CP 177 |
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Name: Agus Hudoyo
Program: Agricultural Economics Dissertation Title: The Production of Social Capital and Its Impact on Income: Using ZIP Code Area as Unit Analysis in Rural Area Kentucky Major Professor: Dr. David Debertin Date: 05/08/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 341 Barnhart Bldg. |
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Name: James Couch
Program: Counseling Psychology Dissertation Title: Exploring Lesbian and Gay Experiences with Individuals, Systems, and Environments: Patterns of Response to Heterosexist Prejudice and Discrimination Major Professor: Dr. Pam Remer Date: 05/08/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 151F Taylor Ed. Bldg. |
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Name: Anduamlak Meharie
Program: Anthropology Dissertation Title: Urban Development and Displacement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Impacts on Livelihoods and Social Relations in Yeka Tefo Community, with a Focus on Youth Major Professor: Dr. Peter Little Date: 05/08/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 104 Lafferty Hall |
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Name: Keneth Macpherson
Program: Geology Dissertation Title: Long-Period Ground Motions in the Upper Mississippi Embayment from Finite-Fault, Finite-Difference Simulations Major Professor: Dr. Edward Woolery Date: 05/08/2009 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 102 M&MR |
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Name: Meada Hall
Program: Special Education Dissertation Title: Training Parents to Use Constant Time Delay with a CD-ROM to Teach Their Children with a Disability to Prepare Recipes Major Professor: Dr. John Schuster Date: 05/07/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: 236 Taylor Ed. Bldg. |
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Name: Gabriel Briggs
Program: English Dissertation Title: The New Negro in the "Old" South Major Professor: Dr. Alan Nadel Date: 05/06/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: POT |
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Name: Kavita Bitra
Program: Entomology Dissertation Title: Functional Characterization of Nuclear Receptors and Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins Major Professor: Dr. Subba Palli Date: 05/06/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: S-201 ASCN |
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Name: Gilbert Singletary
Program: Educational Psychology Dissertation Title: An Exploratory Study that Examines Academic Achievement and Performance of Nontraditional Students Major Professor: Dr. Lynda Brown Wright Date: 05/05/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: 151 Taylor Ed. Bldg. |
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Name: Jill Day
Program: Kinesiology and Health Promotion Dissertation Title: Physical Activity, Body Composition, and Academic Performance in Rural Children Living in Eastern Kentucky Major Professor: Dr. John Hall Date: 05/05/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: 103 Seaton |
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Name: Nirmal Ravi
Program: Biomedical Engineering Dissertation Title: IGF-1 Plasmid-Releasing Scaffolds for Regeneration of Damaged Growth Plate Major Professor: Dr. David Puleo Date: 05/04/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: Wenner Gren Research lab |
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Name: Karen Derefinko
Program: Clinical Psychology Dissertation Title: Using the FFM to Understand and Integrate the Deficits of Psychopathy Major Professor: Dr. David Berry Date: 05/04/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 206A Kastle Hall |
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Name: Rong Chen
Program: Materials Science and Engineering Dissertation Title: Effects of Electric Current on the Impression Behavior of Solder Alloys Major Professor: Dr. Fuqian Yang Date: 05/04/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 120 Raymond Bldg. |
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Name: Andrea Smith
Program: Clinical Psychology Dissertation Title: The Culture Connection: Testing a Model of African American Attitudes Toward Mental Health Service Utilization Major Professor: Dr. Tamara Brown Date: 05/04/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: Kastle Hall |
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Name: Lauren Gudonis
Program: Clinical Psychology Dissertation Title: The Interaction Between Personality Traits and Contextual Disadvantage on Criminal Behavior: A Longitudinal Study of High-Risk Females Major Professor: Dr. Peter Giancola Date: 04/30/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: 207J Kastle Hall |
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Name: Christina Edwards
Program: Animal Sciences Dissertation Title: Identification and Characterization of the Glucagon-like Peptide-2 Hormonal System in Ruminants Major Professor: Dr. David Harmon Date: 04/29/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: N12 AGN |
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Name: Matthew Wells
Program: Mathematics Dissertation Title: Aspects of the Geometry of Metrical Connections Major Professor: Dr. Richard Millman Date: 04/27/2009 Time: 4:00 PM Place: POT 318 |
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Name: Johnathan Rogers
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: The Relationship of School Culture Indicators and Student Academic Success Major Professor: Dr. Charles Hausman Date: 04/23/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 122 TEB |
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Name: Elizabeth Holbrook
Program: Computer Science Dissertation Title: Satisfaction Assessment of Textual Software Engineering Artifacts Major Professor: Dr. Jane Hayes Date: 04/23/2009 Time: 12:30 PM Place: Hardmon 241 |
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Name: Xiaolong Deng
Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Planetary Atmospheres Major Professor: Dr. Raymond LeBeau Date: 04/23/2009 Time: 9:30 AM Place: 173 Anderson Building |
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Name: Jorge Figueroa-Magana
Program: Political Science Dissertation Title: The Role of Subnational Identities in Shaping Mass Attitudes Towards Economic Globalization and Neoliberal Reforms: The Case of the State of Yucatan Major Professor: Dr. Charles L. Davis Date: 04/23/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: 245 POT |
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Name: John Hairel
Program: Music Dissertation Title: The Wind Band Music of Eric Whitacre with an Analysis and Discussion of Three Choral Works Adapted for Wind Band Major Professor: Dr. J. Cody Birdwell Date: 04/23/2009 Time: 3:45 PM Place: LCLI 224 |
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Name: Darla Diltz
Program: Music Dissertation Title: The Hotel Casablanca: A Biographical and Contextual Genesis of a New American Opera Major Professor: Dr. Noemi Lugo Date: 04/23/2009 Time: 8:00 AM Place: LCLI 224 |
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Name: Christopher Strange
Program: Music Dissertation Title: Two Solos by Hank Mobley Major Professor: Dr. Miles Osland Date: 04/22/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: 4 Fine Arts Library |
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Name: Tonja Fisher
Program: Entomology Dissertation Title: Identification and Analysis of Uncharacterized Open Reading Frames in campoletis sonorensis Genome Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Webb Date: 04/22/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 301 ASCN |
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Name: Tien Mun Yee
Program: Civil Engineering Dissertation Title: Three-Dimensional Free Surface Non-Hydrostatic Modeling of Plunging Water Wtih Turbulence and Air Entrained Transport Major Professor: Dr. Scott Yost Date: 04/22/2009 Time: 8:30 AM Place: 120 OHR |
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Name: Liecheng Sun
Program: Civil Engineering Dissertation Title: Analytical Strip Method of Antisymmetric Laminated Plates Major Professor: Dr. Issam Harik Date: 04/22/2009 Time: 12:30 PM Place: 173 Ralph Anderson Bldg. |
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Name: Stephanie Lang
Program: History Dissertation Title: Selling the Mountains: The Broad Form Deed and the Economic, Social and Legal Transformation of Eastern Kentucky, 1880-1930 Major Professor: Dr. Ronald Eller Date: 04/22/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 1745 POT |
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Name: Ryan Spangler
Program: Hispanic Studies Dissertation Title: The Religion of Poetry: An Evaluation of the Spiritual Crisis in the Poetry of Jose Marti Major Professor: Dr. Enrico Mario Santi Date: 04/21/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: POT 1145 |
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Name: Michael Sander
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: CATS as a Predictor of Student Success in Post-Secondary Education Major Professor: Dr. Charles Hausman Date: 04/21/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 245 Taylor Ed. Bldg. |
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Name: Joseph Carucci
Program: Music Dissertation Title: The Contribution of Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band to the Jazz Tradition Major Professor: Dr. Miles Osland Date: 04/20/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: Niles Study Room |
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Name: Kelly Kleinhans
Program: Rehabilitation Sciences Dissertation Title: Written Descriptions: An Individualized Method for Interpreting Unfamiliar Communicative Acts Major Professor: Dr. Judith Page Date: 04/20/2009 Time: 8:00 AM Place: 102-A College of Nursing |
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Name: Goce Andrevski
Program: Business Administration Dissertation Title: Competitive Strategy, Alliance Network Structure, and Firm Performance Major Professor: Dr. Walter Ferrier Date: 04/20/2009 Time: 9:30 AM Place: B&E 253 |
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Name: Duy Hinh Khieu
Program: Business Administration Dissertation Title: The Determinants of Bank Loan Recovery Rates Major Professor: Dr. Donald Mullineaux Date: 04/20/2009 Time: 4:00 PM Place: B&E 446 |
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Name: Hannah Freeman
Program: English Dissertation Title: Phantasmatic Pastoral: Landscape and Consciousness in Nineteenth-Century Britih Women's Writing Major Professor: Dr. Ellen Rosenman Date: 04/17/2009 Time: 10:30 AM Place: 1345 POT |
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Name: Kristin Kant
Program: Antrhopology Dissertation Title: Painting the Mountains: An Investigation of Tourist Art in North America Major Professor: Dr. Mary Anglin Date: 04/17/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: Lafferty 104 |
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Name: James Monaghan
Program: Biology Dissertation Title: Physiological Genomics of Spinal Cord and Limb Regeneration in a Salamander, the Mexican Axoloti Major Professor: Dr. S. Randal Voss Date: 04/17/2009 Time: 11:15 AM Place: Morgan Building 107 |
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Name: Audrey Scarlata
Program: Business Administration Dissertation Title: Can XBRL Improve Financial Analysis? The Joint Effects of Technology and Knowledge on Decision Performance Major Professor: Dr. Dan Stone Date: 04/17/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 352 B&E |
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Name: Eun Hae Kim
Program: Music Dissertation Title: Bartok and Nature: An Imaginative Reading of Representation in Selected Piano Pieces Major Professor: Dr. Alan Hersh Date: 04/16/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: Fine Arts Library Room 2 |
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Name: Alicestyne Adams
Program: History Dissertation Title: Spirited Away: Black Evangelicals and the Gospel of Freedom, 1790-1890 Major Professor: Dr. Ronald Eller Date: 04/16/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: 1745 POT |
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Name: Kevin Ford
Program: Exercise Science Dissertation Title: Changes in Longitudinally Assessed Biomechanical Parameters Related to Increased Risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries in Adolescent Female and Male Athletes Major Professor: Dr. Robert Shapiro Date: 04/16/2009 Time: 2:00 PM Place: 103 SB |
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Name: David Hollingsworth
Program: History Dissertation Title: Political Piety: Evangelicals and the American Revolution in South Carolina and Georgia Major Professor: Dr. Daniel B. Smith Date: 04/16/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 1745 POT |
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Name: Lee Roher
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: The Relationship Between the Degree of Participation in Online Embedded Professional Development for High School Mathematics Teachers and Student Achievement Gains in College Algebra Major Professor: Dr. Douglas Smith Date: 04/16/2009 Time: 1:30 PM Place: ITC 151-F |
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Name: Arwa Abu Khweek
Program: Microbiology Dissertation Title: Structure Function Analysis of HmsH-A beta-barrel Outer Membrane Protein Essential for Plague Biofilm Formation Major Professor: Dr. Robert Perry Date: 04/16/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: MN 263 |
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Name: Douglas Drewek
Program: Music Dissertation Title: It Could Happen to You: A Study of the Unaccompanied Solo Improvisations of Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins Major Professor: Dr. Miles Osland Date: 04/15/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: 209 Lucille Little Library |
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Name: Laura Stephenson
Program: Gerontology Dissertation Title: Civic Engagement of Elders: Influence of Generativity and Gerotranscendence throughout the Life Course Major Professor: Dr. Pamela Teaster Date: 04/15/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: 405 Wethington |
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Name: Mario Garcia
Program: Music (Voice Performance) Dissertation Title: How Patriotism and War Influenced English Song Literature by George Butterworth, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten Major Professor: Dr. Noemi Lugo Date: 04/14/2009 Time: 4:30 PM Place: Little Library, Room 5 |
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Name: Tricia Brown
Program: Mathematics Dissertation Title: Rees Products of Posets and Inequalities Major Professor: Dr. Margaret Readdy Date: 04/14/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: POT 745 |
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Name: Vasile-Gilbert Lepadatu
Program: Philosophy Dissertation Title: Early Heidegger's Transition from Life to Being Major Professor: Dr. Ronald Bruzina Date: 04/14/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 121 Hardymon |
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Name: Brian Wortham
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Polyamines in Yersinia pestis: Roles in Biofilm Formation and Analogue Antimicrobial Activity Major Professor: Dr. Hsin-Hsiung Tai Date: 04/14/2009 Time: 10:30 AM Place: 115 Nursing |
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Name: Karl Persson
Program: Computer Science Dissertation Title: A Protocol Suite for Wireless Personal Area Networks Major Professor: Dr. D. Manivannan Date: 04/14/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 241 Hardymon |
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Name: Emily Lykins
Program: Clinical Psychology Dissertation Title: Effects of Mindfulness and Meditation Experience on Cognitive and Emotional Functioning and Ego Depletion Major Professor: Dr. Ruth Baer Date: 04/13/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 207-I Kastle Hall |
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Name: Maureen Dwyer
Program: Rehabilitation Sciences Dissertation Title: The Role of the Hip Abductor Muscle Complex in the Function of the Pathological Hip Joint Major Professor: Dr. Carl Mattacola Date: 04/13/2009 Time: 12:30 PM Place: CON 102A |
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Name: Xiaowei Dong
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Lipid-based Paclitaxel and Doxorubicin Nanoparticles to Overcome P-gp-mediated Drug Resistance in Solid Tumors Major Professor: Dr. Russell Mumper Date: 04/13/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 223 College of Pharmacy |
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Name: Eric Kahn
Program: Mathematics Dissertation Title: The Generalized Burnside and Representation Rings Major Professor: Dr. Marian Anton Date: 04/13/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: CB 212 |
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Name: Rebecca Gilbertson
Program: Experimental Psychology Dissertation Title: Neurocognitive Functioning in Detoxified Substance Dependent Individuals: The Role of Nicotine and HPA Axis Function Major Professor: Dr. Sara Jo Nixon Date: 04/10/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 206-A Kastle Hall |
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Name: Jessica Cunningham
Program: Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation Dissertation Title: Investigating the Application of Rasch Theory in Measuring Change in Middle School Student Performance in Physical Science Major Professor: Dr. Kelly Bradley Date: 04/10/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: DH 109 |
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Name: Michael Yonchak
Program: Music Dissertation Title: Rehearsal Strategies and Stylistic Interpretations to Three Works for Wind Ensembles by Frank Zappa Major Professor: Dr. John Birdwell Date: 04/08/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: Niles Gallery Study Room |
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Name: Stewart Thompson
Program: Family Studies Dissertation Title: Promises We Have Kept: Using Grounded Theory Methodology to Understand the Backgrounds, Antecedents and Characteristics of Caucasian Low-Income Parents' Healthy Marriages Major Professor: Dr. Donna Smith Date: 04/07/2009 Time: 3:00 PM Place: 316 Funkhouser |
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Name: Oleksandr Zelyak
Program: Physics Dissertation Title: Persistent Currents and Quantum Critical Phenomena in Mesoscopic Physics Major Professor: Dr. Ganpathy Murthy Date: 04/07/2009 Time: 12:30 PM Place: CP 357 |
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Name: Elizabeth Roland
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: An Exploratory Study of High School Students' Conceptions of Atomic and Cellular Structure and Relationships between Atoms and Cells Major Professor: Dr. J. Truman Stevens Date: 04/06/2009 Time: 2:30 PM Place: 151F Taylor Ed. Building |
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Name: Paige Lush
Program: Music Dissertation Title: Music and Identity in Circuit Chautauqua: 1904-1932 Major Professor: Dr. Ronald Pen Date: 04/03/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: Niles Study Room, Little Library |
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Name: Justin Balko
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: The Pharmacogenomics of EGFR-dependent NSCLC: Predicting and Enhancing Response to Targeted EGFR Therapy Major Professor: Dr. Esther Black Date: 04/03/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: PH206, COP |
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Name: Jon Fulkerson
Program: Business Administration (Finance) Dissertation Title: An Anlaysis of Alternate Portfolio Return Decomposition Methods Major Professor: Dr. Bradford D. Jordan Date: 04/03/2009 Time: 12:30 PM Place: B&E 446 |
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Name: Walter Bower
Program: Sociology Dissertation Title: A Congregational Study of a Changing Religious Ecology in an Urban Neighborhood: A Racially Homogeneous African American/Multiracial Church Comparison Major Professor: Dr. Dwight Billings Date: 04/01/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: POT 245 |
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Name: Tedrin Lindsay
Program: Music Dissertation Title: The Development of a Core Repertoire of American Operas by New York City Opera and the Ford Foundation, 1957-1960 Major Professor: Dr. Diana Hallman Date: 03/30/2009 Time: 12:00 noon Place: Fine Arts Library, Study Room 5 |
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Name: Firas Jarrar
Program: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Simulation and Optimization of Super Plastic Forming (SPF) and Quick Plastic Forming (QPF) of Lightweight Alloys Major Professor: Dr. Marwan Khraisheh Date: 03/30/2009 Time: 12:00 noon Place: CRMS 220K |
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Name: Michelle Estis
Program: Clinical Psychology Dissertation Title: Effect of Comorbidity on the Performance of Children with ADHD on the Conners' Continuous Performance Test Major Professor: Dr. David Berry Date: 03/27/2009 Time: 11:30 AM Place: 210 Kastle Hall |
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Name: Fabien Tondel
Program: Agricultural Economics Dissertation Title: International Trade and Industrial Geography Major Professor: Dr. David Freshwater Date: 03/27/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 341 Barnhart Bldg. |
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Name: William Weathers
Program: Communication Dissertation Title: Systematically Transformed Self-Efficacy in Narratives of Recovery from Alcoholism Major Professor: Dr. Nancy Harrington Date: 03/25/2009 Time: 12:00 PM Place: 117 Grehan Building |
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Name: Julie Oestreich
Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dissertation Title: Variability in ADP-Mediated Platelet Response Major Professor: Dr. Wendell Akers Date: 03/25/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: COP 223 |
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Name: Lise Solberg Nes
Program: Clinical Psychology Dissertation Title: Self-Regulatory Deficits in Fibromyalgia and Temporomandibular Disorders Major Professor: Dr. Suzanne Segerstrom Date: 03/25/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 207 Kastle Hall |
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Name: Barbara Sharanowski
Program: Entomology Dissertation Title: Hymenopteran Molecular Phylogenetics: From Apocrita to Braconidae (Ichneumonoidea) Major Professor: Dr. Michael Sharkey Date: 03/25/2009 Time: 1:00 PM Place: 201 ASCN |
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Name: Katherine J. Smith
Program: Experimental Psychology Dissertation Title: Novel Mechanisms of Ethanol Neurotoxicity: Dysfunction of Tubulin Polymerization and Microtubule Associated Proteins Immunoreactivity in Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures Major Professor: Dr. Mark Prendergast Date: 03/23/2009 Time: 11:00 AM Place: 413 BBSRB |
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Name: Francis O'Hara
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: Kentucky's Response to the Vocational Education Act of 1963: Leadership for the Development of a Unique System of Secondary Area Technology Centers Major Professor: Dr. Joyce Logan Date: 03/23/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Joyce Velez
Program: Toxicology Dissertation Title: Chemotherapeutic Toxicity in Cardiac and Neuronal Tissue: P53 and Oxidative Stress - An Insight Major Professor: Dr. Daret K. St.Clair Date: 03/20/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: MN 463 |
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Name: Chad Morris
Program: Anthropology Dissertation Title: Assessing Factors Influencing Participation and Dissemination in Community-Based Public Health Coalitions: An Exploration of Social Change Major Professor: Dr. John van Willigen Date: 03/13/2009 Time: 8:30 AM Place: 104 Lafferty Hall |
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Name: Anthony Donkor
Program: Instruction and Administration Dissertation Title: Parental Involvement in Education in Ghana: The Case of the Hope International School Major Professor: Dr. Lars Bjork Date: 03/13/2009 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 109 Dickey Hall |
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Name: Michael Woodman
Program: Microbiology Dissertation Title: Immune System Mechanisms Involved in the Clearance of Borrelia Species During Mammalian Infection Major Professor: Dr. Brian Stevenson Date: 03/12/2009 Time: 9:00 AM Place: MN 363 |
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