DISSERTATIONS DEFENDED
Art History and Archaeology
Beach, Caitlin. Sculpture, slavery, and commerce in the nineteenth-century Atlantic World. Sponsor: Elizabeth Hutchinson.
Biological Sciences
Bendebury, Anastasia. Phenazine homeostasis in pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Sponsor: Lars Dietrich.
Biomedical Engineering
Spasic, Milos. Targeting primary cilia-mediated mechanotransduction to promote whole bone formation. Sponsor: Christopher Jacobs.
Computer Science
Petsios, Theofilos. Compiler-assisted adaptive software testing. Sponsor: Steven Bellovin.
Epidemiology
Armstrong, Hilary. An investigation into the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for improving low lung function and pulmonary exacerbations. Sponsor: Sharon Schwartz.
Work, Meghan. Breast cancer risk factors and associations with breast cancer tumor characteristics in high risk populations. Sponsor: Mary Beth Terry.
Mathematics
Venkatesh, Saraswathi. Completed symplectic cohomology and liouville cobordisms. Sponsors: Mohammed Abouzaid and John Morgan.
Physics
Gong, Zizhou. Muon spin relaxation study of MnGe and development of pair distribution function methods. Sponsor: Yasutomo Uemura.
Political Science
Yu, Tinghua. Essays on information revelation in political organizations. Sponsor: John Huber.
TC / Politics and Education
Houston, David. Public opinion and the public schools: Three essays on Americans' education policy preferences. Sponsor: Jeffrey Henig.
TC / Social-Organizational Psychology
Drinka, Ginevra. Learning agility and performance: An antecedent model. Sponsor: Wyatt Burke.
DISSERTATION PROPOSALS FILED
Anthropology
Casey, Clare. Becoming transgender: A proposal for multi-sited ethnography.
Architecture
Barker, Christopher. 'Architecture of democracy': The development of community design centers, c.1963-1978.
Art History and Archaeology
Barnard, Bailey. About face?: Variety and multiplicity in Hellenistic royal portraits.
Kim, Jeewon. Challenging and preserving the empire: Korean "Western-style" painting, 1930s-1950s.
Levine, Adam. Flemish Ursuline reliquaries and their reception in sixteenth-century imperial Spain.
Marshall, Janina. Ericka Beckman: Dreamwork and the emergence of pictures.
Soley, Teresa. Tomb sculpture and the Portuguese Renaissance, c. 1460 - c. 1570.
Zhu, Cathy. Bornina golden light: Images of omens and imperial ambitions in the southern Song Dynasty.
Biomedical Engineering
Shaik, Mohammed. Evaluating endothelial function during neurovascular coupling in awake behaving mice using advanced imaging technologies.
Spasic, Milos. Targeting primary cilia-mediated mechanotransduction to promote whole bone formation.
Business
Chun, Jinseok. Social comparison in performance appraisal.
Lu, Guannan. Global leader or cultural outsider? The divergent effects of international experiences on leadership effectiveness vs. leadership selection.
English and Comparative Literature
Pawel, Rebecca. African American writers encounter Spain.
Sack, Graham. Generative humanities: Simulating the mechanics of narrative and culture.
History
Kideckel, Michael. Fresh from the factory: Breakfast cereal, natural food, and the marketing of reform, 1890-1920.
Political Science
McAlexander, Richard. The politics of anticolonial resistance: Violence, nonviolence, and the end of empire.
Mueser, Benjamin. The concept of territorial right.
Psychology
Barulli, Daniel. Strategic flexibility and fluid reasoning in healthy aging adults.
Conley, Mark. Motivational influences on the American gun rights debate.
Schneider, Claudia. Motivating prosocial behavior: The potential of positive feelings about the self.
Urban Planning
Hagen, Jonas. Calming New York: An examination of neighborhood slow zones.