Upcoming Announcements
This list of scheduled Ph.D. dissertation defenses is posted so that faculty and others may attend the defense. If you wish to attend, please contact the committee chair in advance as a courtesy.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Christopher Jon Borchers
Development and application of in vivo protein labeling methods in Caenorhabditis elegans
R3 C203
Chair: Scott T. Aoki, Ph.D., 317-278-3465
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Cellular & Integrative Physiology
Nipuni Punsara Barupala
Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) signaling in Hepatic Stellate Cells (HSCs) as a key regulator of liver fibrosis
MS 326
Chair: Jessica Maiers, Ph.D., 317-274-3514
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Public Health
Health Policy & Management
Katie S Allen
Barriers to trust in the utilization of health related social needs data from the electronic health record
RG 6040
Chair: Josh Vest, Ph.D., 317-278-8410
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Science
Clinical Psychology
Emily Logan Bass
Decisional capacity in psychiatric inpatient settings: Understanding and addressing key barriers to shared decision making
Virtual
Chair: Kyle Minor, Ph.D., 317-274-2933
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Social Work
Social Work
Tamra Olivia Wright
Exploring the lived experiences of social workers in juvenile justice settings: A hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry grounded in Ricoeur's interpretive framework
Virtual
Co-Chairs: Margaret Adamek, Ph.D., 317-274-6730; Carol Hostetter, Ph.D., 812-855-6093
Thursday, June 12, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Megan Elizabeth Kruskie
Exploring sources of first- and second-year medical student perceptions of the ideal physician
MS 122A
Chair: Andrew Deane, Ph.D., 317-274-7802
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Nursing
Nursing Science
Lisa Michelle Weindorf
Clinical preceptorship of nursing students at an academic hospital in Kenya: A descriptive study of preceptor contributions and student perspectives
Virtual
Chair: Deanna Reising, Ph.D., 812-855-1728
Friday, June 20, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Health & Human Sciences
Health & Rehab Science
Stephanie L Bartlett
The adaptation and validation of best case/worst case acute ischemic stroke: A communication tool for neurologists to use with hospitalized patients and families
Rotary Building 121
Chair: Amber Comer, Ph.D., 317-278-1026
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Philanthropy
Philanthropic Studies
Barbara Jean Duffy
Political learning in nonprofit human service organizations
Virtual
Chair: Lehn Benjamin, Ph.D., 317-278-8906
Friday, June 27, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Science
Applied Earth Sciences
Na Qiao
Fog and rainfall effects on vegetation in a foggy desert
SL 085
Chair: Lixin Wang, Ph.D., 317-274-7764
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Science
Physics
Brenden Rodney Glover
Dynamics of time-delay coupled opto-electronic oscillators
LD 137
Co-Chairs: Gautam Vemuri, Ph.D., 317-274-0002; Yogesh Joglekar, Ph.D., 317-274-6911