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, April 17, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Erin Kathleen Sanborn
Go with me on this journey: The figured world of equity-oriented white women educators
Virtual
Chair: James Joseph Scheurich, Ph.D., 979-492-9491
Monday, April 21, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Kaylee Rae Jacobs
Identification of determinants that mediate Chlamydia muridarum tissue topism
R3 C203
Chair: David Nelson, Ph.D., 317-274-2813
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Monica Philomena Barron
Thermodynamic and structural investigations of protein mutations using ^-dynamics
MS B26
Chair: Jonah Vilseck, Ph.D., 317-274-9626
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Liberal Arts
American Studies
Benjamin James Clark
White supremacy and the slow violence of environmental racism: An Indianapolis case study
UL 4115T
Chair: Jason Kelley, Ph.D., 317-274-1689
Friday, May 2, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Leslie Elaine Wagner
Beta cell heterogeneity in the acute interferon alpha response
MS B026
Chair: Amelia Linnemann, Ph.D., 317-278-3738
Friday, May 2, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing & Engineering
Bioinformatics
Hunter Mathias Gill
Developing interpretable data mining frameworks for addressing biomedical challenges in genomics and imaging
ICTC 497
Chair: Sarath Chandra Janga, Ph.D., 317-278-4147
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
IU School of Nursing
Nursing Science
Oladele Oladimeji Oyedele
Spirituality in adolescents and young adults with cancer: A qualitative descriptive study
NU 400 B/C & via Microsoft Teams
Chair: Rebecca J. Bartlett Ellis, Ph.D., 317-274-0047
Friday, May 9, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Philanthropy
Philanthropic Studies
Anastesia Ayondu Okaomee
Alumni citizenship behavior (ACB): Understanding its antecedents, dimensions, mechanisms and consequences
3011 University Hall & Virtual
Co-Chairs: Genevieve G. Shaker, Ph.D., 317-278-1058; Katherine Badertscher, Ph.D., 317-278-8950
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Liberal Arts
Health Communication
Persis Ayeh
"Ride the Wave and Keep Your Head Above It": An exploratory study of social support and advocacy among Black/African American caregivers of adult Sickle Cell Disease patients
Cavanaugh Hall Room 429
Chair: Katharine J. Head, Ph.D., 317-278-3760
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