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.
Wednesday, February 19, 20225, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Liberal Arts
Health Communication
Anne Louise Myers
Family communication about end-of-life decisions
CA 008H
Chair: Elizabeth Goering, Ph.D., 317-278-3136
Thursday, February 20, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
HR Sagara Wijeratne
Genetic and functional dissection of neurodegeneration: Multiomic analysis of genetic risk variants in pontocerebellar hypoplasia 1B & Alzheimer's Disease
MS 326
Co-Chairs: Amber Mosley, Ph.D., 317-278-2350; Jungsu Kim, Ph.D., 317-278-6351
Friday, February 21, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Pharmacology
James Alan Blauwkamp
Big discoveries in small parasitea: Expansion microscopy reveals Plasmodium's hidden biology
R3 C203
Chair: Sabrina Absalon, Ph.D., 317-274-7844
Monday, February 24, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Science
Biology
Jared Richard Thomas
Sensory neuron development and skeletal deficits in Down Syndrome
TBD
Chair: Randall J Roper, Ph.D., 317-274-8131
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Anthony Michael Cannon
IL-9 intrinsically alters gene expression and chromatin structure in pulmonary macrophages to enhance lung tumor growth
R3 203
Chair: Mark H Kaplan, Ph.D., 317-278-3696
Friday, February 28, 2025
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Henry Hane
Harameeji Jeedidi: A paradigm that is salient in everyday speech yet lost in practice
Virtual
Chair: Brendan Maxcy, Ph.D., 573-356-7241
Monday, March 3, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
Herron School of Art & Design
Music Technology
Christopher Stephen Dobbs
Constructivist hardware pedagogy in an electronic music history curriculum
IT 071
Chair: Michael Drews, Ph.D., 317-278-4138
Monday, March 10, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Madeline Brandi Mason
Leadership in red, blue, and white
Virtual
Chair: James Scheurich, Ph.D., 979-492-9491
Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Surabhi D Abhyankar
Retinal and muller cell dysfunction in APOE4-knock in mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Room GK103
Chair: Ashay Bhatwadekar, Ph.D., 317-278-5075
Thursday, March 13, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Elizabeth Michelle Fusco
Characterizing the formation and functionality of immune memory cells in response to Plasmodium infection
R3 203
Chair: Nathan W Schmidt, Ph.D., 317-278-5701
Monday, March 17, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Science
Applied Earth Sciences
Fotios Fouskas
On the Biogeochemistry of Modern Euxinia: from the origin and controls of sulfurization pathways to trace elements as indicators of environmental changes
SL 118A
Chair: William P. Gilhooly III, Ph.D., 317-278-6319
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Dentistry
Dental Science
Giovanna Correa Denucci
Non-carious cervical lesions: Bibliometric insights, detection tehnology, simulation models and prevention strategy
DS 114
Chair: Anderson Hara, Ph.D., 317-278-0577
Monday, March 24, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Joseph L Feldman
Toward systemically trauma-informed education: The introduction of a healing-centered multi-tiered system of supports framework
Virtual
Chair: James Scheurich, Ph.D., 979-492-9491
Thursday, March 27, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Medical Neuroscience
Gabriella Douglass Hartman
Elucidating the role of Ref-1 in retinal neovascularization
NB 101 & Virtual
Chair: Karmen Yoder, Ph.D., 317-963-7507