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, 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
Friday, March 28, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Henry Hane
Harameeji Jeeɗiɗi: A Paradigm that is salient in everyday speech yet lost in practice
Virtual
Chair: Brendan Maxcy, Ph.D., 573-356-7241
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Liberal Arts
American Studies
Allison Leigh Luthe
An ethnographic study of black teenagers, gun violence, and the youth control complex in Indianapolis Cavanaugh Hall 537
Co Chairs: Joseph Tucker Edmonds, Ph.D., 317-274-7366; Susan Hyatt, Ph.D., 317-278-4548
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Medical Neuroscience
Olivia Kay Murray
Sex differences in risky decision-making neural processing and its link to problematic substance use in adolescents at risk for substance use disorders
Goodman Hall 1030
Chair: Karmen Yoder, Ph.D., 317-963-7507
Monday, April 7, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Philanthropy
Philanthropic Studies
Cathie Marie Carrigan
The emergence of China-U.S. giving in the twenty-first century: The role of elite training programs
Virtual
Co-Chairs: Katherine Badertscher, Ph.D., 317-278-8950; Sara Konrath, Ph.D., 317-278-8950
Monday, April 7, 2025, 1:30 p.m.
IU School of Public Health
Epidemiology
Zeina Dardari
Obesity severity phenotypes, relevant biomarkers, and cardiovascular disease: The Cross-Cohort Collaboration (CCC)
RG 6040
Chair: Jianjun Zhang, Ph.D., 317-274-4287
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
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
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
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