Eutherian biogeography and biostratigraphy during the Puercan North American Land Mammal Age (Paleocene, earliest Danian): Problems and potential solutions
Student:
Silviria, Jason
Location:
Northrop Hall, Room 105
Time:
9:00 am
Department:
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Committee Chair:
Myers, Corinne
Committee Members:
Moore, Jason
Weissmann, Gary
Williamson, Thomas
Dissertation Title:
Found in Space: The Healing Potential of a Spatial Language Performance Task in
the Educational Assessment of Second Language Learners of English:
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Student:
Metheny, Susan
Location:
Humanities Room 520
Time:
10:30 am
Department:
Lang Literacy Sociocultural LL
Committee Chair:
Axelrod, Melissa
Committee Members:
Celedon-Pattichis, Sylvia
Maalej, Zouhair
Mahn, Holbrook
Wilcox, Phyllis
Dissertation Title:
Beach Bodies: Gender and the Beach in American Culture, 1880???1940
Student:
Depond, Margaret
Location:
Mesa Vista 1104
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
History
Committee Chair:
Scharff, Virginia
Committee Members:
Ball, Larry
Cahill, Cathleen
Withycombe, Shannon
Thesis Title:
"Toward a Nuevomexicana Consciousness: An Exploration of Identity through Education Manifested In a Colonial History"
Student:
Avila, Mercedes
Location:
Technology and Education Center, Room TEC 180
Time:
3:00 pm
Department:
Lang Literacy Sociocultural LL
Committee Chair:
Trinidad, Ruth
Committee Members:
Gomez, Myrriah
Lopez Leiva, Carlos
Dissertation Title:
Ananke
Student:
Arduini, Viola
Location:
Art 304
Time:
3:00 pm
Department:
Art Art History
Committee Chair:
Hart-Mann, Jeanette
Committee Members:
Harris, Catherine
Hernandez, Raymond
Montgomery, Robert
Polli, Andrea
April 23, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Subjective Cognitive Complaints, Affective Distress, and Objective Cognitive Performance in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Student:
Seaman, Brandi
Location:
Logan Hall
Time:
10:30 am
Department:
Psychology
Committee Chair:
Yeo, Ronald
Committee Members:
Campbell, Richard
Cavanagh, James
Verney, Steven
Dissertation Title:
The History of Admixture in African Americans
Student:
Gross, Jessica
Location:
Anthropology room 248
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
AS Anthropology
Committee Chair:
Edgar, Heather
Committee Members:
Klimentidis, Yann
Nelson, Sherry
Prior, David
April 24, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Nonpolar GaN-Based VCSELs with Lattice-Matched Nanoporous Distributed Bragg Reflector Mirrors
Student:
Mishkat Ul Masabih, Saadat
Location:
Center for High Technology Materials Rm-101
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
*Interdisciplinary:Engineering
Committee Chair:
Feezell, Daniel
Committee Members:
Balakrishnan, Ganesh
Han, Sang
Luk, Ting S Willie
Dissertation Title:
Promotional Campaigns in the Era of Social Platforms
Student:
Abu-El-Rub, Noor
Location:
FEC 3100
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
Computer Science
Committee Chair:
Mueen, Abdullah
Committee Members:
Crandall, Jedidiah
Saia, Jared
Waitman, Lemuel
Dissertation Title:
Trends in Health, Stress, and Migration in the pre-contact Southwest United States
Student:
O'Donnell, Alexis
Location:
ANTH 248
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
AS Anthropology
Committee Chair:
Crown, Patricia
Committee Members:
Buikstra, Jane E
Edgar, Heather
Pearson, Osbjorn
Dissertation Title:
The Interaction of Domain-initial Effects with Lexical Stress: Acoustic Data from English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Student:
de Souza, Ricardo
Location:
hum 134
Time:
5:00 pm
Department:
AS Linguistics
Committee Chair:
Smith, Caroline
Committee Members:
Bybee, Joan
Cho, Taehong
Koops, Christian
April 25, 2019
Dissertation Title:
A Biocultural Examination of Health Risk among New Mexicans of Spanish-speaking Descent
Student:
Mosley, Carmen
Location:
Ortega Hall Rm 335 (Reading Room)
Time:
9:30 am
Department:
AS Anthropology
Committee Chair:
Edgar, Heather
Committee Members:
Hunley, Keith
Thompson, Melissa
Trujillo, Michael
Thesis Title:
A New Theory of Musical Semiotics
Student:
Stanley, Matthew
Location:
University of New Mexico
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
Music
Committee Chair:
Hermann, Richard
Committee Members:
Bashwiner, David
Klein, Michael
Thesis Title:
Effects of chemogenetic inhibition of ventral hippocampal glutamatergic neurons on anxiety-like defensive responsivity in male Long-Evans hooded rats
Student:
Olguin, Carlos
Location:
Logan Hall
Time:
2:30 pm
Department:
Psychology
Committee Chair:
Pentkowski, Nathan
Committee Members:
Brigman, Jonathan
Clark, Benjamin
Dissertation Title:
675 Days: The Stories Queer Kids Tell Themselves
Student:
Peterson, Hayley
Location:
HUM 108
Time:
3:00 pm
Department:
English
Committee Chair:
Martin, Gregory
Committee Members:
Centofante, Ruth
Chavez, Lisa
Clark, Marisa
Shigekuni, Julie
April 26, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Reflected Dispositions
Student:
Hedum, Taylor
Location:
CFA 1020
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Art Art History
Committee Chair:
Babcock, Ellen
Committee Members:
Hernandez, Raymond
Ho, Szu-Han
Valdes, Claudia
Dissertation Title:
Ethnic identity and genetic ancestry in New Mexicans of Spanish-speaking descent
Student:
Healy, Meghan
Location:
Hibben Center for Archaeology Research Rm 125
Time:
10:30 am
Department:
AS Anthropology
Committee Chair:
Hunley, Keith
Committee Members:
Edgar, Heather
Gonzales, Phillip
Klimentidis, Yann
Dissertation Title:
The Collison Floating Evaporation Pan: Design, Validation, and Comparison.
Student:
Collison, Jacob
Location:
Centennial Engineering Center, 3031
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
*Interdisciplinary:Engineering
Committee Chair:
Stone, Mark
Committee Members:
Boll, Jan
Coonrod, Julia
Gonzalez-Pinzon, Ricardo
Dissertation Title:
American Yogi
Student:
Wassan, Lydia
Location:
Humanities 324
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
English
Committee Chair:
Martin, Gregory
Committee Members:
Chavez, Lisa
Jussawalla, Feroza
Mueller, Daniel
Vizcaino-Aleman, Melina
Dissertation Title:
THE SWEET TALE: A PILOT STUDY OF AN INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE HEALTH COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN USING POSITIVE DEVIANCE TO HIGHLIGHT COMMUNICATIVE
ACTS THAT LEAD TO EFFECTIVE
MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES AMONG HISPANICS
Student:
Boyd, Claudia
Location:
Communication and Journalism UNM
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
Communication Journalism
Committee Chair:
White, Judith
Committee Members:
Avila, Magdalena
DeMaria, Jaelyn
Singhal, Arvind
Dissertation Title:
???What's with what???s her name? Siri, call so and so... Can't you use your own hands!???? Older Adult Perspectives on the Roles Communication Technology and Physical Activity Play in Their Aging Experiences
Student:
West, Andrew
Location:
CJ 121
Time:
2:30 pm
Department:
Communication Journalism
Committee Chair:
Ginossar, Tamar
Committee Members:
Hess, Julia
Hong, Yangsun
Weiss, David
White, Judith
Dissertation Title:
Prescription of opioids to youth 2005-2016: An examination of trends, patient characteristics, and outcomes through 12 months
Student:
Pielech, Melissa
Location:
Logan 226
Time:
3:15 pm
Department:
Psychology
Committee Chair:
Vowles, Kevin
Committee Members:
Groenwald, Cornelius
Palermo, Tonya
Rivers, William
Witkiewitz, Katie A
April 29, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Attitudinal, Environmental, and Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy
Student:
Mamkhezri, Jamal
Location:
Economics Dept, Room 1015
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
AS Economics
Committee Chair:
Chermak, Janie
Committee Members:
Berrens, Robert
Cartwright, Katie
Cummings, Ronald
Thacher, Jennifer
Dissertation Title:
A Dialectical Relational Analysis of TESOL Quarterly 2006 Special Issue on Race: Discourse, Race, and White Supremacist Ideology
Student:
Looney, Ginger
Location:
Hokona Hall 200
Time:
12:00 pm
Department:
Lang Literacy Sociocultural LL
Committee Chair:
Sims, Christine
Committee Members:
Chamcharatsri, Pisarn
Martinez Guillem, Susana
Scherba de Valenzuela, Julia
Dissertation Title:
self-assembly, integration, characterizations and applications of plasmonic and excitonic nanomaterials
Student:
Kafle, Bijesh
Location:
Clark 214A
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Chemistry
Committee Chair:
Habteyes, Terefe
Committee Members:
Grey, John
Manjavacas Arevalo, Alejandro
Qin, Yang
Dissertation Title:
Forty years of change in southwestern bee assemblages
Student:
Cumberland, Cathy
Location:
Castetter Hall, rm. 51
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
AS Biology
Committee Chair:
Whitney, Kenneth
Committee Members:
Collins, Scott
Marshall, Diane
Miller, Kelly
Neff, Paula
Dissertation Title:
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON AND THE FUTURE OF FOOD: A QUALITATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF TWITTER
Student:
Siebert, Margaret
Location:
Communication & Journalism, rm. 121
Time:
3:00 pm
Department:
Communication Journalism
Committee Chair:
Ginossar, Tamar
Committee Members:
Isaacson, Kathy
Milstein, Tema
Perry, Christina
Dissertation Title:
Warming up: Climate change related shifts in fungal communities in high latitude ecosystems
Student:
Devan, Megan
Location:
Albuquerque, NM
Time:
3:00 pm
Department:
AS Biology
Committee Chair:
Taylor, Donald
Committee Members:
Collins, Scott
Mack, Michelle
Natvig, Donald
April 30, 2019
Thesis Title:
Patterns of Polysubstance Use Among Those with Tranquilizer or Sedative Misuse: Predictors and Functional Consequences
Student:
Votaw, Victoria
Location:
Logan Hall B04
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
Psychology
Committee Chair:
Witkiewitz, Katie A
Committee Members:
McHugh, Rebecca
Vowles, Kevin
Dissertation Title:
Facial fluctuating asymmetry: developmental origins and implications for long-term health
Student:
Rusk, Katelyn
Location:
Anthropology 248
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
AS Anthropology
Committee Chair:
Edgar, Heather
Committee Members:
Gangestad, Steven
Hunley, Keith
Thompson, Melissa
Young, Nathan
Dissertation Title:
Cartographies of roots: An Exploration of plant communication, place, and story
Student:
Thomas, Mariko
Location:
CJ 121
Time:
3:30 pm
Department:
Communication Journalism
Committee Chair:
Weiss, David
Committee Members:
DeMaria, Jaelyn
Duvall, Chris
Gandert, Miguel
May 1, 2019
Dissertation Title:
EFFECTS OF PACING CONDITIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND FITNESS IN TWO PSI INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL FITNESS ACTIVITY COURSES FOR ADULT LEARNERS
Student:
Burley, Scott
Location:
Johnson Center Room 118
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Health Exercise & Sports Sci
Committee Chair:
Hushman, Glenn
Committee Members:
Gibson, Ann
Hushman, Carolyn
Mumcu, Ceyda
May 2, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Development of Ni-catalyzed Alkene Dicarbofunctionalization Reaction
Student:
K C, Shekhar
Location:
Clark 214A
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
Chemistry
Committee Chair:
Giri, Ramesh
Committee Members:
Qin, Yang
Tello-Aburto, Rodolfo
Walker, Mark
Dissertation Title:
Narrating Refugee Lives: Political Asylum in 21st Century France
Student:
Udayan, Susmitha
Location:
Reading Room, Ortega Hall
Time:
12:00 pm
Department:
Foreign Languages Literatures
Committee Chair:
Cheek, Pamela
Committee Members:
Bishop, Stephen
Duvall, Chris
Higginson, Francis
May 3, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Landscape Evolution of the Southern Colorado Plateau using low-temperature apatite thermochronology and detrital grains studies
Student:
Winn, Carmen
Location:
Northrop Hall, Room 116
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Committee Chair:
Karlstrom, Karl
Committee Members:
Crossey, Laura
Heizler, Matthew T
Kelley, Shari
Turner, Thomas
Dissertation Title:
Is Transportation Planning Effective? A Critical Review of Long-range Regional Transportation Planning in the United States
Student:
Nadafianshahamabadi, Razieh
Location:
Conference Room 3031
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
*Interdisciplinary:Engineering
Committee Chair:
Rowangould, Gregory
Committee Members:
Ferenchak, Nicholas
Lu, Yan
Moreu Alonso, Fernando
May 6, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Ecological and morphological response of rodents to environmental change over the late Quaternary
Student:
Tome, Catalina
Location:
TBA
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
AS Biology
Committee Chair:
Smith, Felisa
Committee Members:
Lyons, Sara Kathleen
Nelson, Sherry
Newsome, Seth
May 8, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Communicative and Collective Formative Program Evaluation: A Descriptive Case Study of an ELT Program in Saudi Arabia
Student:
Khawaji, Ahmed
Location:
Hokona Hall Room 200
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
Lang Literacy Sociocultural LL
Committee Chair:
Lopez Leiva, Carlos
Committee Members:
Borden, Allison
Mahn, Holbrook
Meyer, Lois
Dissertation Title:
Framing of European Union borders in online news: Multimodal discourses of inclusion and exclusion
Student:
Cvetkovic, Ivana
Location:
CJ 121
Time:
12:00 pm
Department:
Communication Journalism
Committee Chair:
Rodriguez Nazario, Ilia
Committee Members:
Bokovoy, Melissa
Martinez Guillem, Susana
Weiss, David
Dissertation Title:
From Deconstruction to Rehabilitation: Heidegger, Gadamer, and Modernity
Student:
Liakos, David
Location:
Philosophy Department Library HUM 519
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Philosophy
Committee Chair:
Thomson, Iain
Committee Members:
Domski, Mary
George, Theodore
Murphy, Ann
Thesis Title:
Ostalgie in Film: Sonnenallee, Good Bye Lenin! and Post-Reunification Narrative
Student:
Garver, Hannah
Location:
University of New Mexico
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
Foreign Languages Literatures
Committee Chair:
Schroeter, Katrin
Committee Members:
Baackmann, Susanne
Wilby, Jason
May 9, 2019
Dissertation Title:
"Living the Manito Trail: Maintaining Self, Community, and Culture"
Student:
Martinez, Trisha
Location:
Zimmerman Library-Frank Waters Room 105
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
AS American Studies
Committee Chair:
Melendez, A
Committee Members:
Chavez, Vanessa
Romero, Levi
Vasquez, Irene
May 14, 2019
Thesis Title:
Observed and Projected Snowmelt Runoff in the Upper Rio Grande in a Changing Climate
Student:
Bjarke, Nels
Location:
Northrop hall 105
Time:
9:00 am
Department:
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Committee Chair:
Gutzler, David
Committee Members:
Fawcett, Peter
Galewsky, Joseph
May 29, 2019
Dissertation Title:
Assessment of project risks in fast-track construction projects
Student:
Garrido Martins, Claudia
Location:
CENT
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
*Interdisciplinary:Engineering
Committee Chair:
Halter, Susan
Committee Members:
Pattichis, Marios
Pishdad-Bozorgi, Pardis
Rowangould, Gregory
July 11, 2019
Thesis Title:
Understanding the Learning Benefits Associated with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Right Inferior Front Gyrus
