Post wildfire geomorphic stream response in six New Mexican watersheds for 1st and 3rd Stream order streams
Student:
Praznik, Aljaz
Location:
Zoom meeting
Time:
12:00 pm
Department:
Civil Engineering Civil Engr
Committee Chair:
Stone, Mark
Committee Members:
Bixby, Rebecca
Cerrato Corrales, Jose
June 5, 2020
Thesis Title:
The experience of being a parent of a child who stutters and subsequent involvement in support groups: A narrative study
Student:
Ferguson, Katlyn
Location:
Online
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Committee Chair:
Arenas, Richard
Committee Members:
Binger, Cathy
Hartley, Mary
Dissertation Title:
Chronic and Acute Respiratory Pathogens: Evolutionary and Epidemiological Characteristics of Tuberculosis, Influenza-like Illness, and COVID-19.
Student:
Spencer, Julie
Location:
virtual (Zoom)
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
AS Biology
Committee Chair:
Wearing, Helen
Committee Members:
Andam, Cheryl
Degnan, James
Northup, Diana
Taylor, Donald
June 8, 2020
Dissertation Title:
The First-Year Experiences of Students in Remedial Classes at a Research University: Implications for Retention and Support
Student:
Baca-Radler, Therese
Location:
UNM/Remotely
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
Lang Literacy Sociocultural LL
Committee Chair:
Rice, Mary
Committee Members:
Armstrong, Jan
Dallacqua, Ashley
Deese-Roberts, Susan
Thesis Title:
Spatial Analysis of Bias Corrected Rainfall Data Sets within Albuquerque, New Mexico Metropolitan Area
Student:
Scarlott- McClintock, Cassy
Location:
Zoom Call
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
Civil Engineering Civil Engr
Committee Chair:
Stone, Mark
Committee Members:
Chavez, Patrick
Ganley, Sarah
Stormont, John
June 10, 2020
Thesis Title:
Can a Sex Bias be a Good Thing: Spontaneous Clearance in HCV
Student:
Shea, Tanner
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
AS Biology
Committee Chair:
Wearing, Helen
Committee Members:
Hurteau, Matthew
Page, Kimberly
June 16, 2020
Dissertation Title:
The Effects of Semantic Neighborhood Density on Vocabulary Learning in Spanish as a Second Language and Spanish as Heritage Language
Student:
Giraldez Elizo, Maria de los Angeles
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Lang Literacy Sociocultural LL
Committee Chair:
Rodriguez Gonzalez, Eva
Committee Members:
Mahn, Holbrook
Morford, Jill
Wilson, Damian
June 18, 2020
Dissertation Title:
Wearing Togas and Eating Dolmas does not Teach you About Democracy: Project-Based Learning for Students with Disabilities
Student:
Shauger, Robert
Location:
Zoom
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Special Education
Committee Chair:
Copeland, Susan
Committee Members:
Luckasson, Ruth
Scherba de Valenzuela, Julia
Svihla, Vanessa
Thesis Title:
Imperial Myths, Abject Devotion: Mapping Affect in New Mexican Visual Culture & Discourse
Student:
Lira-Perez, Norma
Location:
Online/Zoom
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
AS American Studies
Committee Chair:
Tiongson, Antonio
Committee Members:
Cornejo, Kency
Holscher, Kathleen
Dissertation Title:
Militarized Settlement and Refuge in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Student:
Juhasz-Wood, Christina
Location:
Zoom
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
AS American Studies
Committee Chair:
Tiongson, Antonio
Committee Members:
Goldstein, Alyosha
Medak-Saltzman, Danika
Schlund-Vials, Cathy
Dissertation Title:
Triple oxygen isotope compositions of carbonates
Student:
Wostbrock, Jordan
Location:
Albuquerque, NM
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Committee Chair:
Sharp, Zachary
Committee Members:
Atudorei, Nicu-Viorel
Elrick, Maya
Fawcett, Peter
Swart, Peter
June 22, 2020
Dissertation Title:
Exploratory Study of the Narratives Regarding Safer Sex Experiences and Communication in Individuals Who Identify as Polyamorous
Student:
Cholka, Cecilia
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Time:
9:00 am
Department:
Communication Journalism
Committee Chair:
Perry, Christina
Committee Members:
Hong, Yangsun
Isaacson, Kathy
Rodriguez Nazario, Ilia
Dissertation Title:
DANZANTES AZTECAS y PROMOTORAS TRADICIONALES: THE RITUAL PERFORMANCES AND IDENTITY POLITICS of a MEXICAN AMERICAN CEREMONIAL COMMUNITY
Student:
Barajas, Dina
Location:
Online via zoom
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
AS American Studies
Committee Chair:
Trujillo, Michael
Committee Members:
Begay, Manley
Gonzales, Patrisia
Holscher, Kathleen
June 29, 2020
Dissertation Title:
Trespassing and Transcending: Marginal and Feminine Crossing and Urban Mobility in Latin American Literature
Student:
Todeschini, Marina
Location:
Online Defense through Zoom
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Spanish Portuguese
Committee Chair:
Lopez, Miguel
Committee Members:
Carey-Webb, Jessica
Lopez, Kimberle
Vaquera, Santiago
Thesis Title:
Bodies in Shame: Writing Trauma and Affective Unsettlement in Post-Genocide Rwanda Fiction
Student:
Carvour, Cole
Location:
Remote, Zoom
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Foreign Languages Literatures
Committee Chair:
Bishop, Stephen
Committee Members:
Cheek, Pamela
Gauderman, Kimberly
Higginson, Francis
Thesis Title:
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Urbanization in Siddharthanagar, Nepal.
Student:
Khanal, Bishal Raj
Location:
Economics Department
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
AS Economics
Committee Chair:
Bohara, Alok
Committee Members:
Goodkind, Andrew
Stith, Sarah
Wang, Jingjing
June 30, 2020
Dissertation Title:
Through the Funnel: A Critical Policy Analysis of the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Student:
Hall, Jesse
Location:
Remote
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Special Education
Committee Chair:
Scherba de Valenzuela, Julia
Committee Members:
Keefe, Elizabeth
Lopez, Nancy
Luckasson, Ruth
July 1, 2020
Thesis Title:
Impact of Citizens United on government Contracts
Student:
Acharya, Bibek
Location:
Albuquerque
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
AS Economics
Committee Chair:
Bohara, Alok
Committee Members:
Fontenla, Matias
Hansen, Wendy
July 5, 2020
Thesis Title:
Attitude, Experience, and Training in Abortion Care in Puerto Rico???s Obstetrics and Gynecology Physicians and Residents; an Assessment of the Past and the present with Public Health Scope.
Student:
Rivera-Montalvo, Maritza
Location:
college of population
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
College of Population Health
Committee Chair:
Tollestrup, Kristine
Committee Members:
Espey, Eve
Nervi, Laura
July 6, 2020
Dissertation Title:
Does the response to orthostatic stress predict the development of acute mountain sickness at high altitude?
Student:
Bellovary, Bryanne
Location:
Johnson Center
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Health Exercise & Sports Sci
Committee Chair:
Mermier, Christine
Committee Members:
Drum, Scott
Gibson, Ann
Loeppky, Jack
July 8, 2020
Dissertation Title:
"When the Earth Sighs": Ecocultural Discourses on Water Among Flood Irrigating Farmers at a Community Farm
Student:
Hoffmann, Jeffrey
Location:
Virtual Meeting
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
Communication Journalism
Committee Chair:
Weiss, David
Committee Members:
Briziarelli, Marco
Duvall, Chris
Isaacson, Kathy
Milstein, Tema
Dissertation Title:
Real Problems
Student:
Bruce, Thomas
Location:
CFA 2018
Time:
2:30 pm
Department:
Art Art History
Committee Chair:
Gould, Meggan
Committee Members:
Hernandez, Raymond
Ho, Szu-Han
Stone, James
July 10, 2020
Dissertation Title:
Synthesis, Self-assembly and High-Pressure Properties of Nanoparticles and Hybrid Nanocomposites
Student:
Meng, Lingyao
Location:
online
Time:
5:30 am
Department:
NSMS Nano Science & Micro Syst
Committee Chair:
Qin, Yang
Committee Members:
Fan, Hongyou
Grey, John
Habteyes, Terefe
Dissertation Title:
We Breathed Underwater
Student:
Radfarr, Eden
Location:
UNM Art Annex
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Art Art History
Committee Chair:
Babcock, Ellen
Committee Members:
Hernandez, Raymond
Jewell, Donna
Tsiongas, Mary
Valdes, Claudia
July 6, 2020
Dissertation Title:
Critical White Feminist Thought: White Matriarchy, Negative Solidarity, and Moving Toward Race Treason for Social Justice Praxis
Student:
Parker, Amanda
Location:
University of New Mexico
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Lang Literacy Sociocultural LL
Committee Chair:
Meyer, Richard
Committee Members:
Lopez, Nancy
Rice, Mary
Sanchez, Rebecca
July 7, 2020
Dissertation Title:
U.S. MUSLIM COLLEGE STUDENTS' SPATIALIZATION OF THEIR MUSLIMNESS: AN EXPLORATION OF MUSLIM LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES ACROSS SOCIAL SPACES
