Method‑Dependent Emergence of Nanoscale Entities in CAU‑Derived Carbonaceous Systems
Committee Chair:
Habteyes, Terefe
Committee Members:
Chen, Dongchang
Ghosh, Koushik
King, John
Olivier, Jean-Hubert
April 13, 2026
Student:
LiaBraaten, Brynn
Location:
Logan Hall, B15
Time:
10:30 am
Department:
Psychology
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
A Characterization of Fat Acceptance Across Identities in College Students
Committee Chair:
Erickson, Sarah
Committee Members:
Davis, Georgiann
Verney, Steven
Student:
Fatima, Kaneez
Location:
Room # 3073 3rd Floor of the Centennial Engineering Centre
Time:
10:30 am
Department:
Civil Engineering Civil Engr
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Prediction of Radiolytic Hydrogen Generation in Cementitious Materials Using Thermodynamic Hydration Modeling
Committee Chair:
Pathirage, Madura
Committee Members:
Anderoglu, Osman
Hojati, Maryam
Moreu Alonso, Fernando
Student:
Hamilton, John
Location:
EPS 340
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Constraining Magmatic Processes in the Central American Arc Using Melt Inclusion Vapor Bubble Analysis and Triple Oxygen Isotope Modeling
Committee Chair:
Sharp, Zachary
Committee Members:
Behnke, Sonja
Brearley, Adrian
Fischer, Tobias
Gutzler, David
Zhang, Jin
Student:
Talley, Benedict
Location:
History Department
Time:
12:00 pm
Department:
History
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
The Seeds of Empire: Endogenous Influences on the Politics of Bakumatsu and Meiji Era Japan (1853-1912)
Committee Chair:
Prior, David
Committee Members:
Brau, Lorna
Smith, Jason
Student:
Burruss, Amye
Location:
Dental Hygiene-Zoom
Time:
12:00 pm
Department:
Surgery Dental Services
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Policy Concerning Student Use of Magnification Loupes by American Dental Hygiene Schools
Committee Chair:
Calleros, Christina
Committee Members:
Nathe, Christine
Ponce, Justine
Student:
Menezes de Araujo, Beatryz
Location:
Ortega Hall 435
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Spanish Portuguese
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Stereotype, Sexualization, and Resistance: Northeastern Women in Brazilian Cultural Discourse
Committee Chair:
Carey-Webb, Jessica
Committee Members:
Lopez, Kimberle
de Souza Dutra, Paulo
Student:
McDonald, Alex
Location:
Room 118
Time:
2:00 pm
Department:
*Interdisciplinary:Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Static DC Breakdown for Repetitive Switching & Supercriticality
Committee Chair:
Lehr, Jane
Committee Members:
Pouncey, Jon
Schamiloglu, Edl
Student:
Wilson, Yoma
Location:
ARTS Lab
Time:
3:00 pm
Department:
Art Art History
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Peace Dæmon
Committee Chair:
Shimano, Yoshiko
Committee Members:
Copeland, Stewart
Ernest, Marcella
Gomez, Myrriah
Student:
Camacho, Alesia
Location:
Zoom
Time:
3:30 pm
Department:
AS CHMS Program
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ON CHICANX STUDENTS AND THEIR EDUCATORS
Committee Chair:
Vasquez, Irene
Committee Members:
Gonzalez, Elizabeth
Olivas, Divana
April 14, 2026
Student:
Richmond-Havel, Aaron
Location:
1415 Gallery Albuquerque / Zoom
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
Art Art History
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Communal Nostalgia: a compendium of pansies
Committee Chair:
Polli, Andrea
Committee Members:
Ernest, Marcella
Hernandez, Raymond
Mattingly, Mary
Morris, Edward
Student:
Carlon, Hannah
Location:
https://brown.zoom.us/j/5720636791
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Psychology
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Recovery Through Connection: The Role of Positive Social Interactions in Early Alcohol and Opioid Recovery Outcomes
Committee Chair:
Hurlocker, Margo
Committee Members:
Emery, Noah
Hoeppner, Bettina
Witkiewitz, Katie A
April 15, 2026
Student:
Sweis, Alexander
Location:
UNM
Time:
11:00 am
Department:
SOE Mechanical Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Control of Reshock in a Shock Tube
Committee Chair:
Vorobieff, Peter
Committee Members:
Fathi, Nima
Poroseva, Svetlana
April 16, 2026
Student:
Reynebeau, Emily
Location:
Castetter 100
Time:
12:30 pm
Department:
AS Biology
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
PERSISTENT DIVERSITY IN AN ISOLATED ECOSYSTEM
Committee Chair:
Takacs, Cristina
Committee Members:
Bixby, Rebecca
Gulisija, Davorka
Mackey, Tyler
Newberry, Mitchell
Student:
Tatman, William
Location:
BANDW
Time:
12:30 pm
Department:
Geography
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Gradients of Abandonment
Committee Chair:
Lane, Kristina Maria
Committee Members:
Duvall, Chris
Gay-Antaki, Miriam
April 21, 2026
Student:
Starratt, Emily
Location:
Logan Hall
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
Psychology
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Strategies and Barriers to Engaging Mental Health Professionals in Psychotherapy Research Requiring Clinical Work Samples
Committee Chair:
Moyers, Theresa
Committee Members:
Hurlocker, Margo
Rossi, Fernanda
Smith, Jane Ellen
Student:
Pereira Ferrero, Nestor
Location:
Virtual
Time:
3:00 pm
Department:
*Interdisciplinary:Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Modeling for You: A Personalized
Approach to Residential Energy
Simulation and Distributional
Reinforcement Learning
Committee Chair:
Martinez-Ramon, Manuel
Committee Members:
Cerrato Corrales, Jose
Jordan, Ramiro
Pattichis, Marios
April 22, 2026
Student:
Ramirez, Saul
Location:
Fine Arts
Time:
4:00 pm
Department:
Art Art History
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Seeds of Compromise
Committee Chair:
Stine, Raychael
Committee Members:
Hernandez, Bernadine
Hernandez, Raymond
Stone, James
Student:
Rhodes, Mason
Location:
PAIS room 2540
Time:
4:00 pm
Department:
Physics Astronomy
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Simulating Quantum Field Theories on Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
Committee Chair:
Baczewski, Andrew
Committee Members:
Landahl, Andrew
Marvian Mashhad, Milad
Miyake, Akimasa
April 24, 2026
Student:
Piras, Alessio
Location:
Ortega Hall 435
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
Spanish Portuguese
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
La Ciudad Frontera: Raza, Inmigración, y Medio Ambiente en la Literatura y el Cine de Barcelona
Committee Chair:
Quinn, Mary
Committee Members:
Carey-Webb, Jessica
Pradanos, Luis
Santiago-Diaz, Eleuterio
April 27, 2026
Student:
Choi, Moonsun
Location:
TBD
Time:
9:00 am
Department:
Communication Journalism
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Examining conditional indirect media effects through normative perceptions: The role of traditional family gender role expectations and stigmatizing beliefs in HPV vaccination
Committee Chair:
Hong, Yangsun
Committee Members:
Feezell, Jessica
Ginossar, Tamar
Rodriguez Nazario, Ilia
Student:
Bright, Mason
Location:
Hibben 320
Time:
1:00 pm
Department:
*Interdisciplinary: A.S.
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
ON FOOD, POLITICS, AND THE POWER OF REPRESENTATION IN THE AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM
Committee Chair:
Traxler, Loa
Committee Members:
Brulotte, Ronda
Stone, Elisabeth
April 29, 2026
Student:
Dunn, Erika
Location:
PAIS2120
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
AS Biology
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Using temporal genomic data to uncover patterns of genetic diversity and signatures of selection for management of a threatened minnow species
Committee Chair:
Turner, Thomas
Committee Members:
Andersen, Michael
Osborne, Megan Jane
May 5, 2026
Student:
Ferris, Kristen
Location:
OILS Learning Lab, Zimmerman Library, UNM
Time:
10:30 am
Department:
Organization Info Learning Sci
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Transforming Faculty Development: Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Arts-Based Design, and Communities of Transformation in STEM Education
Committee Chair:
Kang, Sung
Committee Members:
Copeland, Stewart
Papendieck, Adam
Svihla, Vanessa
May 6, 2026
Student:
Shrestha, Nishan
Location:
ME 427
Time:
10:00 am
Department:
*Interdisciplinary:Engineering
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Light Matter Interaction in Low Dimensional Silicon Carbide
Committee Chair:
Chabi, Sakineh
Committee Members:
Babicheva, Viktoriia
Jones, Andrew
Zarkesh-Ha, Payman
May 7, 2026
Student:
Agarwal, Shweta
Location:
PAIS 1010
Time:
1:30 pm
Department:
AS Biology
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
The Evolution of Regulatory Architectures for Phenotypic Plasticity
Committee Chair:
Gulisija, Davorka
Committee Members:
Orive, Maria
Wearing, Helen
Whitney, Kenneth
May 8, 2026
Student:
Goel, Sachika
Location:
Open Space Visitor Center
Time:
3:00 pm
Department:
Art Art History
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Havaa tum, kho jaana, ghul jaana, magar mil jaana
Committee Chair:
Tsiongas, Mary
Committee Members:
Bryson, Kaitlin
Ehn, Erik
Ernest, Marcella
Hope, William
Polli, Andrea
June 26, 2026
Student:
Willis-Gregory, Dianea
Location:
Zoom
Time:
12:00 pm
Department:
Health Exercise & Sports Sci
Thesis/Dissertation Title:
Labor, Legacy, and Liberation: A Phenomenological Study of Black Male College Athlete Activism
