Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Taly Gilat Schmidt
Defense Date: March 25, 2013
Defense Time: 12:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Olin Engineering , 494
Dissertation Title: "Reducing Radiation Dose to the Female Breast during Conventional and Dedicated Brest Computed Tomography"
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Scott Reid
Defense Date: March 29, 2013
Defense Time: 3:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Todd Wehr Chemistry, 306
Dissertation Title: "Molecular spectroscopy and dynamics of Reactive Chemical Intermediates studied using Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF), Single Vibronic Level (SVL) emission spectroscopy and Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization (REMPI) spectrometry"
Program: Counseling Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Bardwell
Defense Date: April 1, 2013
Defense Time: 8:30 am
Defense Location: Schroeder Complex, 177
Dissertation Title: "Parenting Styles Affect Child Development Among Different Ethnicities of Muslim Children in the United States"
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Franzoi
Defense Date: April 2, 2013
Defense Time: 10 a.m.
Defense Location: Cramer Hall, 326
Dissertation Title: "Restructuring the Body Esteem Scale for the Next Quarter Century"
Program: Religious Studies
Advisor: Dr. Sharon Pace
Defense Date: April 2, 2013
Defense Time: 3:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Alumni Memorial Union, 163
Dissertation Title: "Between Eden and Egypt: Echoes of the Garden Narrative in the Stroy of Joseph and His Brothers"
Program: History
Advisor: Rev. Steven M. Avella
Defense Date: April 3, 2013
Defense Time: 9:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Coughlin Hall, 303A
Dissertation Title: "Mass Consumption in Milwaukee: 1920-1970"
Program: Religious Studies
Advisor: Dr. Jame Schaefer
Defense Date: April 3, 2013
Defense Time: 8:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Alumni Memorial Union, 374
Dissertation Title: "Emerging in the Image of God: From Evolution to Ethics in a Second Naivete Understanding of Christian Anthropology"
Program: Theology
Advisor: Dr. Susan Wood
Defense Date: April 3, 2013
Defense Time: 2:30 p.m.
Defense Location: Raynor 320A
Dissertation Title: "Receptive Ecumenism and Justification: Roman Catholic and Reformed Doctrine in Contempoorary Context"
Program: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Foley
Defense Date: April 4, 2013
Defense Time: 10:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Engineering Hall 423 (DL 423)
Dissertation Title: "Reliability-Based Fatigue Assessment of Mast-Arm Sign Support Structures"
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Scott Reid
Defense Date: April 4, 2013
Defense Time: 10:00 a.m.
Defense Location:Todd Wehr, 306
Dissertation Title: "Matrix-Isolation and Computational Studies of Transient Polyhalogenated Intermediates and Weakly Bound Complexes"
Program: Education Policy and Leadership
Advisor: Dr. William Pink
Defense Date: April 4, 2013
Defense Time: 10:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Schroeder Complex, 113F
Dissertation Title: "What role does humor in the higher education classroom play in student-perceived instructor effectiveness?"
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Brian Schmit
Defense Date: April 5, 2013
Defense Time: 12:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Olin Engineering, 202
Dissertation Title: "Mechanisms of Sensorimotor Impairment in Multiple Schlerosis"
Program: Religious Studies
Advisor: Dr. Susan Wood SCL
Defense Date: April 5, 2013
Defense Time: 2:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Alumni Memorial Union, 374
Dissertation Title: "The Chruch as Symbolic Mediation: Revelation Ecclesiology in the Theology of Avery Dulles, S.J."
Program: Biological Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Paul Gasser
Defense Date: April 5, 2013
Defense Time:11:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Schroeder Complex, 256
Dissertation Title: "Contributions of Individual Differences in Stress Reactivity to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Vulnerability and Resilience"
Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Xin Feng
Defense Date: April 5, 2013
Defense Time: 10 a.m.
Defense Location: Haggerty Engineering, 233
Dissertation Title: "Predictive Pattern Discovery in Dynamic Data System"
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Rajendra Rathore
Defense Date: April 8, 2013
Defense Time: 1:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Wehr Chemistry, 306
Dissertation Title: "Self-assembly of Molecular Tweezers: Studies Directed Towards the Preparation of Effective Change-Transport Materials"
Program: Nursing
Advisor: Dr. Marianne Weiss
Defense Date: April 9, 2013
Defense Time: 9:00 a.m.
Defense Location: College of Nursing, 111
Dissertation Title: "Patient Perceptions of Patient-Empowering Nurse Behaviors, Patient Activation, and Functional Health Status after Surgery"
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Gerald F. Harris
Defense Date: April 9, 2013
Defense Time: 8 a.m.
Defense Location: Olin Engineering, 202
Dissertation Title: "Foot and Ankle Motion Analysis Using Dynamic Radiographic Imaging"
Program: Religious Studies
Advisor: Dr. Michel R. Barnes
Defense Date: April 9, 2013
Defense Time: 2:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Alumni Memorial Union, 254
Dissertation Title: "Circumcision of the Spirit in the Soteriology of Cyril of Alexandria"
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. John LaDisa
Defense Date: April 9, 2013
Defense Time: 9:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Haggerty Engineering, 494
Dissertation Title: "Vascular Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Application to Restenosis After Stenting"
Program: Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Rajendra Rathore
Defense Date: April 9, 2013
Defense Time: 2:30 p.m.
Defense Location: Todd Wehr Chemistry, 113
Dissertation Title: "Expulsion of Leaving Groups from Zwitterionic Intermediates Generated via Photochemical Electrocyclic Ring Closure Reactions and an Investigation on TPE Oigomers"
Program: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. G. E. Otto Widera
Defense Date: April 10, 2013
Defense Time: 1:30 p.m.
Defense Location: Olin Engineering
Dissertation Title: "Analysis of Laminated Anisotropic Plates and Shells via a Modified Compementary Energy Prinicple Approach"
Program: Religious Studies
Advisor: Dr. Michel R. Burnes
Defense Date: April 10, 2013
Defense Time: 12:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Alumni Memorial Union, 374
Dissertation Title: "Christological Name Theology in Three Second Centruy Communities"
Program: Civil Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Stephen M. Heinrich
Defense Date: April 10, 2013
Defense Time: 10:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Engineering Hall, 154 (1637 W. Wisconsin Ave.)
Dissertation Title: "Effect of Support Compliance on the Resonant Behavior of Microcantilever-Based Sensors in Viscous Fluids"
Program: History
Advisor: Dr. Steven M. Avella
Defense Date: April 12, 2013
Defense Time: 1:30 p.m.
Defense Location: Coughlin Hall, 303D
Dissertation Title: "Urban Rifts and Religious Reciprocity: Chicago and the Catholic Church, 1965-1996"
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Debra Oswald
Defense Date: April 24, 2013
Defense Time: 10:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Cramer Hall, 326
Dissertation Title: "I cheat becasuse I can: Power, sexism, and approval of infidelity"
Lucille Holmgreen
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Debra Oswald
Defense Date: May 7, 2013
Defense Time: 10:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Cramer Hall, 326
Dissertation Title: "Child Sexual Abuse, Adult Attachement, and Dating Behaviors"
Program: Philosophy
Advisor: Dr. Stanley Harrison
Defense Date: May 10, 2013
Defense Time: 9:00 a.m.
Defense Location: Raynor Library, 320A
Dissertation Title: "Re-Enchanting the World: An Examination of Ethics, Religion, and their Relationship in the Work of Charles Taylor"
Program: Religious Studies
Advisor: Dr. D. Stephen Long
Defense Date: May 10, 2013
Defense Time: 1:00 p.m.
Defense Location: Alumni Memorial Union, 252
Dissertation Title: "Transcending Subjects: Hegel After Augusine, An Essay on Political Theology"
