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"
Program: Religious Studies
Advisor: Rev. Bryan Massingale
Defense Date: May 13, 2013
Defense Time: 9 a.m.
Defense Location: Alumni Memorial Union, 374
Dissertation Title: "Rediscovering Sabbath: Hebrew Social Thought and Its Contribution to Black Theology's Vision for America"
Program: English
Advisor: Dr. Heather Hathaway
Defense Date: May 22, 2013
Defense Time: 10 a.m.
Defense Location: Coughlin Hall 335
Dissertation Title: From Pastoral to Paterson: Ecology in the Poetry and Poetics of William Carlos Williams"
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Astrida Kaugars
Defense Date: June 4, 2013
Defense Time: 10 a.m.
Defense Location: Cramer Hall, 307LA
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Neurocognitive Functioning in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: An Examination of Executive Functioning, Family Support, and Illness Management"
Program: Clinical Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Kristy Nielson
Defense Date: June 5, 2013
Defense Time: 10 a.m.
Defense Location: Cramer Hall 317
Dissertation Title: "FreeSurfer vs Manual Tracing: Detecting Future Cognitive Decline in Healthy Older Adults At-Risk for Alzheimer's Disease"
Program: English
Advisor: Dr. Heather Hathaway
Defense Date: June 12, 2013
Defense Time: 10 a.m.
Defense Location: Coughlin Hall, 335
Dissertation Title: "Challenging Complicity: Rhetorics of Girlhood Trauma in Writing by Holly Goddard Jones, Joyce Carol Oates, Sandra Cisneros, and Jamaica Kincaid"
Program: Counseling Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Robert Fox
Defense Date: June 24, 2013
Defense Time: 2 p.m.
Defense Location: Schroeder Complex,177
Dissertation Title: "Parent Attributional Style and Early Termination from Child and Parent Therapy"
Program: Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Amy Vaughan Van Hecke
Defense Date: June 25, 2013
Defense Time: 10 a.m.
Defense Location: Cramer Hall, 307A
Dissertation Title: "Parent and Family Outcomes of an Empirically Validated Social Skills Intervention for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders"
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Edgar DeYoe
Defense Date: June 26, 2013
Defense Time: 8 a.m.
Defense Location: Haggerty Engineering, 494
Dissertation Title: "Novel Paradigms for Visual Cortex Mapping with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
Program: Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Saunders
Defense Date: June 28, 2013
Defense Time: 10 a.m.
Defense Location: Cramer Hall, 326
Dissertation Title: "Spiritual Questioning and Its Impact on the Therapeutic Alliance: A Preliminary Study"
