Doctoral oral exams for Aug. 11–15

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Rosemond Desir, Ph.D., Management. Monday, Aug. 11, 9:30 a.m., Dean’s Board Room, 3rd Floor, Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: “An Empirical Investigation of Managers’ Interventions and Asymmetry in Intra-Industry Information Transfers.” Ray Pfeiffer, chr.

Luke R. Iwanowicz, Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation. Monday, Aug. 11, 1 p.m., 312A Holdsworth Hall. Dissertation: “Effects of Anthropogenic Chemicals and Endogenous Hormones on the Immune and Endocrine Systems of Fish.” Stephen McCormick, chr.

Helen Stickney, Ph.D., Linguistics. Monday, Aug. 11, 2 p.m., 205 Herter. Dissertation: “The Emergence of DP in the Partitive Structure.” Thomas Roeper, chr.

Alan H. Bloomgarden, Ed.D., Education. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m., 273 Hills South. Dissertation: “Prestige Culture and Community-Based Faculty Work.” KerryAnn O’Meara, chr.

Kai Yu, Ed.D., Education. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m., 151 Hills South. Dissertation: “Exorcizing the Haunting Specter of Meritocracy: A Qualitative Research on the Implementation of Inclusive Education in Beijing.” Jeffrey W. Eiseman, chr.

William Fischer, Ph.D., Astronomy. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 3 p.m., 1033 Lederle Graduate Research Tower. Dissertation: “The One-Micron Region as a Diagnostic of Accretion and Outflow in T Tauri Stars.” Suzan Edwards and John Kwan, co-chrs.

Vinod V. Namboodiri, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m., 109 Knowles Engineering Building. Dissertation: “Algorithms and Protocols towards Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks.” Lixin Gao, chr.

Mohit Mamodia, Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering. Thursday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m., A110/A111 Conte Polymer Science Building. Dissertation: “Effect of Loading and Process Conditions on the Mechanical Behavior in SEBS Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs).” Alan Lesser, chr.

Yoan Simon, Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering. Thursday, Aug. 14, 2 p.m., A110/A111 Conte Polymer Science Building. Dissertation: “Developing Carborane-Based Functional Polymeric Architectures.” E. Bryan Coughlin, chr.

Anthony James Ratcliff, Ph.D., Afro-American Studies. Friday, Aug. 15, 11 a.m., 311 New Africa House. Dissertation: “Liberation at the End of a Pen: Writing Pan African Politics of Cultural Struggle.” John H. Bracey, chr.

August 3, 2008.

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