Dissertation Defenses

College of Business Administration

Mohammad Faisal As Safa
Essays on Commercial Bank Risk, Regulation and Governance
Tuesday, January 22 9:00 am in KH 454
Major Professor:  Mohammad Kabir Hassan, Ph.D.

 Ivan Francisco Julio
Three Essays in Financial Economics
Thursday, March 31 1:00 pm in KH 454
Major Professors: Neal Maroney, Ph.D. and Mohammad Kabir Hassan, Ph.D.

Eric Osmer
Two Essays in Financial Economics
Monday, April 1 1:00 pm in KH 454
Major Professor:  Peihwang Wei, Ph.D.

Bridgette M. Bain
Two Essays in Macroeconomics and Corporate Finance
Thursday, March 21 10:30 a.m. in KH 454
Major Professors: Mohammad K. Hassan, Ph.D. and Tarun Mukherjee, Ph.D.

 

---

College of Education and Human Development

 

Hyacinth C. Okafor
Perceptions of Loss and Grief Experiences Within Religious Burial and Funeral Rites and Rituals: Contexts for Counseling
Thursday, January 17 2:00 pm in ED 212
Major Professors: Roxane Dufrene, Ph.D. and Zarus Watson, Ph.D.

 

---

 

College of Engineering

Christopher B. McKesson
Innovation in Ship Design 
Friday February 8  10:30 am in EN 209
Major Professor:  Lothar Birk, Ph.D.

 

---

 

College of Liberal Arts

Shannon Renee Sinegal
Southern States' Lower Legislative Chamber Districts and the Perverse Effects Thesis
Monday April 8 10:00 am in MH 265
Major Professors: Richard L. Engstrom, Ph.D. and Christine L. Day, Ph.D.

---

 

College of Sciences

Hui Ma
Nanomaterials for biological applications:  drug delivery and biosensing
Thursday, December 6 3:30 pm in SC 2048
Major Professor:  Weilie Zhou, Ph.D.

 

Emily Kuhn
Decision-making, Impulsivity and Self-control: Between-Person and Within-Person Predictors of Risk-Taking Behavior
Wednesday April 13 10:30 am in GP 2041
Major Professor: Robert Laird, Ph.D.