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Arizona State University
Commencement
and

Convocation
Program

Spring 2018
May 7–11, 2018


The National Anthem
THE Star-Spangled BANNER
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
ALMA MATER
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Where the bold saguaros
Raise their arms on high,
Praying strength for brave tomorrows

From the western sky;
Where eternal mountains
Kneel at sunset’s gate,
Here we hail thee, Alma Mater,
Arizona State.
—Hopkins-Dresskell

Maroon and Gold
Fight, Devils down the field
Fight with your might and don’t ever yield
Long may our colors outshine all others
Echo from the buttes, Give em’ hell Devils!
Cheer, cheer for A-S-U!
Fight for the old Maroon
For it’s Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here
And it’s onward to victory!
Students whose names appear in this program are candidates for the degrees listed,
which will be conferred subject to completion of requirements.
University commencement and convocation ceremonies are special events for all
involved. Please show respect for everyone who has come to share in the experience.
Individuals who engage in inappropriate or disruptive behavior
may be removed from the event.
As a courtesy to those around you and to our graduating students,
please turn off all electronics devices and phones during the ceremony.


CONTENTS
The National Anthem and

Arizona State University Alma Mater.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Letter of Congratulations from the Arizona Board of Regents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Graduate Commencement Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Undergraduate Commencement Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
History of Honorary Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Past Honorary Degree Recipients.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Honorary Degree Citations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Conferring of Doctoral Degrees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Graduate Convocation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Conferring of Masters Degrees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Craig and Barbara Barrett Honors College.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Moeur Award.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Graduation with Academic Recognition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Summa Cum Laude, 172

Magna Cum Laude, 183

Cum Laude, 191
Conferring of Bachelor Degrees.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

College of Health Solutions, 201

College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, 209

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 216

College of Nursing and Health Innovation, 238

College of Public Service and Community Solutions, 244


Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, 253

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, 261

Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, 278

New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 284

School for the Future of Innovation in Society, 292

School of Sustainability, 294

Thunderbird School of Global Management, 284

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 300

W. P. Carey School of Business, 306
W. P. Carey School of Business Graduate Convocation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Candidates for Commission.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
ASU Wind Orchestra.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Sonoran Brass Choir.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Mace and President’s Chain of Office.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
College Marshals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
History of the Academic Costume.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Arizona Board of Regents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Sign Language Interpreters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335


Mission Statement

University Commencement
University Commencement represents the

culmination of a student’s academic achievement.
It is a time of celebration and reflection

for students, families, friends, faculty and staff.
It brings together a diverse community

to share in the joy of accomplished goals.


Arizona State University continually demonstrates its dedication to
efficiency, technology and sustainability. The full University
Commencement program is made available to graduates on a
reusable external flash drive. This change aligns with our
growing institutional efforts to enhance sustainability
practices, and our broader endeavors to employ
technology in heightened service to our students.

The reusable external flash drive, combined with the abridged
program distributed at spring ceremonies, will yield more
than a 13 million page reduction in the amount of
printed materials distributed at ceremonies over
the week of graduation activities.

To order copies of the final book with all graduates names listed,
email your request to and someone
will respond with payment instructions and order details.




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M e ss a g e f r o m t h e
A r i z o n a B o a r d o f R e g e nts

Dear Graduates,
On behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents, congratulations on your graduation
and the attainment of your degree! While today symbolizes the culmination of
years of hard work and study in your pursuit, it will forever remain a tremendous
achievement – the accomplishment of a goal set years ago – and is testament
to your steadfast pursuit of this dream.
Today also marks the beginning of a new journey, and the discipline and
determination you have demonstrated during your time at Arizona State
University will serve as a strong foundation for your future successes.
The possibilities are endless. We encourage you to embrace the unknown
and march boldly toward the next accomplishment and all the opportunity
that lies ahead of you. Follow your dreams. Embrace what is yet to come.
Find joy in all you do.
Your education has prepared you well to navigate the course ahead. The
knowledge and skills you’ve attained, the critical thinking you’ve learned,
the good judgment you’ve demonstrated and the abilities you’ve cultivated
during your time at ASU provide you with all you need to continue to make
your unique contribution to the world.
Thank you for choosing to launch your future with a degree from ASU. The
board is proud you chose to study here and for your decision to forever be a
member of the ASU community. The accomplishment we celebrate today will
be indelibly etched in your memory and our history. Your legacy and ours are
intertwined. Please keep your love for your alma mater alive, wherever your

future leads.
Finally, congratulations to the families and friends joining us as we celebrate
our graduates today. You traveled this journey together, and your love and
support contributed to today’s achievement. Thank you!
Sincerely,

Bill Ridenour
Chair


g r a d u a t e C o m m e nc e m e nt PROGRAM
Monday, May 7, 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Wells Fargo Arena, ASU Tempe campus
Prelude
Music performed by ASU Wind Orchestra
Gary W. Hill, Conductor
Professor of Music/Director of Bands
School of Music Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
PROCESSIONAL
Grand Marshal
Arnold Maltz, PhD
Associate Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business
President, University Senate
Chair, University Academic Council
Arizona State University
PROCESSIONAL MUSIC
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 — Sir Edward Elgar
Music performed by Sonoran Brass Choir
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
“The Star-Spangled Banner” — Francis Scott Key

Arranged by Henry Fillmore
Adrienne Goglia, D.M.A., Vocal Performance
GREETINGS
Michael M. Crow, PhD
President of the University
Welcome from Arizona Board of Regents
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Michael M. Crow, PhD
THE ALMA MATER
Adrienne Goglia, D.M.A., Vocal Performance
RECESSIONAL
ASU Wind Orchestra
Gary W. Hill, Conductor


U N DER g r a d u a t e C o m m e nc e m e nt
Monday, May 7, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Chase Field

PROGRAM

Prelude
“Renaissance Dances” — Tylman Susato
PROCESSIONAL
Grand Marshal
Arnold Maltz, PhD
Associate Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business
President, University Senate
Chair, University Academic Council
Arizona State University

PROCESSIONAL MUSIC
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 — Sir Edward Elgar
Music performed by Sonoran Brass Choir
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
“The Star-Spangled Banner” — Francis Scott Key
Arranged by Henry Fillmore
Haley McHardy, Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance
GREETINGS
Michael M. Crow, PhD
President of the University
Welcome from Arizona Board of Regents
WELCOME FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Ryan Abbott, MBA
Chair of the Alumni Association Board of Directors
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Michael M. Crow, PhD
THE ALMA MATER
Haley McHardy, Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance
RECESSIONAL
Earl of Oxford’s March — William Byrd
Music performed by Sonoran Brass Choir


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HI S T OR Y

OF

HO N ORAR Y


DEGREE S

Harvard was the first university to confer honorary degrees in 1692. Since then it has
become a recognized function of degree granting institutions. Honorary degrees are
an opportunity for universities to single out people who have made contributions to
society. At ASU, honorary degree recipients are nominated by faculty members.
The six-member Academic Affairs Honorary Degrees Committee reviews faculty
nominations for the Honorary Degree. It then recommends candidates to the president.
The committee is appointed by and responsible to the president.

Name
Frederick M. Irish
Arthur John Matthews
Charles A. Stauffer
Samuel Henry Morris
Ira Dawson Payne
Abraham Lincoln Krohn
Arthur Ervin Smith
Alfred Knight
Harvey Leslie Taylor
Daniel Earl Noble
Howard Pyle
Walter Reed Bimson
John Cromwell Lincoln
Carl Sauer
Carlos P. Garcia
Eugene Collins Pulliam
Carl Hayden
John Robert Murdock

Barry Morris Goldwater
George W. Romney
Linton Elias Grinter
Walter Early Craig
Lynn Meade Laney
Harvey Harlow Nininger
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Julius Charles Wetzler
Stewart Lee Udall
George Fuller Miller
John Alfred Hannah
James Bryon McCormick
Harold David Richardson
Robert Jeffrey Hannelly
Karl Clayton Leebrick
Lewis Judah Ruskin
Harlan Cleveland

Commencement
or Convocation
May 28, 1940
May 28, 1940
May 22, 1951
May 26, 1953
May 26, 1953
May 24, 1955
May 24, 1955
May 29, 1956
May 29, 1956
May 28, 1957

May 28, 1957
May 27, 1958
May 27, 1958
May 27, 1958
June 25, 1958
May 26, 1959
Nov 14, 1959
May 31, 1960
May 30, 1961
June 5, 1962
June 5, 1962
June 4, 1963
June 4, 1963
June 4, 1963
May 26, 1964
May 26, 1964
June 1, 1965
June 1, 1965
May 27, 1966
May 27, 1966
May 26, 1967
May 26, 1967
May 26, 1967
June 4, 1968
June 4, 1968


Name

Commencement

or Convocation

John Hope Franklin
June 3, 1969
Frank Borman
June 3, 1969
Charles Stewart Mott
Jan 13, 1970
Ernest J. Hopkins
June 2, 1970
George Homer Durham
June 1, 1971
Richard A. Harvill
June 1, 1971
Arthur B. Schellenberg
June 1, 1971
Pablo Casals
Mar 30, 1972
Raul H. Castro
June 2, 1972
O.D. Miller
June 2, 1972
Paolo Soleri
May 18, 1973
Ernest W. McFarland
May 18, 1973
Paul Rappaport
May 17, 1974
Hugh Downs
May 17, 1974

Herbert G. Fales
May 16, 1975
Robert W. Galvin
May 16, 1975
Mae S. Talley
May 14, 1976
John J. Rhodes
May 14, 1976
Louise Lincoln Kerr
May 13, 1977
Bart Jan Bok
May 19, 1978
Henry Eyring
May 19, 1978
David C. Lincoln
May 18, 1979
Erma Bombeck
May 16, 1980
Vincent Persichetti
May 16, 1980
Paul L. Singer
May 16, 1980
Robert Penn Warren
Apr 21, 1980
Philip C. Curtis
May 15, 1981
Herb and Dorothy McLaughlinMay 15, 1981
Steve Allen
May 14, 1982
Fredi Chiappelli

May 14, 1982
James Dickey
May 14, 1982
Alan duBois
May 14, 1982
Mstislav Rostropovich
Aug 6, 1982
Martha Graham
Oct 17, 1982
Tom Chauncey
May 15, 1983



Name
G.M. Sollenberger
Sandra Day O’Connor
James William Creasman
Leontyne Price
Edward F. Albee
William A. Fowler
Northurp H. Fry
Kathryn K. Gammage
William G. Payne
Edward J. Dwight, Jr.
Sylvia Porter
John I. Yellott
William Reilley
Henry Cisneros
Frank Snell

Gerald Wasserburg
Virginia Galvin Piper
Mo Udall
Kax Herberger
Edson W. Spencer
Robert S. Dietz
Robert J. Eggert
Jovita R. Salonga
Art Buchwald
Walter Cronkite
Lorraine Frank
William Kajikawa
Pearl Bailey
Rabbi Albert Plotkin
Yuan T. Lee
G. Robert Herberger
Frank X. Gordon
Cesar Chavez
Tony Hillerman
Alan Pritsker
Willard Pedrick
Marvin Morrison
Karsten Solheim
Louise Solheim
Daniel Nagrin
Dwight Patterson
Jesse Jones
Polly Rosenbaum
Edward Carson
Paul Elsner


Commencement
or Convocation
May 15, 1983
May 11, 1984
May 11, 1984
Mar 8, 1985
May 17, 1985
May 17, 1985
May 17, 1985
May 17, 1985
May 17, 1985
May 16, 1986
May 16, 1986
Aug 8, 1986
Nov 7, 1986
Dec 19, 1986
May 15, 1987
May 15, 1987
May 15, 1987
Aug 7, 1987
Aug 7, 1987
Dec 18, 1987
May 13, 1988
Aug 5, 1988
Dec 16, 1988
Dec 16, 1988
May 12, 1989
May 12, 1989
Aug 5, 1989

Dec 22, 1989
Dec 22, 1989
May 11, 1990
May 10, 1991
Dec 8, 1991
May 11, 1992
May 11, 1992
May 11, 1992
May 11, 1992
Aug 11, 1992
Dec 18, 1992
Dec 18, 1992
Dec 18, 1992
May 11, 1993
May 11, 1993
May 11, 1993
Aug 10, 1993
Dec 14, 1993


Name

Commencement
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or Convocation

Rose Mofford
Herman Chanen
Keith Turley
Virginia Ullman

Maxine Marshall
Jonathan Marshall
Margaret Gisolo
Edward Bud Jacobson
Rita Dove
Ernest Boyer
Florence Nelson
William S. Shover
Gary L. Tooker
Frank J. Sackton
Chang-Lin Tien
John F. Long
Paul J. Fannin
Jack W. Whiteman
Newton Rosenzweig
John P. Frank
Craig R. Barrett
Wm. Polk Carey
Norman William Fain
Leon Howard Sullivan
Eddie Basha
Raul Yzaguirre
Alfredo Gutierrez
Craig E. Weatherup
Barbara McConnell Barrett
Rudy E. Campbell
Nadine Severns Carson
Lamonte H. Lawrence
L. Roy Papp
Marilyn A. Papp

L. William Seidman
Alice Wiley Snell
Richard Berlin Snell
Robert H. Johnson
Delbert Ray Lewis
Jewell McFarland Lewis
Jerry Colangelo
Rex G. Maughan
John R. Cristian
Bob Stump
Rita R. Colwell

May 11, 1994
May 11, 1994
Aug 5, 1994
Aug 5, 1994
Dec 14, 1994
Dec 14, 1994
Dec 14, 1994
May 14, 1995
May 14, 1995
May 14, 1995
Aug 10, 1995
May 10, 1996
May 10, 1996
Aug 9, 1996
Dec 20, 1996
Dec 20, 1996
May 16, 1997
May 16, 1997

Aug 8, 1997
Dec 19, 1997
May 15, 1998
Aug 7, 1998
Dec 18, 1998
Dec 18, 1998
May 14, 1999
May 14, 1999
Dec 17, 1999
Dec 17, 1999
May 11, 2000
May 11, 2000
Aug 4, 2000
Aug 4, 2000
Dec 14, 2000
Dec 14, 2000
Dec 14, 2000
May 10, 2001
May 10, 2001
Aug 3, 2001
Dec 13, 2001
Dec 13, 2001
May 9, 2002
May 9, 2002
Aug 2, 2002
Dec 19, 2002
May 13, 2004


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Name
Rafael Rangel Sostmann
Lawrence Douglas Wilder
Peterson Zah
Blake Edwards
Lord John Browne
Kim Campbell
Frank H. T. Rhodes
Wu Qidi
Jane Dee Hull
J. Craig Venter
Leland H. Hartwell
James J. Duderstadt
Tom Brokaw
Temple Grandin

Commencement
or Convocation
May 13, 2004
May 13, 2004
May 12, 2005
Sep 23, 2005
Dec 15, 2005
Dec 15, 2005
May 11, 2006
May 11, 2006
Dec 14, 2006
May 10, 2007
Dec 13, 2007

May 8, 2008
May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012


Name
Eric R. Kandel
Lim Chuan Poh
Janine M. Benyus
Clayton M. Christensen
Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
Pamela A. Matson
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Carolyn Porco
John Seeley Brown
Sir William Castell LVO
Wendy Kopp
Howard Schultz

Commencement
or Convocation
May 2, 2012
May 2, 2012
May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013
May 14, 2014
May 14, 2014
May 14, 2014

May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015
May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016
May 8, 2017


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HO N ORAR Y DEGREE C I T A T IO N
L. Rafael Reif
Rafael Reif is the 17th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
a distinguished electrical engineer and educator. Prior to his election as president
by the MIT Corporation in 2012, he served seven years as provost of the Institute.
In both positions, he has championed fundamental science and MIT’s unique style
of interdisciplinary, problem-centered research while also inspiring innovation. As
provost, he helped create and implement the strategy that allowed MIT to weather
the global financial crisis, drove the growth of MIT’s global strategy, promoted a
major faculty-led effort to address challenges around race and diversity, and helped
launch the Institute for Medical Engineering and Sciences. As president, he helps to
shape the future of higher education and pursues an aggressive agenda to encourage
innovation and entrepreneurship. Among his priorities are equipping the next
generation of innovators with the tools necessary to drive their ideas to impact and
instilling in MIT graduates a commitment to consider as a first concern the potential
range of impacts their technological innovations may have on all of society. Two
of his programs were designed for these purposes: The Engine, an accelerator to
assist new ventures translation of tough technologies into innovations that address
humanity’s great challenges, and the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program
that gives student-initiated projects the early support and mentoring to get off the
ground. A new facility named MIT.nano will accelerate research and innovation on

campus and a long-term redevelopment initiative in Kendall Square will support the
Institute’s entrepreneurial efforts beyond its campus.
Reif was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. A first-generation college goer, Reif, whose
parents fled Eastern Europe in the late 1930s, grew up in Venezuela speaking Spanish
and Yiddish. Reif earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from
Venezuela’s Universidad de Carabobo in 1973 and worked the following year as
an assistant professor at Universidad Simón Bolívar. In 1974, he entered Stanford
University where a year later he completed an MS in electrical engineering despite
his initially limited knowledge of English. Following his graduation, he remained
at Stanford for a year as a visiting professor before he accepted an assistant
professorship at MIT in January 1980. By 1988, he was a tenured professor of
electrical engineering, and in 2004, was named Fariborz Maseeh Professor of
Emerging Technology. Before his appointment as provost, his research focused
on three-dimensional integrated circuit technologies and environmentally benign
microelectronic fabrication. He is inventor or co-inventor on 13 patents, has edited
or co-edited five books and supervised 38 doctoral theses. Reif is co-author of more
than 350 papers published in refereed journals and conference proceedings. At the
national level, President Obama asked Reif to co-chair the steering committee of the
national Advanced Manufacturing Partnership that spurred the creation of a network
of Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MII). In April 2016, MIT won the lead role
in the Advanced Functional Fibers of America Insitute, an MII designed to
accelerate innovation in high-tech fiber and textile manufacturing in the U.S.


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In 1993. Reif was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) for his pioneering work in semiconductor thin films, and in
2000, he received the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Aristotle Award. He
is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National

Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and he belongs
to Tau Beta Pi, the Electrochemical Society and the IEEE. IN 2015, he received an
honorary of Doctor of Laws degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He
holds also honorary doctorates from Tsinghua University (2016) and the Technion
(2017). In 1984, he received a United States Presidential Young Investigator Award.
Arizona State University is honored to confer upon Rafael Reif the degree of Doctor
of Humane Letters, honoris causa, in recognition of his achievements as a leader in
education, science, social entrepreneurship and sustainable futures.


C O N FERRI N G

OF

DO C T ORAL DEGREE S

President Michael M. Crow

Alfredo J. Artiles
Dean, Graduate College
Tamara Underiner

Associate Dean

Graduate College

Brian H. Smith
Associate Dean
Graduate College


DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Alexis Jacqueline Abboud
(Biology and Society)

Biology

Dissertation: A Biography of Endocrine Disruptors:
The Narrative Surrounding the Appearance and
Regulation of a New Category of Toxic Substances
Chair: Jane Ann Maienschein, School of
Life Sciences

Robert Mark Adelman

Psychology

Dissertation: Connected to a Better
Me and Ignoring You: The Role of Future
Self-Connectedness in Social Comparison
and Temporal Self-Comparison Processes
Chair: Sau Y. Kwan, Psychology

Francesco Agostinelli

Economics

Dissertation: Essays on Children's Skill Formation
Co-Chairs: Daniel Silverman, W. P. Carey School
of Business, Economics; Matthew Wiswall, W. P.
Carey School of Business, Economics


Earl Aguilera
Learning, Literacies
and Technologies

Dissertation: Analyzing Digital Literacy Demands,
Practices, and Discourses within a Library
Computer Programming Club for Children
Chair: Elisabeth Ruth Gee, English

April Angelique Aitken
Learning,
Literacies and Technologies

Dissertation: May the Choice Be With You? The
Effects and Perceptions of Choice on Writing for
College Students
Chair: Stephen E. Graham, Mary Lou Fulton
Teachers College

Saud Abdullah H Alashri
Science

Computer

Dissertation: Detecting Frames and Causal
Relationships in Climate Change Related Text
Databases Based on Semantic Features
Chair: Hasan Davulcu, School of Computing,
Informatics, and Descision Systems Engineering


Danielle Marie Aldawood

Justice Studies

Dissertation: Decolonizing Human Rights
Education in the U.S. University
Chair: Alan Gomez, School of Social Transformation

Chelsea Maria Allison

Geological Sciences

Dissertation: Highly Explosive Mafic Volcanism:
The Role of Volatiles
Chair: Amanda Bachtell Clarke, School of Earth
and Space Exploration

Elise Eva Alonzi

Anthropology

Dissertation: Traveling Monastic Paths: Mobility
and Religion in Medieval Ireland at Five Early
and Late Medieval Irish Monasteries
Chair: Kelly Knudson, School of Human
Evolution and Social Change

Seyed Ebrahim Hashemi Amiri


Chemistry

Dissertation: Growth and Characterization of
InGaAsP Alloy Nanowires with Widely Tunable
Bandgaps for Optoelectronic Applications
Chair: Cun-Zheng Ning, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Sultan Saad M Alzahrani

Computer Science

Dissertation: Detecting Political Framing
Shifts and the Adversarial Framing within
Rival Factions and Ranking Temporal Snapshot
Contents in the Social Media
Chair: Hasan Davulcu, School of Computing,
Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering

Mitchell Robert Armstrong
Engineering

Chemical

Dissertation: Designing Sorbent-Containing
Electrospun Fibers For Dilute Chemical Separations
Chair: Bin Mu, School for Engineering of Matter,
Transport and Energy

Ara Cho Austin


Chemistry

Dissertation: Factors that Contribute to Organic
Chemistry Performance
Chair: Ian R. Gould, School of Molecular Sciences


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Ebraheem Ali Azhar

Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Inorganic and Organic Photovoltaic
Materials for Powering Electrochromic Systems
Co-Chairs: Hongbin Yu, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering; Sandwip
Kumar Dey, School of Electrical, Computer, and
Energy Engineering

Evelyn Concepcion Baca
Policy and Evaluation

Educational

Dissertation: Exploring the intersections of local
language policies and emergent bilingual learner
identities: A comparative classroom study at an
urban Arizona school
Chair: Margarita Jimenez-Silva, Mary Lou

Fulton Teachers College

Mark S. Bailly

Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: A Development of Thin Films and
Laser Processes for Patterning of Silicon Solar Cells
Chair: Stuart Graham Bowden, School of
Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering

Tahnee Marie Baker

Social Work

Dissertation: Exploration of Historical Trauma
among Yavapai-Apache Nation College Graduates
Chair: Elizabeth Segal, School of Social Work

Adrienne Juliet Michele Baldwin-White
Social Work

Dissertation: "I shouldn't have to worry about
being raped": Attitudes and Beliefs About Sexual
Assault Among College Students
Chair: Jill Theresa Messing, School of Social Work

Rachel McCullagh Balven
Business
Administration (Management)


Dissertation: When people at work go astray, what
to say and how to say it: A typology and test of the
effect of moral feedback on unethical behavior
Chair: Donald Lange, W. P. Carey School of
Business, Management

Saswata Banerjee

Chemistry

Dissertation: Stabilization of 3D DNA
Nanostructures for In vivo Applications and
Developing an Assay to Estimate Stability
Chair: Hao Yan, Biodesign Institute

Maryann Elizabeth Barnes
(Biology and Society)

Biology

Dissertation: From Conflict to Common Ground:
Establishing Religious Cultural Competence in
Evolution Education (ReCCEE)
Chair: Sara Brownell, School of Life Sciences

Beatriz Barragan
Science

Speech and Hearing


Dissertation: The role of primary motor cortex in
second language word recognition
Chair: Julie M. Liss, College of Health Solutions

Jennifer Leigh Barrows
Nursing and
Healthcare Innovation

Dissertation: Yoga for HEART (Health
Empowerment and Realizing Transformation)
Intervention to Enhance Motivation for Physical
Activity in Older Adults
Chair: Julie M. Fleury, College of Nursing and
Health Innovation

Amy Lynn Bartels
Business
Administration (Management)

Dissertation: The People's Choice: Exploring
the Role of Collective Leader Endorsement in
Dynamic Leadership Relationships
Co-Chairs: Jeffery A. LePine, W. P. Carey School of
Business, Management; Suzanne Joanna Peterson,
Thunderbird School of Global Management

Benyamin Gholami Bazehhour
Mechanical Engineering


Dissertation: Multiscale Modeling of Oxygen
Impurity Effects on Macroscopic Fatigue
Behavior of Commercially Pure Titanium
Chair: Kiran N. Solanki, School for Engineering
of Matter, Transport and Energy

Laura Owen Beckman
Criminal Justice

Criminology and

Dissertation: Assessing Disparity in the Federal
Court Processing of Immigration Cases
Chair: Xia Wang, School of Criminology and
Criminal Justice

Matthew Paul Allen Bellefleur

Microbiology

Dissertation: Harnessing Resistance-NodulationDivision family transporters to modify cellular
secretion in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Chair: Roy Curtiss, Biodesign Institute

Karina Benessaiah

Geography

Brahim Bensalem


Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Social-Ecologies of Crisis:
Assessing the Back-to-Land Movement in Greece
Chair: Billie Lee Turner, School of Geographical
Sciences and Urban Planning
Dissertation: Novel Multicarrier Memory
Channel Architecture Using Microwave
Interconnects: Alleviating The Memory Wall
Chair: James T. Aberle, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Rebecca Hilary Berger
Human Development

Family and

Dissertation: Assessing a Culturally Informed
Transactional Model of Latino Children's
Temperament Development
Chair: Natalie Desrochers Wilkens, Psychology

Vimala N. Bharadwaj
Engineering

Biomedical

Dissertation: Comprehensive assessment
of nanoparticle delivery after experimental
traumatic brain injury

Co-Chairs: Sarah E. Stabenfeldt, School of
Biological and Health Systems Engineering;
Vikram D. Kodibagkar, School of Biological and
Health Systems Engineering

Abdul Rahimi Bin Abdul Rahman
Civil,
Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Dissertation: Teaching non-technological skills
for successful Building Information Modeling
(BIM) projects
Chair: Steven Ayer, School of Sustainable
Engineering and the Built Environment


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Doreen Margaret Bird

Justice Studies

Dissertation: Toward a Pueblo Methodology:
An Exploration of Pueblo Leader's Perspectives
on Research
Chair: Bryan Brayboy. School of
Social Transformation

Peggy L. Bird

Justice Studies


Dissertation: Pueblo Women's Knowledge:
Voices of Resilience and Transformation in the
Face of Colonization
Chair: Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, School of
Social Transformation

Laura Jeanne Blank
Nursing and
Healthcare Innovation

Dissertation: Exploration of the Older Adult
Informal Caregiver Self-Care Promoting Well-Being
Chair: Julie M. Fleury, College of Nursing and
Health Innovation

Christiana Daniella Bockisch

Chemistry

Dissertation: Hydrothermal Organic Reduction
and Deoxygenation
Chair: Ian R. Gould, School of Molecular Sciences

Ashley Victoria Boehringer

Neuroscience

Dissertation: ALS Linked Mutations in Matrin
3 Alter Protein-Protein Interactions And Impede
mRNA Nuclear Export

Chair: Julie M. Liss, College of Health Solutions

Grayson Maxwell Boyer

Biochemistry

Dissertation: Thermodynamic Modeling of Lipid
Adaptation in Thermophilic Microbes
Chair: Everett Shock, School of Earth and
Space Exploration

Austin Steven Bren

Industrial Engineering

Dissertation: Data-Driven Robust Optimization
in Healthcare Applications
Co-Chairs: Pitu B. Mirchandani, School of
Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems
Engineering; Soroush Saghafian, School of
Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems
Engineering

Miles Brundage
Human and Social
Dimensions of Science and Technology

Dissertation: Responsible Governance of
Artificial Intelligence: An Assessment, Theoretical
Framework, and Exploration

Chair: David H. Guston, School for the Future of
Innovation in Society

Vishnu Kumar Budama
Engineering

Mechanical

Dissertation: Design and Evaluation of a
Concentrating Solar Power System with
Thermochemical Water Splitting Process for the
Co-production of Hydrogen and Electricity
Chair: Nathan Gregory Johnson, Ira A. Fulton
Schools of Engineering

Rebekah Dawn Burke Civil, Environmental
and Sustainable Engineering
Dissertation: Early Design Decisions in Building
Materials for Higher Performing Buildings
Chair: Kristen Parrish, School of Sustainable
Engineering and the Built Environment

Vicki Susan Cabot

Religious Studies

Dissertation: Lost and Found: Jewish Women
Recovering Tradition, Remaking Themselves
Chair: Joel David Gereboff, School of Historical,
Philosophical and Religious Studies


Jose Roberto Medina Campillo
Civil,
Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

Dissertation: A Simplified Pavement Condition
Assessment and its Integration to a Pavement
Management System
Co-Chairs: Benjamin Shane Underwood,
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built
Environment; Kamil Elias Kaloush, School of
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Christina Marie Castro

Justice Studies

Dissertation: An Exploration of Three
Generations of a Jemez Pueblo Family: Identity,
Indigeneity and Notions of Belonging
Chair: Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, School of
Social Transformation

Tanmoy Chatterjee

Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation: Understanding of wind farm
turbulence: from periodic to lidar data- driven cases
Chair: Yulia V. Peet, School for Engineering of

Matter, Transport and Energy

George Che
Exploration Systems Design
(Instrumentation)

Dissertation: Advancements in Kinetic
Inductance Detector, Spectrometer, and Amplifier
Technologies for Millimeter-Wave Astronomy
Chair: Philip Mauskopf, Physics Department

Pai-Yu Chen

Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Design of Resistive Synaptic
Devices and Array Architectures for
Neuromorphic Computing
Chair: Shimeng Yu, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Shaohua Chen
Engineering

Materials Science and

Dissertation: Modeling, Characterizing and
Reconstructing Mesoscale Microstructural
Evolution in Particulate Processing and SolidState Sintering
Chair: Yang Jiao, School for Engineering of

Matter, Transport and Energy

Yinnan Chen

Biochemistry

Dissertation: Exploring the Molecular Mechanism
of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Regulating
Human Telomerase Repeat Addition Processivity
Chair: Julian J-L Chen, School of
Molecular Sciences


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Zhen Chen

Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Diffusion in Networks:
History Reconstruction and Real-Time
Network Robustification
Co-Chairs: Hanghang Tong, School of
Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems
Engineering; Lei Ying, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Alex Rajan Chiriyath

Electrical Engineering


Dissertation: Fundamental Limits on Performance
for Cooperative Radar-Communications Coexistence
Chair: Daniel Wesley Bliss, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Ximo Chu
Materials Science
and Engineering

Dissertation: Surface Treatment of
Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide
Chair: Qing Hua Wang, School for Engineering
of Matter, Transport and Energy

Jesse David Coe

Chemistry

Dissertation: Life in motion: visualizing
biomacromolecules by time-resolved serial
femtosecond crystallography
Co-Chairs: Petra Fromme, School of
Molecular Sciences; Scott G. Sayres, School
of Molecular Sciences

Diana Regina Coleman

Religious Studies

Dissertation: Guantanamo: The Amen Temple

of Empire
Chair: Shahla Talebi, School of Historical,
Philosophical and Religious Studies

Lindsey Conrow

Geography

Dissertation: Understanding Mobility and
Active Transportation in Urban Areas Through
Crowdsourced Movement Data
Chair: Elizabeth Ann Wentz, College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences

Katelyn Michelle Cooper

Biology

Dissertation: Toward More Inclusive
Large-Enrollment Undergraduate Biology
Classrooms: Identifying Inequities and
Possible Underlying Mechanisms
Chair: Sara Brownell, School of Life Sciences

Baltazar Espinoza Cortes
Applied
Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences
Dissertation: Consequences of short term
mobility across heterogeneous risk environments:
the 2014 West African outbreak

Chair: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, School of
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Virginia Lee Counts
Civil, Environmental
and Sustainable Engineering
Dissertation: Electronic Communication for
Professionals: Challenges and Opportunities
Co-Chairs: Braden Richard Allenby, School
of Sustainable Engineering and the Built
Environment; Kristen Parrish, School of
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Lavinia Andreea Danielescu
Computer
Science (Arts, Media and Engineering)

Dissertation: Designing Discoverable Free Space
Gesture Sets for Public Displays
Co-Chairs: Erin Ashley Walker, School of
Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems
Engineering; Winslow S. Burleson, School
of Computing, Informatics, and Decision
Systems Engineering

Mudiyanselage Maduranga Kasun
Dassanayake
Statistics

Dissertation: A Study of Components of Pearson's

Chi-Square Based on Marginal Distributions of
Cross-Classified Tables for Binary Variables.
Chair: Mark R. Reiser, School of Mathematical
and Statistical Sciences

Kristina Davis
Exploration Systems
Design (Instrumentation)

Dissertation: Instrument Design and Radiation
Pattern Testing for Terahertz Astronomical
Instruments
Chair: Christopher E. Groppi, School of Earth
and Space Exploration

Megan Laura De Roover
Theatre
(Theatre/Performance Americas)

Dissertation: Environmental Encounters:
Understanding Environmental Participation in a
Scenario Framework
Chair: Tamara Lou Underiner, Graduate College

Aysegul Demirtas

Industrial Engineering

Dissertation: The Optimal Control of Child
Delivery for Women with Hypertensive Disorders

of Pregnancy
Co-Chairs: Esma Senturk Gel, School of
Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems
Engineering; Soroush Saghafian, School
of Computing, Informatics, and Decision
Systems Engineering

Liuyang Ding

Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation: Fundamentals and Applications
of N-pulse Particle Image Velocimetryaccelerometry: Toward Advanced Measurements
of Complex Flows and Turbulence
Chair: Ronald John Adrian, School for
Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Bryan Matthew Donaphon

Chemistry

Dissertation: Interchromophoric Interactions
between TMR, Alexa, and BODIPY Fluorophores
Chair: Marcia Levitus, Biodesign Institute

Fangfang Du
(Finance)

Business Administration


Dissertation: From Playground to Boardroom:
Endowed Social Status and Managerial Performance
Co-Chairs: Ilona Babenka, W. P. Carey School of
Busisness, Finance; Thomas Wagner Bates: W. P.
Carey School of Business


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James Daniel Dupey

History

Dissertation: Cultivating the Domain: Alexander
Campbell, Print Capitalism, and Denomination
Building in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1810-1850
Chair: Catherine Ann O'Donnell, School of
Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

Daniel Alexander Eisenberg
Civil,
Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

Dissertation: How to think about Resilient
Infrastructure Systems
Chair: Thomas Payson Seager, School of
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Kristin D. Elwood
Learning, Literacies
and Technologies


Dissertation: Wicked Instructional Problems:
Exploring K-14 Teachers' Use of Design Thinking
Chair: Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Mary Lou Fulton
Teachers College

Jexson Ashley Engelbrecht

Spanish

Dissertation: Raza y cultura en el proceso de
modernización y democratización: [Re]visiones
del debate interétnico latinoamericano
Chair: Emil Volek, School of International Letters
and Cultures

Runchen Fang

Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Defect Induced Aging and
Breakdown in High-k Dielectrics
Co-Chairs: Hugh James Barnaby, School of
Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering;
Michael N. Kozicki, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Angie Flick
and Policy


Public Administration

Dissertation: County General Fund Balances: An
exploration into the policies, requirements, size
and purposes of county general fund reserves
Chair: Thomas Francis Reilly, School of
Public Affairs

Carlos Augusto Flores

Communication

Dissertation: Young at Heart: Advocating a
Rhetorical Theory for Youth in the Public Sphere
Co-Chairs: Aaron R. Hess, Hugh Downs School
of Human Communication; Daniel C. Brouwer;
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Eriko Fukumoto
Human and Social
Dimensions of Science and Technology

Dissertation: University Researchers' Perceptions
and Experiences of the Burdens Entailed in Grant
Proposal Preparation and Submission
Chair: Barry Bozeman, School of Public Affairs

Jennifer Lynn Fuller
Social Science


Environmental

Dissertation: Imagining Community Solar Power
Chair: Jameson Michael Wetmore, School for the
Future of Innovation in Society

Larissa Michelle Gaias
Human Development

Family and

Dissertation: The Role of School Practices in
Supporting Marginalized Students
Co-Chairs: Larry Earl Dumka, T. Denny Sanford
School of Social and Family Dynamics;
Sarah Renee Lindstrom Johnson, T. Denny
Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics

Kousik Ganesan
Materials Science
and Engineering

Dissertation: Capable Copper Electrodeposition
Process for Integrated Circuit - Substrate
Packaging Manufacturing
Chair: Amaneh Tasooji, School for Engineering
of Matter, Transport and Energy

Elizabeth Winfree Garbee
Human

and Social Dimensions of Science
and Technology

Dissertation: The Value of a STEM PhD
Chair: Andrew Maynard, School for the Future
of Innovation in Society

Gregory Gelfond

Computer Science

Dissertation: Representing and Reasoning
about Dynamic Multi-Agent Domains: An Action
Language Approach
Chair: Chitta Ranjan Baral, School of Computing,
Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering

Mario Giacomazzo

Statistics

Brady Michael Gilg

Applied Mathematics

Dissertation: Three Essays on Shrinkage
Estimation and Model Selection of Linear and
Nonlinear Time Series Models
Chair: Ioannis Kamarianakis, School of
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Dissertation: Critical Coupling and
Synchronized Clusters in Arbitrary Networks
of Kuramoto Oscillators
Chair: Hans Dieter Armbruster, School of
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Ashley Larson Gimbal
Journalism and
Mass Communication

Dissertation: The Framing of Terrorism: How
American and International Television News
Script a Global Drama
Chair: Burton William Silcock, Walter Cronkite
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Sina Golara
Business Administration
(Supply Chain Management)

Dissertation: Product-Service Bundling in
Manufacturing Firms
Chair: Kevin John Dooley, W. P. Carey School of
Business, Supply Chain Management

SeyedAlireza Golestaneh
Engineering

Electrical


Dissertation: Visual Quality Assessment and
Blur Detection Based on the Transform of
Gradient Magnitudes
Chair: Lina Karam, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering


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Katelyn Ann Golladay
Criminal Justice

Criminology and

Dissertation: Understanding Victim-Offender
Overlap Taxonomies: A Longitudinal Study
Chair: Kristy Holtfreter Reisig, School of
Criminology and Criminal Justice

Christopher Ryan Gonzales

Psychology

Dissertation: The Role of Mental State Language
on Young Children's Introspective Ability
Chair: William Van Fabricius, Psychology

Shannon Noelle Green
Educational
Psychology (Lifespan Development
Psychology)


Dissertation: The Home Impact on
Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated Learning
During Mid-to-Late Adolescence
Chair: Robert Bradley, T. Denny Sanford School
of Social and Family Dynamics

Delores Greyeyes

Justice Studies

Dissertation: A Perspective of Navajo Adult
Prisoners on their experiences: from school to prison
Co-Chairs: Bryan Brayboy, School of Social
Transformation; Elizabeth Sumida Huaman,
School of Social Transformation

Jason Joseph Griffith
English
(English Education)

Dissertation: Holding Space for Each Other's
Stories: A Phenomenological Study of an
Adolescent Story Slam
Chair: James Bryan Blasingamek, English

Lisa Marie Gunter

Psychology


Dissertation: Understanding Breed Identity,
Behavioral Welfare, and the Impacts of Post-Adoption
and Fostering Interventions on Shelter Dogs.
Chair: Clive Wynne, Psychology

Ujjwal Gupta

Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Power-Performance Modeling
and Adaptive Management of Heterogeneous
mobile platforms
Chair: Umit Y. Ogras, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Adam Jon Gushgari
Civil, Environmental
and Sustainable Engineering
Dissertation: Tracking Chemical Indicators of
Public Health in the Urban Water Environment
Chair: Rolf Halden, Biodesign Institute

Richard Michael Gutierrez
Engineering

Electrical

Dissertation: An Analysis of the Unmanned
Aerial Systems-to-Ground Channel and Joint
Sensing and Communications Systems Using

Software De ned Radio
Chair: Daniel Wesley Bliss, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Julianna Marie Gwiszcz

Anthropology

Dissertation: Opening Up Transformation
Pathways for Sustainable Wellbeing: Exploring
the Role of Sustainability Experiential Learning
as a Capacity Building Mechanism for Global
Ecological Citizenship
Chair: James F. Eder, School of Human Evolution
and Social Change

Christopher William Haberle
Sciences

Geological

Dissertation: Integrating Analytical and Remote
Sensing Techniques to Investigate the Petrology
of Planetary Surfaces
Chair: Philip R. Christensen, School of Earth and
Space Exploration

Emily Yuko Hallett

Anthropology


Dissertation: Zooarchaeological and Taphonomic
Analyses of Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna from
the Middle and Later Stone Age Occupations at
Contrebandiers Cave, Atlantic Coast, Morocco
Chair: Curtis William Marean, School of Human
Evolution and Social Change

Ruirui Han
Exploration Systems Design
(Instrumentation)

Dissertation: Flexible Thermoelectric Generators
and 2-D Graphene pH Sensors for Wireless
Sensing in Hot Spring Ecosystem
Chair: Hongyu Yu, School of Earth and
Space Exploration

Mei Hao

Physics

Dissertation: Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layder
Deposited Ga2O3 on GaN
Chair: Robert John Nemanich, Physics Department

Samantha Hernandez

Political Science


Dissertation: Implicitly Biased: Voter Perception
of Latina Political Candidates
Chair: Richard Herrera, School of Politics and
Global Studies

Kellie Marie Herson

Gender Studies

Dissertation: Mad Minds: Theorizing the
Intersection of Gender, Sexuality, and Mental
Illness in Contemporary Media Discourse
Chair: Karen Leong, School of Social Transformation

Morgan Page Hoodenpyle

History

Dissertation: Stages and Streets: Space, Race,
and Gender in the Experience of Modernity in
New York and San Francisco Nightlife, 1890-1930
Chair: Gayle A. Escobar, School of Historical,
Philosophical and Religious Studies

Wei Huang
Business Administration
(Accountancy)

Dissertation: Does Credit Supply Competition
Affect Accounting Conservatism?

Chair: Yinghua Li, W. P. Carey School of
Business, Accountancy

Wen-Hsi Huang
Materials Science
and Engineering

Dissertation: Recycling Valuable Materials from
Crystalline-Si Solar Modules
Chair: Meng Tao, School of Electrical, Computer,
and Energy Engineering


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Amr Fatehy Muhammad Ibrahim
Chemical Engineering

Dissertation: Synthesis and Gas Transport
Properties of Graphene Oxide Membranes
Chair: Jerry Y.S. Lin, School for Engineering
of Matter, Transport and Energy

Richard D. Inman

Geography

Dissertation: Improving Species Distribution
Models with Bias Correction and Geographically
Weighted Regression: Tests of Virtual Species
and Past and Present Distributions in

North American Deserts
Chair: Janet Franklin, School of Geographical
Sciences and Urban Planning

Nematollah Iri

Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Universal Source Coding in the
Non-Asymptotic Regime
Chair: Oliver Kosut, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Katherine Elaine Irimata

Statistics

Dissertation: Essays on the Identification and
Modeling of Variance
Chair: Jeffrey Rupert Wilson, W. P. Carey School
of Business, Economics

Kyle Masamitsu Irimata

Statistics

Dissertation: Three Essays on Correlated Binary
Outcomes: Detection and Appropriate Models
Chair: Jeffrey Rupert Wilson, W. P. Carey School
of Business, Economics


Xiangbing Jiao
Materials Science
and Engineering

Dissertation: From Materials to Devices: (I)
Ultrathin Flexible Implantable Bio-probes with
Biodegradable Sacrificial Layers (II) Carrier Spin
Injection and Transport in Diamond
Co-Chairs: Quan Qing, Physics Department;
Terry Lynn Alford, School for Engineering of
Matter, Transport and Energy

Rakesh Sharma Joshi
Engineering

Electrical

Dissertation: Process Control Applications
in Microbial Fuel Cells(MFC)
Chair: Konstantinos Tsakalis, School of
Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering

Danielle Perrine Kachorsky
Learning,
Literacies and Technologies
Dissertation: I am not Prometheus:
Traditional Literacy and Multimodal Texts
in Secondary Classrooms
Chair: Frank W. Serafini, Mary Lou Fulton

Teachers College

Jessica Kay Kamrath

Communication

Dissertation: The Social Construction and
Reciprocity of Resilience: An Empirical
Investigation of an Organizational Context
Chair: Sarah Jane Tracy, Hugh Downs School
of Human Communication

Andrew Kao
and Policy

Public Administration

Dissertation: Three Essays on the Use of Scientific
Research in National Research Council's Reports.
Chair: Barry Bozeman, School of Public Affairs

Jennifer Joan Kartner

Political Science

Kirk Timothy Kayser

Applied Mathematics

Dissertation: Changing Patterns of Corruption in

Poland and Hungary, 1990-2010
Chair: Carolyn Warner, School of Politics and
Global Studies
Dissertation: The Economics of
Need-based Transfers
Chair: Hans Dieter Armbruster, School of
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Laura Beth Kelly
Learning, Literacies
and Technologies
Dissertation: The Role of Text Difficulty in
Small-Group Reading for Bilingual Students
Co-Chairs: Lindsey Moses, Mary Lou Fulton
Teachers College; Margarita Jimenez-Silva,
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Eric Brian Kennedy
Human and Social
Dimensions of Science and Technology

Dissertation: Built By Fire: Wildfire Management
and Policy In Canada
Chair: Daniel Sarewitz, School for the Future
of Innovation in Society

Vinayak Alias Sammit Pandurang Sinai
Khandeparkar
Religious Studies


Dissertation: Fabricationg Caste: Ritual,
Text, and Pollution in the Emergence of a
New Brahman Caste in Modern India
Chair: Alexander Ernst Henn, School of
Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

Jisun Kim
Business Administration
(Management)

Dissertation: A Multi-step Model of Boundary
Spanning and Absorptive Capacity: The
Differential Impact of Board and Top Management
Team Experience on the Development of
Sustainability-related Capabilities
Chair: Glenn Hoetker, W. P. Carey School of
Business, Management

Nyunsu Kim

Computer Science

Dissertation: Perspective scaling and trait
detection on social media data
Chair: Hasan Davulcu, School of Computing,
Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering

Younghwan Kim

Mathematics


Dissertation: On The Uncrossing Partial Order
on Matchings
Chair: Susanna Fishel, School of Mathematical
and Statistical Sciences

Sarah Elizabeth Klassen

Anthropology

Dissertation: Adaptive capacity of the water
management systems of two medieval Khmer
cities, Angkor and Koh Ker
Co-Chairs: Ben A. Nelson, School of Human
Evolution and Social Change; Charles L. Redman,
School of Sustainability


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Matthew John Kolopanis

Physics

Dissertation: Techniques for the Analysis and
Understanding of Cosmic Evolution
Co-Chairs: Judd David Bowman, School of
Earth and Space Exploration; Philip Mauskopf,
Physics Department

Jaimie Arona Krems


Psychology

Dissertation: "Friendship jealousy": An
(overlooked) emotion for friendship maintenance?
Chair: Douglas T. Kenrick, Psychology;
Steven Laurence Neuberg, Psychology

Irfan Kula

Human Systems Engineering

Dissertation: The Usefulness of Multi-Sensor
Affect Detection on User Experience An
Application of Biometric Measurement Systems
on Online Purchasing
Co-Chairs: Robert Kenneth Atkinson, School of
Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems
Engineering; Rod David Roscoe, Ira A. Fulton
Schools of Engineering

Emily Ginamarie Kuper
Education

Mathematics

Dissertation: Sparky the Saguaro: Teaching
experiments examining students' development
of the idea of logarithm.
Chair: Marilyn P. Carlson, School of

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Dongjin Lee

Industrial Engineering

Dissertation: Bayesian Network Approach to
Assessing System Reliability for Improving System
Design and Optimizing System Maintenance
Chair: Rong Pan, School of Computing,
Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering

Heuidae Lee
Civil, Environmental and
Sustainable Engineering
Dissertation: Improving Activated
Carbon Performance in Point Of Use
and Municipal Processes
Chair: Paul Westerhoff, Ira A. Fulton Schools
of Engineering

Mi Hyun Lee
(Marketing)

Business Administration

Dissertation: Essays on Mobile Channel
User Behavior
Chair: Sungho Park, W. P. Carey School
of Business, Marketing


Chai Yong Lim

Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: High efficiency Bidirectional
Switching Charger using Time-Domain Controller
for Portable Device.
Chair: Sayfe Kiaei, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Madeleine Sonja Liseblad
Journalism
and Mass Communication

Dissertation: The Role of American Consultants
in the Development of Television News
Broadcasting in the United Kingdom in the 1990s
Chair: Leslie J. Thornton, Walter Cronkite School
of Journalism and Mass Communication

Jiangtao Liu
Civil, Environmental and
Sustainable Engineering
Dissertation: Passenger-focused scheduled
transportation systems: from increased
observability to shared mobility
Chair: Xuesong Zhou, School of Sustainable
Engineering and the Built Environment


Qianlang Liu
Materials Science
and Engineering

Dissertation: Probing Atomic, Electronic, and
Optical Structures of Nanoparticle Photocatalysts
Using Fast Electrons
Chair: Peter Crozier, School for Engineering
of Matter, Transport and Energy

Xiaoqing Liu
and Policy

Public Administration

Dissertation: How Do Governments Make
Budget Cuts?
Chair: Gerald Joseph Miller, School of Public Affairs

Yanqin Liu

Communication

Dissertation: Exploring Factors Influencing
Chinese American Older Adults' Intentions to
Plan for End-of-Life Care
Chair: Anthony Roberto, Hugh Downs School
of Human Communication

Jameson David Lopez

Educational
Policy and Evaluation

Dissertation: To Help Others Like Me: Quechan
and Cocopah Postsecondary Persistence for
Nation Building
Co-Chairs: Bryan Brayboy, School of Social
Transformation; Nathan Douglas Martin,
School of Social Transformation

Sirong Lu
Materials Science and
Engineering

Dissertation: Transmission Electron Microscopy
Study of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at
STO-Based Oxide Interfaces
Co-Chairs: David John Smith, Physics
Department; Martha Rogers McCartney,
Physics Department

Monirehalsadat Mahmoudi
Civil,
Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Dissertation: Shared Mobility Optimization
in Large Scale Transportation Networks:
Methodology and Applications
Chair: Xuesong Zhou, School of Sustainable
Engineering and the Built Environment


Andre Deon Mansion

Psychology

Joseph Paul Margetis
Engineering

Electrical

Dissertation: Differences in Offending Among
Bisexual and Heterosexual Youth: The Influence of
Maternal Support and Running Away from Home
Chair: Laurie Chassin, Psychology

Dissertation: RPCVD Growth of Epitaxial
Si-Ge-Sn Alloys for Optoelectronics Applications
Chair: Yong-Hang Zhang, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering


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Victor Manuel Moreno Martinez
Applied
Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences
Dissertation: Understanding the Impact of social
factors on the transmission dynamics of infectious
diseases across highly heterogeneous environments
Chair: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, School of
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences


Peter Reilly Marting

Animal Behavior

Dissertation: Collective personality in the
Azteca-Cecropia mutualism
Chair: Stephen Pratt, School of Life Sciences

Gina Lynn Mazza
Psychology
(Quantitative Research Methods)

Dissertation: Examining Dose-Response Effects
in Randomized Experiments with Partial Adherence
Co-Chairs: Kevin John Grimm, Psychology;
Stephen G. West, Psychology

Thomas Oscar McConkie

Physics

Dissertation: Investigation of Gallium Nitride
Heterostructures for Application to High Electron
Mobility Transistors
Chair: David John Smith, Physics Department

Heather Mary Meyer

Geological Sciences


Dissertation: The Formation and Degradation of
Planetary Surfaces: Impact Features and Explosive
Volcanic Landforms on the Moon and Mars
Co-Chairs: James Bell, School of Earth and
Space Exploration; Mark Southwick Robinson,
School of Earth and Space Exploration

Nickolaus James Miehl
Nursing and
Healthcare Innovation

Dissertation: Clinical Manager Perceptions of
New Nurse Preparation for Clinical Leadership
Co-Chairs: Debra Hagler, College of Nursing
and Health Innovation; Pauline Komnenich,
College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Megan Marie Miller

Geological Sciences

Dissertation: Remote sensing and modeling of
stressed aquifers and the associated hazards
Chair: Manoochehr Shirzaei, School of Earth
and Space Exploration

Amanda Jean Montoya

Justice Studies


Dissertation: Taos Pueblo Migration Theories:
Indigenous Push and Pull Factors
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, School of
Social Transformation; Netra B. Chhetri, School
for the Future of Innovation in Society

Sepideh Mohammad Raei Naeini
Economics

Dissertation: Essays on Dynamic Effects of Taxation
Chair: Gustavo Jaime Ventura, W. P. Carey
School of Business, Economics

Daniel W. Newton
(Management)

Business Administration

Brandon Nichter

Psychology

Dissertation: Expanding our Understanding
of Constructive Voice: Accounting for Voice
Function and Scope
Chair: Jeffery A. LePine, W. P. Carey School
of Business, Management
Dissertation: The Role of Common and Specific
Components of Internalizing Distress in Predicting
Alcohol Use Among Mexican American Adolescents

Chair: Nancy A. Gonzales, College Of Liberal
Arts and Sciences

Shuluo Ning

Industrial Engineering

Dissertation: Structure-Regularized
Partition-Regression Models for Nonlinear
System-Environment Interactions
Chair: Jing Li, School of Computing, Informatics,
and Decision Systems Engineering

Won No

Public Administration and Policy

Dissertation: Redistribution and Deliberation
in Mandated Participatory Governance
Chair: Daniel Schugurensky, School Of
Public Affairs

Bailey Margaret Oliver

Communication

Dissertation: Blended Family Resilience:
Communication Practices in Positive Adult
Half Sibling Relationships
Chair: Janet Kaye Alberts, Hugh Downs School

of Human Communication

Lana Margaret Olsen
Community
Resources and Development

Dissertation: A Culturally Relevant Symbol:
Participant Engagement in a Volunteer Tourism
Youth Education Program and Impacts on
Program Youth
Chair: Kathleen L. Andereck, School of
Community Resources and Development

John Bryce Ortiz

Psychology

Dissertation: Mechanisms of Recovery from
Chronic Stress
Chair: Cheryl Diane Conrad, Psychology

Katherine Elizabeth Morelli
English
(Writing, Rhetorics, and Literacies)

Priyanka Niraj Parekh
Learning,
Literacies and Technologies

Chung Jung Mun


Judith Irangika Dingatantrige Perera
History

Dissertation: The Role of Cultural Health
Navigators in the Sponsoring of Refugee Families
Access to Health Literacy and Pediatrics Care
Chair: Doris Warriner, English

Psychology

Dissertation: Mechanisms Linking Daily Pain and
Depressive Symptoms: The Application of Diary
Assessment and Bio-Psycho-Social Profiling
Co-Chairs: Mary C. Davis, Psychology;
Paul Karoly, Psychology

Dissertation: Summer of Tinkering: Sociocultural
Views of Children's Learning while Tinkering in
Social and Material Worlds.
Chair: Elisabeth Ruth Gee, English

Dissertation: From Exclusion to State Violence:
The Transformation of Noncitizen Detention in
the United States and Its Implications in Arizona,
1891-present
Chair: Jack L. Schermerhorn, School of
Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies



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Brianne Ogata Petritis

Biological Design

Dissertation: Large-scale kinetic analyses of
protein-protein interactions: advancing the
understanding of post translational modifications
in biological regulation
Chair: Joshua LaBaer, Biodesign Institute

Jonathan Douglas Plasencia
Engineering

Biomedical

Dissertation: Development of A Novel Virtual
Tool for Donor Heart Fitting
Co-Chairs: David Frakes, School of Biological
and Health Systems Engineering;
Vikram D. Kodibagkar, School of Biological
and Health Systems Engineering

Jennie Hewitt Appel Podlevsky
Engineering

Electrical

Dissertation: Diagnostic and Therapeutic MEMS
(Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) Devices for

the Identification and Treatment of Human Disease
Chair: Junseok Chae, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Ashwin Rai

Aerospace Engineering

Dissertation: Novel Methodology for
Atomistically Informed Multiscale Modeling
of Advanced Composites
Chair: Aditi Chattopadhyay, School for
Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Hiranmayi Ranganathan
Engineering

Electrical

Dissertation: Deep Active Learning Explored
Across Diverse Label Spaces
Chair: Sethuraman Panchanathan, Office
of Knowledge Enterprise Development

Colter Dylan Ray

Communication

Dissertation: Effects of Message Planning
on Support Message Effectiveness, Nonverbal

Behaviors, and Supporter Stress and Anxiety
Co-Chairs: Kory Wayne Floyd, Hugh Downs
School of Human Communication;
Paul Anthony Mongeau, Hugh Downs School
of Human Communication

Elizabeth Anne Reber-Rider

Justice Studies

Dissertation: The Emotional Well-Being of
Low-Wage Migrant Workers in Dubai
Chair: Takeyuki Tsuda, School of Human
Evolution and Social Change

Irene Lujan Regalado
and Engineering

Materials Science

Dissertation: Characterization of
Thermo-Mechanical Damage in Tin and
Sintered NanoSilver Solders
Chair: Nikhilesh Chawla, School for Engineering
of Matter, Transport and Energy

Alvaro Daniel Latorre Rey
Engineering

Electrical


Dissertation: Particle-Based Modeling of
Reliability for Millimeter-Wave GaN Devices
for Power Amplifier Applications
Chair: Marco Saraniti, Ira A. Fulton Schools
of Engineering

Seyedbabak Rezaeedaryakenari
Science

Political

Dissertation: The Dilemma of Violence:
Political Conflict, Popular Mobilization,
and Foreign Interventions
Chair: Cameron G. Thies, School of Politics
and Global Studies

Joseph Holda Rheinhardt

Chemistry

Kristy Joanne Roschke
Mass Communication

Journalism and

Dissertation: Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Using Organosulfur Compounds
Chair: Daniel A. Buttry, School of

Molecular Sciences

Dissertation: Gatekeeping as a Media Literacy
Practice: An Examination of the Gatekeeping
Practices of Participants in a Digital Media
Literacy Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
Chair: Leslie J. Thornton, Walter Cronkite School
of Journalism and Mass Communication

Shadi Roshdiferdosi

Chemistry

Andrew Joseph Ryan

Geological Sciences

Dissertation: Diagnostic and Prognostic
Capacity of Serum Glycan Nodes in Different
Types of Cancer
Chair: Chad Randolph Borges, Biodesign Institute
Dissertation: Heat and Mass Transfer on
Planetary Surfaces
Chair: Philip R. Christensen, School of Earth
and Space Exploration

Flavio Francesco Maria Sabatti
Engineering

Electrical


Dissertation: Cellular Monte Carlo Simulation
of Coupled Electron and Phonon Dynamics
Chair: Marco Saraniti, Ira A. Fulton Schools
of Engineering

Morteza Saharkhiz

Economics

Siddhartha Sampath

Industrial Engineering

Theresa Ann Scarnati

Applied Mathematics

Dissertation: Essays on Child Development
Co-Chairs: Daniel Silverman, W. P. Carey School
of Business, Economics; Matthew Wiswall,
W. P. Carey School of Business, Economics
Dissertation: Towards More Intuitive
Frameworks in Project Portfolio Selection
Co-Chairs: Esma Senturk Gel, School of
Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems
Engineering; John Fowler, W. P. Carey School of
Business, Supply Chain Management

Dissertation: Advanced Techniques for

Regularization in Partial Differential Equations
and Imaging
Co-Chairs: Anne Gelb, School of Mathematical
and Statistical Sciences; Rodrigo B. Platte, School
of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Joseph Walter Schoenfelder
(Theatre For Youth)

Theatre

Dissertation: Mobilizing Hope: An Applied
Drama Approach Toward Building Protective
Factors in Behavioral Health
Chair: Stephani Etheridge Woodson, School
Film, Dance and Theatre


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Jared Joseph Schoepf
Engineering

Alan James Simmons

Chemical

Dissertation: Tiered Approach to Detect
Nanomaterials in Food and Environmental Matrices
Chair: Paul Westerhoff, Ira A. Fulton Schools
of Engineering


Constantin Felix Schreiber
Policy and Evaluation

Educational

Dissertation: The Framing of Community in
High School Guiding Statements: A Comparative
Analysis of Traditional Public Schools and
Charter Schools
Chair: Gustavo Enrique Fischman, Mary Lou
Fulton Teachers College

Shobana Sekar

Biomedical Informatics

Dissertation: Circular RNA characterization and
regulatory network prediction in human tissue
Chair: Valentin Dinu, Biomedical Informatics

Solem De Maria Minjarez Sesma

Spanish

Dissertation: Concepto de Cultura e
Independencia Nacional: Crónica y Cuadernos de
Apuntes de José Martí en Mexico: 1875-1877
Chair: Emil Volek, School of International Letters
and Cultures


Andrea Jean Severson
English
(Writing, Rhetorics, and Literacies)

Dissertation: More than a Pretty Dress: Rhetoric
of Style & Identity Construction of Stateswomen
Fashion Icons
Chair: Maureen Daly Goggin, English

Catharyn Carisa Crane Shelton
Literacies and Technologies

Learning,

Dissertation: Online teacherpreneurship:
Shedding light on the practice, the individuals
who pursue it, and the impacts they experience
Chair: Leanna Archambault, Mary Lou Fulton
Teachers College

Tanie Maurine Sherman
Healthcare Innovation

Nursing and

Dissertation: Understanding Motivation for
Behavior Change to Decrease Sedentary Behavior
in Midlife Women: A Qualitative Study
Chair: Julie M. Fleury, College of Nursing and

Health Innovation

Kenneth Alessandro Shurley
Technology

Educational

Dissertation: Enhancing the Acquisition
and Retention of the Navajo Language using
Computer-based Instruction and the Effects of
Static Pedagogical Agents and Game-like Practice
Chair: Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Mary Lou Fulton
Teachers College

Bing Si

Industrial Engineering

Dissertation: Data Fusion and Systems Engineering
Approaches for Quality and Performance
Improvement of Health Care Systems: From
Diagnosis to Care to System-level Decision-making
Chair: Jing Li, School of Computing, Informatics,
and Decision Systems Engineering

Political Science

Dissertation: Judging Their Own: When and Why
States Pursue Accountability for Human Rights
Violations of Security Forces

Co-Chairs: Reed Morrison Wood, School of
Politics and Global Studies; Victor Peskin,
School of Politics and Global Studies

Nikita Ghanshyam Singhal
Engineering

Electrical

Karthigayini Sivaprakasam
Informatics

Biomedical

Dissertation: Enhanced Reserve Procurement
Policies for Power Systems with Increasing
Penetration Levels of Stochastic Resources
Chair: Kory W. Hedman, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering

Dissertation: A novel approach to comparative
genomic analysis of canine and human cancers.
Co-Chairs: Jeffrey Trent, School of Life Sciences;
Valentin Dinu, Biomedical Informatics

Sarah Elizabeth Snyder
English
(Writing, Rhetorics, and Literacies)

Dissertation: The Stretch Model: Including

L2 Student Voices
Co-Chairs: Paul Matsuda, English;
Shirley K. Rose, English

Sining Song
Business Administration
(Supply Chain Management)

Dissertation: Essays on Environmental Spillovers
in Supply Chains
Co-Chairs: Craig Randall Carter. W. P. Carey
School of Business, Supply Chain Management;
Thomas J. Kull, W. P. Carey School of Business,
Supply Chain Management

James B. Stein

Communication

Dissertation: Incorporating Social Network
Variables into Relational Turbulence Theory:
Popping the Dyadic Bubble
Chair: Paul Anthony Mongeau, Hugh Downs
School of Human Communication

Christine Lala Sturm

Sustainability

Nithya Subramanian

Engineering

Aerospace

Dissertation: Germany's Energy Transition
Experiment: A Case Study about Guiding
Decisions and Steering Large Socio-Technical
Systems in Desired Directions
Chair: Daniel Sarewitz, School for the Future
of Innovation in Society

Dissertation: Physics-Based Modeling of
Material Behavior and Damage Initiation in
Nanoengineered Composites
Chair: Aditi Chattopadhyay, School for
Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Minjuan Sun

Economics

Dissertation: Dissertation Defense for Minjuan
Sun, Economics PhD
Chair: Todd Kurtis Schoellman, W. P. Carey
School of Business