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May 19, 2005

Notices

GENERAL NOTICES

English Language Courses

The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.

Convenient online courses are available for UW employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary in academic, business, or technical writing. All of the courses have online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. Instructors respond to assignments within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback.

Evening and Saturday on-site courses focus on conversational skills, listening, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, English in business and in academic writing, and preparation for the TOEIC. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.

UWELP also customizes courses in English for the Workplace. Depending on the needs of your group, courses can be designed for such areas as pronunciation and fluency, assisting clients by telephone, presentation skills and the language of meetings, e-mail communication, and job-specific vocabulary and idioms.

For more information, call 206-543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.

Study participants wanted

Healthy research subjects who are not thin needed to look at the effect of diesel exhaust on health. University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupation Health is looking for healthy 18–49 yr old non-smokers. Study takes at least 6 weeks – and involves two screening visits and three full-day or overnight visits. Subjects will perform lung function tests, have arm ultrasounds, provide blood and urine samples and have heart rhythm/rate measured. Volunteers receive up to $750. Call 206-616-6525 for more information.

Blood drives

Friday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby.

Monday, May 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. in 200ABC HUB.

Wednesday, May 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. on Stevens Way, across from Lewis Hall.

Friday, May 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:35 – 5:30 pm in the bus parked on the north side of Schmitz Hall.

DEGREE EXAMS

Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Examinations

• Junko Nakajima Agnew, Asian Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Gowen Hall, M-218. (Prof. John Hamm).
  
• Elda M. Aldasoro Maya, Anthropology, Ph.D. 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Denny Hall, 401. (Profs. Devon Pena and Eugene Hunn).
  
• Denise H. Bale, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 20. Chemistry Bldg., 102. (Prof. Larry Dalton).
  
• Niranjan Balu, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Aerospace and Engineering Research Bldg., 328. (Prof. Chun Yuan).
  
• Dawn M. Bardot, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 219A. (Prof. Ashley Emery).
  
• Hidy A. Basta, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Sandra Silberstein).
  
• Courtney M. Bello, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, May 27. Health Sciences Ctr., T-478. (Prof. Trisha Davis).
  
• Joshua C. Bis, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, May 23. 1385 Met Park East, CHRU. (Prof. Bruce Psaty).
  
• Brianna T. Blaser, Women Studies, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, May 23. Padelford Hall, B-110G. (Prof. Angela Ginorio).
  
• Graeme Thomison Boushey, Political Science, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Smith Hall, 40A. (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  
• Ryan Edward Burt, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Padelford Hall, A-106. (Prof. Caroline Simpson).
  
• Mustafa Aksel Casson, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, May 23. Kane Hall, 23-D. (Prof. James Feathers).
  
• Christopher C. Chapman, Music, D.M.A. 2 p.m. Friday, May 27. Music Bldg., 219. (Prof. Tim Salzman).
  
• Jingyi Chen, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Chemistry Bldg., 339. (Prof. Younan Xia).
  
• Yu-Chien Chen, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, May 20. Miller Hall, 423A. (Prof. William Winn).
  
• Yun-Feng Chen, Music, D.M.A. 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 27. Music Bldg., 103. (Prof. Carole Terry).
  
• Jeffrey Chiu, English, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Chandan Reddy).
  
• Alison Danielle Cross, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Fishsery Science Bldg., 252B. (Prof. David Beauchamp).
  
• Mark Richard Enstrom, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Center, J-280. (Prof. Colin Manoil).
  
• Gregory L. Finney, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Center, J-182. (Prof. Michael MacCoss).
  
• Marisela Fleites-Lear, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Padelford Hall, C-104. (Prof. Cynthia Duncan).
  
• Lendra M. Friesen, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Soc Work/Speech and Hearing Sciences Bldg., 52. (Prof. Kelly Tremblay).
  
• Nicole L. Glazer, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. 1730 Minor Ave. Suite 1360. (Prof. David Siscovick).
  
• Dokubo Melford Goodhead, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Padelford Hall, A-106. (Prof. Johnnella Butler).
  
• Ammar H. Hakim, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Guggenheim Hall, 206. (Prof. Uri Shumlak).
  
• Marnie Ann Haller, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Wilcox Hall, 243. (Prof. Alex Jen).
  
• Scott R. Hammond, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Bagley Hall, 319. (Prof. Larry Dalton).
  
• Yun-Wei A. Hsu, Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Kincaid Hall, A-042C. (Prof. Horacio de la Iglesia).
  
• David William Huntsperger, English, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, May 23. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Brian Reed).
  
• Yuko Kawato, Political Science, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, Jun 1. Smith Hall, 40. (Prof. Elizabeth Kier).
  
• Joanna L. Kelley, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Health Sciences Ctr., K-350. (Prof. Willie Swanson).
  
• Ivan Takayoshi Kidoguchi, English, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Henry Staten).
  
• Hyun Chul Kim, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 219. (Prof. I-Yeu Shen).
  
• Min-Hyoung Kim, Political Science, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 20. Smith Hall, 40A. (Prof. James Caporaso).
  
• Aaron A. Klammer, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Health Sciences Ctr., K-350. (Profs. William Noble and Michael MacCoss).
  
• Kristina Ruth Knoll, Women Studies, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Padelford Hall, B-110G. (Prof. Angela Ginorio).
  
• Deepak A. Lamba, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, May 23. Health Sciences Ctr., T-663. (Prof. Thomas Reh).
  
• Min Li, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 20. Health Sciences Ctr., T-478. (Profs. Steve Self and Jon Wakefield).
  
• Avery T. Luedtke, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Bagley Hall, 319. (Prof. Karen Goldberg).
  
• Tiffany B. Malek, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24. FHCRC, D3-120. (Prof. Catherine Peichel).
  
• Jennifer A. Marsh, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Guthrie Hall, 315. (Prof. James Ha).
  
• Adrienne Lynne Massanari, Communication, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 23. Communications Bldg., 102E. (Prof. Kirsten Foot).
  
• Roy Thomas Mayfield, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Wilcox Hall, 264. (Prof. Steven Kramer).
  
• Donna Lee Messina, Education, Ph.D. 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Miller Hall, 211L. (Prof. William McDiarmid).
  
• Erica Eleanor M. Moodie, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Health Sciences Ctr., F-600. (Prof. Thomas Richardson).
  
• Joshua P. Newell, Geography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, May 23. Smith Hall, 409. (Prof. Craig ZumBrunnen).
  
• Eric Michael Ossiander, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Health Sciences Center, F-348. (Prof. Thomas Koepsell).
  
• Nesrin Ozalp, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 219. (Prof. Barry Hyman).
  
• Sujay Sunil Parekh, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Paul Allen Center, CSE-303. (Prof. Ed Lazowska).
  
• Woong-Cheol Park, Music, D.M.A. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Music Bldg., 103. (Prof. Vinson Cole).
  
• Jennifer Patterson, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Chemistry Bldg., 102. (Prof. Patrick Stayton).
  
• Christina Ruth Pince, Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Kincaid Hall, 502. (Prof. H.D. Bradshaw).
  
• Kianosh Rahimi, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Electrial Engineering Bldg., AE-105. (Prof. Mani Soma).
  
• Britta Saltonstall, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, May 23. Miller Hall, 104. (Prof. Ilene Schwartz).
  
• Vincent Joseph Schleitwiler, English, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Padelford Hall, A-106. (Prof. Joycelyn Moody).
  
• Huamei Shang, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Wilcox Hall, 243. (Prof. Guozhong Cao).
  
• Thongsouy Sitanon, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Center, T-404. (Prof. Susan Blackburn).
  
• Kristin B. Stecher, Psychology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Guthrie Hall, 315. (Prof. Jason Plaks).
  
• Cristi L. Stoick, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, May 27. Health Sciences Ctr., K-550. (Prof. Randall Moon).
  
• Zoltan B. Szuts, Oceanography, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 425. (Prof. Thomas Sanford).
  
• Susan Margaret Taylor, English, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Padelford Hall, A-106. (Prof. Brian Reed).
  
• Patricia A. Townsend, Biology, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Kincaid Hall, A-042C. (Prof. Martha Groom).
  
• Anika M. Trancik, Psychology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 23. Chemistry Library, 202C. (Prof. Liliana Lengua).
  
• Maisie Seow Yee Wang, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Aerospace and Engineering Research Bldg., 328. (Prof. David Haynor).
  
• Edward William White, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Center, I-140. (Prof. Scott Hawes).
  
• Christopher Brant Wilson, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Benson Hall, 109. (Profs. Brian Swanson and James Davis).
  
• Stephen Louis Winant, Music, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, May 23. Music Bldg., 103. (Prof. Shannon Dudley).
  
• Laura C. Zanotti, Anthropology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Denny Hall, M-32. (Prof. Stevan Harrell).
  
• Cheryl Renshaw Zilinskas, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Raitt Hall, 314. (Profs. Christine Ingebritsen and Steven Pfaff).

Final Examinations

• Michael Gardner Andreu, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Friday, May 20. Anderson Hall, 22. “Linking Silviculture with Emerging Bio-energy Technology to Manage for Forest Health” (Profs. Kristiina Vogt and Chad Oliver).
  
• Janice Fabian Bell, Public Health and Community Medicine – Health Services, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 20. Health Sciences Center, H-670. “African American Birth Outcome Disparities: The Role of Residential Segregation” (Prof. Frederick Zimmerman).
  
• Sharon Louise Berg, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Raitt Hall, 314. “Magic in the North: Magical Realism in Contemporary Scandinavian Fiction” (Prof. Jan Sjavik).
  
• Sambuddha Bhattacharya, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Electrical Engineering Bldg. 1, 303. “Template-Driven Parasitic-Aware Optimization of Analog/RF Integrated Circuit Layouts” (Prof. Richard Shi).
  
• Adam Carlson, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Paul Allen Center, CSE-303. “Making the Implicit Explicit: Tools for Aiding Human Communication” (Prof. Steve Tanimoto).
  
• Diane H. Cho, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 23. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “CTG Repeats, CTCF Sites and RNAi at the Myotonic Dystrophy Locus” (Prof. Stephen Tapscott).
  
• Jennie Leigh Close, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Fisheries Center, 201. “The Role of the TGF beta Superfamily and EGF in Postnatal Retinal Proliferation and Muller Glial Differentiation” (Prof. Thomas Reh).
  
• Kimberly Lynn Cooper, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 26. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “A Genetic Investigation of Branchiomotor Neuron Development in the Zebrafish, Danio rerio” (Prof. Cecilia Moens).
  
• Pamela Grace Samia Costes, Music, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 27. Music Bldg., 103. “TUNOG Pil-AM: Creating and Reinventing the Sound of the Filipino Natives of America” (Prof. Ter Ellingson).
  
• Haixia Dai, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Benson Hall, 115. “Engineering Nanomaterials with a Combined Electrochemical and Molecular Biomimetic Approach” (Prof. Daniel Schwartz).
  
• Ryan Day, Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 27. Health Sciences Center, K-069. “Addressing Protein Folding Using All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations” (Prof. Valerie Daggett).
  
• Yunxian Ding, Communication, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Communications Bldg., 126. “Allegories of Tibet” (Prof. Barbara Warnick).
  
• Danielle Elizabeth Endres, Communication, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Communications Bldg., 126. “Public Argumentation and Nuclear Waste: A Rhetorical Criticism of Stakeholder Arguments in the Yucca Mountain Siting Controversy” (Prof. Leah Ceccarelli).
  
• Sandra Louise Evans, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 20. Padelford Hall, B-202. “Masters and Rebels in Raoul de Cambrai and the Cycle des Barons Revoltes” (Prof. Eugene Vance).
  
• Catherine A. Fromme, Education, Ed.D 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Miller Hall, 313. “An Examination of Various Types of Trust through an Interdisciplinary Trust Typology and the Implications of these Trust Types for Educators and School System Leaders” (Prof. Mike Copland).
  
• William Galloway, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Denny Hall, M-32. “Welcome to the Crocodile Farm” (Prof. Miriam Kahn).
  
• Erin Michelle Gibbons, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Electrical Engineering Bldg., AE-108. “Field Inversion Electrophoresis of Short DNA Fragments in Free Solution” (Prof. Deirdre Meldrum).
  
• Elizabeth Austin Gilbert, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Ctr., T-513. “Understanding Violence Against Taxi Cab Drivers” (Prof. Mary Salazar).
  
• Scott Charles Goeke, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 27. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “The Role of the Transcription Factor LOLA in Drosophila Axon Guidance” (Prof. Steve Tapscott).
  
• Deborah Renee Gonzalez, Education, Ed.D 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Miller Hall, M-210. “Part of the Solution Large District Support for Comprehensive High School Principals” (Prof. Marge Plecki).
  
• Raphael Gottardo, Statistics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Padelford Hall, C-301. “Robust Bayesian Analysis of Gene Expression Microarray Data” (Prof. Adrian Raftery).
  
• Richard Alan Grotefendt, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Anderson Hall, 22. “Accurate and Cost-Effective Natural Resource Data from Super Large Scale Aerial Photography” (Prof. Gerard Schreuder).
  
• Edith Carol Sonne Hall, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 27. Anderson Hall, 22. “Life Cycle Assessment of Pacific Northwest Forestry Operations from Seedling Production through Harvesting: Implications for Rational Forest Management” (Prof. David Briggs).
  
• Kari Ragan Hoffmann, Music, D.M.A. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Music Bldg., 103. “The Ballad of Baby Doe: Historical Accuracy and Gender Ideology in the Characterization of Baby Doe and Augusta” (Prof. Julian Patrick).
  
• Hsu-Feng Hsiao, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Paul Allen Center, AE-108. “Multimedia Streaming Congestion Control over Heterogeneous Networks: From Distributed Computation and End-to-End Perspectives” (Prof. Jenq Hwang).
  
• Sui-Whi Jane, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Health Sciences Center, T-404. “Effects of a Full-Body Massage on Pain Intensity, Anxiety, and Physiological Relaxation in Taiwanese Patients with Metastatic Bone Pain: A Pilot Study” (Prof. Diana Wilkie).
  
• Scott R. Johnston, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, May 23. Engineering Annex, ILF Design Studio. “Initial Stage Sintering Model of 316L Stainless Steel with Applications to Three Dimensionally Printed Components” (Profs. Duane Storti and Rhonda Anderson).
  
• Turan Kayaoglu, Political Science, Ph.D. 2:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Smith Hall, 40. “Sovereignty, State-Building, and the Abolition of Extraterritoriality” (Prof. Elizabeth Kier).
  
• Yu-Ling Lan, Education, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Miller Hall, 104. “Exploring Taiwanese Undergraduates’ Self-concepts: Validity and Cultural Relevance” (Prof. Donald Mizokawa).
  
• n Ian Andrew Lange, Economics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Savery Hall, 302-C. “Investigating the Effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments on Inputs to Coal-Fired Power Plants” (Prof. Robert Halvorsen).
  
• John E. Lederer, Education, Ed.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Miller Hall, 222. “Promoting Lifelong Learning: An Analysis of Community College Delivery of Employer-Focused Education and Training” (Prof. Ed Taylor).
  
• Jiyoung Lee, Music, D.M.A. 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Music Bldg., 212. “The Seventeenth Century North German Organ Music – Centered on Chorale Fantasy” (Prof. Carole Terry).
  
• Yongxiang Li, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Denny Hall, 401. “State Power and Sustainable Development in Southwest China: A Case Study from Ailao Shan, Yunnan” (Prof. Steve Harrell).
  
• Yung Ming Li, Business Administration, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Mackenzie Hall, 367. “Essays in Peer-to-Peer Content Distributation Networks: Scale, Formation and Pricing” (Prof. Yong Tan).
  
• Joan Ruth Lind, Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Padelford Hall, C-36. “Geometry of Loewner Evolution” (Prof. Steffen Rohde).
  
• Kuang-Ta Lo, Economics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Savery Hall, 302. “Tax Incentives and Household Behaviors: The Cases of Charitable Contributions and Retirement Savings” (Prof. Neil Bruce).
  
• Allison Paige Lowy, Education, Ed.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Ctr. On Human Development and Disability, EEU – CD-107. “A Comparison of the Use of Constant Time Delay Alone and Constant Time Delay with Instructive Feedback to Teach Children with Autism to Discriminate Stimuli by Function, Feature, and Class” (Prof. Felix Billingsley).
  
• Weiya Douglas Lu, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Photophysical Consequences from Interactions of Glutathione S-Tranferases with the Photodynmaic Sensitizer Hypericin” (Prof. William Atkins).
  
• Hideo Makihara, Linguistics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, May 23. Savery Hall, 316. “On the Past Tense in Japanese Relative Clauses” (Prof. Karen Zagona).
  
• Antonino Miceli, Physics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, May 20. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., 356A. “LON EOS RR Lyrae Stars as Probes of Glactic Structure and Formation” (Prof. Christopher Stubbs).
  
• John C. M. Nelson, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 20. Padelford Hall, B-528. “The Two Antilles: Power and Representation in the West Indies” (Prof. Herbert Blau).
  
• Eleni Michail Oikonomidoy, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Miller Hall, 112-A. “Constructing Academic Identities in Exile Among Somali Refugee Female High School Students” (Prof. Geneva Gay).
  
• Jose Sergio Olivares, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Health Sciences Center, T-305. “Chicano Communal Mental Health: A Northwest Historical Perspective” (Prof. Deborah Ward).
  
• Vjeran Ivan Pavlakovic, History, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Smith Hall, 320. “Our Spaniards: Croatian Communists, Fascists, and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939” (Prof. James Felak).
  
• Matthew Edward Peters, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Guggenheim Hall, 317. “Moist Convection and the Large Scale Tropical Circulation” (Prof. Christopher Bretherton).
  
• Pornprapit Phoasavadi, Music, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Music Bldg., 103. “From Prachan to Prakuad: The Process of Officializing Traditional Music Competition in Contemporary Bangkok” (Prof. Ter Ellingson).
  
• Sean N. Raymond, Astronomy, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “Late-stage Accretion and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets” (Prof. Thomas Quinn).
  
• Connie Sue Roush, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Health Sciences Center, T-513. “Health, Place and the Practice of Skilled Home Health Care” (Prof. Noel Chrisman).
  
• Siddhartha Sikdar, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 24. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. “Ultrasonic Imaging of Flow-induced Vibrations in Tissue” (Prof. Yongmin Kim).
  
• Susan Nicole Smith, History, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, May 27. Smith Hall, 320. “Museum Practices and Notions of the Local in a Russian Provincial City, 1898-1935” (Prof. Glennys Young).
  
• Lorna L. Spear, Education, Ed.D 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Miller Hall, M-210. “Mentoring the Emotional Dimensions of Leadership: The Perceptions of Interns” (Prof. Mike Copland).
  
• Erich Walter Steinman, Sociology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Savery Hall, 209. “Institutionalizing Tribes as Governments: Skillful Meaning Entrepreneurship Across Political Fields” (Prof. Debra Minkoff).
  
• Katherine Elizabeth Stenger, Political Science, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, May 23. Gowen Hall, 1-B. “Voices Crying Out in the Wilderness: Religious Groups and Media Coverage of National Policy Debates” (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  
• Benjamin L. Stottrup, Physics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 27. Physics Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “Immiscibility in Lipid Monolayer Model Membranes” (Prof. Sarah Keller).
  
• Haijun Sun, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 27. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. “Magnetohydrodynamics Stability of an Aluminum Reduction Cell” (Prof. Bruce Finlayson).
  
• Steven L. Jr Tait, Physics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Chemistry Bldg., 439. “Desorption Kinetics of Small n-Alkanes from MgO(100), Pt(111), and C(0001)/Pt(111) and Studies of Pd Nanoparticles: Growth and Sintering on AI203(0001) and Methane Dissociation on MgO(100)” (Profs. Charles Campbell and Samuel Fain, Jr.).
  
• Marc Masayuki Takeno, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Bagley Hall, 405. “Antithrombotic Peptide Delivery from Glow-Discharge Plasma-Coated Controlled Release Matrices” (Prof. Buddy Ratner).
  
• Anne R. Thissen-Roe, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24. Guthrie Hall, 211. “Adaptive Selection of Personality Items to Inform a Neural Network Predicting Job Performance” (Prof. Earl Hunt).
  
• Todd F. Tietchen, English, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Padelford Hall, A-101C. “Soldiers, Pacifists, and Secret Agents: Militarization and the Cold War Public Arena” (Profs. Robert Shulman and Nikhil Singh).
  
• Tammy Sueko Vandegrift, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 20. Paul Allen Center, 503. “Scheduling Protocols for Media-on-Demand Systems” (Prof. Richard Ladner).
  
• Catherine Elizabeth Veninga, Geography, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Smith Hall, 409. “The Transgressive Geographies of Integration: School Desegregation in Seattle” (Prof. Michael Brown).
  
• Sacha Nicole Vignieri, Biology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 27. Fishery Science Bldg., 102. “Gene Flow Across Scales in the Riparian Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus Trinotatus): Combining Individual and Population Level Approaches” (Prof. Jim Kenagy).
  
• Alexander L. Watters, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Health Sciences Center, K-069. “Exploring the Evolutionary Constraints on Protein Free Energy Landscapes” (Prof. David Baker).
  
• Martin Welzel, Music, D.M.A. 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Music Bldg., 103. “Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968): A Critical Examination of Her Life” (Prof. Carole Terry).
  
• Andrew A. West, Astronomy, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “HI Selected Galaxies in the SDSS” (Prof. Julianne Dalcanton).
  
• David Wayne White, Mathematics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Padelford Hall, C-36. “Processes With Inert Drift” (Prof. Krzysztof Burdzy).
  
• Danuta M. Wojnar, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Health Sciences Ctr., T-404. “Miscarriage Experiences of Lesbian Birth and Social Mothers” (Prof. Kristin Swanson).
  
• Hyun Joo Yang, Music, D.M.A. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Music Bldg., 103. “Which Arias Better Represent Susanna’s Character: The Orginial or Replaced Arias?” (Prof. Vinson Cole).
  
• Dan Kawika Yoshimoto, Psychology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. 4000 NE 41st Street Bldg G, Conference Room. “The Basis of Attachment Injury in Couples” (Prof. John Gottman).
  
• Paul H. Zehfuss, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Condon Hall, 311. “Distal Records of Sandy Holocene Lahars from Mount Rainier, Washington” (Profs. Brian Atwater and Alan Gillespie).
  
• Jie Zheng, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 24. Electrical Engineering, 303. “Molecular Simulation Studies of Biological and Chemical Interfaces” (Prof. Shaoyi Jiang).