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Doctor of Philosophy
Anthony Michael Provenzano, Field of Specialization:
Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems.
Dissertation: Cross-Sector Care Activities and
Technological Capabilities of Federally Qualied
Health Centers in Michigan.
Lisa T. Pulianmackal, Field of Specialization:
Microbiology and Immunology. Dissertation: The Role
of ParA/MinD ATPases in the Spatial Regulation of
Bacterial Organelles.
Meredith Kathleen Purchal, Field of Specialization:
Chemical Biology. Dissertation: The Molecular Basis of
Improbable Enzymatic Chemisteries.
Torben Lennart Purz, Field of Specialization: Physics.
Dissertation: Ultrafast Coherent Imaging Spectroscopy
of Van-der-Waals Materials.
Sinéad Gráinne Redmond, Field of Specialization:
Public Policy and Political Science. Dissertation:
The Impact of the Federal Appelate Courts on State
Abortion Policymaking.
Elizabeth Ashlyn Reese, Field of Specialization: English
Language and Literature. Dissertation: Forms Less
Solid: Duration and the Romantic Long Form.
Laura I. Romaine, Field of Specialization: English
Language and Literature. Dissertation: An Asset-Based
Approach to Literature and Composition Studies.
Brittany Rupp, Field of Specialization: Chemical
Engineering. Dissertation: Isolation and Molecular
Characterization of Single Circulating Tumor and
Immune Cells to Examine Heterogeneity.
Jorge Sandoval, Field of Specialization: Chemical
Biology. Dissertation: Probing the Chemical Space for
Non-Promiscuous Nucleic Acid Binders.
Tuba Sarwar, Field of Specialization: Electrical and
Computer Engineering. Dissertation: On-Chip UV/
VIS Optical Spectrometer.
Ashley Marie Schubert, Field of Specialization:
Anthropology. Dissertation: Tradition and
Transformation: Mississippian Households and
Communities in the Appalachian Summit, AD 1200-
1600.
Richard Edward Schutzman, Field of Specialization:
Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dissertation: Mechanistic
Evaluation of Early Phases of Drug Release From
Polymer Microparticles Prepared by Atomization
Techniques.
Sharmi Sen, Field of Specialization: Anthropology.
Dissertation: Dispersal and Male Reproductive
Strategies in Wild Gelada (Theropithecus Gelada).
Adrienne Niederriter Shami, Field of Specialization:
Human Genetics. Dissertation: Molecular and
Functional Characterization of Conserved and
Divergent Features of Mammalian Spermatogenesis.
Liuxing Shen, Field of Specialization: Physics.
Dissertation: Theoretical Examination of Charge
Transport Effects in Particle-In-Binder Mercuric Iodide
(PIB-HgI2) on X-ray Detector Performance.
Yuning Shen, Field of Specialization: Medicinal
Chemistry. Dissertation: High Throughput
Experimentation Facilitated Development of Amine-
Acid Cross Coupling Reactions.
Yihui Sheng, Field of Specialization: Asian Languages
and Cultures. Dissertation: “Performative Reading” and
“Close Listening” in Early Modern China: Chuanqi
Song-Drama as Multimedia Form, 1550-1750”.
Joshua Joseph Shepard, Field of Specialization:
Aerospace Engineering. Dissertation: Experimental
Characterization of Rotating Detonation Engine Loss
Mechanisms.
Margaret Arden Showalter, Field of Specialization:
History. Dissertation:”Teach Your Children Well:”
Imagining Interracial Harmony in a Post-Civil Rights
Act United States, 1964-1978.
Kevin Mendonca Silva, Field of Specialization: Naval
Architecture and Marine Engineering. Dissertation:
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Driven
Machine-Learning Framework for Observation and
Quantication of Extreme Ship Reponses.
Taylor Anne Sims, Field of Specialization: History.
Dissertation: Everyday Women and the English
Reformation: Gender and Religion in the Diocese of
Salisbury, 1450-1600.
Anshul Singhal, Field of Specialization: Materials
Science and Engineering. Dissertation: Improved
Extraction of Natural Fibers for Sustainable Polymer
Composites.
Kendon Smith, Field of Specialization: English and
Education. Dissertation: Characterizations of Readers
in College Composition Courses: Language Ideologies
and Inequitable Shifts in the Communicative Burden.
Richard Edgar Smith II, Field of Specialization:
Psychology. Dissertation: Examining the Protective
Role of Social Reconnection on Black People’s Sense
of Belonging and Mental Health Following the “Acting
White” Accusation.
Victor Sosa Alfaro, Field of Specialization: Chemistry.
Dissertation: Modication of Heme Proteins for
Reactivity and Mechanistic Studies.
Greyson Eric Stocker, Field of Specialization: Biomedical
Engineering. Dissertation: Systems and Methods for
Efcient Histotripsy Volume Ablation.
Anna Kathleen Stuhlmacher, Field of Specialization:
Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dissertation:
Optimal Scheduling and Control of Uncertain
Coupled Power-Water Distribution Networks.
David Patrick Sweeney, Field of Specialization: Climate
and Space Sciences and Engineering. Dissertation:
Development of Radio Science Techniques and a
Planetary Mission Concept.
Sakura Takahashi, Field of Specialization: Social Work
and Psychology. Dissertation: Emotion Regulation and
Culture: The Case of Substance Use.
James Yi Tan, Field of Specialization: Chemical
Engineering. Dissertation: Characterizing and
Utilizing Droplet-enabled Co-cultivation to Elucidate
Interactions in Microbiomes.
Vi To Ba Tang, Field of Specialization: Molecular and
Integrative Physiology. Dissertation: Specicity and
Functional Conservation of COPII Components.
Gloria Elena Toriche, Field of Specialization:
Educational Studies. Dissertation: Pedagogies of The
Movement: Malaquias Montoya and Chicano Public
Art.
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