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Schedule of Doctoral Defenses

Friday, October 12, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Virginia Webb, Human Ecology - Institutional Management. 9 a.m., 167, Justin Hall. Title of Dissertation: Analysis of Refrigeration Equipment in School Nutrition Programs in the USDA/FNS Southwest Region. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Alice Frost, Counseling and Student Development. 9 a.m., 368, Bluemont Hall. Title of Dissertation: Bully Prevention, Peer Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Impact of Prevention Programs on Reducing School Suspensions. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Ricky Dale Calhoun, History. 9 a.m., Room 201, Eisenhower Hall. Title of Dissertation: Seeds of Destruction: The Globalization of Cotton as a Result of the American Civil War. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Natalie Barlett, Psychology. 9:30 a.m., 487, Bluemont Hall. Title of Dissertation: Parent-and-Peer Related Variables Associated with Relational Aggression in Middle Childhood. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Melissa Belz, Geography. 9:30 a.m., 164H, Seaton Hall. Title of Dissertation: Keep My Place: Evolution of the Vernacular House in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Daniel Hirai, Physiology. 2:30 p.m., 235, Coles Hall. Title of Dissertation: Oxygen Delivery-Utilization Matching in Skeletal Muscle. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Sharon Thielen, Curriculum and Instruction. 8:30 a.m., 137, Waters Hall. Title of Dissertation: Factors Influencing Urban Students to Major in Agriculture. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Jason Martin, History. 11 a.m., Room 205, K-State Student Union. Title of Dissertation: Regressing Forward: Army Adaptability and Animal Power during World War II. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Sivakumar Sukumaran, Agronomy. 1 p.m., 2002, Throckmorton Hall. Title of Dissertation: Genomic Mapping for Grain Yield, Stay Green, and Grain Quality Traits in Sorghum. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Ronald Sages, Human Ecology - Personal Financial Planning. 4:30 p.m., 254, Justin Hall. Title of Dissertation: Three Essays on the Influence of Self-Esteem on Retirement Planning Behaviors. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Keith Powers, Counseling and Student Development. 10 a.m., Room 16E, Bluemont Hall. Title of Dissertation: A Multi Case Study of the Leadership for Change Challenges Encountered by Female Urban Superintendents. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Jeanne Stroh, Educational Leadership. 11 a.m., 368, Bluemont Hall. Title of Dissertation: Academic Advising Assessment Practices: Descriptions and Comparisons. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Doctoral Defense: Matthew Gerike, Geography. 9 a.m., 164H, Seaton Hall. Title of Dissertation: Explorations in Historiographies of Geographical Knowledges. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Angela Tucker, Entomology. 11 a.m., 129, Waters Hall. Title of Dissertation: Horizontal Transfer of Methoprene and Its Impact on Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) Individuals and Populations. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Teresa Woods, Curriculum and Instruction. Noon, 257, Bluemont Hall. Title of Dissertation: Growing Scientists: A Partnership Between a University and a School District. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Niranga Amarasingha, Civil Engineering. 1:30 p.m., 2116, Fiedler Hall. Title of Dissertation: Growing Scientists: Improving Safety of Teenage and Young Adult Drivers in Kansas. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.

Doctoral Defense: Rekha Natarajan, Mathematics. 2 p.m., 122, Cardwell Hall. Title of Dissertation: Application and Analysis of Just in Time Teaching Methods in a Calculus Course. Part of the Schedule for Defense of Doctoral Dissertations.