Schedule For Defense of Doctoral Dissertations
HAKAN YASARER
Civil Engineering
Decision Making in Engineering Prediction Systems
Major Professor: Yacoub Najjar, Civil Engineering
Outside Chairperson: Gary Brase, Psychology
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 12:00 p.m.; 2116 Fiedler Hall
JESSICA McMANUS
Psychology
Punishing Counternormative Behavior: Perceived Social Group Membership of the Norm
Major Professor: Donald Saucier, Psychological Sciences
Outside Chairperson: Briana Goff, School of Family Studies and Human Services
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.; 449 Bluemont Hall
NINGBO LI
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Isolation, Characterization and Adhesion Performance of Sorghum, Canola and Camelina
Proteins
Major Professor: Donghai Wang, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Outside Chairperson: Anna Whitfield, Plant Pathology
Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.; 133 Seaton Hall
CHARLES SCOTT
Economics
Essays in Optimal Monetary Policy and State-Space Econometrics
Major Professor: Steven Cassou, Economics
Outside Chairperson: Abigail Jager, Statistics
Monday, June 3, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.; 329 Waters Hall
ALBERT IARON
Sociology
The Impacts of Biofuels Production in Rural Kansas: Local Perceptions
Major Professor: Laszlo Kulcsar, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Outside Chairperson: Gary Brase, Psychology
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.; 201 Waters Hall
KYLE HORST
Human Ecology - Marriage and Family Therapy
Trait Mindfulness as a Predictive Factor for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration
Among Young Adults
Major Professor: Sandra Stith, School of Family Studies and Human Services
Outside Chairperson: W. Richard Goe, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Monday, June 10, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.; 214 Campus Creek Complex