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• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Kimmia Lyon
  Student Preferences for Sharing Social Determinants of Health Information with School Staff Department of Educational Psychology, School Psychology
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Jeffrey Bravin
  This study examines how Special Education Directors interpret and implement placement decisions for deaf students, applying a Critical Disability Theory lens to understand the administrative roles, Committee: Dr. Hannah Dostal, Dr. Jennie Weiner, Dr. Diane Lillo-Martin This defense is open to the public. It will be a virtual event and the zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8652924219
• Mei Zheng’s Dissertation Defense
  Dissertation Title: Domain Specific Creativity, Meaning in Life, and Well-being. Doctoral field of study: Educational Psychology This study focuses on people’s self-rated domain-specific creativity, their meaning in life, and subjective well-being. The goal is to find scientific evidence that creativity and benefit people’s meaning and well-being. Thus, encouraging people to engage the everyday creative activities […]
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Sherri Hopkins
  DNP student Sherri Hopkins MSN, RN will present her oral defense titled, “Implementation of a Pilot Mentorship Program for Novice Full-Time Clinical Instructors: An Evidence-Based Project.” Sherri’s committee is composed of Dr. Michelle Cole, Dr. Joy Elwell, and Dr. Jean Coffey.
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Sharon Yaqoob-Krysztofiak
  Sharon Yaqoob-Krysztofiak will defend her dissertation titled: “The in vivo role of an activating Gcm2 variant, I383M, in primary hyperparathyroidism” This work provides in vivo evidence demonstrating how the germline-activating Gcm2 I383M variant contributes to primary hyperparathyroidism and disease pathogenesis. On 03.31.2026, At 10;45 AM, Friends Hall AG042B All are welcome to attend.
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense (Chloe Melton)
  As part of the graduation requirements for the Educational Psychology doctoral program, I will be presenting my oral defense of my mixed methods dissertation that included a randomized waitlist control trail with focus group interviews.
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Spencer Hayes
  Follows, Likes, and Shares: Social Media’s Dichotomous Agency in Human Trafficking Department of Political Science This dissertation evaluates how traffickers use social media and how these platforms can be used to restrict trafficking.
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Bianca-Maria Marin
  Dissertation Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Glioblastoma Initiation and Progression Biomedical Sciences PhD - Genetics and Developmental Biology Area of Concentration For online attendance: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/uconnhealth/j.php?MTID=m7cad7067a3a8cb7e01a81cb8b3c38d2c Meeting number: 2307 559 3017 Meeting password: Fe2AFK3k3Td
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Adam Thiesen
  Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Adam Thiesen
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Joseph Pathoulas
  Thesis title: “CXCL14 orchestrates astrocyte-microglia crosstalk to promote amyloid plaque clearance in Alzheimer’s disease” Department: Neuroscience Thesis advisor: Dr. Riqiang Yan