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• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Cindy Dubuque-Gallo
  This mixed-methods case study of Connecticut examines secondary data comparing Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)-eligible participating and non-participating CEP-eligible local education agencies and schools, coupled with qualitative semi-structured interviews of program implementers to evaluate what factors determine CEP participation. Findings may inform efforts to reduce barriers to program adoption while increasing opportunities for stakeholder engagement.
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Kristin Simmers
  The defense will be held on WebEx. Please contact Kristin Simmers if you would like to join.
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Shea Charles
  Beyond X’s and O’s: DI Coaches’ Understanding of Executive Function in Athletic Performance
• Enter Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Nana Adutwum
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Ashmita Mukherjee
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Mary Bugbee
  “The impossible promise of transformation: an ethnographic examination of health reform in Mexico.” Department of Anthropology Upon his election in 2018, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared Mexico had entered the “Fourth Transformation,” a period that has continued under his successor, President Claudia Sheinbaum. This dissertation examines health system reforms during the Fourth Transformation […]
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Tylor J Harlow
  Naturalistic auditory distractors and their acoustic statistics predict behavior and EEG during speech-in-noise perception
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Fatemeh Hosseini
  Fatemeh S. Hosseini, DDS, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Science at the University of Connecticut Health Center under the mentorship of Professor Cato T. Laurencin, will present and defend her doctoral dissertation entitled “Calcium Phosphate Graphene Oxide-Based Matrices for Bone Regenerative Engineering.” Her research focuses on the development and characterization of biomaterial matrices designed to […]
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Joseph Schnaubelt
  Abstract: The high latitude warmth of the Last Interglacial (LIG; 131,000-118,000 years ago) excited a series of internal Earth system feedbacks resulting in a global mean sea level that was 5-10 m above preindustrial levels. This elevated sea level likely required a substantial melt contribution from both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, yet the […]
• Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Yoonjeong Yoo-Fox