Upcoming Announcements
This list of scheduled Ph.D. dissertation defenses is posted so that faculty and others may attend the defense. If you wish to attend, please contact the committee chair in advance as a courtesy.
Friday, December 5, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU Herron School of Art & Design
Music Technology
Jerelle R Austin
Assessing the impact of a music production program on African American students' motivation to pursue science and technology disciplines
IT 057
Chair: Daniel Walzer, Ph.D., 513-325-0658
Monday, December 8, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Science
Physics
Timothy Lee Mabe
Interface-generated orbital currents
SL 011
Chair: Vivek Amin, Ph.D., 469-223-3458
Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Medical & Molecular Genetics
Rada Malko
Simultaneous targeting of CDK4/6 and BETs is independent of RB status in Osteosarcoma
R3-C203
Chair: Karen E. Pollok, Ph.D., 317-274-8891
Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eyram Kwaku Kpenu
Targeted inactivation of APE1 endonuclease by E96A mutation sensitizes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to DNA-damaging therapy
R4 101
Chair: Mark R. Kelley, Ph.D., 317-274-2755
Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Abdullahi Mohamed Abdi
TFR Cells suppress gut commensal-specific IgA via IL-10
R3 203
Chair: Alexander Dent, Ph.D., 317-274-7524
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Gloria Regina Xue
IGFL unveiled: A cytokine saga in allergic skin inflammation
R3 203
Chair: Matthew J. Turner, Ph.D., 317-274-7740
Friday, December 12, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
Fairbanks School of Public Health
Epidemiology
Yenling Andrew Ho
Sexually transmitted infection testing adherence among pregnant women
Virtual
Chair: Brian E. Dixon, Ph.D., 317-278-3072
Friday, December 12, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Mark Nathanael Latta
Humanizing literacies: Abundance, resistance, and community
Virtual
Chair: Cristina Santamaria, Ph.D., 317-274-6848
Friday, December 12, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Philanthropic Studies
Megan Colleen Hillier-Geisler
Spirits of charity: Personal experience narratives and the philanthropic tradition
AD 3011
Chair: Michael Moody, Ph.D., 310-804-3757
Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Medical Neuroscience
Evan James Messenger
The role of PLCG2 in microglial responses to amyloid pathology and neurodegeneration
NB101
Chair: Gary Landreth, Ph.D., 317-278-7820
Thursday, December 18, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Social Work
Social Work
Pious Malliar Bellian
Malliar Bellian Spiritual Healing From Trauma (MBSHT) Scale: Preliminary Scale Development
ES 4130
Chair: Margaret E. Adamek, Ph.D., 317-506-2193
Friday, December 19, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Liberal Arts
American Studies
Kayla Elizabeth Allen-Brown
Blueprints for democracy: Black women, grassroots activism and resistance
CA 438
Chair: Joseph Tucker Edmonds, Ph.D., 317-274-7366
Friday, December 19, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Medical & Molecular Genetics
Emily Elizabeth White
Depletion of regulatory T cells transforms the immune landscape and restores CD8+ effector T cell immunity in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
R3 203
Co-Chairs: Steven Rhodes, Ph.D., 317-274-8950; D. Wade Clapp, Ph.D., 317-378-5809