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.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Liberal Arts
American Studies Ph.D.
Hiba T Alalami
The League of Women Voters of Indiana: Navigating a nonpartisan identity in a partisan supermajority, 2004-2024.
University Hall 1006
Chair: Kathi Badertscher, Ph.D., 3176745070
Friday, September 18, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Nursing
Nursing Science Ph.D.
Danielle N. Short
Systemic lupus erythematosus self-management: A qualitative descriptive study
Virtual
Chair: Wendy R. Miller, Ph.D., 812-797-4646
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
SCI Psychology
Clinical Psychology Ph.D.
Lindsey R Fisher-Fox
Measurement Invariance of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure and Differential Associations With Alcohol Use Within North American Indigenous Youth
LD 147
Chair: Melissa Cyders, 317-274-6752
Friday, September 25, 2026, 11:00 AM
Education
Urban Education Studies PHD
Je' Nobia LaVon Smith
Pixelated Pedagogies: A Narrative Inquiry of the Stories and Educational Impact of Marginalized Game Streamers
ES 3138B
Chair: Jeremy Forest Price, 317-274-6818
Monday, September 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Med Anatomy, Cell Biology, Physiology
Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiology Ph.D.
Jonathan Evan Bendinger
A Century After Sabin: A History of Histology and Histology Education, and the Histo Q-Bank as a Model for Independent Histology Learning
RAHC Room TBD
Chair: Dr. Valerie Dean O'Loughlin, 812-855-7723