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.
Monday, April 6, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Bonnie M Kulenkamp
Evaluating the impact of Indiana’s science Of reading legislation on urban elementary educators’ classroom instruction and educational equity: A critical discourse analysis
ES 3138B
Chair: Craig Willey, Ph.D., 317-274-0159
Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Dentistry
Dental Science
Guillermo Enrique Tamayo Cabeza
Fluoride exposure assessment in pregnancy: From biomarker reliability to dietary predictors in a population using private unregulated water systems in the United States
DS 115
Chair: E. Angeles Martinez Miller, PhD, 317-908-5173
Monday, April 13, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Science
Applied Earth Sciences
Raenah A. Bailey
Examining nutrient dynamics in an urban watershed through integrated modeling approaches: A case study of the upper White River watershed in Indianapolis, Indiana
SL 108
Chair: Gabriel Filippelli, PhD, 317-274-3795
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 11:00 a.m.
Lilly School of Philanthropy
Philanthropic Studies
Afshan Zareen Paarlberg
Bridging access across immigration legal deserts: Understanding variations in nonprofit responses
Virtual
Chair: Patricia Snell Herzog, Ph.D., 317-274-4200
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
India Tierra Scott
From classroom to career: Understanding impostor phenomenon in black women
Virtual
Chair: Cleveland Hayes, Ph.D., 317-274-6952
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Health & Human Sciences
Health & Rehab Science
Shaquitta Rena Dent
The use of center Of mass and center of pressure to understand balance during the sit-to-stand task in adults with upper limb loss or absence
RG 1132
Chair: NiCole Keith, Ph.D., 812-856-5093
Friday, April 24, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Angel Samone McAllister
From high school to higher ed: Exploring first-year college students’ reflections on postsecondary choices through social capital theory
Virtual
Chair: Cleveland Hayes, Ph.D., 317-274-6952
Friday, April 24, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Joshua Dorian Manlove
Being fully “This”: Using multiCrit to uplift the racialized life experiences of multiracial postsecondary students with two or more identities of color
Virtual
Chair: Cleveland Hayes, Ph.D., 317-274-6952
Monday, April 27, 2026, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Laryn Nicole Morgan
We have always taught: Black women educators’ histories, voices, and pedagogies in urban public schools
ES 3138B
Chair: Tambra Jackson, Ph.D., 317-278-2553</p
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Nursing
Nursing Science
Catherine Marie Martin
Subjective cognitive concerns in heart failure
NU 400
Chair: Miyeon Jung, Ph.D., 317-274-4360
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rodney Claude
Direct pharmacological targeting of asparagine synthetase to overcome resistance to L-asparaginase in all therapy
R3 C203 3138B
Chair: Ji Zhang, Ph.D., 469-885-0793
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Akaash Arora
Talking about race in the classroom: The anti-CRT movement in suburban counties
ES 3138B
Chair: Craig Willey, Ph.D., 303-898-3403
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Sherman Julius Woodard
Black male leadership reimagined within public high schools: Healing spaces and developing soul rebels
ES 3138B
Chair: Tambra Jackson, Ph.D., 317-274-6801
Monday, May 18, 2026, 10:15 A.M.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Kristina DeAnn Johnson-Yates
The multiple worlds of queer black girls: On my own time, in my own way
ES 3138B
Chair: Tambra Jackson, Ph.D., 317-274-0101
Friday, May 22, 2026, 9:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Pharmacology
Ivana Alisandrea Daniels
Elucidating a novel antiviral strategy: Airway pH modulation in respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus infection
R3 C203
Chair: Benjamin Gaston, Ph.D., 434-996-4789
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