91探花

GENERAL NOTICES

English Language Courses

The 91探花English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.

Convenient online courses are available for 91探花employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary in academic, business, or technical writing. All of the courses have online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. Instructors respond to assignments within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback.

Evening and Saturday on-site courses focus on conversational skills, listening, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, English in business and in academic writing, and preparation for the TOEIC. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.

UWELP also customizes courses in English for the Workplace. Depending on the needs of your group, courses can be designed for such areas as pronunciation and fluency, assisting clients by telephone, presentation skills and the language of meetings, e-mail communication, and job-specific vocabulary and idioms.

For more information, call 206-543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.

Study participants wanted

Healthy research subjects who are not thin needed to look at the effect of diesel exhaust on health. 91探花 Department of Environmental and Occupation Health is looking for healthy 18鈥�49 yr old non-smokers. Study takes at least 6 weeks 鈥� and involves two screening visits and three full-day or overnight visits. Subjects will perform lung function tests, have arm ultrasounds, provide blood and urine samples and have heart rhythm/rate measured. Volunteers receive up to $750. Call 206-616-6525 for more information.

Blood drives

Friday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby.

Monday, May 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. in 200ABC HUB.

Wednesday, May 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. on Stevens Way, across from Lewis Hall.

Friday, May 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:35 鈥� 5:30 pm in the bus parked on the north side of Schmitz Hall.

DEGREE EXAMS

Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Examinations

• Junko Nakajima Agnew, Asian Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Gowen Hall, M-218. (Prof. John Hamm).
  
• Elda M. Aldasoro Maya, Anthropology, Ph.D. 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Denny Hall, 401. (Profs. Devon Pena and Eugene Hunn).
  
• Denise H. Bale, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 20. Chemistry Bldg., 102. (Prof. Larry Dalton).
  
• Niranjan Balu, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Aerospace and Engineering Research Bldg., 328. (Prof. Chun Yuan).
  
• Dawn M. Bardot, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 219A. (Prof. Ashley Emery).
  
• Hidy A. Basta, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Sandra Silberstein).
  
• Courtney M. Bello, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, May 27. Health Sciences Ctr., T-478. (Prof. Trisha Davis).
  
• Joshua C. Bis, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, May 23. 1385 Met Park East, CHRU. (Prof. Bruce Psaty).
  
• Brianna T. Blaser, Women Studies, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, May 23. Padelford Hall, B-110G. (Prof. Angela Ginorio).
  
• Graeme Thomison Boushey, Political Science, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Smith Hall, 40A. (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  
• Ryan Edward Burt, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Padelford Hall, A-106. (Prof. Caroline Simpson).
  
• Mustafa Aksel Casson, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, May 23. Kane Hall, 23-D. (Prof. James Feathers).
  
• Christopher C. Chapman, Music, D.M.A. 2 p.m. Friday, May 27. Music Bldg., 219. (Prof. Tim Salzman).
  
• Jingyi Chen, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Chemistry Bldg., 339. (Prof. Younan Xia).
  
• Yu-Chien Chen, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, May 20. Miller Hall, 423A. (Prof. William Winn).
  
• Yun-Feng Chen, Music, D.M.A. 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 27. Music Bldg., 103. (Prof. Carole Terry).
  
• Jeffrey Chiu, English, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Chandan Reddy).
  
• Alison Danielle Cross, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Fishsery Science Bldg., 252B. (Prof. David Beauchamp).
  
• Mark Richard Enstrom, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Center, J-280. (Prof. Colin Manoil).
  
• Gregory L. Finney, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Center, J-182. (Prof. Michael MacCoss).
  
• Marisela Fleites-Lear, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Padelford Hall, C-104. (Prof. Cynthia Duncan).
  
• Lendra M. Friesen, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Soc Work/Speech and Hearing Sciences Bldg., 52. (Prof. Kelly Tremblay).
  
• Nicole L. Glazer, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. 1730 Minor Ave. Suite 1360. (Prof. David Siscovick).
  
• Dokubo Melford Goodhead, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Padelford Hall, A-106. (Prof. Johnnella Butler).
  
• Ammar H. Hakim, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Guggenheim Hall, 206. (Prof. Uri Shumlak).
  
• Marnie Ann Haller, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Wilcox Hall, 243. (Prof. Alex Jen).
  
• Scott R. Hammond, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Bagley Hall, 319. (Prof. Larry Dalton).
  
• Yun-Wei A. Hsu, Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Kincaid Hall, A-042C. (Prof. Horacio de la Iglesia).
  
• David William Huntsperger, English, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, May 23. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Brian Reed).
  
• Yuko Kawato, Political Science, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, Jun 1. Smith Hall, 40. (Prof. Elizabeth Kier).
  
• Joanna L. Kelley, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Health Sciences Ctr., K-350. (Prof. Willie Swanson).
  
• Ivan Takayoshi Kidoguchi, English, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Henry Staten).
  
• Hyun Chul Kim, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 219. (Prof. I-Yeu Shen).
  
• Min-Hyoung Kim, Political Science, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 20. Smith Hall, 40A. (Prof. James Caporaso).
  
• Aaron A. Klammer, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Health Sciences Ctr., K-350. (Profs. William Noble and Michael MacCoss).
  
• Kristina Ruth Knoll, Women Studies, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Padelford Hall, B-110G. (Prof. Angela Ginorio).
  
• Deepak A. Lamba, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, May 23. Health Sciences Ctr., T-663. (Prof. Thomas Reh).
  
• Min Li, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 20. Health Sciences Ctr., T-478. (Profs. Steve Self and Jon Wakefield).
  
• Avery T. Luedtke, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Bagley Hall, 319. (Prof. Karen Goldberg).
  
• Tiffany B. Malek, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24. FHCRC, D3-120. (Prof. Catherine Peichel).
  
• Jennifer A. Marsh, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Guthrie Hall, 315. (Prof. James Ha).
  
• Adrienne Lynne Massanari, Communication, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 23. Communications Bldg., 102E. (Prof. Kirsten Foot).
  
• Roy Thomas Mayfield, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Wilcox Hall, 264. (Prof. Steven Kramer).
  
• Donna Lee Messina, Education, Ph.D. 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Miller Hall, 211L. (Prof. William McDiarmid).
  
• Erica Eleanor M. Moodie, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Health Sciences Ctr., F-600. (Prof. Thomas Richardson).
  
• Joshua P. Newell, Geography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, May 23. Smith Hall, 409. (Prof. Craig ZumBrunnen).
  
• Eric Michael Ossiander, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Health Sciences Center, F-348. (Prof. Thomas Koepsell).
  
• Nesrin Ozalp, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 219. (Prof. Barry Hyman).
  
• Sujay Sunil Parekh, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Paul Allen Center, CSE-303. (Prof. Ed Lazowska).
  
• Woong-Cheol Park, Music, D.M.A. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Music Bldg., 103. (Prof. Vinson Cole).
  
• Jennifer Patterson, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Chemistry Bldg., 102. (Prof. Patrick Stayton).
  
• Christina Ruth Pince, Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Kincaid Hall, 502. (Prof. H.D. Bradshaw).
  
• Kianosh Rahimi, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Electrial Engineering Bldg., AE-105. (Prof. Mani Soma).
  
• Britta Saltonstall, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, May 23. Miller Hall, 104. (Prof. Ilene Schwartz).
  
• Vincent Joseph Schleitwiler, English, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Padelford Hall, A-106. (Prof. Joycelyn Moody).
  
• Huamei Shang, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Wilcox Hall, 243. (Prof. Guozhong Cao).
  
• Thongsouy Sitanon, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Center, T-404. (Prof. Susan Blackburn).
  
• Kristin B. Stecher, Psychology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Guthrie Hall, 315. (Prof. Jason Plaks).
  
• Cristi L. Stoick, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, May 27. Health Sciences Ctr., K-550. (Prof. Randall Moon).
  
• Zoltan B. Szuts, Oceanography, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 425. (Prof. Thomas Sanford).
  
• Susan Margaret Taylor, English, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Padelford Hall, A-106. (Prof. Brian Reed).
  
• Patricia A. Townsend, Biology, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Kincaid Hall, A-042C. (Prof. Martha Groom).
  
• Anika M. Trancik, Psychology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 23. Chemistry Library, 202C. (Prof. Liliana Lengua).
  
• Maisie Seow Yee Wang, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Aerospace and Engineering Research Bldg., 328. (Prof. David Haynor).
  
• Edward William White, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Center, I-140. (Prof. Scott Hawes).
  
• Christopher Brant Wilson, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Benson Hall, 109. (Profs. Brian Swanson and James Davis).
  
• Stephen Louis Winant, Music, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, May 23. Music Bldg., 103. (Prof. Shannon Dudley).
  
• Laura C. Zanotti, Anthropology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Denny Hall, M-32. (Prof. Stevan Harrell).
  
• Cheryl Renshaw Zilinskas, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Raitt Hall, 314. (Profs. Christine Ingebritsen and Steven Pfaff).

Final Examinations

• Michael Gardner Andreu, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Friday, May 20. Anderson Hall, 22. 鈥淟inking Silviculture with Emerging Bio-energy Technology to Manage for Forest Health鈥� (Profs. Kristiina Vogt and Chad Oliver).
  
• Janice Fabian Bell, Public Health and Community Medicine – Health Services, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 20. Health Sciences Center, H-670. 鈥淎frican American Birth Outcome Disparities: The Role of Residential Segregation鈥� (Prof. Frederick Zimmerman).
  
• Sharon Louise Berg, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Raitt Hall, 314. 鈥淢agic in the North: Magical Realism in Contemporary Scandinavian Fiction鈥� (Prof. Jan Sjavik).
  
• Sambuddha Bhattacharya, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Electrical Engineering Bldg. 1, 303. 鈥淭emplate-Driven Parasitic-Aware Optimization of Analog/RF Integrated Circuit Layouts鈥� (Prof. Richard Shi).
  
• Adam Carlson, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Paul Allen Center, CSE-303. 鈥淢aking the Implicit Explicit: Tools for Aiding Human Communication鈥� (Prof. Steve Tanimoto).
  
• Diane H. Cho, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 23. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. 鈥淐TG Repeats, CTCF Sites and RNAi at the Myotonic Dystrophy Locus鈥� (Prof. Stephen Tapscott).
  
• Jennie Leigh Close, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Fisheries Center, 201. 鈥淭he Role of the TGF beta Superfamily and EGF in Postnatal Retinal Proliferation and Muller Glial Differentiation鈥� (Prof. Thomas Reh).
  
• Kimberly Lynn Cooper, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 26. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. 鈥淎 Genetic Investigation of Branchiomotor Neuron Development in the Zebrafish, Danio rerio鈥� (Prof. Cecilia Moens).
  
• Pamela Grace Samia Costes, Music, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 27. Music Bldg., 103. 鈥淭UNOG Pil-AM: Creating and Reinventing the Sound of the Filipino Natives of America鈥� (Prof. Ter Ellingson).
  
• Haixia Dai, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Benson Hall, 115. 鈥淓ngineering Nanomaterials with a Combined Electrochemical and Molecular Biomimetic Approach鈥� (Prof. Daniel Schwartz).
  
• Ryan Day, Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 27. Health Sciences Center, K-069. 鈥淎ddressing Protein Folding Using All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations鈥� (Prof. Valerie Daggett).
  
• Yunxian Ding, Communication, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Communications Bldg., 126. 鈥淎llegories of Tibet鈥� (Prof. Barbara Warnick).
  
• Danielle Elizabeth Endres, Communication, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Communications Bldg., 126. 鈥淧ublic Argumentation and Nuclear Waste: A Rhetorical Criticism of Stakeholder Arguments in the Yucca Mountain Siting Controversy鈥� (Prof. Leah Ceccarelli).
  
• Sandra Louise Evans, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 20. Padelford Hall, B-202. 鈥淢asters and Rebels in Raoul de Cambrai and the Cycle des Barons Revoltes鈥� (Prof. Eugene Vance).
  
• Catherine A. Fromme, Education, Ed.D 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Miller Hall, 313. 鈥淎n Examination of Various Types of Trust through an Interdisciplinary Trust Typology and the Implications of these Trust Types for Educators and School System Leaders鈥� (Prof. Mike Copland).
  
• William Galloway, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Denny Hall, M-32. 鈥淲elcome to the Crocodile Farm鈥� (Prof. Miriam Kahn).
  
• Erin Michelle Gibbons, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Electrical Engineering Bldg., AE-108. 鈥淔ield Inversion Electrophoresis of Short DNA Fragments in Free Solution鈥� (Prof. Deirdre Meldrum).
  
• Elizabeth Austin Gilbert, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Health Sciences Ctr., T-513. 鈥淯nderstanding Violence Against Taxi Cab Drivers鈥� (Prof. Mary Salazar).
  
• Scott Charles Goeke, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 27. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. 鈥淭he Role of the Transcription Factor LOLA in Drosophila Axon Guidance鈥� (Prof. Steve Tapscott).
  
• Deborah Renee Gonzalez, Education, Ed.D 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Miller Hall, M-210. 鈥淧art of the Solution Large District Support for Comprehensive High School Principals鈥� (Prof. Marge Plecki).
  
• Raphael Gottardo, Statistics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Padelford Hall, C-301. 鈥淩obust Bayesian Analysis of Gene Expression Microarray Data鈥� (Prof. Adrian Raftery).
  
• Richard Alan Grotefendt, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Anderson Hall, 22. 鈥淎ccurate and Cost-Effective Natural Resource Data from Super Large Scale Aerial Photography鈥� (Prof. Gerard Schreuder).
  
• Edith Carol Sonne Hall, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 27. Anderson Hall, 22. 鈥淟ife Cycle Assessment of Pacific Northwest Forestry Operations from Seedling Production through Harvesting: Implications for Rational Forest Management鈥� (Prof. David Briggs).
  
• Kari Ragan Hoffmann, Music, D.M.A. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Music Bldg., 103. 鈥淭he Ballad of Baby Doe: Historical Accuracy and Gender Ideology in the Characterization of Baby Doe and Augusta鈥� (Prof. Julian Patrick).
  
• Hsu-Feng Hsiao, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Paul Allen Center, AE-108. 鈥淢ultimedia Streaming Congestion Control over Heterogeneous Networks: From Distributed Computation and End-to-End Perspectives鈥� (Prof. Jenq Hwang).
  
• Sui-Whi Jane, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Health Sciences Center, T-404. 鈥淓ffects of a Full-Body Massage on Pain Intensity, Anxiety, and Physiological Relaxation in Taiwanese Patients with Metastatic Bone Pain: A Pilot Study鈥� (Prof. Diana Wilkie).
  
• Scott R. Johnston, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, May 23. Engineering Annex, ILF Design Studio. 鈥淚nitial Stage Sintering Model of 316L Stainless Steel with Applications to Three Dimensionally Printed Components鈥� (Profs. Duane Storti and Rhonda Anderson).
  
• Turan Kayaoglu, Political Science, Ph.D. 2:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Smith Hall, 40. 鈥淪overeignty, State-Building, and the Abolition of Extraterritoriality鈥� (Prof. Elizabeth Kier).
  
• Yu-Ling Lan, Education, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Miller Hall, 104. 鈥淓xploring Taiwanese Undergraduates鈥� Self-concepts: Validity and Cultural Relevance鈥� (Prof. Donald Mizokawa).
  
• n Ian Andrew Lange, Economics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Savery Hall, 302-C. 鈥淚nvestigating the Effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments on Inputs to Coal-Fired Power Plants鈥� (Prof. Robert Halvorsen).
  
• John E. Lederer, Education, Ed.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Miller Hall, 222. 鈥淧romoting Lifelong Learning: An Analysis of Community College Delivery of Employer-Focused Education and Training鈥� (Prof. Ed Taylor).
  
• Jiyoung Lee, Music, D.M.A. 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Music Bldg., 212. 鈥淭he Seventeenth Century North German Organ Music – Centered on Chorale Fantasy鈥� (Prof. Carole Terry).
  
• Yongxiang Li, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Denny Hall, 401. 鈥淪tate Power and Sustainable Development in Southwest China: A Case Study from Ailao Shan, Yunnan鈥� (Prof. Steve Harrell).
  
• Yung Ming Li, Business Administration, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Mackenzie Hall, 367. 鈥淓ssays in Peer-to-Peer Content Distributation Networks: Scale, Formation and Pricing鈥� (Prof. Yong Tan).
  
• Joan Ruth Lind, Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Padelford Hall, C-36. 鈥淕eometry of Loewner Evolution鈥� (Prof. Steffen Rohde).
  
• Kuang-Ta Lo, Economics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Savery Hall, 302. 鈥淭ax Incentives and Household Behaviors: The Cases of Charitable Contributions and Retirement Savings鈥� (Prof. Neil Bruce).
  
• Allison Paige Lowy, Education, Ed.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Jun 2. Ctr. On Human Development and Disability, EEU – CD-107. 鈥淎 Comparison of the Use of Constant Time Delay Alone and Constant Time Delay with Instructive Feedback to Teach Children with Autism to Discriminate Stimuli by Function, Feature, and Class鈥� (Prof. Felix Billingsley).
  
• Weiya Douglas Lu, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Chemistry Bldg., 102. 鈥淧hotophysical Consequences from Interactions of Glutathione S-Tranferases with the Photodynmaic Sensitizer Hypericin鈥� (Prof. William Atkins).
  
• Hideo Makihara, Linguistics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, May 23. Savery Hall, 316. 鈥淥n the Past Tense in Japanese Relative Clauses鈥� (Prof. Karen Zagona).
  
• Antonino Miceli, Physics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, May 20. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., 356A. 鈥淟ON EOS RR Lyrae Stars as Probes of Glactic Structure and Formation鈥� (Prof. Christopher Stubbs).
  
• John C. M. Nelson, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 20. Padelford Hall, B-528. 鈥淭he Two Antilles: Power and Representation in the West Indies鈥� (Prof. Herbert Blau).
  
• Eleni Michail Oikonomidoy, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jun 1. Miller Hall, 112-A. 鈥淐onstructing Academic Identities in Exile Among Somali Refugee Female High School Students鈥� (Prof. Geneva Gay).
  
• Jose Sergio Olivares, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Health Sciences Center, T-305. 鈥淐hicano Communal Mental Health: A Northwest Historical Perspective鈥� (Prof. Deborah Ward).
  
• Vjeran Ivan Pavlakovic, History, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Smith Hall, 320. 鈥淥ur Spaniards: Croatian Communists, Fascists, and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939鈥� (Prof. James Felak).
  
• Matthew Edward Peters, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Guggenheim Hall, 317. 鈥淢oist Convection and the Large Scale Tropical Circulation鈥� (Prof. Christopher Bretherton).
  
• Pornprapit Phoasavadi, Music, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Music Bldg., 103. 鈥淔rom Prachan to Prakuad: The Process of Officializing Traditional Music Competition in Contemporary Bangkok鈥� (Prof. Ter Ellingson).
  
• Sean N. Raymond, Astronomy, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. 鈥淟ate-stage Accretion and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets鈥� (Prof. Thomas Quinn).
  
• Connie Sue Roush, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25. Health Sciences Center, T-513. 鈥淗ealth, Place and the Practice of Skilled Home Health Care鈥� (Prof. Noel Chrisman).
  
• Siddhartha Sikdar, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 24. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. 鈥淯ltrasonic Imaging of Flow-induced Vibrations in Tissue鈥� (Prof. Yongmin Kim).
  
• Susan Nicole Smith, History, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, May 27. Smith Hall, 320. 鈥淢useum Practices and Notions of the Local in a Russian Provincial City, 1898-1935鈥� (Prof. Glennys Young).
  
• Lorna L. Spear, Education, Ed.D 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. Miller Hall, M-210. 鈥淢entoring the Emotional Dimensions of Leadership: The Perceptions of Interns鈥� (Prof. Mike Copland).
  
• Erich Walter Steinman, Sociology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Savery Hall, 209. 鈥淚nstitutionalizing Tribes as Governments: Skillful Meaning Entrepreneurship Across Political Fields鈥� (Prof. Debra Minkoff).
  
• Katherine Elizabeth Stenger, Political Science, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, May 23. Gowen Hall, 1-B. 鈥淰oices Crying Out in the Wilderness: Religious Groups and Media Coverage of National Policy Debates鈥� (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  
• Benjamin L. Stottrup, Physics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 27. Physics Astronomy Bldg., C-520. 鈥淚mmiscibility in Lipid Monolayer Model Membranes鈥� (Prof. Sarah Keller).
  
• Haijun Sun, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 27. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. 鈥淢agnetohydrodynamics Stability of an Aluminum Reduction Cell鈥� (Prof. Bruce Finlayson).
  
• Steven L. Jr Tait, Physics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Chemistry Bldg., 439. 鈥淒esorption Kinetics of Small n-Alkanes from MgO(100), Pt(111), and C(0001)/Pt(111) and Studies of Pd Nanoparticles: Growth and Sintering on AI203(0001) and Methane Dissociation on MgO(100)鈥� (Profs. Charles Campbell and Samuel Fain, Jr.).
  
• Marc Masayuki Takeno, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25. Bagley Hall, 405. 鈥淎ntithrombotic Peptide Delivery from Glow-Discharge Plasma-Coated Controlled Release Matrices鈥� (Prof. Buddy Ratner).
  
• Anne R. Thissen-Roe, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24. Guthrie Hall, 211. 鈥淎daptive Selection of Personality Items to Inform a Neural Network Predicting Job Performance鈥� (Prof. Earl Hunt).
  
• Todd F. Tietchen, English, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Padelford Hall, A-101C. 鈥淪oldiers, Pacifists, and Secret Agents: Militarization and the Cold War Public Arena鈥� (Profs. Robert Shulman and Nikhil Singh).
  
• Tammy Sueko Vandegrift, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 20. Paul Allen Center, 503. 鈥淪cheduling Protocols for Media-on-Demand Systems鈥� (Prof. Richard Ladner).
  
• Catherine Elizabeth Veninga, Geography, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Smith Hall, 409. 鈥淭he Transgressive Geographies of Integration: School Desegregation in Seattle鈥� (Prof. Michael Brown).
  
• Sacha Nicole Vignieri, Biology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, May 27. Fishery Science Bldg., 102. 鈥淕ene Flow Across Scales in the Riparian Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus Trinotatus): Combining Individual and Population Level Approaches鈥� (Prof. Jim Kenagy).
  
• Alexander L. Watters, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Health Sciences Center, K-069. 鈥淓xploring the Evolutionary Constraints on Protein Free Energy Landscapes鈥� (Prof. David Baker).
  
• Martin Welzel, Music, D.M.A. 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 27. Music Bldg., 103. 鈥淛eanne Demessieux (1921-1968): A Critical Examination of Her Life鈥� (Prof. Carole Terry).
  
• Andrew A. West, Astronomy, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. 鈥淗I Selected Galaxies in the SDSS鈥� (Prof. Julianne Dalcanton).
  
• David Wayne White, Mathematics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Padelford Hall, C-36. 鈥淧rocesses With Inert Drift鈥� (Prof. Krzysztof Burdzy).
  
• Danuta M. Wojnar, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31. Health Sciences Ctr., T-404. 鈥淢iscarriage Experiences of Lesbian Birth and Social Mothers鈥� (Prof. Kristin Swanson).
  
• Hyun Joo Yang, Music, D.M.A. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26. Music Bldg., 103. 鈥淲hich Arias Better Represent Susanna鈥檚 Character: The Orginial or Replaced Arias?鈥� (Prof. Vinson Cole).
  
• Dan Kawika Yoshimoto, Psychology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Jun 2. 4000 NE 41st Street Bldg G, Conference Room. 鈥淭he Basis of Attachment Injury in Couples鈥� (Prof. John Gottman).
  
• Paul H. Zehfuss, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. Condon Hall, 311. 鈥淒istal Records of Sandy Holocene Lahars from Mount Rainier, Washington鈥� (Profs. Brian Atwater and Alan Gillespie).
  
• Jie Zheng, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 24. Electrical Engineering, 303. 鈥淢olecular Simulation Studies of Biological and Chemical Interfaces鈥� (Prof. Shaoyi Jiang).