Gregory Stewart
The Institutional and Personal Factors Which Encourage or Impede Faculty Participation in Internationalized Educational Experiences
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: John Gould
Committee Members: Jennifer Adams, Sarah Gordan
Date and Time: September 16, 2021 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Mandy Harshberger
Leading Change Amidst COVID-19: A Narrative Study of Respiratory Care Managers
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kathy Geller
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Rita Wise
Date and Time: September 14, 2021 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact mjh459@drexel.edu for link.
Joseph Fabritius
Flexion-Based Measures in Galaxy Clusters
Major: Physics
Chair: David Goldberg
Committee Members: Michelle Dolinski, Gordon Richards, Som Tyagi, Gary Bernstein
Date and Time: September 13, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jmf399@drexel.edu for link.
Md Rasheduzzaman
Managing Water Quality in Premise Plumbing: Application of Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and the Delphi Method for Decision Making
Major: Civil Engineering
Chair: Patrick Gurian
Committee Members: Raj Singh, Chaomei Chen, Charles Haas, Mira Olson, Anneclaire De Roos
Date and Time: September 10, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Paul Xhori
Probing Charge Density Wave Dynamics in TiSe2 Using Ultrafast Electron Diffraction
Major: Physics
Chair: Goran Karapetrov
Committee Members: Steven May, Frank Ferrone, Som Tyagi, Jason Baxter
Date and Time: September 10, 2021 9:00 AM
Location: Disque Hall
Melissa Kaufman
Effects of Adaptive Leadership on Faculty Engagement in Online Learning in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kristen Betts
Committee Members: Constance Lyttle, Ronnie Kramer
Date and Time: September 07, 2021 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact mjk397@drexel.edu for link.
Jarrell Garcia
Former Student-Athletes within Non-Sport Professions: A Quantitative Study on the Impact of Athletic Identity on the Application of Transferable Skills
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Cameron Kiosoglous
Committee Members: Bridget Blakely, Ellen Staurowsky
Date and Time: September 06, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jg3655@drexel.edu for link.
Ming Yuan Low
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Autistic Young Adults in Nordoff- Robbins Music Therapy: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Major: Creative Arts Therapies
Chair: Joke Bradt
Committee Members:
Date and Time: September 02, 2021 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ml3337@drexel.edu for link.
Ilana Shipe
School Community Perceptions of an Equity Team in a Suburban School: An Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kristine Lewis Grant
Committee Members: Kathleen Provinzano, Jeff Rhodes
Date and Time: September 02, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact is429@drexel.edu for link.
Anthony Carusotto
Efficacy of Hatha Yoga on Doctor of Physical Therapy Student’s Perceived Stress
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Cameron Kiosoglous
Committee Members: Alonzo Flowers, Teresa Conte
Date and Time: September 01, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact afc46@drexel.edu for link.
Katie Nelson
Understanding Multilevel Factors that Contribute to Utilization of Mental Health Services in Children
Major: Health Management & Policy
Chair: Jonathan Purtle
Committee Members: Brent Langellier, Felice Le-Scherban, Paul Shattuck, Kimberly Hoagwood
Date and Time: August 30, 2021 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact kml383@drexel.edu for link.
Yufei Wang
PCAOB Inspection of Audit Firms and Client Financial Statement Restatements
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Hiu Lam Choy
Committee Members: Jeongsik Lee, Tony Curatola, Johnny Lee, Hsihui Chang
Date and Time: August 27, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact yw545@drexel.edu for link.
Cynthia Worth
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Under-prepared African-American Female Students to Understand Factors that Led to Post-Secondary Completion: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Constance Fox Lyttle
Committee Members: Jason Silverman, Pia Scott
Date and Time: August 26, 2021 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact cmw378@drexel.edu for link.
Kiana Montazeri
Structured 2D Electron Gas and MXene-Based Optoelectronics
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Afshin Daryoush
Committee Members: Dagmar Niebur, Marc Currie, Lyubov Titova, Michel Barsoum, Bahram Nabet
Date and Time: August 26, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact km3436@drexel.edu for link.
Danielle Debartolo
Peripheral Olfactory Dysfunction in Fragile X Mice
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Felice Elefant
Committee Members: Anna Denise Garcia, Joshua Jackson, Michael Akins, Daniel Miranda
Date and Time: August 20, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dd849@drexel.edu for link.
Christopher Beissel
The High School Teacher SEL Mindset: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Michael Haslip
Committee Members: Amanda Lannie, Richard Mextorf
Date and Time: August 19, 2021 6:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact crb388@drexel.edu for link.
Lakita Costner
A Mixed Method Investigation: Exploring the Impact of Cooperative Learning from the Perspective of High School Seniors in the Art Classroom
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Sheila Vaidya
Committee Members: Joyce Pittman, Kimberley Lyles-Folkman
Date and Time: August 19, 2021 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact lmc445@drexel.edu for link.
Gary Blumenthal
Somatosensory cortex undergoes maladaptive reorganization with neuropathic pain development after spinal cord injury
Major: Biomedical Science
Chair: Kara Spiller
Committee Members: Karen Moxon, John Bethea, Megan Detloff, Ahmet Sacan
Date and Time: August 19, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ghb29@drexel.edu for link.
Danielle Moyer
Drones, Scopes, and Aerosols: A Study of Gas and Particle Emissions from Yellowstone, Sinabung, and Villarrica Volcanoes
Major: Environmental Science
Chair: Edward Daeschler
Committee Members: Loyc Vanderkluysen, Alexa VanEaton, Amanda Lough
Date and Time: August 17, 2021 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dkm64@drexel.edu for link.
Ayda Rafie
Polysulfide Immobilization Through C-S Bond Formation for Long-cycle Life Li-S Batteries
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Kenneth Lau
Committee Members: Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Aaron Fafarman, Christopher Li, Vibha Kalra
Date and Time: August 17, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact ar3297@drexel.edu for link.
Caleb Mezzy
A Delphi Study: Developing a Career Transition Model for Professional Baseball Players
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Cameron Kiosoglous
Committee Members: Kristen Betts, Alex Auerbach
Date and Time: August 16, 2021 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact cm3643@drexel.edu for link.
Pramodkumar Yadav
Essays on Mutual Funds
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Daniel Dorn
Committee Members: Gjergji Cici, Gregory Nini, Naveen Daniel, Michelle Lowry
Date and Time: August 16, 2021 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact py67@drexel.edu for link.
Austin Gallagher
Access to Highly Functionalized Monocyclic Cyclopentenones via the Exploitation of Labile Silicon Tethered 1,7-Enynes
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Haifeng Ji
Committee Members: Jeremiah Scepaniak, Jun Xi, Sarah Wengryniuk, Osvaldo Gutierrez
Date and Time: August 13, 2021 11:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact agg48@drexel.edu for link.
Ian Kennedy
A Local Accumulation Connected Spread Moxel of Neurofibrillary Tangle Propagation in the Human Neocortex
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Peter Lewin
Committee Members: Andres Kriete, Ahmet Sacan, Yixin Guo, Michael Devous
Date and Time: August 12, 2021 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Tammy Miller
A Mixed-Methods Utility Value Intervention to Motivate Health Science Students Through the Generation of Career Relatedness to Biology
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Jason Silverman
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Sue Kelley
Date and Time: August 11, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact tam377@drexel.edu for link.
Oday Bshara
mmWave Beamforming Techniques for Future Wireless Communication Applications
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Nagarajan Kandasamy
Committee Members: Baris Taskin, Kapil Dandekar, Adam Fontecchio, Ahmad Hoorfar, Vasil Pano
Date and Time: August 10, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ob67@drexel.edu for link.
Rennie Joshi
Associations between fine particulate matter and cardiovascular health in Nepal
Major: Epidemiology
Chair: Yvonne Michael
Committee Members: Gina Lovasi, Jane Clougherty, Leslie McClure, Anobha Gurung
Date and Time: August 10, 2021 8:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact rj438@drexel.edu for link.
Hamed Yassaghi
Climate Change and Building Energy: Performance, Uncertainties and Responses (PURe)
Major: Architectural Engineering
Chair: Simi Hoque
Committee Members: Liang Chung Lo, Jin Wen, Patrick Gurian, Daniel Chung
Date and Time: August 05, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Rehab Alhazmi
Mental Illness Stigma and Burnout among Mental healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Nursing
Chair: Kathleen Fisher
Committee Members: Joan Bloch, Trish Shewokis, Rami Ghazi Ahmad, Albert Rundio
Date and Time: August 05, 2021 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact rea65@drexel.edu for link.
Congmeng Lyu
Leveraging Diverse Observations of Atmospheric Composition and Model-Based Sensitivity Analysis to Refine Estimates of Air Pollution Emissions and Impacts
Major: Environmental Engineering
Chair: Shannon Capps
Committee Members: Ezra Wood, Michael Waring, Daven Henze, Patrick Gurian
Date and Time: August 04, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact cl3293@drexel.edu for link.
Asma Altasan
Ethnic, Body Composition and Dietary Factors as Determinants of Vitamin D Status
Major: Nutrition Sciences
Chair: Deeptha Sukumar
Committee Members: Jennifer Nasser, Arun Ramakrishnan, Michael Bruneau, Joseph Kindler
Date and Time: August 04, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact aaa526@drexel.edu for link.
Steven Miller
Avian Haemosporidians in the Gulf of Guinea: factors influencing host-parasite dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Jacob Russell
Committee Members: Michael O'Connor, Jason Weckstein, Mary Gonder, Sean O'Donnell
Date and Time: August 04, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building, Room 103
Anthony Cevoli
Sport Specialization, Creativity, and Athletic Scholarships
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Cam Kiosoglous
Committee Members: Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, Rob Samuel
Date and Time: August 02, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ac3924@drexel.edu for link.
Stephen Mason
A global synthesis on pyroentomology and a special focus on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) community and functional trait responses to prescribed fire severity in a fire prone ecosystem
Major: Environmental Science
Chair: Marina Potapova
Committee Members: Sean O'Donnell, Jon Gelhaus, Nicholas Skowronski, Richard Horwitz, Alain Maasri
Date and Time: July 30, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Academy of Natural Sciences
Stephen Mason
A global synthesis on pyroentomology and a special focus on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) community and functional trait responses to prescribed fire severity
Major: Environmental Science
Chair: Marina Potapova
Committee Members: Sean O'Donnell, Jon Gelhaus, Nicholas Skowronski, Richard Horwitz, Alain Maasri
Date and Time: July 30, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact scm77@drexel.edu for link.
Mohammad Mehdi
Investigating Carrier Dynamics in Photovoltaic Materials
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Jason Baxter
Committee Members: Aaron Fafarman, Kenneth Lau, William Shafarman, Christopher Murray
Date and Time: July 27, 2021 3:00 PM
Location: MacAlister Hall, Room 4014
Jennifer Burggraf
Education Migrations in Suburban Ohio: Storied Success Among Immigrant Youth
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kristy Kelly
Committee Members: Vera Lee, Kristin Bourdage
Date and Time: July 27, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jmb332@drexel.edu for link.
Brenda Valentin
A qualitative case study exploring advising-as-teaching and the advisor-teacher identity
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Michael Kozak
Committee Members: Dominic Gullo, Sumaya Villanueva
Date and Time: July 21, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact bv85@drexel.edu for link.
Angelica Rivera
Quasar Diversity from the Optical, UV, X-Ray, and Time Domain
Major: Physics
Chair: Gordon Richards
Committee Members: Michelle Dolinski, Michael Vogeley, Frank Ferrone, Sarah Gallagher
Date and Time: July 16, 2021 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Ague Mae Manongsong
Developing positive identity of women administrative leaders: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study on the impact of a leadership development and mentoring in higher education
Major: Educational Leadership & Learning Technologies
Chair: Rajashi Ghosh
Committee Members: Alonzo Flowers, Kristy Kelly, Ayana Allen Handy, Holly Hutchins
Date and Time: July 13, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Tyler Mathis
Charge Storage in Conductive Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides (MXenes)
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Ekaterina Pomerantseva
Committee Members: Yury Gogotsi, Christopher Li, Maureen Tang, Joshua Snyder
Date and Time: July 12, 2021 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact tsm56@drexel.edu for link.
Donald Fehlinger
Boiling Performance of Nanostructure Coated Tubes with Water and FC-72
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Matthew McCarthy
Committee Members: Nicholas Cemansky, E. Caglan Kumbur, David Miller, Christopher Peters
Date and Time: July 01, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Sherese Johnson
The Aftermath of Trauma: An Intrinsic Case Study in the African American Community
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Christina Vorndran
Committee Members: Janet Sloand, Nicole Harris
Date and Time: June 24, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact smj345@drexel.edu for link.
Robert Swan
Constitutive Mechanical Behavior of Unbound Conventional and Light Weight Coarse Aggregate
Major: Environmental Engineering
Chair: Joseph Martin
Committee Members: Shi-Chieh Cheng, Theresa Loux, Timothy Stark, Miguel Pando
Date and Time: June 23, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact rhs53@drexel.edu for link.
Kelley Durham
The Relationship Between Reactive Violence and Self-Harm Among Individuals with Mental Illness in the Community
Major: Psychology
Chair: Kirk Heilbrun
Committee Members: David DeMatteo, Christine Nezu, Fengqing Zoe Zhang, Amanda Darnley
Date and Time: June 22, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ked96@drexel.edu for link.
Jonghyuk Bae
The Impact of Socially Conscious Hedge Funds on the Behaviors of Portfolio Firms
Major: Accounting
Chair: Hsihui Chang
Committee Members: Rajiv Nag, Tony Curatola, Xin Dai, Barbara Grein
Date and Time: June 22, 2021 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jb3626@drexel.edu for link.
Tiffany Turrentine
Retention of Underrepresented Students in Agricultural Education: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Urban Secondary Agricultural Educators
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kathy Geller
Committee Members: Kathleen Provinzano, Stacy Vincent
Date and Time: June 21, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact tmt96@drexel.edu for link.
Tiffany Ingram
Exploring the Intersectionality of Age, Race, and Gender on the Barriers to Career Advancement for African American Millennial Women
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Kristine Lewis Grant, Dominick Quinney
Date and Time: June 21, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact thi23@drexel.edu for link.
Brock Mayers
The Impact of Self-Perception of Academic Ability on Academic Performance in African American Male First Generation College Students
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Alonzo Flowers
Committee Members: Sinead Younge, Eric Brewe
Date and Time: June 19, 2021 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Jae Young Choi
The Two Faces of Narcissistic Leaders: An Examination of the Roles of Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry in Understanding When and How Leader Narcissism Relates to Leadership Effectiveness
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Christian Resick
Committee Members: Jonathan Ziegert, Lauren D'Innocenzo, Jade Lo, In-Sue Oh
Date and Time: June 17, 2021 10:30 PM
Location: Gerri C. LeBow Hall, Room 635
Mike Grovola
Characterization of Neuropathology and Neuroinflammatory Cascades After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Swine
Major: Biomedical Science
Chair: Paul Brandt-Rauf
Committee Members: Catherine Von Reyn, Akiva Cohen, Kacy Cullen, Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Trish Shewokis
Date and Time: June 14, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Alethea Wright
Principals' Stories of Serving Students Experiencing Homelessness Under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in Pennsylvania: A Narrative Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Sarah Ulrich, Christina Ager
Date and Time: June 14, 2021 10:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact aw866@drexel.edu for link.
Moshe Maiman
A Longitudinal Investigation of Fine Motor, Executive Functioning, and ADHD in Children with Down Syndrome
Major: Psychology
Chair: Nancy Raitano Lee
Committee Members: Diana Robins, Brian Daly, Lisa Daunhauer, Karol Osipowicz
Date and Time: June 11, 2021 1:15 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact mbm95@drexel.edu for link.
Benjamin Irwin
A Cauchy-Kovalevskaya Theorem for the Mean Field Games System
Major: Mathematics
Chair: David Ambrose
Committee Members: R. Andrew Hicks, Shari Moskow, J. Douglas Wright, Michael Siegel
Date and Time: June 10, 2021 3:15 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bti25@drexel.edu for link.
Janear Hankerson
I'm Not Laughing at You, I'm Learning With You: Using the Fundamentals of Stand-up and Improv Comedy to Increase Student Engagement
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: James Connell Jr, Todd Felts
Date and Time: June 10, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jdh372@drexel.edu for link.
Amanda Reinsburrow
Building a bridge from math skills to math literacy: An intervention case study
Major: Education
Chair: Valerie Klein
Committee Members: Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, Jason Silverman, Marcia Burrell, Christopher Wright
Date and Time: June 10, 2021 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact alr352@drexel.edu for link.
Alexandra Walz
A Phenomenological Study of Female Entrepreneurs' Leadership Mindset
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Larry Keiser, George Manning
Date and Time: June 10, 2021 12:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact aw992@drexel.edu for link.
David Martin
Performance-Based Funding in a Community College
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Jose Chavez
Committee Members: Salvatore Falletta, Bobby Nakamoto
Date and Time: June 09, 2021 5:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dm3494@drexel.edu for link.
Natalie Shin
Team Trust Divergence: Examining its Trajectory and Implications on Team Effectiveness
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Lauren D'Innocenzo
Committee Members: Bart De Jong, John Medaglia, Daniel Van Knippenberg, Jonathan Ziegert
Date and Time: June 08, 2021 5:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jns86@drexel.edu for link.
Tynika Young-Aleibar
Leading Differently: A Phenomenological Study of Alternative School Leadership's Impact on Success for its Students
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Bruce Levine, Ruth Jones Nichols
Date and Time: June 08, 2021 5:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ty328@drexel.edu for link.
Aly Meloche
Know Your Artist: A Critical Exploration of the Effects of Artist Identity Knowledge on Viewers' Aesthetic Emotions
Major: Education
Chair: Ayana Allen Handy
Committee Members: Toni Sondergeld, Rebecca Clothey, Vera Lee, Eliza Reilly
Date and Time: June 08, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact am4395@drexel.edu for link.
Dipexa Gandhi
Changing the Leadership Landscape: South Asian Women in Higher Education
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kristy Kelly
Committee Members: Rajashi Ghosh, Barret Katuna
Date and Time: June 08, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dg859@drexel.edu for link.
Sarah Hudson
A Qualitative Narrative Study of Teachers and Compassion Fatigue in Title I Elementary Schools
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Michael Haslip
Committee Members: Kristine Lewis-Grant, Allie Watkins
Date and Time: June 08, 2021 10:30 AM
Location: Zoom
Hongjun Ye
Service Robot Has Entered the Game: Essays on Human-Robot-Interaction in Service Marketing
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Rajneesh Suri
Committee Members: Hasan Ayaz, YanLiu Huang, Daniel Korschun, Drhuv Grewal, Abhijit Guha, Ewart de Visser
Date and Time: June 07, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact hy368@drexel.edu for link.
Amani Piers
Within-subject variability in weight: Characterization and clinical correlates in residential patients with an eating disorder
Major: Psychology
Chair: Michael Lowe
Committee Members: Adrienne Juarascio, Fengqing Zhang, Laura Berner, David Levitsky
Date and Time: June 04, 2021 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact adp84@drexel.edu for link.
Kelly DiPietro-Edwards
A Phenomenological Exploration of High School Teachers’ Perspectives on Collaboration and Implementation of Practice in the Context of College and Career Readiness Framework
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Sheila Vaidya
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Pauline Galiardi
Date and Time: June 04, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact kad446@drexel.edu for link.
Leila Samandari Masooleh
Distributed Implementation of Model-based Methods on Large-scale Systems
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Kenneth Lau
Committee Members: Masoud Soroush, Vibha Kalra, Ulku Oktem, Warren Seider, Jeffrey Arbogast
Date and Time: June 04, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact ls3374@drexel.edu for link.
Jennifer Small
Authentic Leadership and Mindfulness: Cultivating Women Leaders in the Healthcare Industry in the 21st Century
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Rajashi Ghosh
Committee Members: Jose Chavez, Nicole Woll
Date and Time: June 03, 2021 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact rajashi.ghosh@drexel.edu for link.
Sophie Lee
Electrochemical Approaches to Interfacial Phenomena in Sodium and Lithium-Ion Batteries
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Maureen Tang
Committee Members: Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Vibha Kalra, Joshua Snyder, Aaron Fafarman
Date and Time: June 03, 2021 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact sl3385@drexel.edu for link.
Taralee Hamner
Biomarkers of Early Social Learning in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Major: Psychology
Chair: Nancy Raitano Lee, Giacomo Vivanti
Committee Members: Diana Robins, Zoe Zhang, Maureen Gibney
Date and Time: June 03, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact th626@drexel.edu for link.
Melissa Schmitz
Exploring Entrepreneurial Students’ Perceptions of Online Mindful Creativity Training: A Mixed Methods Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Constance Lyttle
Committee Members: Larry Keiser, Kristen Horton
Date and Time: June 03, 2021 11:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact mms495@drexel.edu for link.
Yifan Fei
Thixotropic Mixing and 3D Printing of Biodegradable Alloys for Medical Implant Applications
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Jack Zhou
Committee Members: Bor-Chin Chang, Andrei Jablokow, Richard Chiou, Donggang Yao
Date and Time: June 03, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact yf75@drexel.edu for link.
Kai Wei
Photonic Crystal Enhanced Electrooptic Polymer Based Optical Modulators for Realization of Integrated 40 Gs/s All-Optical Analog/Digital Converters with 8 Effective Number of Bits
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Bahram Nabet
Committee Members: Alfredo de Rossi, Baris Taskin, Nader Engheta, Michel Francois, Afshin Daryoush
Date and Time: June 02, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact kw588@drexel.edu for link.
Victoria Pietruszka
Heuristics and biases in law and psychology: Examining stereotype bias in racial descriptors and parole revocation decisions
Major: Psychology
Chair: Kirk Heilbrun
Committee Members: Dave DeMatteo, Zoe Zhang, Adam Benforado, Christopher King
Date and Time: June 01, 2021 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact vlp37@drexel.edu for link.
Tiffany Carter
Exploring the Career Advancement of Women of Color to Senior Leadership in Federal Law Enforcement: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Bruce Levine, Lorraine Latimore
Date and Time: June 01, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact tsc67@drexel.edu for link.
Paulina Sperling
Corporate Innovation in Finance
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Michelle Lowry
Committee Members: Gregory Nini, Jay Cai, Michela Verardo, David Becher
Date and Time: June 01, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact kew328@drexel.edu for link.
Bryan Cummings
Toward a comprehensive and efficient thermodynamic model of organic aerosols indoors
Major: Environmental Engineering
Chair: Michael Waring
Committee Members: Shannon Capps, Glenn Morrison, Manabu Shiraiwa, Peter DeCarlo
Date and Time: May 28, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Jessica Weaver
Synthesis Parameters of Chemically and Structurally Tailorable Macromolecular Grafted-Through Polymer Networks
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Christopher Li
Committee Members: Kenneth Lau, Caroline Schauer, Andrew Magenau, Joshua Lequieu
Date and Time: May 28, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jaw398@drexel.edu for link.
Sheng Liu
Strategic Fit in Supply Chain Relationship and Supplier Audit Fees
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Hsihui Chang
Committee Members: Tony Curatola, Barbara Grein, Xin Dai, Johnny Lee
Date and Time: May 28, 2021 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact sl3283@drexel.edu for link.
Sheng Liu
Strategic Fit in Supply Chain Relationship and Supplier Audit Fees
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Hsihui Chang
Committee Members: Tony Curatola, Barbara Grein, Xin Dai, Johnny Lee
Date and Time: May 28, 2021 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom
Nomalia Manna
Essays in Corporate Finance
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Jay Cai
Committee Members: Edward Nelling, Michael Gombola, Thomas Chiang, Nathan Mauck,
Date and Time: May 28, 2021 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact nm697@drexel.edu for link.
Chen Li
Loyalty Programs: Impact of Marketing Channels and Customer Relationship Characteristics
Major: Marketing
Chair: Srinivasan Swaminathan
Committee Members: Trina Andras, YanLiu Huang, Irina Murtazashvili, Junhee Kim
Date and Time: May 27, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact cl3239@drexel.edu for link.
Joseph Tumulty
Exploring the Effects of Grouped Connectivity on Network Synchronization in Simulated Neuronal Networks
Major: Physics
Chair: Luiz Cruz Cruz
Committee Members: Jian-Min Yuan, Daniel Marenda, Brigita Urbanc, Goran Karapetrov
Date and Time: May 27, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jst56@drexel.edu for link.
Marjorie Nightingale
Emotionally Focused Therapy with African American Couples: An Exploratory Acceptability and Feasibility Study
Major: Couple and Family Therapy
Chair: Stephanie Brooks
Committee Members: Christian Jordal, Mona Mittal, Christiana Awosan, Marlene Watson
Date and Time: May 27, 2021 10:00 AM
Location:
Jeffrey Archibald
A Multisite Case Study of the Alignment of Institutional Change Strategies and Culture for Guided Pathways Reform Implementation in California Community Colleges
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Ayana Allen-Handy, Erika Endrijonas
Date and Time: May 26, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jda87@drexel.edu for link.
Mariah Beaver
Chromatin and transcriptomic profiling uncover dysregulation of the Tip60 HAT/HDAC2 epigenomic landscape in the neurodegenerative brain
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Jennifer Stanford
Committee Members: Felice Elefant, Ryan Petrie, John Bethea, Seena Ajit
Date and Time: May 26, 2021 11:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact mb3585@drexel.edu for link.
Sarah Hudson
A Qualitative Comparative Case Study of Teachers and Compassion Fatigue in Title I Elementary Schools
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Michael Haslip
Committee Members: Kristine Lewis-Grant, Allie Watkins
Date and Time: May 25, 2021 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Marygrace Berberian-Hutchinson
School-Based Art Therapy: Characteristics, Barriers and Facilitators
Major: Creative Arts in Therapy
Chair: Girija Kaimal
Committee Members: Sherry Goodill, Abby Dougherty, Ikuko Acosta, Donna Betts
Date and Time: May 25, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Jin Fang
Decision Making using Social Network Analysis and Topic Modeling in Service Firms
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Fariborz Partovi
Committee Members: Wenjing Shen, Yasamin Salmani, Qizhi Dai, Lei Wang, Anna Devlin, Seung-Lae Kim
Date and Time: May 25, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jf699@drexel.edu for link.
Yuyue Chen
Aggregation and Disaggregation of Information: A Holistic View
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Hande Benson
Committee Members: ChuanRen Liu, Jinwook Lee, Muge Capan, Hugo Woerdeman
Date and Time: May 25, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact ws84@drexel.edu for link.
Paul Reine Kennett L. Dela Rosa
Ritz values and the free joint numerical radius
Major: Mathematics
Chair: Hugo Woerdeman
Committee Members: Robert Boyer, Anatolii Grinshpan, Chi-Kwong Li, Thomas Yu
Date and Time: May 24, 2021 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Martina Azar
Help Seeking Behavior: Examining the contribution of subjective cognitive decline and sociodemographic factors
Major: Psychology
Chair: Maria Schultheis
Committee Members: Zoe Zhang, Maureen Gibney, Stephanie Cosentino, Tania Giovanetti
Date and Time: May 21, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ma3379@drexel.edu for link.
Ina Hajdini
Essays on Expectations in Macroeconomics
Major: Economics
Chair: Andre Kurmann
Committee Members: Christopher Laincz, Marco Airaudo, Ricardo Serrano-Padial, Tristan Potter
Date and Time: May 20, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dr636@drexel.edu for link.
Shiyu Zhang
Resistance and Synergism in the Antiviral Functions of Peptide Triazole Inactivators of the HIV-1 Env
Major: Biomedical Science
Chair: Kara Spiller
Committee Members: Irwin Chaiken, Amy Throckmorton, Margaret Wheatley, William Dampier
Date and Time: May 19, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact sz399@drexel.edu for link.
Dev Desai
General Education Teacher's Preparedness in Teaching Students with Disabilities: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Janet Sloand
Committee Members: Bridget Blakely, Issam Abi-El-Mona
Date and Time: May 18, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jms557@drexel.edu for link.
Daisy Nichols
Challenging Implicit Bias towards Black and Brown Students through Professional Development: An Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Jose Chavez
Committee Members: Toni Sondergeld, Olayemi Lawason
Date and Time: May 17, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jlc334@drexel.edu for link.
Xin Niu
Application of machine learning in the discovery of multi-modal neuroimaging biomarkers for psychiatric disorders and altered brain development
Major: Psychology
Chair: Fengqing Zhang
Committee Members: John Kounios, Michael Low, Russell Shinohara, Jiangtao Gou
Date and Time: May 14, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact fz53@drexel.edu for link.
Matthew Kearney
A Multiple Case Study of Geotagged Instagram Posts about Vaping
Major: Community Health & Prevention
Chair: Philip Massey
Committee Members: Michael Yudell, Emmanuel Koku, Stephen Lankenau, Loni Tabb
Date and Time: May 13, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact mdk85@drexel.edu for link.
Shannon Villarroel
Examination of an Entrepreneurship Training and Mentorship Program for Incarcerated Males: A Qualitative Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, Travis Lewis
Date and Time: May 10, 2021 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Matthew Kearney
A multiple case study of geotagged Instagram posts about vaping
Major: Community Health & Prevention
Chair: Philip Massey
Committee Members: Loni Tabb, Stephen Lankenau, Emmanuel Koku, Michael Yudell
Date and Time: May 10, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Alisa Byers
Get With The Program: Medical Resident Curriculum Needs to Engage in Ethical Learning Health System Research
Major: Health Sciences
Chair: Constance Perry
Committee Members: Paulina Sockolow, Ana Nunez
Date and Time: May 07, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact ab329@drexel.edu for link.
Zachary Bauermaster
A Mixed Methods Study: Exploring School Administrators' Perceived Role in Preparing Teachers for Online Course Instruction
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Kathleen Provinzano, Martin Hudacs
Date and Time: May 03, 2021 5:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Amanda Marino
Firm value effects of Treasury Regulations: Evidence from corporate tax inversions
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Curtis Hall
Committee Members: Hiu Lam Choy, Tony Curatola, Andrew Finley, Luke Watson
Date and Time: April 28, 2021 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ala336@drexel.edu for link.
Michelle Gannon
Stable Isotope Analysis of Giant Clam Shells: Layer Discrepancies, Temporal Shift, and Organic Contamination
Major: Environmental Sciencec
Chair: Richard McCourt
Committee Members: David Velinsky, Jocelyn Sessa, Susan Kilham, Alberto Perez-Huerta, Gary Rosenberg
Date and Time: April 27, 2021 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Laura Creek
Inner-City Special Educators' Perceptions of Preparedness to Support Students with Trauma Histories: An Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Janet Sloand
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Keith Williams
Date and Time: April 20, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jms557@drexel.edu for link.
Karen Bard
An Exploratory Case Study: Exploring STEM Study Strategies in an Adaptive Learning Environment
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Paul Harrington, David Fusco
Date and Time: April 12, 2021 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Matthew Halley
Integrative systematics and evolution of seasonal migration in the nightingale-thrushes (Aves: Turdidae: Catharus)
Major: Environmental Science
Chair: Gary Rosenberg
Committee Members: Jason Weckstein, Richard McCourt, Jacob Russell, Nathan Rice
Date and Time: April 09, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Alejandro Trofimoff
Designing Probabilistic Supports to Map the Entropy Region: Group Actions and a Submodularity-Based Structural Theory
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Nagarajan Kandasamy
Committee Members: John MacLaren Walsh, Steven Weber, Matthew Stamm, Jonah Blasiak
Date and Time: April 09, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Kanit Hantanasirisakul
On the Electronic and Transport Properties of Two-dimensional (2D) Transition Metal Carbides and Carbonitride (MXenes)
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Steven May
Committee Members: Yury Gogotsi, Jason Baxter, Goran Karapetrov, Jonathan Spanier
Date and Time: March 31, 2021 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact kh654@drexel.edu for link.
Nicole Baird
Third Time's the Charm: An Examination of an Intervention for Developmental Education Math Repeaters
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Penny Hammrich, Natasha Miller
Date and Time: March 30, 2021 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Dipexa Gandhi
Changing the Leadership Landscape: South Asian Women in Higher Education
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kristy Kelly
Committee Members: Rajashi Ghosh, Barret Katuna
Date and Time: March 26, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact kek72@drexel.edu for link.
Sharon Kauffman
Community College Professors’ Perceptions of Open Educational Resources and their Impact on Student Success and Social Justice: An Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Sarah Ulrich, Michael Mills
Date and Time: March 26, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Carmen Poston Farmer
Addressing Food Insecurity at a Community College with a Food Campaign: An Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Sarah Ulrich, Denise Simmons Graves
Date and Time: March 25, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Trina Gregory
Exploring the Social Engagement of First-Year, First-Generation College Students at a Non-Urban HBCU in the Southeastern U.S.: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Kristine Lewis Grant, Kulwinder Kaur-Walker
Date and Time: March 22, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Rhonda Kelsey
Teacher's Lived Experiences Regarding the Use of Therapy Dogs as a Behavior Management Strategy: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Christina Vorndran
Committee Members: Janet Sloand, Crystal Glover
Date and Time: March 22, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact cmv69@drexel.edu for link.
Mantel Featherson
The Automated Enterprise: A Narrative Inquiry Exploring Worker Perceptions of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in a Global Life Sciences Organization
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Bruce Levine, Christopher Finnin
Date and Time: March 19, 2021 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact drfeatherson@msn.com for link.
Anton Anikin
Charge Density Waves in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Major: Physics
Chair: Goran Karapetrov
Committee Members: Som Tyagi, Charles Lane, Steven May, Joshua Snyder
Date and Time: March 19, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact aaa483@drexel.edu for link.
Jennica Janssen
Public Opinion on the Appropriateness of Juvenile Sex Offender Registration and Notification Requirements
Major: Psychology
Chair: Naomi Goldstein
Committee Members: Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Riya Shah, Rhonda McKitten
Date and Time: March 19, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jmj342@drexel.edu for link.
Nicholas Gehman
Workforce Readiness of Recent College Graduates: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Bruce Levine
Committee Members: Salvatore Falletta, Harriette Rasmussen
Date and Time: March 18, 2021 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bl63@drexel.edu for link.
Steven Hill
Astrocyte regulation of neuron structure and function mediated by Sonic hedgehog signaling
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Felice Elefant
Committee Members: Wen-Jun Gao, A. Denise Garcia, Michael Akins, Joshua Mell
Date and Time: March 17, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact kp475@drexel.edu for link.
Brian Williams
A Mixed Methods Study: Understanding Risk Factors for Plagiarism Among MBA Students at a Northeastern U.S. Research University
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Jose Luis Chavez
Committee Members: Amanda Lannie, Giuseppe Salomone
Date and Time: March 15, 2021 3:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jlc334@drexel.edu for link.
Johannes Krause
Elemental cycling in blue carbon habitats: Investigations from the molecular to ecosystem scale
Major: Environmental Science
Chair: David Velinsky
Committee Members: Elizabeth Burke Watson, Richard Horwitz, Marina Potapova, Andrew Gray
Date and Time: March 15, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact ebw49@drexel.edu for link.
Houda El mimouni
An Exploration of Privacy Experts’ and Non-experts’ Privacy Conceptualizations and Practices using the Concept of Habitus
Major: Information Science
Chair: Andrea Forte
Committee Members: Aleksandra Sarcevic, Susan Gasson, Eric Baumer, Susan Fussell
Date and Time: March 11, 2021 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bcp29@drexel.edu for link.
D.V. Klopfenstein
PROTEIN-CODING HOTSPOTS IN THE HUMAN GENOME: ANNOTATION, SIGNIFICANCE, AND THEIR CONSERVATION IN ANIMAL MODELS (MOUSE, FRUIT FLY)
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Andres Kriete
Committee Members: Will Dampier, Ming Xiao, Ahmet Sacan, Felice Elefant, Christophe Dessimoz
Date and Time: March 10, 2021 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact njb33@drexel.edu for link.
Olga Kyzylova
Characterization of Time-Varying Backgrounds in the PROSPECT Experiment
Major: Physics
Chair: Michelle Dolinski
Committee Members: Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, Russell Neilson, James Napolitano, Brigita Urbanc
Date and Time: March 09, 2021 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Meen Chul Kim
Learning Early-Stage Web Development at Scale: Exploring Methods to Assess Learning through Analysis HTML and CSS
Major: Information Science
Chair: Andrea Forte
Committee Members: Weimao Ke, Brian Smith, Amy Ko, Benjamin Hill
Date and Time: March 05, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bcp29@drexel.edu for link.
Bridget Milorey
Studying and Characterizing Conformational Ensembles of Proteins and Peptides by Combining Spectroscopic Techniques
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Karl Sohlberg
Committee Members: Jun Xi, Jeremiah Scepaniak, Frank Ferrone, Harald Schwalbe, Bruce Bowler
Date and Time: March 05, 2021 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact kml445@drexel.edu for link.
Kristin Johnson
The Effects of Targeted Professional Development and Teachers' Attitudes in Co-taught Classrooms: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Michael Kozak
Committee Members: Amanda Lannie, Stacey Sidle
Date and Time: March 02, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact mgk57@drexel.edu for link.
Kelley Commeford
Characterizing Active Learning Environments in Physics
Major: Physics
Chair: Eric Brewe
Committee Members: Michelle Dolinski, Jen Stanford, Adrienne Traxler, Dave Goldberg
Date and Time: February 26, 2021 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Kelley Commeford
Characterizing Active Learning Environments in Physics
Major: Physics
Chair: Eric Brewe
Committee Members: David Goldberg, Michelle Dolinski, Jennifer Stanford, Adrienne Traxler
Date and Time: February 26, 2021 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Christen Mendonca
Adapting Sedentary Video Games to Facilitate Physical Activity for Adults
Major: Rehabilitation Sciences
Chair: Susan Smith, Sinclair Smith
Committee Members: Stephen Samendinger, Karin Pfeiffer, Stella Volpe
Date and Time: February 24, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact hbe25@drexel.edu for link.
Amanda Ward
The Successful Implementation of Innovative Instructional Techniques in a STEAM Elementary School: An Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Paul Harrington
Committee Members: Eric Brewe, Becky Quackenbush
Date and Time: February 22, 2021 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact lak53@drexel.edu for link.
Maria Toglia
Examining the Impact of One Professional Development Program in Structured Literacy on Teacher Knowledge: A Quasi-experimental Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Lori Severino
Committee Members: Amanda Lannie, Peggy Hickman
Date and Time: February 22, 2021 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact mlt98@drexel.edu for link.
Taiisha Swinton
Teaching Inner-City Youth When Pedagogy is Not Enough: A Phenomenological Study about Change Agent Teachers
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Christina Vorndran, Felicia Lanham Tarason
Date and Time: February 08, 2021 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Amal Alanazi
Analysis of Technology Use and Muddiest Point Technique in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Lee Hoffman
Committee Members: Craig McClure, Eric Brewe, Lynn Penn, Joseph Foley
Date and Time: January 30, 2021 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dk68@drexel.edu for link.
Jennifer Kruzynski
Changing Teacher Knowledge and Perceptions of Disabilities through a Disability Simulation in St. Maarten
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Dominic Gullo, Charlotte Brickhouse
Date and Time: January 11, 2021 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Lisa Lanza
Prefrontal Cortex Response during Preferred Food Consumption as Measured by fNIRS, Level of Intuitive Eating and Current Weight in Post-partum Women
Major: Nutrition Sciences
Chair: Jennifer Nasser
Committee Members: Deborah Clegg, Stella Volpe, Michael Bruneau, June Horowitz, Meltem izzetoglu
Date and Time: January 11, 2021 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Yaqin Sun
Outsourcing under Competition
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Wenjing Shen, Seung-Lae Kim
Committee Members: Benjamin Lev, Min Wang, Konstantinos Serfes
Date and Time: January 04, 2021 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Tamara Brooks
A Re-Storied Account of C.S. Lewis, Intergenerational Spiritual Leaders, and Their Transformational Leadership Journey
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: William Lynch, Crystal Hurd
Date and Time: December 22, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Jennifer Schmidt
Administrator, Teacher, and Instructional Coach Perceptions of Instructional Coaching as an Approach to Professional Development in K-12 Schools: An Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Larry Keiser
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Johnna Weller
Date and Time: December 22, 2020 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact keiserlj@drexel.edu for link.
Karthik Sangaiah
Reimagining the Role of Network-on-Chip Resources toward Improving Chip Multiprocessor Performance
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Nagarajan Kandasamy
Committee Members: Baris Taskin, Mark Hempstead, Ioannis Savidis, Jeremy Johnson
Date and Time: December 17, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact taskin@coe.drexel.edu for link.
Joanna Valenti
Teacher Attitudes and Experiences Regarding Inclusive Education for Students with Autism: A Mixed Methods Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Bridget Sweeney Blakely
Committee Members: Christina Vorndran, Harriette Thurber Rasmussen
Date and Time: December 16, 2020 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bsb62@drexel.edu for link.
Saurajyoti Kar
Analytical Methods for Lifecycle Assessment of Energy Systems and Nutrient Recovery, in relevance to environmental policies
Major: Environmental Engineering
Chair: Sabrina Spatari
Committee Members: Patrick Gurian, Shannon Capps, Richard Cairncross, Pieter Billen, Abhishek Dutta
Date and Time: December 15, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Ketao Chen
Applications of Conductive Polymers in Electronics and DBD Plasma Nongaseous Polymerization of Conductive Polymers
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Daniel King
Committee Members: Ezra Wood, Joe Foley, Lee Hoffman, Lin He, Zhihong Wang
Date and Time: December 11, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact kml445@drexel.edu for link.
Conor McCafferty
A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Geotextile Tube Dewatering with and without a Spacer Product
Major: Civil Engineering
Chair: Grace Hsuan
Committee Members: Patrick Gurian, Mira Olson, George Koerner, Richard Weggel
Date and Time: December 11, 2020 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Yongwei Zheng
Network-based Solid Polymer Electrolytes (SPEs) for Lithium Metal Batteries (LMBs) and Beyond
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Ekaterina Pomerantseva
Committee Members: Christopher Li, Andrew Magenau, Kenneth Lau, Vibha Kalra
Date and Time: December 11, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact cyl24@drexel.edu for link.
Swathi Jagannath
Perception, Communication, and Representation of Activity Delays in Dynamic Medical Teamwork
Major: Information Science
Chair: Aleksandra Sarcevic
Committee Members: Andrea Forte, Michelle Rogers, Yunan Chen, Kenton O'Hara
Date and Time: December 10, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact bcp29@drexel.edu for link.
Simge Uzun
Multiscale Integration of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides (MXenes) into Textile-Based Devices
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Steven May
Committee Members: Yury Gogotsi, Genevieve Dion, Caroline Schauer, Emin Caglan Kumbur
Date and Time: December 09, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Zhengqiao Zhao
Improvements in machine learning for predicting taxa, phenotypes and functions from genetic sequences
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Andrew Cohen
Committee Members: Bahrad Sokhansanj, Gail Rosen, Joshua Mell, Youngmoo Kim
Date and Time: December 09, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact tv349@drexel.edu for link.
Harlan Harrell
The "Beautiful Struggle" of Student Veterans in the Canopy of the Community College: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Sarah Ulrich, Deidra Dennie
Date and Time: December 08, 2020 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Haolin Zhang
Differential transcriptomic neuroprotection by Tip60 during early versus late stages of amyloid-J3-induced Alzheimer's disease progression
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Jacob Russell
Committee Members: Felice Elefant, Michael Akins, Denise Garcia, Catherine von Reyn
Date and Time: December 08, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact hz354@drexel.edu for link.
Shane West
Healthcare Provider Well-Being and Burnout: Analyzing an Ongoing Epidemic Using Secondary Analysis of a Psychological Research Survey Instruments in an Academic Medical System
Major: Health Sciences
Chair: Stephen Gambescia
Committee Members: Merritt Brockman, Michael Jablonover
Date and Time: December 07, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact sfg23@drexel.edu for link.
Shereese Harris
Federal Employees' Perceptions on Merit Promotion and Engagement
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Dominic Gullo, Wilfred Johnson
Date and Time: December 04, 2020 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Tomas Polakovic
Low-Dimensional Superconductivity for Single Photon Detection in Strong Magnetic Field
Major: Physics
Chair: Goran Karapetrov
Committee Members: Valentine Novosad, Somdev Tyagi, Steven May, Joshua Snyder
Date and Time: December 04, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact lpd22@drexel.edu for link.
Bo Chan
A Phenomenological Study: Exploring Parents’ Lived Experience and Motivation for Enrolling Their Elementary-Aged Children in a Weekend Language Program to Learn Chinese in the United States
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Lori Severino, Jeannie Ho
Date and Time: December 02, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Lee Bzdil
Teacher-Student Relationships and Students with Emotional Disturbance and Externalizing Behaviors, an Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Janet Sloand
Committee Members: Constance Lyttle, Carissa Bowersox
Date and Time: December 01, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jms557@drexel.edu for link.
Rebekah Agar
Experiences of Non-Traditional Students in a Self-Paced, Computer-Based Developmental Mathematics Class at a Community College: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Jill Spelina
Date and Time: December 01, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Ja'Net Roberson
Crossing Bridges: A Narrative Inquiry into Transitioning from Foster Care to College
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Larry Keiser, Amber Battle
Date and Time: November 30, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Pavan Kantharaju
Learning Decomposition Models for Hierarchical Planning and Plan Recognition
Major: Computer Science
Chair: Santiago Ontanon
Committee Members: Dario Salvucci, David Breen, Christopher Geib, Ugur Kuter
Date and Time: November 23, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bcp29@drexel.edu for link.
Michael Shipman
A Mixed Methods Case Study: Investigating Effects of Authentic Assessment for Accounting Students in a Postsecondary Institution to Determine Experiential Learning Effects on Students Career Preparation
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Christopher Finnin
Date and Time: November 19, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Jennifer Hopwood
Using Diffusion of Innovation Theory to Explore Factors
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Christopher Wright, Lisa Kenyon
Date and Time: November 16, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Natasha Hepburn
A Case Study: Exploring the Perceptions of Generation Z About the Value of Their Digital Knowledge and Skills in a Selected Health Services Organization
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Jennifer Adams, Valerie Watzlaf
Date and Time: November 06, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Mary Whitten
A Modified-Delphi Study Establishing Consensus in the Therapeutic Management of Posttraumatic Stiffness of the Elbow
Major: Rehabilitation Sciences
Chair: Jane Fedorczyk
Committee Members: Namrata Grampurohit, Sheri Silfies
Date and Time: October 29, 2020 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact mcw328@drexel.edu for link.
Mustafa Furkan
Development and Validation of a Multipurpose Wireless Sensing System for Rapid and Objective Bridge Assessment
Major: Civil Engineering
Chair: Ivan Bartoli
Committee Members: Emin Aktan, Alan Lau, Miguel Pando, Marcello Balduccini
Date and Time: October 29, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Van Truong
Bridging the Gap Urban Adolescent Females of Color and STEM: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Alonzo Flowers
Committee Members: Rosa Banda, Michael Haslip
Date and Time: October 28, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Zachary Hinton
The Role of Chemistry and Pressure on Surfactant Interfacial Thermodynamics
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Steven Wrenn
Committee Members: Nicolas Alvarez, Giuseppe Palmese, Aviel Chaimovich, Christopher Li
Date and Time: October 16, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact zrh29@drexel.edu for link.
Adam Novak
A Qualitative Instrumental Case Study of Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Nurse Preceptor Relationships
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Larry Keiser, Zach Sharek
Date and Time: October 12, 2020 11:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Wenlei Bi
Physiological Ecology of Soft-released Giant Pandas
Major: Environmental Science
Chair: Michael O'Connor
Committee Members: James Spotila, Jacon Owens, Jon Gelhaus, Susan Kilham
Date and Time: October 09, 2020 12:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Christine Call
Examining the Role of Weight Suppression in the Context of a Weight Gain Prevention
Major: Psychology
Chair: Meghan Butryn
Committee Members: Michael Lowe, Zoe Zhang, Eric Stice, Katherine Schaumberg
Date and Time: October 08, 2020 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Khaled Alhassoon
Magnetically Tuned 3D-Printed Antenna Arrays
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Kapil Dandekar
Committee Members: Afshin Daryoush, Baris Taskin, Mohammad-Reza Tofighi, Yaaqoub Malallah, Nalin Kumar
Date and Time: September 15, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom