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Victor Manuel Moreno Martinez Applied
Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences
Dissertation: Understanding the Impact of social
factors on the transmission dynamics of infectious
diseases across highly heterogeneous environments
Chair: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, School of
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Peter Reilly Marting Animal Behavior
Dissertation: Collective personality in the
Azteca-Cecropia mutualism
Chair: Stephen Pratt, School of Life Sciences
Gina Lynn Mazza Psychology
(Quantitative Research Methods)
Dissertation: Examining Dose-Response Effects
in Randomized Experiments with Partial Adherence
Co-Chairs: Kevin John Grimm, Psychology;
Stephen G. West, Psychology
Thomas Oscar McConkie Physics
Dissertation: Investigation of Gallium Nitride
Heterostructures for Application to High Electron
Mobility Transistors
Chair: David John Smith, Physics Department
Heather Mary Meyer Geological Sciences
Dissertation: The Formation and Degradation of
Planetary Surfaces: Impact Features and Explosive
Volcanic Landforms on the Moon and Mars
Co-Chairs: James Bell, School of Earth and
Space Exploration; Mark Southwick Robinson,
School of Earth and Space Exploration
Nickolaus James Miehl Nursing and
Healthcare Innovation
Dissertation: Clinical Manager Perceptions of
New Nurse Preparation for Clinical Leadership
Co-Chairs: Debra Hagler, College of Nursing
and Health Innovation; Pauline Komnenich,
College of Nursing and Health Innovation
Megan Marie Miller Geological Sciences
Dissertation: Remote sensing and modeling of
stressed aquifers and the associated hazards
Chair: Manoochehr Shirzaei, School of Earth
and Space Exploration
Amanda Jean Montoya Justice Studies
Dissertation: Taos Pueblo Migration Theories:
Indigenous Push and Pull Factors
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, School of
Social Transformation; Netra B. Chhetri, School
for the Future of Innovation in Society
Katherine Elizabeth Morelli English
(Writing, Rhetorics, and Literacies)
Dissertation: The Role of Cultural Health
Navigators in the Sponsoring of Refugee Families
Access to Health Literacy and Pediatrics Care
Chair: Doris Warriner, English
Chung Jung Mun Psychology
Dissertation: Mechanisms Linking Daily Pain and
Depressive Symptoms: The Application of Diary
Assessment and Bio-Psycho-Social Profiling
Co-Chairs: Mary C. Davis, Psychology;
Paul Karoly, Psychology
Sepideh Mohammad Raei Naeini
Economics
Dissertation: Essays on Dynamic Effects of Taxation
Chair: Gustavo Jaime Ventura, W. P. Carey
School of Business, Economics
Daniel W. Newton Business Administration
(Management)
Dissertation: Expanding our Understanding
of Constructive Voice: Accounting for Voice
Function and Scope
Chair: Jeffery A. LePine, W. P. Carey School
of Business, Management
Brandon Nichter Psychology
Dissertation: The Role of Common and Specific
Components of Internalizing Distress in Predicting
Alcohol Use Among Mexican American Adolescents
Chair: Nancy A. Gonzales, College Of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
Shuluo Ning Industrial Engineering
Dissertation: Structure-Regularized
Partition-Regression Models for Nonlinear
System-Environment Interactions
Chair: Jing Li, School of Computing, Informatics,
and Decision Systems Engineering
Won No Public Administration and Policy
Dissertation: Redistribution and Deliberation
in Mandated Participatory Governance
Chair: Daniel Schugurensky, School Of
Public Affairs
Bailey Margaret Oliver Communication
Dissertation: Blended Family Resilience:
Communication Practices in Positive Adult
Half Sibling Relationships
Chair: Janet Kaye Alberts, Hugh Downs School
of Human Communication
Lana Margaret Olsen Community
Resources and Development
Dissertation: A Culturally Relevant Symbol:
Participant Engagement in a Volunteer Tourism
Youth Education Program and Impacts on
Program Youth
Chair: Kathleen L. Andereck, School of
Community Resources and Development
John Bryce Ortiz Psychology
Dissertation: Mechanisms of Recovery from
Chronic Stress
Chair: Cheryl Diane Conrad, Psychology
Priyanka Niraj Parekh Learning,
Literacies and Technologies
Dissertation: Summer of Tinkering: Sociocultural
Views of Children's Learning while Tinkering in
Social and Material Worlds.
Chair: Elisabeth Ruth Gee, English
Judith Irangika Dingatantrige Perera
History
Dissertation: From Exclusion to State Violence:
The Transformation of Noncitizen Detention in
the United States and Its Implications in Arizona,
1891-present
Chair: Jack L. Schermerhorn, School of
Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies