Philip Grattan
Date: February 23, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Merrick Bldg., Room 318
Dissertation Title: Integration of Holistic Admissions in the University of Miami Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Zeyu Ou
Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: Aresty Bldg., Room 327. Virtual: Please contact zxo34@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Regulators as Whistleblowers: Evidence from the SEC Sunshine Speech on Private Equity
Seungju Choi
Date: March 7, 2025
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: Aresty Bldg., Room 532. Virtual: Please contact sxc1993@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Complement or Cover-Up? The Role of Carbon Credits in Corporate Climate Strategies
Collin Connors
Date: March 17, 2025
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Ungar Bldg., Room 330D (Viz Lab)
Dissertation Title: A Novel Blockchain Paradigm for Creating, Maintaining, and Sharing Personal Blockchain Ledgers
Craig Peaslee
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact cwp42@miami.edu.
Doctoral Essay Title: Heaven, Hell and The Blues
Weixing Hao
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: FICMS, 3rd-floor Conference Room. Virtual: Please contact weixinghao@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: The Role of Aerosol Size in the Evolution and Mitigation of Indoor Bioaerosols
Nancy Molina
Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact Weiting.Tao@miami.edu.
Thesis Title: The Influence of Public Relations on Public Perception of Forever Chemicals in Response to the Release of the Film "Dark Waters"
Meaghan Chaplin
Date: March 20, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Merrick Bldg., Room 318
Dissertation Title: Teachers' Perceptions of their Preparedness to Work with Students with
Challenging Behaviors
Taylor Ariko
Date: March 21, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Medical Campus. For online access, please contact txa516@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Vascular Contributions to Cerebral Microstructure in Ethnically Diverse Individuals with Varying Cognition using Advanced Diffusion MRI Modeling
Mingyue Wu
Date: March 21, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, McArthur Engineering Bldg., Room EB306
Dissertation Title: Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques to Accelerate Material Innovation in Civil Engineering Applications
Edward Shilts
Date: March 24, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Frost South Studio Wing, Patricia L Frost Bldg., Room 320
Doctoral Essay Title: Julie D’Aubigny: Historical Fiction through Rumors and Hearsay
Alexander Margetts
Date: March 24, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: Lois Pope Life Center, 7th Floor Apex Center Auditorium. Virtual: Please contact alexmargetts@med.miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Investigating Microglial Chromatin Remodeling in Opioid Use Disorder
Paola Manara
Date: March 24, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: SVC, Room 110. Virtual: Please contact pxm646@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Deciphering the Impact of Translation Inhibition in Blood Malignancies
Enzhu Dong
Date: March 28, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact exd516@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Conceptualizing and Exploring ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) in Public Relations: An Employee Perspective
Ruby Taylor
Date: March 31, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Medical Campus, Lois Pope Life Center, 7th Floor Auditorium.
Dissertation Title: Biomarkers of the Inflammatory Response following Brain Injury
Nicolas Vitari
Date: April 22, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Medical Campus, RMSB, Room 3109
Dissertation Title: The Intestinal Immunoglobulin Response during Morphine-Induced Microbial Dysbiosis
Thomas Tsai
Date: April 29, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact ttsai@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Associations among Self-Regulation, Dynamical Cardiovascular Functioning, and Sleep Health in Patients with Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
Danielle Antoine
Date: May 1, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Medical Campus, Lois Pope Life Center, 7th Floor Auditorium
Dissertation Title: Role of the Gut Microbiome in Prolonged Pain Hypersensitivity Following Neonatal Morphine Exposure
