Andrea Wood
Date: March 27, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: Plummer Bldg., 5th Floor Conference Room. Virtual: Please contact ACW11@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: The Feasibility of a Hybrid Telehealth Respiratory Muscle Strengthening and Coordination Program on Chronic Constipation Outcomes
Reem Alreesh
Date: March 27, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric & Earth Science Campus. In-Person: MTLSS. Virtual: Please contact rfa38@earth.miami.edu to request online access.
Thesis Title: Genotype-Specific Responses of Juvenile Pseudodiploria Clivosa and Pseudodiploria Strigosa Corals to Ocean Acidification: Effects on Calcification, Photosynthesis Efficiency, Respiration and Photosynthesis
Lillian Aston
Date: March 27, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Merrick Bldg., Conference Room 122-A
Thesis Title: Carbon Dots of D-Penicillamine and Its Application with the Tyrosinase Enzyme
Jakob Blosser
Date: March 27, 2025
Time: 3:30 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact obueno@miami.edu.
Thesis Title: Argumentation and Film
Joe Bonner
Date: March 28, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact J.Bonner1@umiami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Predictors of Vascular Markers of Cardiac Risk in Collegiate Students
Reggie Zhang
Date: March 28, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Medical Campus. For online access, please contact xxz940@miami.edu.
Thesis Title: A Computational Approach in Comparing Emotional vs. Cognitive Aspect on Visual Working Memory with the Presence of Anxiety-Related Disorders
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
Olivia Yoh
Date: March 28, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Merrick Bldg., Dept. of Sociology Conference Room
Dissertation Title: Exploring Media Influence: Analyzing Public Perceptions, Genre-Specific Content, and Comparative Studies in Music and Film
Riley Fortier
Date: March 28, 2025
Time: 12:20 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Shalala Student Center, Senate Room, Room 302
Dissertation Title: Tropical Forests in a Changing World: Lessons from Botanical Inventories across Space and through Time
Renato Diz De Sousa
Date: March 28, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, PLF North, Room 227
Doctoral Essay Title: The Use of Prepared Piano Techniques in the Context of Transidiomatic Musical Improvisation
Chia-Jung Hsieh
Date: March 28, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Campo Sano, Room 250
Dissertation Title: Investigate the Role of ROS and RNS in Axon Degeneration
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
Abbey Yatsko
Date: April 4, 2025
Time: 12:20 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: Shalala Student Center, Room 302. Virtual: Please contact ayatsko1@gmail.com to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Uncovering Unseen Elements of Termite Carbon Cycling in Australian Tropical Savannas: From Hollow Trees to Methane Emissions
Nicole Mangione
Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus.
Thesis Title: The Effect of Sedative and Stimulative Music Listening on State-Anxiety, Heart Rate, and Galvanic Skin Response in Nursing Students
Xinman Wu
Date: April 18, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact xxw601@miami.edu.
Doctoral Essay Title: The Journey to Spectralism
Chabely Figuereo
Date: April 18, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact caf261@miami.edu.
Thesis Title: Parent Attitudes Toward Science and Their Support for Science in Early Childhood
Katie Wolcott
Date: April 18, 2025
Time: 12:20 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: Stubblefield Bldg., Room 208. Virtual: Please contact kwolcott@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Morphology 3.0 - 3D Pollination Biology of Cacao and Its Relatives (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae) using Micro-CT and Machine Learning
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
Liz Halliday
Date: April 30, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Flipse Bldg., Room 402
Dissertation Title: The Development and Evaluation of a Single Session Intervention for Parent Distress Tolerance
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
Rafael Leite
Date: May 2, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact rxl707@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Weight Discrimination and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Health
Jieyuan Tian
Date: May 2, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact j.tian1@umiami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Electromagnetic System with Metastable Spatial-Temporal Considerations for Neural Stimulation and Recording
Leah Dodds
Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: CRB, Room 1080A. Virtual: Please contact lvd10@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in the US: A Multilevel Analysis of Neighborhood, Interpersonal, and Individual Determinants
Erin Williams
Date: June 4, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: Don Soffer CRC, 7th Floor, CTSI Research Training Center. Virtual: Please contact erin.williams@med.miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Development of a Dynamic Next Generation Semicircular Canal Assessment Device
