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June 3, 2004

Notices

Academic Opportunities

Summer Institute

Washington Campus Compact (WACC) is sponsoring two professional development programs this summer, “Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Institute,” to be held June 28–29, and “Self-Reflection and Renewal Activity,” to be held June 29–30. Both will be at the Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat in Leavenworth, Washington.

The Institute will feature two tracks, “Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Dialogues and Workshops” — facilitated by nationally recognized expert Nadinne Cruz — for intermediate to advanced practitioners, and “Introduction to Service-Learning and Sustainable Partnerships” — facilitated by Erin Swezey (WACC) and Rachel Vaughn (Community Campus Partnerships for Health). Both tracks are designed for faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners.

The Retreat is a one-and-a-half day program, also facilitated by Nadinne Cruz, designed to provide a relaxing, professionally facilitated environment to support participants in reflecting on their previous year’s work and engaging in professional and personal renewal.

Registration deadline: Friday, June 11. For more information and registration materials, see www.wacampuscompact.org

Other News

Board of Regents Meeting

The University of Washington Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 11, 2004 at the Tacoma campus. The Regents will meet in formal session to take official action on personnel appointments and changes, gifts and grants, contracts and agreements with outside agencies, and other University business.

New transportation and parking fees

Effective July, 1, new fees will apply to the faculty/staff Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) parking permit – $212.82 a quarter, daily gate permit – $9, E1 – $4 in cash or $2.47 with a Husky Card account, student U-PASS – $37 a quarter, and faculty/staff U-PASS – $52.62 a quarter. Departmental and individual commuter ticket fees, pay-per-use fees and other specific parking and transportation fees have also changed.

While carpool parking continues to be a benefit for U-PASS holders, participants must pay a nominal fee to help cover the actual costs associated with campus parking. Beginning July 1, permit carpools will be charged $12 per vehicle per month and occasional carpools will be charged $.60 per day per carpool at campus gatehouses and $.50 per day per carpool in parking lot E1 (Montlake lot). Occasional carpool fees will be deducted from each carpool participant’s Husky Card account. No cash or coins will be accepted for E1 or gate-issued carpool parking. The new rules require that each person must now have both a U-PASS and a positive balance on a Husky Card account. Visit http://www.washington.edu/admin/parking/2004fees.html for specific carpool information. For information on using and setting up a Husky Card account for carpool parking visit http://hfs.washington.edu/husky_card/

A number of choices are available to help students and employees manage their transportation expenses and reduce the need to drive every day. Walking, biking, carpooling and taking the bus are all ways to limit spending on commuting. If driving alone is necessary, one way to save time and money is by using a Husky Card account to pay for reduced parking in E1 ($2.47 with a Husky Card account vs. $4 in cash/coins per day).

For employees other flexible and affordable ways to save money include Pay-Per-Use-Parking (PPUP) in the West Campus Garage and Individual Commuter Tickets (ICTs). You must sign up for the PPUP program through the Parking Services office and the per day fee will be $4.34 without a U-PASS (fees increase when parking over 8 days per pay period) or $2.56 with a U-PASS (fees increase when parking over 4 days per pay period). ICTs will cost $4.34 each or $2.56 for faculty or staff who have a U-PASS. These are available for departments for departmental guests as well at various rates.

The university’s self-sustaining parking system requires institutional parking fees and fines to fund transit contracts, debt services, and operational, U-PASS and capital-project expenditures. Today there are approximately 8,000 more people commuting to Seattle’s University District campus than in 1991, the year the U-PASS program was implemented. Growth is expected to continue at this rate for the next 10 years. Each motor vehicle trip has an impact on the campus and the surrounding University District, which is why options like the U-PASS program are essential. The transportation and parking fees will help the University meet motor-vehicle trip reduction goals specified in the Campus Master Plan, State of Washington and City of Seattle agreements.

Visit http://www.washington.edu/admin/parking/2004fees.html to see the complete schedule of transportation and parking fees.

Volunteer for President’s Staff Forum

Would you like to share your thoughts with the University President, meet with a dynamic group of classified and professional staff from each UW campuses to have a positive impact on the University in general and its staff in particular? If so, the President’s Staff Forum is the place for you!

The President’s Staff Forum, founded in 1998, is composed of fifteen non-faculty staff members and is looking for eight new individuals to replace outgoing members who have fulfilled their commitment to the group. All professional and classified permanent staff members are eligible to serve on the Forum. Terms for new members will start in September 2004 and run through September 2006, and the Forum meets approximately four times a year. Interested staff members should complete an application which requires three on-campus references, and an explanation of why they want to serve on the Forum. The President is seeking a diverse membership, reflecting a range of occupations, work locations, types of appointments and supervisor and non-supervisory status. For more information about the Forum and an online application, visit http://www.washington.edu/president/staff-forum/.

The President’s Staff Forum, is taking a new direction and has been re-designed as a vital means of direct communication between a cross-section of University of Washington staff and both the University President and the Vice President of Human Resources. Forum meetings will serve as opportunities to gather staff perspectives on initiatives and issues which shape the University. The Forum will also address unique themes relevant to the University of Washington staff experience, with the aim of developing the University of Washington as a leading employer, enhancing professional life, and furthering the staff’s contribution to the mission of the University. Subjects normally reserved for discussion between the University and unions representing staff will not be discussed, nor will the roles of those organizations be usurped in any way.

A nominating committee, composed of existing members and Distinguished Staff Award recipients, who serve one year terms with the group, identifies finalists from whom the President will choose. The applications deadline is Friday, June 30, 2004. New members will be notified by Friday, July 30, 2004 and will attend their first Forum meeting in September.

Blood drives

Monday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby.

Legal Notice

University of Washington Equal Opportunity Statement

The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran or other eligible veteran. This policy applies to all programs and facilities, including, but not limited to, admissions, educational programs, employment, and patient and hospital services. Any discriminatory action can be a cause for disciplinary action. Discrimination is prohibited by Presidential Executive Order 11246 as amended, Washington State Gubernatorial Executive Orders 89-01 and 93-07, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Washington State Law Against Discrimination RCW 49.60, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, State of Washington Gender Equity in Higher Education Act of 1989, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 as amended, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1972 as amended, other federal and state statutes, regulations, and University policy. Coordination of the compliance efforts of the University of Washington with respect to all of these laws and regulations is under the direction of the Assistant Provost for Equal Opportunity, Dr. Helen Remick, Equal Opportunity Office, Box 354560, 4045 Brooklyn Ave., N.E., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98105, telephone 206.685.3263/V or 206.543.6452/TTY, email eoo@u.washington.edu.

 

University of Washington Accommodation Statement

The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodations contact: Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu.

Degree Exams

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

 

General Examinations

n Elif Andac, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 4. 110C Savery. (Profs. Edgar Kiser and Resat Kasaba).

n Candace M. Barlow, English, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Carolyn Allen).

n Nancy Rene Bixler, Communication – Department of, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, June 10. 126 Communications. (Prof. Gerry Philipsen).

n Sara Jo Breslow, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, June 7. 402 Denny. (Prof. Eugene Hunn).

n Carole L. Butler, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. T404 Health Sciences. (Prof. Michelle Williams).

n Gregory Alan Cooksey, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10. 530 HST. (Prof. Viola Vogel).

n Karol Lynn Cooper, English, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. A106 Padelford. (Prof. Herbert Blau).

n Nilesh N. Dalvi, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, June 7. 403 Allen Center. (Prof. Dan Suciu).

n Stephen Vincent DelVecchio, Information School, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. 330W Mary Gates. (Prof. Karen Fisher).

n Lazar N. Dimitrov, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 17. J280 Health Sciences. (Prof. C. Anthony Blau).

n Carrie Ann Doan, Political Science, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, June 11. 40A Smith. (Prof. Michael McCann).

n Matina C. Donaldson, Zoology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 9. 502 Kincaid. (Prof. Carl Bergstrom).

n Lorraine Joyce Dozier, Sociology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 7. 221 Raitt. (Prof. Martina Morris).

n Robert A. Elleman, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 11. 406 Atmospheric Science/Geophysics. (Profs. David Covert and Clifford Mass).

n Andrea M. Emberly, Music, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Philip Schuyler).

n Sarah K. Gaichas, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, June 7. School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. (Prof. Robert Francis).

n Jill E. Gatlin, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Katherine Cummings).

n M Linda Gingrich, Music, D.M.A. 11 a.m. Friday, June 4. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Abraham Kaplan).

n Amy M. Guthormsen, Psychology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 7. 211 Guthrie. (Prof. Miriam Bassok).

n Christopher R. Hanusa, Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 4. 211 Balmer. (Prof. Henry Cohn).

n Philip Edward Higuera, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 10. 105 Winkenwerder. (Prof. Linda Brubaker).

n Kari Holland, Information School, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, June 14. 420 Mary Gates. (Prof. Allyson Carlyle).

n Julie Anne Jacob, Education, Ed.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. M 203 Miller. (Prof. Edward Taylor).

n Chul Joo Kang, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 2:15 p.m. Thursday, June 10. I- 140 Health Sciences. (Prof. Joseph Felsenstein).

n Kevin Richard Kittilstved, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10. 239 Chemistry. (Prof. Daniel Gamelin).

n John E. Lederer, Education, Ed.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. Deans Conference Room, Miller. (Prof. Edward Taylor).

n Meredith J. Lee, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Gail Stygall).

n Terence C. Lee, Political Science, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. 1B Gowen. (Prof. Elizabeth Kier).

n Xiaobei Li, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 10. 403 EE1. (Prof. Alex Mamishev).

n Yu Lu, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 21. 102 Chemistry. (Prof. Michael Gelb).

n Tobias Patrice Mann, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 15. K350 Health Sciences. (Prof. William Noble).

n Gary F. Mitchell, Business Administration, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, June 11. 367 Mackenzie. (Prof. Theodore Klastorin).

n Brandon W. Monroe, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, June 7. Miller. (Prof. Gary Troia).

n Pamela Reiko Nagasawa, Education, Ed.D. 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. 411 Miller Hall. (Prof. Mark Windschitl).

n Nicholas S. Norberg, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, June 14. 339 Chemistry. (Prof. Daniel Gamelin).

n Ceyda Oner, Economics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 4. Large Conference Room, Savery. (Prof. Stephen Turnovsky).

n Melissa Renee Poe, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 10. 401 Denny. (Prof. Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan).

n Sandra Marie Radin, Psychology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, June 7. 120 Guthrie Annex 3. (Prof. G. Alan Marlatt).

n Rebecca Suzanne Rauve, English, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, June 10. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Sydney Kaplan).

n Steve L. Reichow, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, June 24. 439 Chemistry. (Prof. Gabriele Varani).

n Rebeca Farnsworth Rivera, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. 401 Denny. (Profs. Celia Lowe and Eugene Hunn).

n Linda Anderson Robinson, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 10. 22 Anderson. (Prof. Clare Ryan).

n Harrison L. Rommel, Chemistry, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. 439 Chemistry. (Prof. Bruce Robinson).

n Marcel A. Rousseau, Education, Ed.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. 222 Miller. (Prof. Nancy Beadie).

n Karl Earl Schwede, Mathematics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, June 11. 331 Thomson. (Prof. Sandor Kovacs).

n Daniel Ethan Slater, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, June 11. 229 More. (Prof. Timothy Larson).

n Antony Todd Smith, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. 112A Miller. (Prof. Sheila Valencia).

n Scott Allan Strassels, Pharmacy – School of, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, June 23. H371 Health Sciences. (Prof. Sean Sullivan).

n Timothy J. Strovas, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. 403 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Mary Lidstrom).

n Nadia Jameel Taibah, Education, Ed.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. 112A Miller. (Prof. Gary Troia).

n Roslyn M. Theisen, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 17. 439 Chemistry. (Prof. Julia Kovacs).

n Amy Noel Van Buren, Zoology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 7. A023D Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. P. Dee Boersma).

n Steven D. Vance, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, June 11. 311 Condon. (Prof. J. Michael Brown).

n Bridget Anne Walker, Education, Ed.D. 9 a.m. Monday, June 7. 102 Miller. (Prof. Doug Cheney).

n Alison L. Wilhelm, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 18. 120 Guthrie Annex I. (Prof. Jane Simoni).

n Li Zhu, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, June 4. 102 Chemistry. (Prof. Krzysztof Palczewski).

Final Examinations

n Donna Bosworth Andrews, Linguistics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 11. 211 Balmer. “The acquisition of Spanish gender by English speaking children in a partial immersion setting.” (Profs. C. Stoel-Gammon & J. Herschensohn).

n Daniel Arndt, Physics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 4. C520 Physics/Astronomy. “Chiral perturbation theory on the lattice and its applications.” (Prof. Martin Savage).

n Justine Isabel Barda, English, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. A101C Padelford. “Heteronormativity and marriage in law and popular culture.” (Prof. Susan Jeffords).

n Stephanie Michelle Barry, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. 402 Denny. “Organic fundamentals: Risk management, sacrament and soul values in the Pacific Northwest.” (Prof. James Green).

n David Andrew Biggs, History, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, June 4. 320 Smith. “Between the rivers and tides: A hydraulic history of the Mekong Delta, 1820-1970.” (Prof. Laurie Sears).

n Veronica Maria Browning, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. A106 Padelford. “Speaking time: Intersections of literature and chronosophy.” (Prof. Miceal Vaughan).

n Matthew Frederick Bruce, Bioengineering, Ph.D. noon Monday, June 7. Hardisty, Henderson. “Blood flow imaging with ultrasound contrast agents.” (Prof. Kirk Beach).

n Shiwei Cai, Oral Biology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. B220 Health Sciences. “Transient receptor potential channel 1 (TRPC1) regulates calcium-inducted differentiation of human oral gingival keratinocytes.” (Prof. Kenneth Izutsu).

n Sarinthip Chawaphanth, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. T305 Health Sciences. “Effects of cycled lighting on heart rate, oxygenation, and weight gain in preterm infants.” (Prof. Susan Blackburn).

n Ya-Mei Chen, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. T612 Health Sciences. “A home-and-community-based long-term care model for the U.S. elderly.” (Prof. Bobbie Berkowitz).

n Chung-Jen James Chou, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, June 7. 102 Chemistry. “Studies of the iron-dependent regulator: Design and screen of initial peptide based IdeR modulator.” (Prof. Craig Beeson).

n Wai-Keung Chung, Sociology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 9. 110C Savery. “The emergence of corporate forms in China 1872-1949. An analysis on institutional transformation.” (Prof. Gary Hamilton).

n Nathan Isaac Chutas, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 4. 139 Condon. “Silver minerals in galena.” (Profs. Victor Kress and Mark Ghiorso).

n Ahmad Dehestani, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. 102 Chemistry. “Osmium (VIII) oxidation of molecular hydrogen and alkanes (methane) via a concerted (3+2) mechanism, analogous to the oxidation of alkenes.” (Prof. James Mayer).

n Eve-Anne Michelle Doohan, Communication – Department of, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. 102E Communications. “Verbal and nonverbal presentation of self, other, and relationship to relational partners and relational outsiders.” (Prof. Valerie Manusov).

n Elizabeth Laurie Falsberg, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 7. A101C Padelford. “Ancrene Wisse in its ethical and sociolinguistic setting.” (Prof. Paul Remley).

n James M. Fitzmorris, Drama, Ph.D. 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. 150 Hutchinson. “Staging the spectacle.” (Prof. David Odai Johnson).

n David Gabriel Hebert, Music, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, June 9. Fishbowl, Music. “Music competition, cooperation, and community: An ethnography of a Japanese school band.” (Prof. Patricia Campbell).

n Ann Junko Hiramine, English, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. A101C Padelford. “Resisting the normativizing of identity through invisible discursive means: The performance of literacy in Asian America.” (Prof. Johnnella Butler).

n Robert Keith Hladky, Mathematics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, June 4. C401 Padelford. “Boundary regularity of the Neumann problem for the Kohn Laplacian on the Heisenberg group.” (Prof. John Lee).

n Hsiu-Fang Hsieh, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. T612 Health Sciences. “Deductive content analysis of end-of-life decision-making in the ICU.” (Prof. Sarah Shannon).

n Viktoria Regine Tatjana Hsu, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. 306 Guggenheim. “Ion transport through biological cell membranes: From electro-diffusion to Hodgkin-Huxley via a quasi steady-state approach.” (Prof. Hong Qian).

n Emily Lena Jones, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 7. 401 Denny. “Broad spectrum diets and the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus): Dietary change during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the Dordogne, southwestern France.” (Profs. Donald Grayson and Eric Smith).

n Ming Teng Koh, Psychology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 9. 315 Guthrie. “Neural mediation of taste processing and aversion learning.” (Prof. Ilene Bernstein).

n Kriszta Kotsis, Art History, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. 211 Art. “”Your body, o empress is a treasure of marvelous qualities.” Representations of Byzantine empresses from 780 to 1081.” (Prof. Anna Kartsonis).

n Jae Joon Lee, Economics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. 302 Savery. “Studies on the Phillips curve.” (Prof. Charles Nelson).

n Lori Jennifer Leibold, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. 230 Social Work/Speech. “Infants’ detection in the presence of masker uncertainty.” (Prof. Lynne Werner).

n Hakon Leifsson, Music, D.M.A. 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. Fishbowl, Music. “Ancient Icelandic heritage in Icelandic acappella choral music in the 20th Century.” (Prof. Abraham Kaplan).

n Yijun Li, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, June 10. 339 Chemistry. “Detect enzyme deficient genetic diseases by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.” (Prof. Michael Gelb).

n Hao Liu, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. F643 Health Sciences. “Semiparametric marginal mean models for multivariate counting processes.” (Prof. Jon Wellner).

n Christina Marie McGraw, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. 102 Chemistry. “A thin film oxygen sensor for the study of insect flight.” (Prof. James Callis).

n Stuart Brian Mitchell, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. T478 Health Sciences. “Electrospinning controlled architecture scaffolds for tissue engineering & the effect of scaffold mechanical properties on collagen synthesis in tissue engineered mitral valves.” (Prof. Joan Sanders).

n Karyn L. Mlodnosky, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. 339 Chemistry. “Design, synthesis and screening of small libraries of potential topoisomerase 1 poisons.” (Prof. Craig Beeson).

n Goncalo S. G. Monteiro, Economics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 10. 302 Savery. “The growth process under time non-separable preferences.” (Prof. Stephen Turnovsky).

n Cara Ritchie Nelson, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 3:15 p.m. Monday, June 7. 22 Anderson. “Effect of timber harvest and creation of forest edges on abundance, viability, and physiology of understory plants in Douglas-fir forests of the pacific northwestern United States.” (Prof. Charles Halpern).

n Trang Tan Nguyen, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 10. 222 Miller. “Crossing cultural participation borders: Vietnamese immigrant students in an American science classroom.” (Prof. Mark Windschitl).

n Tamiko Fiona Nimura, English, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, June 7. A106 Padelford. “In a coalition mood: African American literature, Asian American literature, and the politics of comparison.” (Prof. Johnnella Butler).

n Jeannette Nussbaum, Pathology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. T733 Health Sciences. “Undifferentiated embryonic stem cells lead to teratoma formation in the heart.” (Prof. Charles Murry).

n Sally O’Neill, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, June 4. T404 Health Sciences. “Policewomen’s perceptions of the interaction between their work and their health.” (Prof. Marcia Killien).

n Hideaki Onishi, Music, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 11. 212 Music. “Toru Takemitsu’s Japanese gardens: Application of the concept of superset/subset networks to three selected orchestral works.” (Prof. Jonathan Bernard).

n Rebekka Sue Palmer, Psychology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, June 7. 120 Guthrie Annex III. “Efficacy of the alcohol skills training program in mandated and non -mandated heavy drinking college students.” (Prof. Mary Larimer).

n Frederick D. S. Park, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC. “Anterior-posterior polarity during C. elegans development.” (Prof. James Priess).

n Anawat Pongpunwattana, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10. 206 Guggenheim. “Real-time planning for teams of autonomous vehicles in dynamic uncertain environments.” (Profs. Rolf Rysdyk and Martin Berg).

n Timothy Charles Reluga, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 7. 234 Mary Gates. “Results on temporal and spatial heterogeneity in theoretical ecology.” (Prof. Mark Kot).

n Pamela Faulkner Robert, Education, Ph.D. noon Tuesday, June 8. 115 Miller. “To ignore or instruct: The resources and supports provided to struggling fifth-grade readers.” (Prof. Sheila Valencia).

n Monica Rani Sekharan, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 10. K069 Health Sciences. “Structural studies of the cGMP-binding GAF domain of PDE5A.” (Prof. Rachel Klevit).

n Ozlem Sensoy, Education, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 9. 112 Miller. “Popular knowledge – school knowledge: The relationship between media and textbook images of Arabs and Muslims.” (Prof. James Banks).

n Neocles Paul Serafimidis, Philosophy, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, June 4. 331K Savery. “An examination of Robert Boyles’ conception of physical causes.” (Prof. Kenneth Clatterbaugh).

n Jonathan Ward Shade, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 4. 403 Allen Center. “Image-based techniques for rendering complex environments.” (Profs. Brian Curless and Michael Cohen).

n Nancy Lynne Shore, Social Work, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. 305 Social Work. “Human subjects regulations and the ethical review process: Conventional social science and community-based researchers’ perceptions and recommendations for change.” (Prof. Elizabeth Wells).

n Darin James Soukup, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 11. 601D Condon. “A local coupled mode approach to propagation in laterally heterogeneous anisotropic media, volume scattering, and T-wave excitation.” (Prof. Robert Odom).

n Brooke Alyson Stafford, English, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. A101C Padelford. “Outside England: Movement and early modern Englishness.” (Profs. Barbara Fuchs and Mark Patterson).

n Somsak Sukittanon, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, June 4. 403 EE1. “Modulation scale analysis: Theory and application for nonstationary signal classification.” (Prof. Les Atlas).

n Emily Yamada Sunew, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 8. 120 Guthrie Annex 3. “Emotional intelligence in school-aged children: Relations to early maternal depression and cognitive functioning.” (Prof. Geraldine Dawson).

n Kathryn Louise Utter, History, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 4. 203E Smith. “In the end, the land: Settlement of the Columbia Basin Project.” (Prof. Richard Kirkendall).

n Mandana Veiseh, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, June 7. 243 Wilcox. “Protein and cell patterning for cell-based biosensors.” (Prof. Miqin Zhang).

n Christina Marie Vester, Classics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 8. 218 Denny. “Reproduction and identity: The role of the mother in Euripides and Menander.” (Prof. Ruby Blondell).

n James Cody Walker, English, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 7. A106 Padelford. “O ho alas alas: Poetry and difficult laughter.” (Prof. Leroy Searle).

n Christine Ann Wooley, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 9. A101C Padelford. “Sentimental ethics: The African-American sentimental tradition at the turn of the century.” (Prof. Mark Patterson).

n Eun Ho Yang, Music, D.M.A. 11 a.m. Monday, June 7. Fishbowl, Music. “The study of seating arrangement effect on choral blend.” (Prof. Abraham Kaplan).

n Ping Yu, Law, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, June 7. 212 William Gates. “Administrative model vs. adjudicative model: The importance of administrative detention and human rights in the criminal process of the People’s Republic of China.” (Prof. Donald Clarke).

n Jing Zhu, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 9. M406 Electrical Engineering. “Layer 2 (DLC/MAC) performance analysis and improvement for wireless heterogeneous networks.” (Prof. Sumit Roy).