Graduate School
Markus Kemmelmeir, Dean
Spring 2023 Commencement Program
| Name | Degree | Major | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aja Erin McDonagh | Doctor of Philosophy | Neuroscience | Integration Of Diet, Stress And Hunger Signals By The Sik Kinase To Coordinate Gene Expression, Development And Behavior |
| Alexander Brenden Day | Doctor of Philosophy | Education | Supporting Lgbtgeqiap+ Community College Students: A Quantitative Investigation Of Campus Climate Perceptions, Resource Utilization, And Mental Well-Being |
| Alexander Milham | Doctor of Philosophy | Mathematics | On The Goldman-Millson Theorem For A-Infinity Algebras In Arbitrary Characteristic |
| Alexandra Marie Janas | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Alysia Marie Goyer | Doctor of Philosophy | Education | Supporting Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Early Algebraic Thinking With Technology Through Lesson Planning And Tpack |
| Amandeep K. Gill | Doctor of Philosophy | Physics | Theoretical Studies Of L-Shell X-Ray Line Polarization And M-Shell X-Ray Spectroscopic Emission From Highly Ionized Xenon Ions |
| Andrea Lauren Bayer | Doctor of Philosophy | Education | Partner’S Experiences With Barriers To Visitation With Incarcerated Individuals: An Ecological Analysis |
| Andrea Samantha Lozano | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Angela Michele Pitera | Doctor of Philosophy | Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology | Living In Harsh Environments: From Individuals To Social Networks |
| Aniruddha Prithul | Doctor of Philosophy | Computer Science and Engineering | Improvements To Virtual Teleportation |
| Anis Hasanpour | Doctor of Philosophy | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Numerical Investigation Of Tsunami-Borne Debris Interaction With Coastal Bridges |
| Beau J. Smith | Doctor of Philosophy | Mathematics | On The Solvability Of Inverse Problems Arising From The Two-Layer Lorenz '96 System |
| Beau J. Smith | Doctor of Philosophy | Mathematics | Symmetry-Breaking Perturbations On The Global Attractor Of The Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation |
| Caitlyn E. Orne | Doctor of Philosophy | Cellular and Molecular Biology | Vaccinogenic And Therapeutic Applications Of Burkholderia Polysaccharides |
| Catherine S. Wade | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Chanchanok Sudta | Doctor of Philosophy | Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology | Investigating Causal Relationships Between Global Change And Insect Interaction Networks: Insights Into Dietary Specialization, Interaction Diversity, And Disturbances |
| Christian B. Sinnott | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | Underwater Virtual Reality System For Neutral Buoyancy Training: Development And Evaluation |
| Christopher Aaron Wolfe | Doctor of Philosophy | Anthropology | Beyond A Company Of Soldiers: Exploring Integration Across The Multivariate Human Growth And Development Phenotype |
| Cory E. Stanton | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | Loneliness, Social Connection, And Quality Of Life: A Complex Network And Ecological Momentary Assessment Analysis |
| Derrick Satterfield | Doctor of Philosophy | Engineering Education | Expansion Of Motivation Models For Engineering Doctoral Student Populations |
| Devin T. Mazolewski | Doctor of Philosophy | Cellular and Molecular Biology | A Physiological Investigation Of Insulin Signaling And Hydrocarbon Synthesis In The Western Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus Hesperus. |
| Di Xiao | Doctor of Philosophy | Physics | Theoretical Studies At The Interface Of Atomic Physics And Precision Measurements |
| Duc Tran | Doctor of Philosophy | Computer Science and Engineering | |
| Ehsan Mosadegh Anbaran | Doctor of Philosophy | Atmospheric Science | Role Of Mitochondrially-Localized Protein Kinase A And Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor In Modulating Mitochondrial Structure/Function And Dendrites In Healthy Neurons And In Models Of Parkinson’S And Alzheimer’S Disease |
| Elizabeth Jane Field | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Evan T. Yamasaki | Doctor of Philosophy | Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology | Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Associated With Mutations In Col4A1 |
| Francisco Arturo Reinosa Segovia | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | Venciendo La Depresión: A Pilot Study Of Telehealh-Delivered Behavioral Activation For Depressed Spanish-Speaking Latinxs |
| Frank Condino Talon | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Gloria Tavenner Dow | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Gus Paoli | Doctor of Philosophy | History | Tiny Octopuses: The Successes, Struggles, And Failures Of Short Lines And Branch Lines In Rural Nevada, California, And Oregon Between 1869 And 1920 |
| Heather B. Winslow | Doctor of Philosophy | Geology | Pre-Eruptive Storage Constraints Of An Active Crystal Mush Using Mineral-Scale Techniques, Cordón Caulle, Chile |
| Hilary Elizabeth Lederman | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Irem Sevindik Thomas | Doctor of Philosophy | Economics | Essays On Energy And Behavioral Financial Economics |
| Jacob T. Sorensen | Doctor of Philosophy | Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology | |
| Jessica Sophie Gutheil | Doctor of Philosophy | Education | Acculturative Stress And Self-Efficacy In Latine Immigrants |
| John Frederick Leonard Jamison | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Jose G. Ardila Sanchez | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | A Conceptual And Historical Analysis Of Culturo-Behavior Science |
| Julia Elizabeth Martinez | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Julie Kathleen Cope | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Justine Habibian | Doctor of Philosophy | Cellular and Molecular Biology | Acetyl Writers And Erasers In The Regulation Of Signal Transduction In Skeletal Muscle And Cardiac Contractility |
| Justine M. Overacker | Doctor of Philosophy | Geophysics | Gps Imaging Of Vertical Land Motion And Earthquake Coseismic Displacements In The Gps Mega-Network |
| Kaira Elaine Lyons | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Katie May Snider | Doctor of Philosophy | Social Psychology | Losing A Child To Juvenile Incarceration: An Experience Of Grief And Loss |
| Kodai Kusano | Doctor of Philosophy | Social Psychology | |
| Kourtney Buhler | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Kristen Ann Broehl | Doctor of Philosophy | Anthropology | Biological Distance Analysis At Ca-Ala-11 |
| Kurt O. Kraal | Doctor of Philosophy | Geology | |
| Laresa Lynne Dern | Doctor of Philosophy | Anthropology | The Impact Of Medieval And Early Modern Migrations On Dental Nonmetric Variation In Hungary |
| Margie Judd | Doctor of Philosophy | English | The Mystery Of Misery: Middle-Class Representations Of Poverty, 1885-1915 |
| Maria Sandra Jimenez | Doctor of Philosophy | Education | Echandole Ganas : Latina College Students Persevering In Stem |
| Mary Austin | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Maryann J. Swain | Doctor of Philosophy | Neuroscience | Role Of Mitochondrially-Localized Protein Kinase A And Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor In Modulating Mitochondrial Structure/Function And Dendrites In Healthy Neurons And In Models Of Parkinson’S And Alzheimer’S Disease |
| Md Azizul Islam | Doctor of Philosophy | Chemistry | Investigating The Unique Mechanism Of Action Of Cada Analogs For Down-Modulating Cd4, Sortilin, And Ace2 |
| Md N. Chowdhury | Doctor of Philosophy | Economics | Essays In Economics: Overlapping Generations Models Of Interest Rate Dynamics And Analyzing Homeowners’ Willingness-To-Pay For Wildfire Risk Mitigation |
| Michele Joy-Marie Uematsu | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Miranda Crowell | Doctor of Philosophy | Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology | |
| Mohammad Reza Sadrian | Doctor of Philosophy | Atmospheric Science | Spectroscopy Of Global Dust/Soils Particles And Their Optical Constants For Use In Radiative Transfer Models And Remote Sensing |
| Natalie R. Buddiga | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | Social Distance: Isolating Relevant Variables Using A Prisoner'S Dilemma Game |
| Nicholas A. Silva | Doctor of Philosophy | Chemical Engineering | Application Of Hydrothermal Carbonization, Membrane Distillation, And Algae Cultivation For Sustainable Dairy Manure Management |
| Niloufar Gharoon | Doctor of Philosophy | Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| Ning Chang | Doctor of Philosophy | Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology | Genetic And Epigenetic Regulation In The Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy-Associated Genome |
| Olabisi M. Suleiman | Doctor of Philosophy | Chemistry | Quantum-Mechanical Investigations Of Excited State And Catalytic Properties Of Organic Luminophores And Zeolites. |
| Olufemi Olamide Ajumobi | Doctor of Philosophy | Public Health | Physician-initiated buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in Nevada emergency departments |
| Paloma Cepeda Andrade | Doctor of Philosophy | Electrical Engineering | A Portable System For Screening Of Cervical Cancer |
| Patrick M. Smith | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | Improvements In The Frequency And Accuracy Of ¿I Cannot Know¿ Type Answers To Three Term Series Word Problems By Multiple Exemplar Training Of Relational Skills And Instructional Content |
| Patrick M. Smith | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | |
| Randall Chicola | Doctor of Philosophy | Economics | |
| Reza Boushehri | Doctor of Philosophy | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Probabilistic Site Response Analysis And Soil-Structure Interaction: A Data Science And Statistical Investigation Utilizing A Comprehensive Dataset In Japan And The Us |
| Richard Jon Hutton | Doctor of Musical Arts | Musical Arts | Changing The Landscape: Toward Equitable Programming Highlighting Choral Works By Women Composers |
| Roberta Jeanne Siracuse | Doctor of Philosophy | Counseling and Educational Psychology | |
| Rosy Liliana Chavez-Najera | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | |
| Ryan J. Malone | Doctor of Philosophy | Chemistry | Synthesis Of Helically Chiral And Heteroatom-Doped Nanographenes And Pah Electronic Applications |
| Ryan Robert Childers | Doctor of Philosophy | Physics | Nonthermal Atomic Kinetics And Radiative Properties Of High-Energy-Density Z-Pinch Plasmas |
| Rylie Johnson | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Samantha Meckes | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | Does Racial Bias Influence Affective And Behavioral Responses To Trauma Disclosure? |
| Sandra Jjean Hayes | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Sarah Anne Kruger | Doctor of Philosophy | Social Psychology | Understanding The Role Of Attorneys In Plea Bargaining |
| Scott A. Feehan | Doctor of Philosophy | Hydrology | Controls On The Uncertainty Of Sediment Motion Thresholds In Gravel-Bedded Rivers |
| Sharif Amit Kamran | Doctor of Philosophy | Computer Science and Engineering | Deep Representation Learning With Limited Data For Biomedical Image Synthesis, Segmentation, And Detection |
| Shawn A. Thomas | Doctor of Philosophy | Environmental Sciences and Health | Substance Use And Drug Overdose: Role Of Individual And Environmental Factors |
| Spencer K. Whitman | Doctor of Philosophy | Hydrogeology | |
| Srinidhi Lokesh | Doctor of Philosophy | Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| Susan Henrietta Woodford | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Tapadhir Das | Doctor of Philosophy | Computer Science and Engineering | Modeling The Abnormality: Machine Learning-Based Anomaly And Intrusion Detection In Software-Defined Networks |
| Tatiana Vlemincq-Mendieta | Doctor of Philosophy | Anthropology | Re-Evaluation Of Dental Morphology Methods And Their Applicability In Virtual Anthropology |
| Tejvir Kaur Grewall | Doctor of Philosophy | Education | Ethnomathematics/Stem Framework: Students’ Mathematical Understandings Of Fraction Division |
| Thanh Son Nguyen | Doctor of Philosophy | Computer Science and Engineering | Development Of Robotic System For Steel Infrastructure And Bridge Inspection |
| Tracy K. Harig | Doctor of Nursing Practice | Nursing Practice | |
| Wenzhen Li | Doctor of Philosophy | Education | An Examination Of Influential Factors On Gamification In Higher Education: A Content Analysis |
| William A. Fleming | Doctor of Philosophy | Psychology | |
| William Charles Richardson | Doctor of Philosophy | Animal and Rangeland Sciences | Grazing And Climate Effects On High Elevation Meadow Resources |
| Xiaojun Guo | Doctor of Musical Arts | Musical Arts | Chopin'S Etudes In Relation To The Early 19Th Century Etudes |