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Jun28

Carolyn Chappell

Doctor of Arts in Community College Education

The Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments: The Impact of Legislative Reform on Public University Governance

Major Professor: John S O'Connor, PhD, New Century College

Robinson Hall A, #251
June 28, 2013, 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM

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Jun7

John W. Welborn

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

Three Essays on Naked Short Selling and Fails-to-Deliver

Major Professor: Thomas Stratmann, PhD, Department of Economics

Carow Hall, Lecture Hall
June 07, 2013, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

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Past Defenses

Leah Maria Adams

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

Does Place Matter?: An Examination of Neighborhood Disadvantage and HIV Risk

Major Professor: June P Tangney, PhD, Department of Psychology

May 15, 2013

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Cecilia Uy-Tioco

Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies

Texting Capital: Mobile Phones, Social Transformation, and the Reproduction of Power in the Philippines

Major Professor: Tim Gibson, PhD, Department of Communication

May 07, 2013

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Nayantara Sheoran

Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies

Emergency Contraceptive Advertising: Mediated Medical Knowledge and the (RE)Imagined “Family Planning” Project in Contemporary India

Major Professor: Hugh Gusterson, PhD, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

May 02, 2013

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Gia Adele DiRosa

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

Emergent Phenomena in Multiteam Systems: An Examination of Between-Team Cohesion

Major Professor: Stephen Zaccaro, PhD, Department of Psychology

May 01, 2013

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Irwin Justin Jose

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

Exploring the Role of Leadership in Understanding Subordinate Trait-Behavior Relationships

Major Professor: Reeshad S Dalal, PhD, Department of Psychology

April 30, 2013

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Gyu Tag Lee

Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies

De-nationalization And Re-nationalization: The Globalization of K-Pop And New East Asian Identity

Major Professor: Paul Smith, PhD, Cultural Studies Program

April 29, 2013

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Randa Kayyali

Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies

Arab Christian Identity in the United States

Major Professor: Peter Mandaville, PhD, Department of Public and International Affairs

April 29, 2013

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Mark Adams

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

Choice over Choice-restricting Institutions

Major Professor: Charles K. Rowley, Department of Economics

April 29, 2013

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Brian C. Blase

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

Three Papers Toward a Better Understanding of State Medicaid Programs and Program Efficiency

Major Professor: Thomas Stratmann, PhD, Department of Economics

April 29, 2013

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Rong Rong

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

Endogenous Network Formation: Experiments and Methods

Major Professor: Daniel E Houser, PhD, Department of Economics

April 26, 2013

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