Fall 2024 - Spring 2025

PhD Thesis Defense: Alfonso Martinez
Friday, September 6, 2024; 10:00 AM; Zoom
Title: Topics in Bayesian Generalized Latent Variable Modeling
Committee Chair: Jonathan Templin

PhD Thesis Defense: Maria Slusarek
Monday, October 28, 2024; 11:00 AM; N111 Lindquist Center
Title: World Language Teacher Beliefs about Asynchronous Courses at Two-Year Colleges
Committee Chairs: Pamela Wesely; Maria Belen Hernando Llorens

PhD Thesis Defense: Kalen Zeiger
Monday, November 11, 2024; 9:00 AM; Zoom
Title: Trans Inclusive and Trans Competent Clinical Practices: Improving Clinical Intakes and Settings
Committee Chair: Jacob Priest

PhD Thesis Defense: Janet Sales de Oliveira Francisco
Tuesday, November 12, 2024; 1:00 PM; Zoom
Title: Adult Multilingual Refugees: Stories of higher education achievements.
Committee Chair: Erika Johnson

PhD Thesis Defense: Tasha Lindo
Thursday, November 14, 2024; 1:30 PM; Zoom
Title: Engaging in critical conversations with secondary school Asian American and Pacific Islander girls in an AAPI young adult book club
Committee Co-Chairs: Amanda Thein; Saba Vlach

PhD Thesis Defense: Tania Lefevre
Wednesday, November 20, 2024; 10:00 AM; Zoom
Title: Exploring the Experiences of Puerto Rican Teachers Resisting the Pull of Migration
Committee Chair: Liz Hollingworth

PhD Thesis Defense: Catie Mintz
Tuesday, February 4, 2025; 9:00 AM; Zoom
Title: Item Parameterization and Ability Estimation: Considerations for Bayesian Multidimensional Adaptive Testing
Committee Chair: Jonathan Templin

PhD Thesis Defense: Daniela Cardoza
Wednesday, April 2, 2025; 12:00 PM; Zoom
Title: Undergraduate Student Experience in the Research University Survey: Investigating Measurement Invariance Across Institutions and Majors
Committee Chairs: Jonathan Templin