Dissertation Defense
Governance and Financial Reporting
Doctoral Candidate Name: Wei Wei Program: Business Administration: Finance Defense Date and Time: April 28, 2025 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Accounting Conf Room 263(16) Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Al (Aloke) Ghosh, Dr. Tao-Hsien Dolly King Committee Members: Dr. Patrick Smith, Dr. Artie Zillante Abstract: This dissertation investigates contemporary issues in corporate governance and financial […]
Modeling Car-Following Behavior of Level 2 Automated Vehicles: A Comparative Study by Facility Type and Automation Level
Doctoral Candidate Name: Chirag Akbari Program: Civil Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 9, 2025 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/91495166208&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1744221328187568&usg=AOvVaw2J4EvFPoYwo8TT_tsKP2wI Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Srinivas S. Pulugurtha Committee Members: Dr. Shen-En Chen, Dr. Lei Zhu, Dr. Amirhossein Ghasemi, Dr. Scott Kelly Abstract: As the automotive industry transitions toward higher automation, Level 2 automated vehicles […]
Empowering Black Women In Computing: Fostering Inclusion and Belonging Through Virtual Communities
Doctoral Candidate Name: Luce-Melissa Kouaho Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 7, 2025 – 4:00 PM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/94896388511?pwd=JRm6rUohE3YaZAbu7qdQN19em0gTvC.1 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Manuel Perez-Quinones Committee Members: Dr. Mejias, Dr. Wilson, Dr. Najjar, Dr. Gibas, Abstract: This dissertation takes a liberatory socio-technical approach to explore how technology can empower Black undergraduate […]
influence of AI and Human Recommendations on Post-Consumption Evaluation in Utilitarian and Hedonic Contexts
Doctoral Candidate Name: Alicia Thomas Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: April 7, 2025 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: ZOOM: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/9043804737?omn=99905050310 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jennifer Ames Stuart and Dr. Mason Jenkins Committee Members: Dr. Laura Stanley and Dr. Franz Kellermans Abstract: Most research on recommendation sources focuses on what happens before consumers […]
Faculty Attitudes Toward Gamification And Game-Based Learning Within Their Online Teaching
Doctoral Candidate Name: Jasmine Rezapour Bishop Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: April 2, 2025 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom – Requests can be made to Jasmine Bishop, jerezapo@charlotte.edu Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ayesha Sadaf Committee Members: Dr. Stella Kim, Dr. Beth Oyarzun, and Dr. Drew Polly Abstract: Gamification and games-based learning (GBL) […]
Enhancing Electric Vehicle Charging Systems: A Nonlinear Approach for Charging Optimization and Strategic Marketing
Doctoral Candidate Name: Heena Jain Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: April 9, 2025 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: Smith 245D Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Churlzu Lim Committee Members: Dr. Linquan Bai, Dr. Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Jay Wu, Dr. Boshi Yang Abstract: As the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) grows, optimizing the […]
Mentorship & Persistence: Black Women Counselor Education Doctoral Students at Historically White Institutions
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kiauhna Haynes Program: Counselor Education and Supervision Defense Date and Time: April 3, 2025 – 9:30 AM Defense Location: COED-246 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Lyndon P. Abrams Committee Members: Dr. Taryne M. Mingo, Dr. Clare Merlin-Knoblich, Dr. Jae Hoon Lim, Dr. Bettie R. Butler Abstract: Black women doctoral students in counselor education […]
Advancing Parallel Computing Benchmarking: Multi-Level Performance Analysis and Progressive Pedagogy for Parallel Programming Education
Doctoral Candidate Name: Xinyao Yi Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 7, 2025 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Woodward Hall 237 and Zoom https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/4812482929?omn=93261372564 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Yonghong Yan Committee Members: Dr. Erik Saule, Dr. Tyler Allen, Dr. Dong Dai, Dr. Jinpeng Wei Abstract: As heterogeneous parallel architectures grow increasingly […]
Automated In-Situ Analysis for Hydrodynamic Simulation
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kewei Yan Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 4, 2025 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Woodward 212/237, or Zoom https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/my/kyan2?pwd=YWU3Z2RBNHNlcFZhOEcwSVo1blBMZz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Yonghong Yan Committee Members: Dr. Tyler Allen, Dr. Dong Dai, Dr. Erik Saule, Dr. Jinpeng Wei Abstract: Hydrodynamic simulations are computational models used to […]
An Examination of the Factors Influencing Food Purchase among Families and the Role of Communication Patterns
Doctoral Candidate Name: Ashley R. Banks Program: Public Health Sciences Defense Date and Time: April 11, 2025 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/94179583873?pwd=gISb40aGUCgEKSa7WxkGHE8j32DnGX.1 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Larissa R. Brunner Huber/ Dr. Maren J. Coffman Committee Members: Dr.Jessamyn Moxie, Dr. Anita Blanchard Abstract: The present dissertation research aimed to identify factors that influence food purchase […]