Dissertation Defense
Executive Leadership Style and Firm Corporate Social Responsibility Engagement
Doctoral Candidate Name: Keondra Mitchell Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: April 11, 2023 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom (virtual) Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jared Hansen Committee Members: Dr. Franz Kellermanns, Dr. Jennifer Ames Stuart, Dr. SungJune Park Abstract: Firms have to think creatively and strategically to inform corporate social responsibility that […]
Perceived Overqualification of Work Among State Employees: A Replication and Extension
Doctoral Candidate Name: Sandra Varney Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: April 13, 2023 – 8:30 AM Defense Location: Friday Building 222 -Wubben Conference Room Committee chair’s Name: Dr. David Woehr Committee Members: Dr. Laura Stanley, Dr. George Banks, Dr. Moutaz Khouja Abstract:
Exploring the Impacts of State Level Indicators and COVID-19 Response Measures on Mental Health Outcomes Among Adults with Mental Illness in the United States
Doctoral Candidate Name: Alexandra Patton Program: Public Health Sciences Defense Date and Time: April 10, 2023 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Teresa Scheid Committee Members: Dr. Dr. Jessamyn Bowling; Dr. Suzanne Boyd; Dr. Bruce Arrigo Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated unmet mental health needs among adults in the U.S […]
An Autoethnography: Culturally Responsive School Leadership through the Concientized Critical Lens of an African American Male School Administrator
Doctoral Candidate Name: Jeffrey Foster Program: Curriculum and Instruction Defense Date and Time: April 3, 2023 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Gregg Wiggan Committee Members: Dr. Lyndon Abrams, Dr. Dale-Marie Wilson, Dr. Gloria Campbell-Whatley Abstract: Although significant research has been conducted on opportunity gaps between White and racially minoritized students, […]
Statistical inference of semiparametric Cox-Aalen transformation models with failure time data
Doctoral Candidate Name: Xi Ning Program: Mathematics (Applied) Defense Date and Time: April 7, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Fretwell 315 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Yanqing Sun Committee Members: Dr. Yinghao Pan, Dr. Qingning Zhou, Dr. Shen-En Chen Abstract: In this dissertation, we propose a broad class of so-called Cox-Aalen transformation models that incorporate […]
Safety, Reliability, and “That Magic Second”: A Grounded Practical Investigation of Dilemmatic Talk in Pit Crews’ Post-Competition Debriefs
Doctoral Candidate Name: Krista Engemann Program: Organizational Science Defense Date and Time: April 4, 2023 – 4:00 PM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/94642660226 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Cliff Scott Committee Members: Dr. Joseph Allen, Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kronberg, Dr. Steven Rogelberg Abstract: Safety, often understood as freedom from unacceptable loss, and reliability, the capacity to accomplish particular outcomes […]
Enhanced Thermal Imaging a Novel Imaging Technique for Monitoring Re-Perfusion Post-Operatively
Doctoral Candidate Name: Cobey McGinnis Program: Optical Science and Engineering Defense Date and Time: March 28, 2023 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: Duke 208 Committee chair’s Name: Susan Trammell Committee Members: Dr. Glenn Boreman, Dr. Russ Keanini, Dr. Didier Dreau, Dr. Mike Fiddy, Dr. Susan Trammell Abstract: We are developing a real-time infrared image technique, […]
Honoring through Countering: A Qualitative Study on How Black Male Teachers’ Racialized and Gendered Experiences Impact Their Teaching Practices
Doctoral Candidate Name: Marquis Mason Program: Curriculum and Instruction Defense Date and Time: April 3, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Chance Lewis Committee Members: Dr. Jae Lim, Dr. Spencer Salas, Dr. Tehia Glass Abstract: The teaching practices of African American teachers are rooted in their personal and racialized experiences […]
Investigating Multidrug Resistance in Escherichia coli with Phylogenetics and Machine Learning
Doctoral Candidate Name: David C. Brown Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Defense Date and Time: April 6, 2023 – 2:30 PM Defense Location: Bioinformatics Building, 4th Floor, Seminar Room Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Daniel Janies Committee Members: Dr. Jun-tao Guo, Dr. Alex Dornburg, Dr. Adam Reitzel Abstract: The next pandemic is already underway in the […]
An Autoethnography: Culturally Responsive School Leadership through the Concientized Critical Lens of an African American Male School Administrator
Doctoral Candidate Name: Jeffrey Foster Program: Curriculum and Instruction Defense Date and Time: April 3, 2023 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Gregg Wiggan Committee Members: Dr. Lyndon Abrams, Dr. Dale-Marie Wilson, Dr. Gloria Campbell-Whatley Abstract: Although significant research has been conducted on opportunity gaps between White and racially minoritized students, […]