Dissertation Defense
The Average Genus of Oriented Rational Links
Doctoral Candidate Name: Dawn Ray Program: Mathematics (Applied) Defense Date and Time: June 30, 2022 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom meeting Committee chair’s Name: Yuanan Diao Committee Members: Gabor Hetyei, William Brian, Anthony Brizendine Abstract: The goal of this thesis is to enumerate the number of oriented rational knots and the number of oriented […]
COMBATTING CEILING EFFECTS: MODELING HIGH-ABILITY STUDENT GROWTH USING MULTILEVEL TOBIT REGRESSION
Doctoral Candidate Name: Julia Hujar Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: May 24, 2022 – 2:30 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Richard Lambert Committee Members: Michael Matthews, Kyle Cox, Stella Kim Abstract: Pressures associated with accountability testing have resulted in a narrowing of both the curriculum and pedagogy that does not meet […]
CORRELATES, PREDICTORS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY WEIGHT TALK AMONG SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
Doctoral Candidate Name: Cecily Gadaire Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: June 2, 2022 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Laura Marie Armstrong Committee Members: Sara Levens, Jennifer Webb, Suzanne Boyd Abstract: Given the key role of parents in the establishment of health habits among children, the current study aims to […]
Writhe-like Invariants of Alternating Links
Doctoral Candidate Name: Van Pham Program: Mathematics (Applied) Defense Date and Time: May 27, 2022 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom meeting: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/93152863269 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Yuanan Diao Committee Members: Dr. Gabor Hetyei, Dr. Alan Dow, Dr. Jose Gamez Abstract: The writhe is a quantity calculated from crossing signs of a link diagram. It […]
Three Essays on Corporate Finance, Household Finance, and Climate Change
Doctoral Candidate Name: Chen Shen Program: Business Administration: Finance Defense Date and Time: May 12, 2022 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Yongqiang Chu, Tao-Hsien Dolly King Committee Members: Yongqiang Chu, Tao-Hsien Dolly King, David Mauer, Victor Zitian Chen Abstract: Police departments located in states allowing payday lending report 14.34% more property […]
Three Papers on Household Finance, Climate Change, and Corporate Finance
Doctoral Candidate Name: Chen Shen Program: Business Administration: Finance Defense Date and Time: May 12, 2022 – 11:45 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Yongqiang Chu, Dolly King Committee Members: Yongqiang Chu, Dolly King, David Mauer, and Victor (Zitian) Chen Abstract:
THE INFLUENCE OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AND EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION ON ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTH BEHAVIORS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Sydney Park Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: June 1, 2022 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sara Levens Committee Members: Dr. George Demakis, Dr. Laura Armstrong, and Dr. A. Suzanne Boyd Abstract:
The Influence of Executive Function and Emotional Self-Regulation on Engagement in Health Behaviors
Doctoral Candidate Name: Sydney Park Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: June 1, 2022 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sara Levens Committee Members: Dr. George Demakis, Dr. Laura Armstrong, and Dr. A. Suzanne Boyd Abstract:
Granular emotion detection for multi-class sentiment analysis in social media
Doctoral Candidate Name: Robert H. Frye Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: May 12, 2022 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Online Committee chair’s Name: Dr. David C. Wilson Committee Members: Dr. Xi Niu, Dr. Yaorong Ge, Dr. Nadia Najjar, Dr. Taghi Mostafavi Abstract: To address the challenges of granular emotion detection in […]
“YOU GOOD, BRUH?” AN EXPLORATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF RACE AND MASCULINTY ON MILLENIAL BLACK MEN’S DECISIONS TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
Doctoral Candidate Name: Demetrius Cofield Program: Counselor Education and Supervision Defense Date and Time: May 10, 2022 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Henry L. Harris Committee Members: Dr. Sejal Foxx, Dr. Taryne M. Mingo, Dr. Lisa Merriweather Abstract: In recent years there has been a significant increase in the prevalence […]