Dissertation Defense

THREE ESSAYS ON MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES

Doctoral Candidate Name: Ahmet Nart Program: Business Administration: Finance Defense Date and Time: October 16, 2020 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.webex.com/uncc/j.php?MTID=m2aeae58d306b80b1361bbbef1962e429 Committee chair’s Name: Tao-Hsien Dolly King Committee Members: Tao-Hsien Dolly King, Gene C. Lai, Yilei Zhang, Rob Roy McGregor Abstract: The dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay examines how a tournament […]

The Transfer Seminar: Measured Impacts on Transfer Student Outcomes

Doctoral Candidate Name: Andrea Swintal Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: November 2, 2020 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual: Contact chowel22@charlotte.edu for the Zoom link Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Mark D’Amico Committee Members: Dr. Claudia Flowers, Dr. Cathy Howell, Dr. Lisa Walker Abstract: The volume of transfer students across college and university campuses […]

“In the contradiction lies the hope”: White student affairs administrators’ understanding of whiteness

Doctoral Candidate Name: Rachael Forester Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: October 22, 2020 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual: Contact chowel22@charlotte.edu for the Zoom link Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ryan A. Miller Committee Members: Dr. Tracey Benson, Dr. Jae Hoon Lim, Dr. Erin Miller Abstract: Among white people, there is a pervasive mentality […]

Navigating genderization: Women’s perceptions of career advancement into senior-level student affairs roles

Doctoral Candidate Name: Emily Wheeler Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: October 26, 2020 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual: Contact chowel22@charlotte.edu for the Zoom link Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ryan A. Miller Committee Members: Dr. Cathy D. Howell, Dr. Jae Hoon Lim, Dr. Fatma Mili, Dr. Leslie Zenk Abstract: While women have attained […]

Navigating genderization: Women’s perceptions of career advancement into senior-level student affairs roles

Doctoral Candidate Name: Emily Wheeler Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: October 26, 2020 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual: Contact chowel22@charlotte.edu for the Zoom link Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ryan A. Miller Committee Members: Dr. Cathy D. Howell, Dr. Jae Hoon Lim, Dr. Fatma Mili, Dr. Leslie Zenk Abstract: While women have attained […]

Renegotiating Identity: Understanding the Communicative Negotiation of Community College Transfer Student Identities

Doctoral Candidate Name: Brandy Stamper Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: October 29, 2020 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual: Contact chowel22@charlotte.edu for the Zoom Link Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ryan Miller Committee Members: Dr. Mark D’Amico, Dr. Leslie Zenk, Dr. Cliff Scott Abstract: This phenomenological study explored the identity experiences of fifteen community […]

Diffusion Processes on Solvable Groups of Upper Triangular 3×3 matrices. Applications in Asian and Basket Options

Doctoral Candidate Name: Julia Simonsen Program: Mathematics (Applied) Defense Date and Time: October 21, 2020 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/97911667123?pwd=UWt2SXBPVi8yRjN2V1BKR3hNTnNMQT09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Stanislav Molchanov Committee Members: Dr. Boris Vainberg; Dr. Michael Grabchak; Dr. Susan Trammell Abstract: One of the questions in algebraic groups is about the asymptotic behavior of the probability of […]

Integration of advanced manufacturing in the mechanical design of reflective optics

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicholas Horvath Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: October 5, 2020 – 9:30 PM Defense Location: Committee in person/Stream via MS Teams Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew Davies Committee Members: Dr. Chris Evans, Dr. Steve Patterson, Dr. Scott Smith, Dr. Tom Suleski Abstract: This dissertation comprises a series of authored papers, […]

Integration of advanced manufacturing in the mechanical design of reflective optics

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicholas Horvath Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: October 5, 2020 – 9:30 PM Defense Location: Committee in person/Stream via MS Teams Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew Davies Committee Members: Dr. Chris Evans, Dr. Steve Patterson, Dr. Scott Smith, Dr. Tom Suleski Abstract: This dissertation comprises a series of authored papers, […]

Integration of advanced manufacturing in the mechanical design of reflective optics

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicholas Horvath Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: October 5, 2020 – 9:30 PM Defense Location: Committee in person/Stream via MS Teams Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew Davies Committee Members: Dr. Chris Evans, Dr. Steve Patterson, Dr. Scott Smith, Dr. Tom Suleski Abstract: This dissertation comprises a series of authored papers, […]