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| Student Name | Major | Chair Name | Date, Time, Location | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAHMAN, AYESHA | CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | Lopez, Jaime | APRIL 6, 2026; 9:30AM-11:30AM CST; MBB 2.204 | SPATIAL AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL MECHANISMS REGULATING THE DNA-PROTEIN CROSSLINK PROTEASE SPRTN |
| SHAFFER, AUDREY | COMMUNICATION STUDIES (PHD) | Vangelisti, Anita L | APRIL 6, 2026; 3:00-5:00PM CST; LBJ ROOM CMA 5.136 | FAMILY COMMUNICATION PATTERNS AND TECHNOLOGY AND FACE-TO-FACE INTEGRATION BEHAVIORS IN PARENT-EMERGING ADULT RELATIONSHIPS |
| VAZQUEZ, ANTONIA | PUBLIC POLICY | FABREGAS ROBLES GIL, RAIS, EVANS, MARY | APRIL 6, 2026; 10:30 AM TO 11:30 AM; SRH 3.214 | ESSAYS ON APPLIED MICROECONOMICS AND SOCIAL POLICY |
| ZHUO, SHUER | ADVERTISING (PHD) | OH, JEEYUN | APRIL 6, 2026; 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM; DMC 3.378A | AUTONOMY ANCHORS EMOTIONAL RESONANCE IN HUMAN-ALGORITHM INTERACTION: A MIXED-METHODS INQUIRY INTO ALGORITHMIC EMOTION RECOGNITION |
| VANDER TUIN, MACKENNA | SPECIAL EDUCATION | Powell, Sarah R | APRIL 7, 2026; 12:00PM CST; MEADOWS 5.116 | ONCE UPON A MATH TIME: A GRADE 1 MATHEMATICS-FOCUSED STORYBOOK INTERVENTION |
| GELLAR, OLIVIA SARA | COMMUNICATION STUDIES (PHD) | Hartelius, Elin J | APRIL 8, 2026; 1:00PM CST; CMA 5.136 | IN PLAIN SIGHT: NOXIOUS RHETORIC AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF WHITE SUPREMACIST RECRUITMENT |
| LAI, TIANXING | MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | MANTHIRAM, ARUMUGAM | APRIL 8, 2026; 1:00 PM TO 2:30 PM; GLT 3.102 | UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF LITHIUM/SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES THROUGH ELECTRODE AND ELECTROLYTE DESIGN |
| MARTINEZ CORDEIRO, JUAN PABLO | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | ALURU, NARAYANA R | APRIL 8, 2026; 3:00 PM; ETC 3.142 | ACTIVE INTERFACES IN NANOFLUIDICS: FROM NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL MECHANICAL FOUNDATIONS TO FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS |
| WILLIAMS, FAITH | AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES (PHD) | Browne, Simone A | APRIL 8, 2026; 10:00AM CST; GORDON-WHITE BUILDING RM 3.200A | VISUALIZING THE FORMS AND MODES OF BLACK DIGITAL RETREAT |
| ARYAL, SAJANA | SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES (PHD) | Mishra, Srikanta | APRIL 9, 2026; 11:00 AM; CMA 4.126 | INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COCHLEAR COMPRESSION REVEAL INCIPIENT COCHLEAR CHANGES IN NORMAL-HEARING ADULTS |