PhD in Chemistry Thesis Defence — Brandon Djukic
Brandon Djukic, PhD student in Chemistry, will present his thesis defence on Monday, July 19 at 9:30 a.m. in H313. The title of his thesis is “Spin Labile Conducting Metallopolymers: A new architecture for hybrid multifunctional materials.” Examining committee members are Joffre Mercier, chair; Muralee Murugesu, University of Ottawa, external examiner; Martin Lemaire, supervisor; Fereidoon Razavi, internal examiner; Melanie Pilkington and Stuart Rothstein, committee members. All are welcome to attend.
PhD in Psychology Thesis Defence – Malinda Desjarlais
Malinda Desjarlais, PhD student in Psychology, will present her thesis defence on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 1 p.m. in Plaza 600F. The title of her thesis is “Novices’ Learning from the Internet: An Exploration of Navigation Behaviours, Learner-Related Factors, and Mental Effort.” Examining committee members are Marilyn Rose, chair; Jacqueline Specht, University of Western Ontario, external examiner; Teena Willoughby, supervisor; John McNamara, internal examiner; Karen Arnell and Linda Rose-Krasnor, committee members. All are welcome to attend.
PhD in Psychology — Colin Perrier
Colin Perrier, PhD student in Psychology, will present his thesis defence on Friday, July 30 at 10 a.m. in WH 147. The title of his thesis is “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Might be Destroying your Intimacy: A Test of Mediational Models in a Community Sample of Couples.” Examining committee members are Marilyn Rose, chair; Dan Perlman, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, external examiner; Stan Sadava, supervisor; Lynn Rempel, internal examiner; Nancy DeCourville and Tony Bogaert, committee members. All are welcome to attend.
PhD in Psychology Thesis Defence – Dana Reker
Dana Reker, PhD student in Psychology, will present her thesis defence on Thursday, Aug. 19 at 10 a.m. in Plaza 600F. The title of her thesis is “Relation of Temperament and Authoritative Parenting on Subtypes of Adolescent Aggressive Behaviour.” Examining committee members are Marilyn Rose, chair; Louis Schmidt, McMaster University, external examiner; Drew Dane, supervisor; Ayda Tekok-Kilic, internal examiner; Michael Ashton and Linda Rose-Krasnor, committee members. All are welcome to attend.
MSc in Earth Sciences Thesis Defence — Kamalpreet Sihra
Kamalpreet Sihra, Master of Science (Earth Sciences) candidate, will present her thesis defence on Friday, July 16 in WH147 at 12 noon. The title of her thesis is “Integrating vitrinite reflectance, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, fluorescence microscopy, and palynology of the Athabasca oil sands, Kearl Lake area, northeastern Alberta.” Her committee members are Alan Castle, chair; Dale A. Leckie (Nexen Inc, Calgary), external examiner; Martin Head, supervisor; Stan Stancliffe; Rick Cheel. All are welcomed to attend.
MA in Leisure Studies Thesis Defence — Kelly Henderson
Kelly Henderson (MA Leisure Studies) will defend her thesis on Tuesday, July 27 at 9 a.m. in WC204B. Title: Resilience in Environmental Educators. Supervisor: Timothy O’Connell; advisory committee: Mary Breunig and Cathy van Ingen; external examiner: Constance Russell, Lakehead University; chair: TBA.
MA in Physical Health and Education — Laurissa Kenworthy
Laurissa Kenworthy (MA Physical Health and Education) will defend her thesis on Tuesday, July 27 at 2 p.m. in WH147. Title: Actual and Perceived Coaches’ Sportspersonship Behaviours and Their Relationship with Young Athletics’ Sportspersonship Orientation. Supervisor: Philip Sullivan; advisory committee: Kenneth Lodewyk and Timothy Elcombe; external examiner: Skye Arthur-Banning, Clemson University; chair: James Mandigo.
MA in Community Health — Kelly Ransom
Kerry Ransom (MA Community Health) will defend her thesis on Tuesday, July 27 at 2 p.m. in WC204B. Title: The effects of a general exercise program on task self-efficacy and social physique anxiety in older adults. Supervisor: Kimberley Gammage; advisory committee: Allan Adkin & Philip Sullivan; external examiner: Craig Hall, University of Western Ontario; chair: David Gabriel.
