Dissertation Announcements

To request a dissertation announcement, please fill the out Dissertation Announcement Request Form.

To request an invitation to attend a dissertation presentation via teleconference, please contact the presenter and/or their committee chairperson.

Upcoming Presentations

Therese MW Shields

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: “No Sabe” Generation: The Experiences of Limited/non-Spanish Speaking Bi/multiracial High School Students

Date: November 4th

Time and Location: 3:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Faith Maina (Chair); Dr. Joshua Cruz; Dr. Bryan Hotchkins

Arantxa Cepeda Lestrade

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Linking Physics Identity and Resource Networks: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study Theorizing Modern Physics Teacher Identity in Mexico

Date: November 11th

Time and Location: 12:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Rebecca Hite (chair); Dr. Shirley Matteson; Dr. Rebecca Vieyra

Adedayo Afolabi

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Learning Progression-Guided AI Evaluation of Math-Science Sensemaking in First-Year Undergraduate Physics

Date: November 14th

Time and Location: 12:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Gina Childers (Chair); Dr. Merve Basdogan; Dr. Lora Kaldaras

Michael Vargas

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: A Prototyped Professional Development Ecosystem Using Structural Equation Modeling to Analyze STEM Teacher Self-Efficacy, Identity, and Networks in the Arizona STEM Acceleration Project

Date: November 18th

Time and Location: 1:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Rebecca Hite (chair); Dr. Rachelle Pedersen; Dr. Ruth Wylie