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Author:

Beck, Celeste

Title:

The relationship between obesity and maternal vitamin D status, and implications of low early pregnancy vitamin D status on placental angiogenesis and fetal growth in a U.S. pregnancy cohort

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

obesity
maternal
pregnancy
placental angiogenesis
fetal growth
pregnancy outcomes
vitamin D

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Committee Members:

Gregory Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jennifer Williams, Co-Chair of Committee
Francisco Diaz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Muzi Na, Major Field Member
Alison Gernand, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Martinez, Griselda

Title:

Stressors and Alcohol Use From Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood in Mexican-Origin Youth in the U.S.

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

stressors
alcohol use
binge drinking
bivariate growth models
Mexican-origin adolescents

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Committee Members:

Rina Eiden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jennifer Maggs, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mayra Bámaca, Special Member
Zachary Fisher, Major Field Member
Kelly Rulison, Major Field Member

Author:

Khor, Su Yin

Title:

(Im)migrant Women's Second Language Socialization in a Community-based English Literacy Program

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Immigrant women
second language socialization
second language literacy socialization
literacy socialization
community-based program
community-based English program
adult immigrant learners
second language writing
writing education
writing and identity
gender and writing
language learning and gender

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Johnson, Major Field Member
Joan Kelly Hall, Major Field Member
Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Xiaoye You, Outside Unit & Field Member
Uju Anya, Special Member

Author:

Brockway, Dakota

Title:

The Role of Somatostatin in the Prefrontal Cortex

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

Prefrontal Cortex
Somatostatin
Neuropeptide
Pharmacology
Electrophysiology
Behavior

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Nikki Crowley, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janine Kwapis, Major Field Member
Sonia Cavigelli, Outside Unit Member
Yuval Silberman, Outside Field Member
Sonia Cavigelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Manogharan, Prabhakaran

Title:

IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF DISPARATE SOLID MEDIA USING NONLINAR ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

Nonlinear Acoustic Techniques
In-situ characterization
Dynamic acoustoelastic testing (DAET)
Nonlinear Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy (NRUS)

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Committee Members:

Parisa Shokouhi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Peco, Outside Field Member
Clifford Lissenden, Major Field Member
Jacques Riviere, Major Field Member
Victor Sparrow, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hong, Xupeng

Title:

Determinants of HBV Host Tropism and Roles of HBV Precore/Core Proteins

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Hepatitis B Virus
HBV
host tropism
core protein
precore protein
Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus
capsid
cccDNA
infection
replication

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Committee Members:

Jianming Hu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Wills, Major Field Member
Edward Harhaj, Major Field Member
Craig Meyers, Major Field Member
Fang Tian, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Yuka Imamura Kawasawa, Special Member

Author:

Lien, Duncan Gullick

Title:

Allotropes of Realism: The Bilingual Political Imaginary of Turkish-German Literature (1972-2015)

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature (PHD)

Keywords:

Turkish-German Studies
German literature
Turkish literature
Peripheral realism
Comparative modernisms
Literary multilingualism
Translation Studies
Untranslatability
Migration literature
Working-class literature

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Committee Members:

Nergis Erturk, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shuang Shen, Major Field Member
Thomas Beebee, Co-Chair, Dissertation Advisor and Minor Member
Brian Lennon, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sabine Doran, Minor Field Member
Charlotte Eubanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Minyoung

Title:

Transport Phenomena in Curved Geometries: Fundamentals and Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Transport phenomena
Computational fluid dynamics
Fluid mechanics
Microfluidics

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Ali Borhan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebecca Bascom, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Seong Kim, Major Field Member

Author:

Smith, Justin Alec

Title:

Racial Paraconstructions: Black Political Identities in Literature, 1892-1931

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

African American Literature
Black Studies
Realism
Modernism
Print Culture
Critical Race Theory
Identity Politics

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Committee Members:

Tina Goudie, Major Field Member
Aldon Nielsen, Major Field Member
Shirley Moody, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Morrisson, Program Head/Chair
Kathryn Belle, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Katzbaer, Rowan

Title:

Rational Discovery of Inorganic Material Properties

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Catalysis
Inorganic
Chemistry

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Knappenberger, Major Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair