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Author:

Schwob, Natalie

Title:

Sequencing Biases in Langauge and Motor Planning: A Comparative Study of Humans And Bonobos

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

sequencing
planning
evolution
motor planinng
language planning
domain general
bonobos

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Committee Members:

Elisabeth Karuza, Major Field Member
Daniel Weiss, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Siapoutis, Nikolas

Title:

Shrinkage Estimation for the Diagonal Multivariate Natural Exponential Families

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

shrinkage estimators
diagonal multivariate natural exponential families
unbiased estimate of risk
semi-parametrics
sampling methods

File:

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Committee Members:

Donald Richards, Dissertation Advisor
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexei Novikov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Schmid, Franziska

Title:

Essays on Stakeholder Networks in Marketing

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

social networks
business-to-business sales
community detection
social media

File:

Download Dissertation_FranziskaSchmid.pdf

Committee Members:

J. Andrew Petersen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stefan Wuyts, Major Field Member
Arvind Rangaswamy, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Bruce Desmarais, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Seol, Seokbong

Title:

Formal exponential maps and Hochschild cohomology associated with dg manifolds

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

differential graded manifolds
Hochschild cohomology
Atiyah class
homotopy Lie algebras
Duflo theorem

File:

Download Seol-dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ping Xu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mathieu Stienon, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nigel Higson, Major Field Member
Adrian Ocneanu, Major Field Member
Martin Bojowald, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Ruggiero, Cara

Title:

Learned Experience and Resource Dilution: A Family Systems Approach Using Mixed Methods to Understand Sibling Feeding

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Responsive feeding
siblings
family systems
mixed methods
infancy
toddlerhood

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Committee Members:

Stephen Kodish, Major Field Member
Jennifer Williams, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathleen Keller, Major Field Member
Gregory Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Susan McHale, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Damon Jones, Outside Field Member

Author:

Schneider, Haley Elizabeth

Title:

Public Futures: The Rhetorics of Sustainability and Survival in Philadelphia, 2007 - 2021

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Publics
futurity
environment
urban planning
climate change
rhetoric

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Committee Members:

Rosa Eberly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Allen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bradford Vivian, Major Field Member
Stephen Browne, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Program Head/Chair
Joshua Barnett, Major Field Member

Author:

Shields, Lauren

Title:

Strain, Security Measures, and Trends in Postsecondary Aspirations for High School Students

Graduate Program:

School Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

high school
strain
school security
postsecondary aspirations
security measures
postsecondary
aspirations

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Committee Members:

Cristin Hall, Major Field Member
Jennifer Frank, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Wendy Coduti, Outside Field Member
Cynthia Pellock, Outside Unit Member
James Diperna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tan, Shyuan Ching

Title:

Application of Life Purpose in Addressing Health Disparities and Minorities Health

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Life purpose
aging-varying cognitive health
high-effort coping
functional health
poverty and health
racial minority adults
low SES adults

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Committee Members:

David Almeida, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Graham-Engeland, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zita Oravecz, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Taleb, Mariam

Title:

Fungal community ecology of Lycorma delicatula in Pennsylvania, and the social-ecology of biological invasion risk

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

invasion ecology
environmental sociology
spotted lanternfly
mycology
unequal exchange
biological invasion
agroecology

File:

Download Taleb_dissertation_Summ2022_b.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin Rajotte, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julie Urban, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanya Renner, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Swaminathan, Siddharth

Title:

Pro-active and re-active dispatch of energy flexible buildings using peer-to-peer markets for building-to-grid integration

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Model predictive controls
building-to-grid integration
non-wires alternative
peer-to-peer markets
microgrid sizing
energy flexible buildings

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Outside Field Member
Greg Pavlak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Outside Unit Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies