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PhD Dissertation Defenses & Qualifying Exams

By order of the Graduate Council, dissertation defenses are open to the public.  While the qualifying oral examination is a private meeting, students may invite up to four observers (who usually attend to take notes on the examination).  

Dissertation defenses and qualifying oral exams may occur in-person, hybrid, or fully remote.  If no location is listed on the flyer, then the defense or exam is happening remotely.  Contact the student directly for remote meeting details, if you would like to attend.

2025-2026 Dissertation Defenses

Ying Guo Dissertation Defense

Ying Guo
November 19th

Jing Chen Dissertation Defense

Jing Chen
December 12th

M. Read Dissertation Defense

M. Read
April 28th

Reem Tasyakan Dissertation Defense

Reem Taşyakan
May 29th

Jessica Citlaly Lizarraga Dissertation Defense

Jessica Citlaly Lizarraga
June 8th

Heather Nicole Paulson Dissertation Defense

Heather Nicole Paulson
June 9th


2025-2026 Qualifying Exams

Camille Uglow Qualifying Exam

Camille Uglow
December 5th

Melina Jung Qualifying Exam

Melina Jung
December 9th

Chengfan Zhou Qualifying Exam

Chengfan Zhou
December 10th

Bahar Abdi Qualifying Exam

Bahar Abdi
March 9th

Jasmine (Yueming) Li Qualifying Exam

Jasmine (Yueming) Li
April 20th

Ana Villalpando Qualifying Exam

Ana Villalpando
May 12th

Linh Ngoc Bui Qualifying Exam

Linh Ngoc Bui
May 12th

Constance von Igel de Mello Qualifying Exam

Constance von Igel de Mello
May 18th

Alice Zheng Qualifying Exam

Alice Zheng
May 29th