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Dissertation Defense Roster

Prabhu Nikhil Pilli

"THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL HUMOR ON STUDENT LEARNING: THE ROLES OF ATTENTION AND DEEP THINKING"

Date: June 15, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Social & Behavioral Science Building 202

Jasmine Garcia

"Intersecting Texas Chicanas: Looking Beyond the Margins"

Date: July 01, 2026
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Archer 200H

Chelsea Hoke

"COMPARING TRADITIONAL LABORATORY TRAINING AND VIRTUAL SIMULATION LABORATORY TRAINING ON HANDS-ON SKILL ACQUISITION IN INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTATION EDUCATION"

Date: July 08, 2026
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Teams

Laura Franco-Flores

"Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Development and Linguistically Responsive Teaaching Strategies for Emergent Bilingual Students in a Suburban South Texas School"

Date: July 09, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Virtual

Shaseevarajan Sivanantharajah

"BIOREMEDIATION OF ACID MINE DRAIANAGE USING EXTREMOPHILIC GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA"

Date: July 13, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM
Location: Cherry 2606

Shishir Bhusal

"MACHINE LEARNING–BASED ASSESSMENT OF BASELINE CONDITION, MAINTENANCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS"

Date: July 14, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM
Location: Cherry 2606

Adele Ann Eberwein

"TEACHER PERSPECTIVES ON VIEWING COMPREHENSION AND VISUAL PEDAGOGY"

Date: July 14, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Communications Building 103

Alysha A. Heredia

"Methane Emissions at Tidal Cypress-Tupelo Swamp Upstream and Downstream of a Saltwater Barrier Structure on the Lower Neches River, Southeast Texas"

Date: July 14, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Cherry Engineering 2606

Erich Andrew Tucker

"Breaking the Island: Deaf Faculty Resilience in Higher Education Through Participatory Action Research"

Date: July 14, 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: Communications Building 103

Sk Moumita Manjur

"AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ANALYSIS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND HIGH-RESOLUTION TOXIC GAS RELEASE MODELING"

Date: July 15, 2026
Time: 4:15 PM
Location: Lucas 101