CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES Doctoral Degrees COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Sciences Alexander Bryce Olson Michaud Advisor: John Priscu, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Microbially Mediated Biogeochemical Cycles in Polar Ice Covered Lakes Pamela Santibanez Avila Advisor: John Priscu, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Factors Influencing the Abundance of Microorganisms in Icy Environments Heidi Jean Smith Advisor: Christine Foreman, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Microbial Community Composition and the Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter in Supraglacial Environments Kimberley T. Taylor Advisor: Bruce Maxwell, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Drivers, Impacts & Feedback of Global Pinus Contorta (Lodgepole Pine) Invasions Trista Juliana Vick-Majors Advisor: John Priscu, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Biogeochemical Processes in Antarctic Aquatic Environments: Linkages & Limitations Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science Andrea Correa Varella Advisor: Luther Talbert, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Genetic Basis of Wheat Resistance to the Wheat Stem Sawfly COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Doctor of Philosophy in Education Mary E. Ulrich Advisor: Carrie Myers, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Learning Relational Ways of Being: What Globally Engaged Scholars Have Learned about Global Engagement and Sustainable Community Development 7 Doctor of Education Anne Klees Zulick Milkovich Advisor: Carrie Myers, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Institutional Performance Management: A Model of Integrated Planning Natalie Boren Miller Advisor: Arthur Bangert, Ed.D. Dissertation Title: Administrators’ & Teachers’ Perceptions of the Formative Assessment Process Used to Evaluate Students’ Level of Proficiency & Ongoing Instruction in Reading Lynne Scaffidi Scalia Advisor: Tena Versland, Ed.D. Dissertation Title: Derailed: Factors Influencing College & Career Decisions of High School Students in a De-Industrialized Rural Community Kathryn D. Will-Dubyak Advisor: Nicholas Lux, Ed.D. Dissertation Title: Pre-Service Teacher Efficacy Development Within Clinically-Based Practice: Examining The Structures & Stratagies in the Collaborative Cohort COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Anali Glamary Huggins Advisor: David Claudio, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: A Mental Workload Based Patient Scheduling Model For an Oncology Unit Lenore Page Advisor: David Claudio, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Improving Experimental Methods: Exploring Procedural Mechanisms Affecting Participant Behaviors Prathish Kumar Rajaraman Advisor: Jeffrey Heys, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Particle Imaging Velocimetry Data Assimilation Using Least-Square Finite Element Method 8 COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCE Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies Gerald Orlo Van Slyke, Jr. Advisor: Billy Smith, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: The Citizen Militias of the United States; Their Antecedents, Development & Present Condition Lisa A. Zeilinger Advisor: Kristin Ruppel, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: An Aesthetic Framework for the Question of Indigenous Feminism, Autonomy and Leadership: Confronting a History of Colonial Male Dominance Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry Timothy K. Hamerly Advisor: Brian Bothner, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Development of a Protein-Based Sensor Assay for Rapid Classification of Complex Biological Samples Paul Campion Jordan Advisor: Trevor Douglas, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Biological Redesign of Virus Particles for a New Ear of Catalytic Materials Krista Ann Shisler Advisor: Joan Broderick, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Spectroscopic Investigations into the Active Site Structure & the Mechanisms of Radical SAM Enzymes Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry Carl Ashley Fahlstrom Advisor: Patrik Callis, Ph.D. Co-Advisor: Lee Spangler, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Computational Prediction & Experimental Measurement of Time Resolved Flourescence Properties of Tryptophan & 5-Fluoro-Tryptophan Dipeptides Ryan Latterman Advisor: Robert Walker, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Photonic Applications of Functionalized Gold Nanorods: Progress Towards Nonlinear Metamaterials Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Sciences Denver Warwick Fowler Advisor: John Horner, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Dinosaurs & Time: Chronostratigraphic Frameworks & Their Utility in Analysis of Dinosaur Paleobiology Badamkhatan Zorigt Advisor: David Varricchio, Ph.D. Co-Advisor: John Horner, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Histovariability & Growth in the Basal Ceratopsian Dinosaur Psittacosaurus Mongoliensis From the Lower Cretaceous Khulsangol Formation Central Mongolia 9 Doctor of Philosophy in History Robin Aspasia Hardy Advisor: Catherine Dunlop, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Dangerous Vagabonds: Resistance to French Slave Emancipation and the Colony of Senegal Natalie Faye Scheidler Advisor: Mary Murphy, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: And They All Fell Silent: Gender and Violence in Butte, Montana, 1910-1950 Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Hannah Faith Sobek Bergren Advisor: Jaroslaw Kwapisz, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Abstract Tiling Actions, Expansiveness and Local Structure Tamra Lindsey Heberling Advisor: Lisa Davis, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Mathematical Modeling for Transcription of DNA with Pausing: Stochastic Model with Torque and Diffusive Transport Model Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Sean Robert Brannon Advisor: Dana Longcope, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Observations & Modeling of Plasma Flows Driven by Solar Flairs Michael Freed Advisor: David McKenzie, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: An Empirical Study of Coronal Observations at the Solar Limb Roger Benezet Scott Advisor: David McKenzie, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Analytical & Numerical Modeling of Coronal Supra-Arcade Fan Structures Caleb Ray Stoltzfus Advisor: Aleksander Rebane, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Wide Field of View Two-Photon Excited Flourescence Imaging, Theory & Applications Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics Jennifer Lee Weeding Advisor: Mark Greenwood, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Bayesian Measurement Error Modeling with Application to the Area Under the Curve Summary Measure 10 COLLEGE OF NURSING Doctor of Nursing Practice Jessica Sargent Havens Advisor: Maria Wines, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Prenatal Lactation Counselor Effect on Breastfeeding Duration for Mothers at Risk for Early Weaning Carly Jean Hillenbrand Advisor: Polly Petersen, Ph.D. Co-Advisor: Deanna Babb, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Smoking Cessation: Implementation of a Group Intervention in a Community Mental Health Setting Brenna Christine Manion Advisor: Teresa Seright, Ph.D. Co-Advisor: Deanna Babb, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Development of an Employer-Sponsored Health & Wellness Program Anna Victoria Nesovic Advisor: Donna Williams, Ph.D. Co-Advisor: Karen Zulkowski, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Kennedy Terminal Ulcer: A Retrospective Chart Review of Ulcers in the Hospice Setting and Educating Providers and Nurses on the Importance of Skin Changes at Life’s End Jennifer Aurice Show Advisor: Elizabeth Kinion, Ed.D. Dissertation Title: Implementing an Oral Health Tool and Motivational Interviewing Tool to Improve Oral Health Care Among Type II Diabetics on a Northern Plain Reservation Kate Lisco Taubert Advisor: Laura Larsson, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Oral Health Outreach & Education in a Non-Dental, American Indian Setting Michelle Louise Trost Advisor: Laura Larsson, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: School Nurse Collaboration to Provide Evidence Based Flouride Varnish for High Caries Risk Students and Referral for Restorative Dental Care Cole A. Whitmoyer Advisor: Wade Hill, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Evaluation of Concussion Education, Prevention & Management Policies in School Districts of a Rural State: Implications for Practice & Policy Change 11 MSU PHOTO BY KELLY GORHAM 12 Master Degrees COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Master of Science in Agricultural Education Kyle Arthur Gavin Eric Matthew Hoffmann Master of Science in Animal and Range Sciences Emily Ann Gates Sean Rudolf Schroff Jasmine Katherine Samuels Westbrook Medora Mae Lachman Master of Science in Applied Economics Thomas Christopher Beatty James Matthew Sears Amanda R. Vogstad Portia Anne Conant Master of Science in Entomology Amelia C. Dolan Charles Jay Hart Charles Eli Hubbard Master of Science in Immunology and Infectious Diseases Deann Teresa Snyder Master of Science in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences David Thomas Atkinson Rebecca K. Hollender Rory Leach McPherson Jason Eric Baldes Megan L. Housman Lora Mae Soderquist Shannon R. Crossen Priyanka Sushil Kudalkar Robert James Wyatt Charles D. Holt Amanda Stambaugh MacPherson Master of Science in Plant Science Roshan Kumar Acharya Mehmet Erkan Ozseyhan COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE Master of Architecture Herminio Castillo Cabrera Devon L. Hassa Heather Christine Murray Miranda Lee Clark Samuel McBean Irons Amanda Victoria Rasmussen Madison Lee Gabig Tyrell Eugene Jacobs Derek Richard Stevens Samuel C. Harris Kaitlyn Elizabeth Kravitz Spencer Correll Stewart 13 Master of Fine Arts in Art Chad James Carignan Michelle Jocelyn Osman Horacio Rafael Rodriguez Matthew Martin Fitch Master of Fine Arts in Science and Natural History Filmmaking Jared David Berent Brett J. Kuxhausen Annie B. White Alain Whitman Douchinsky Roshan Chandra Patel Master of Arts in Art History Meghan Lee Baker Livers COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Master of Professional Accountancy Jenn Diane Adams Edward Tyler Lally Marissa Jocelyn Riopelle Daigen Douglas Afdahl Tucker Ryan Langel Kathleen V. Russo Mohannad Ali Alhagan Samuel J. Lewis Amanda Rose Schmid Luke R. Arbib Thomas John Mitzel Sydnee L. Tobiason Klint