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Meetings

Board of Regents
The UW Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 12, in 301 Gerberding Hall. The Regents will meet in formal session to take official action on personnel appointments and changes, gifts and grants, contracts and agreements with outside agencies and other University business.
Secretary of the Board

Degree Exams

Members of the Graduate Faculty are invited to attend the General and Final Examinations. Supervisory committee chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Exams

  • Charles Arthur Amundson, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. (Prof. Jay Johnson).
  • Fuminori Arai, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. 326 Savery. (Prof. Yoram Barzel).
  • Mohammad Azadeh, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 5. 215C EE/CSE. (Prof. Bruce Darling).
  • Enrica Bellone, Statistics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 5. 123 Johnson. (Profs. Peter Guttorp and James Hughes).
  • Youngsuk Choi, Economics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 11. 302 Savery. (Prof. Anil Deolalikar).
  • Stephen Delancey Clickard, Music, D.M.A. 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Timothy Salzman).
  • Kristin Alisa Edquist, Political Science, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, June 12. 40 Smith. (Prof. James Caporaso).
  • Jacqueline Sue Faissal, Music, D.M.A. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. David Kappy).
  • Ellen Lee Goode, Public Health and Community Medicine­Epidemiology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, June 11. F348 Health Sciences. (Prof. Gail Jarvik).
  • Mark Alan Grey, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, June 8. 22 Anderson. (Prof. Charles Henry).
  • Ryan Mitchell Hare, Music, D.M.A. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Music. (Prof. Joel-Francois Durand).
  • Kathleen Harrington, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 11. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Mark Patterson).
  • Renee R Hartman, Education, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, June 12. 112A Miller. (Prof. Scott Stage).
  • Ann Juneko Hiramine, English, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 8. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Johnnella Butler).
  • Frank Samuel III Holman, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. 403 EE/CSE. (Prof. Robert Marks).
  • Charles Conrad Krusekopf, Economics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, June 11. 302 Savery. (Prof. Anil Deolalikar).
  • Inhoe Ku, Social Work, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 10. 209D Parrington. (Prof. Robert Plotnick).
  • Adam Scott Lauring, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. G324 Health Sciences. (Prof. Julie Overbaugh).
  • Lingfen Lin, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 10. 122 Miller. (Prof. James Vasquez).
  • Diana Elizabeth McMillan, Nursing­School of, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. T612 Health Sciences. (Prof. Carol Landis).
  • Gregg Daniel Miller, Political Science, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 8. 40 Smith. (Prof. Christine Di Stefano).
  • Robert Michael Mintz, Art History, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. 312 Art. (Prof. Jerome Silbergeld).
  • Ana Munk, Art History, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, June 12. 312 Art. (Prof. Joanne Snow-Smith).
  • Kjell Erik Nelson, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 11. 003 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Patrick Stayton).
  • Caroline Louise O’Farrell, Fisheries, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 11. 210 Fisheries Center. (Prof. Marsha Landolt).
  • Davis Oldham, English, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, June 8. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Priscilla Wald).
  • Kolya Michael Rice, Art History, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11. 312 Art. (Prof. Patricia Failing).
  • Dennis Alan Riege, Botany, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, June 5. 546 Hitchcock. (Prof. Roger del Moral).
  • Joseph Glenn Schloss, Music, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. 101 Music. (Prof. Shannon Dudley).
  • Karl H Seeley, Economics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, June 11. 313 Savery. (Prof. Gardner Brown). 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 10. T 404 Health Sciences. (Prof. Marie Brown).
  • Stephen Bruce Tanner, Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 10. 109 Smith. (Prof. Richard Bass).
  • Melyssa Kay Teague, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. 402 Miller. (Prof. James Mazza).
  • Duc Khanh Tran, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, June 15. 259 Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Albert Kobayashi).
  • Pauline Isabel Marie Tuttle, Music, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, June 12. 101 Music. (Prof. Ter Ellingson).
  • Sean Daniel Williams, English, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Sandra Silberstein).
  • Julia Sapin Yenne, Art History, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, June 11. 312 Art. (Prof. Jerome Silbergeld).
  • Cho-Hee Yoon, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. 112A Miller. (Prof. Donald Mizokawa).
  • Steven Leo Zafonte, Physics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, June 12. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Robert Van Dyck).

    Final Exams

  • Clinton Parham Edwin Atchley, English, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 10. A101C Padelford. “The “Wose” of Jacob’s Well: Text and context.” (Prof. Miceal Vaughan).
  • Oscar John Bandelin, History, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, June 12. 306 Smith. “Return to NEP: The search for a program and ideological rationale for reform in the Gorbachev Years, 1985-1991.” (Prof. Herbert Ellison).
  • Dennis Carl Barnett, Drama, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, June 5. 150 Hutchinson. “The worlds of Dusan Kovacevic: An intersection of dissident texts.” (Prof. John Wolcott).
  • John David Bladek, History, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 5. 306 Smith. “America for Americans: The southern know nothing party and the politics of nativism.” (Prof. Robert McKenzie).
  • Russell D Brunelle, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 23. 355 Loew. “Customer-centered reliability measures for flexible multistate reliability models.” (Prof. Kailash Kapur).
  • Brenda Jean Bryson, Social Work, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 5. 116 Social Work. “The experiences of African American women in feminist domestic violence organizations.” (Prof. Sung Sil (Sue) Sohng).
  • Ronald Paul Cole, Music, D.M.A. 12:30 p.m. Monday, June 8. 27 Music. “The electronic valve instrument: Nyle Steiner’s unique musical innovation.” (Prof. Stuart Dempster).
  • Thomas Joseph Crevier, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 5. 102 Chemistry. “Oxidation and reduction of small molecules by osmium and tungsten complexes.” (Prof. James Mayer).
  • James Everett Cunningham, Music, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, June 11. 101 Music. “More than just a game: The contemporary Coast Salish “Slahal” tournament complex.” (Prof. Ter Ellingson).
  • Daniel E Curley, Classics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 12. 210 Denny. “Metatheater: Greek tragedy in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.” (Prof. Stephen Hinds).
  • Timothy David Curp, History, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 11. 306 Smith. “A clean sweep?: The politics of ethnic cleansing in midwestern Poland, 1945­1946.” (Prof. Herbert Ellison).
  • Diane Rose Graves, Psychology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Monday, June 8. 211 Guthrie. “Children’s perceptions of social network members: The relationship between social support, self-esteem, and behavioral adjustment.” (Prof. Ana Mari Cauce).
  • Frederick C Gurney, Music, D.M.A. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. 101 Music. “Wheels within wheels: An examination of Witold Lutoslawski’s Trois Poemes d’Henri Michaux.” (Prof. Richard Karpen).
  • Andrew Paul Hendry, Fisheries, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 11. 201 Fisheries. “Reproductive energetics of Pacific salmon: Strategies, tactics, and trade-offs.” (Prof. Thomas Quinn).
  • William Scott Howard, English, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Friday, June 5. A101C Padelford. “Fantastic surmise: Seventeenth-century English elegies, elegiac modes, and the historical imagination from Donne to Philips.” (Prof. Sara van den Berg).
  • William Neil Kaghan, Business Administration, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 5. McCabe Room, Mackenzie. “Court and spark: Studies in professional technology transfer management.” (Prof. Borje Saxberg).
  • Siamak Cyrus Khojasteh-Bakht, Pharmacy—Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 5. K069 Health Sciences. “Studies on metabolism and toxicity of menthofuran.” (Prof. Sidney Nelson).
  • Woo-Jin Kim, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 17. 234 Mechanical Engineering. “Design of electrically and thermally conductive polymer composites for electronic packaging.” (Prof. Minoru Taya).
  • Luke Lightning Koenigs, Pharmacy—Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. noon Tuesday, June 9. K069 Health Sciences. “Mechanism-based inactivation of cytochrome P450.” (Prof. William Trager).
  • Kennett Love Lehmann, Music, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Monday, June 8. 101 Music. “Tonal unity and quality of motion: A Schenkerian study.” (Prof. Jonathan Bernard).
  • Zhongtai Leng, Public Health and Community Medicine­Pathobiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. T473 Health Sciences. “Distribution and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes in oral and urogenital bacteria.” (Prof. Marilyn Roberts).
  • Michael Alan Leskovar, Physics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, June 5. A212 Physics/Astronomy. “The stability of interfaces between dissimilar materials.” (Prof. Marjorie Olmstead).
  • Chien-Min Lin, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 12. 203 EE/CSE. “Efficiently computational techniques for solving large-scale electromagnetic problems: Microstrip interconnects and rough surface scattering.” (Prof. Chi Chan).
  • Lisa Jean Madden, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 17. 211 Guthrie. “Pica and peptides: Assessing gastrointestinal malaise.” (Prof. Stephen Woods).
  • Christine L Marran, Asian Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 11. M230 Gowen. “The allure of the poison-woman in modern Japanese literature.” (Prof. John Whittier Treat, III).
  • Jose Luis Martinez-Morales, Mathematics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. C36 Padelford. “Geometric data fitting.” (Prof. Thomas Duchamp).
  • Tamar Megidish, Public Health and Community Medicine - Pathobiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, June 11. T733 Health Sciences. “Sphingosine as second messenger; sphingosine-dependent protein kinases and their substrates.” (Prof. Senitoroh Hakamori).
  • Jeffrey Alden Morrow, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. Design Studio, Integrated Learning Factory. “Tracking consensus in product development teams.” (Prof. Joseph Heim).
  • Christian Joseph Murray, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, June 12. 302 Savery. “Essays on the decomposition of macroeconomic time series into permanent and transitory components.” (Prof. Charles Nelson).
  • Knut Anders Olsen, Astronomy, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 5. A216 Physics/Astronomy. “The formation and evolution of the large magellanic cloud from selected clusters and star fields.” (Prof. Paul Hodge).
  • Aldo Nicholas Palmisano, Fisheries, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 8. 201 Fisheries. “Nucleotide sequence and tissue distribution of Chinook Salmon Hsp90 messenger RNA: Response to heat shock, handling, and seawater, and comparison to plasma cortisol concentration.” (Prof. Walton Dickhoff).
  • Bruno Gilbert Pernet, Zoology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 9. 114 Kincaid. “Host use and diversifiction in symbiotic polychaetes.” (Prof. Alan Kohn).
  • Boyd Allan Phelps, Music, D.M.A. 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 8. 101 Music. “A thesaurus of saxophone multiphonics and a guide to their practical application.” (Prof. Stuart Dempster).
  • David Scott Rohrbacher, Classics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, June 11. 210 Denny. “Ammianus Marcellinus and the imperial bureaucracy: A historiographical study.” (Prof. Alain Gowing).
  • Lisa Ann Schubert, Immunology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 10. K069 Health Sciences. “Initial characterization of the transcriptional regulation of the human CD40 ligand gene in CD4 T cells.” (Prof. David Lewis).
  • Laurie Clare Slater, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 5. 401 Denny. “Attachment and paternal investment in divorced fathers.” (Prof. Donna Leonetti).
  • Matthew Alan Stoecker, Microbiology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. T747 Health Sciences. “Biodegradation of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons by Rhodococcus spp.” (Prof. James Staley).
  • Douglas Gary Thayer, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. 217 Guggenheim. “Multi-sensor control for 6-axis active vibration isolation.” (Prof. Juris Vagners).
  • Yves-Alain Vetter, Oceanography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. 123 Marine Sciences. “Bacterial foraging with cell-free enzymes.” (Prof. Jody Deming).


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    June 4, 1998