Kaila Rutherford: "Deconstructed Cartography: Reflecting on the Temporality of Location Through Personal Experiences"
April 21, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.
Boca Raton Campus, Schmidt Center Gallery in Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Performing Arts Science Building (PA-51)*
*Virtual via WebEx also available, please contact Chair for details.
Committee Chair: Amy S. Broderick, M.F.A.
Committee Members: Michaela Angela DiCosola, M.F.A. and Karen J. Leader, Ph.D.

Katherine Prock: "Yesterday We Were Girls"
April 21, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.
Boca Raton Campus, Schmidt Center Gallery in Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Performing Arts Science Building (PA-51)*
*Virtual via WebEx also available, please contact Chair for details.
Committee Chair: Sharon Hart, M.F.A.
Committee Members: Emily Fenichel, Ph.D., Michaela Angela DiCosola, M.F.A., and Kate Schmitt, M.F.A., Ph.D.

Robert Grillo: "Bone Tools of the Hutchinson Site (8PB17041)"
April 20, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom:  https://fau-edu.zoom.us/j/84322921024?pwd=b0p2ZWluakNFN3J1TGh0aDFyWjlpZz09
Committee Chair: Clifford T. Brown, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Meredith Ellis, Ph.D. and Christian Davenport, M.A.

Charles Gleek: "Southern Fringes: Little Magazines and Larry Brown’s Early Short Fiction"
April 8, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom: https://fau-edu.zoom.us/j/83268961793?pwd=a1RwZ3Y3T3RlTnBrYlBpcnh1Y2J1dz09
Committe Co-Chairs: Taylor Hagood, Ph.D. and Marcella Munson, Ph.D.
Committee Member: Evan Bennett, Ph.D.

Meena Subedi: "The Effect of Community Social Capital on Non-Profits' Governance and Disclosure Quality"
March 26, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom.  Contact Chair for details.
Committee Chair: Ali Farazmand, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Gao Liu, Ph.D. and Cliff McCue, Ph.D.

Ronke Abidoye: "African or African American?: An Investigation into the Intercultural Communication Experiences and Identities of African International Students in the United States"
March 26, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
Virtual via Zoom:
https://fau-edu.zoom.us/j/88436268780?pwd=T3JPamJjRHNqRXU4WEQzUVdNbTk3dz09
Committee Chair: Deandre Poole, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Ph.D. and Lindsay Harroff, Ph.D.

Victor Rogers-Phillips: "The Genius Loci: People and Nature in the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest"
March 23, 2021 at 3:30 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom:
https://fau-edu.zoom.us/j/84328962521?pwd=VVlWM1IvOTRmczFtcVZ3NmlLWjBwUT09
Committee Chair: Michael Harris Ph.D.
Committee Members: Maria Fadiman Ph.D. and Susan Love Brown Ph.D.

Ashley Briana Lundy: "Changing the Narrative of the Portrayal of Black Female Bodies in Western Art: An Anthropological Perspective"
March 24, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom.  Contact Chair for details.
Committee Co-Chairs: Susan Love Brown, Ph.D. and Arlene Fradkin, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Michael S. Harris, Ph.D., Karen J. Leader, Ph.D., and Alicia D. Ritchey, Ed.D.

Samantha DiBlasi: "From Ink to Screen: Gender and Race in  Agent Carter,  Jessica Jones, and  Wynonna Earp"
March 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
Virtual via WebEx:
https://fau-edu.zoom.us/j/89134250091?pwd=eXpOaGFFYlQ3eGNhbzR1eDVpMXB4QT09
Committee Chair: Christine Scodari, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Jane Caputi, Ph.D. and Nicole Morse, Ph.D.

Alexis Ciara Davis: "Intracommunity usage of 'nigga' in spoken African American Language: A corpus study"
March 12, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom:
https://fau-edu.zoom.us/j/84055362900?pwd=eGp2QnpIdTF0NndMemNDdXhGYTRzdz09
Committee Chair: Viktor Kharlamov, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Gèraldine Blattner, Ph.D., Michael D. Hamilton, Ph.D., and Romain Rivaux, Ph.D.

Dyanne Martin: "Of Race and Resistance: Inside and Out of Ethnic Lives in Modern Literature of the Americas"
March 5, 2021 at 12:50 p.m.
Virtual via WebEx:
https://fau.webex.com/fau/j.php?MTID=m73f3705afb5f12bd112567e6e29bb342
Committee Chair: Mary Ann Gosser Esquilín, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Ph.D., Richard Shusterman, Ph.D., and Steve Blakemore, Ph.D.

Carmen N. Duarte: "Cuando las Islas Tienen Alas: Diversidad e Inclusión Étnico-Racial y de Sexualidad en la Dramaturgia Femenina Hispano-Caribeña en los Estados Unidos"
February 25, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.
Virtual via WebEx:
https://fau.webex.com/fau/j.php?MTID=maf7fc778e211093760901dc3fab8f92d
Meeting ID: 120 152 4014
Password: drWQAaEh323
Host Key: 302710
Committee Chair: Mary Ann Gosser Esquilín, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Nancy Poulson, Ph.D. and Carmen Cañete Quesada, Ph.D.

Karen Sweeting: "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Cultural Competence: An Interpretive Analysis for Cultural Competence of Federal Departments’ Strategic Plans"
August 31, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
Virtual meeting online
Co-Chairs: Patricia Patterson, Ph.D. and Alka Sapat, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Leslie Leip, Ph.D. and Clifford McCue, Ph.D.

Jose Luis Irizarry: "The Classical Dilemma and Probation Officer Training in Florida: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Rules, Routines, Roles, Rituals, and Relationships"
August 28, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
Virtual meeting online
Chair: Leslie Leip, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Alka Sapat, Ph.D., Clifford McCue, Ph.D., and Patricia Patterson, Ph.D.

Benton J. Fazzolari: "Tracing a Technological God: A Psychoanalytic Study of Google and the Global Ramifications of its Media Proliferation"
February 24, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.
Chair: Dr. Frederic Conrod
Committee Members: Dr. Steve Blakemore and Shane Eason, M.F.A.

Ida Everest: "Understanding the Cultural Changes of Family Creation, Size and Unity Through the Analysis of the Changing Behaviors and Meanings of Their Symbols"
November 10, 2016 at 1:00 p.m.
Room AH 205, Arts and Humanities building
Committee Members: Dr. Marsha Shapiro Rose, Dr. Mary Cameron, and Dr. Susan love Brown

Nicholas Belotto: "Power and Legitimacy in the Medieval Muslim World: The Career of Imad al-Din Zengi (1085-1146)"
Chair: Eric Hanne
Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 10:00 a.m.
Arts & Humanities, 107
Committee Members: Benno Lowe and Boyd Breslow

Nazare F. Feliciano: "Bodily Knowledge In Dance Transferred To The Creation Of Sculpture"
Chair: Brian E. McConnell, Ph.D.
Friday, February 28, 2014, 1:00 p.m.
AH 205, Boca Raton campus
Committee Members: Marcella Munson, Ph.D. and Clarence Brooks, MFA

Jane M. Montonen: "Libertinage Et Feminisme Dans Les Lettres Du Colonel Talbert (1767) de Françoise-Albine Puzin de la Martiniére Benoist"
Chair: Marcella Munson, Ph.D.
Friday, February 21st, 2014, 1:00 p.m.
AH 209, Boca Raton campus
Committee Members: Marina Karides, Ph.D. and Frederic Conrod, Ph.D.

Kathryn Morris: "Documentary Theatre: Pedagogue And Healer With Their Voices Raised"
Chair: Richard Gamble, Ph.D.
Thursday, February 20, 2014, 11:00 a.m.
AH 209, Boca Raton campus
Committee Members: Thomas R Atkins, MFA., Patricia Kollander, Ph.D., and Patricia Liehr, Ph.D.

Jacqueline S. May: "Americans All! The Role of Advertising in Re-Imaging Ethnicity in America: The Case of the War Advertising Council, 1939-1945"
Chair: Fred Fejes, Ph.D.
Friday, February 14th, 2014, 12:00 p.m.,
AH 205, Boca Raton campus
Committee Members: Michael Harris, Ph.D., Clevis Headley, Ph.D., and Henry Abramson, Ph.D.

Sally C. Brown: "A Comparative Study of Current Practices of Selected University-Based Children's Chorus Directors in Relation to Arts Integration"
Chair: Dr. Patricia P. Fleitas
Committee Members: Dr. Brian E. McConnell, Dr. Susannah L. Brown, Dr. Graciella Cruz-Taura
Friday, October 18, 2013, 1:30pm
AH 209, Boca Raton Campus

Sheryl C. Gifford: "(Re)Making Men, Representing the Nation: The Anglo-Caribbean Male Writer's Individuation in Works by Robert Antoni, Fred D'Aguiar, and Marlong James"
Chair: Dr. Elena Machado
Committee Members: Dr. Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Dr. Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilin, and Dr. Raphael Dalleo
Monday, September 16, 2013, 12:00pm
AH 209, Boca Raton Campus

Comparative Studies Program in Literatures, Literacies, and Linguistics
Elizabeth M. Petersen: “Building A Character: A Somaesthetics Approach to Comedias and Women Of The Stage"
Chair: Dr. Yolanda Gamboa
Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 1:45 p.m.
Boca Raton Campus, Arts & Humanities building (AH-52), Room 205
Committee Members: Dr. Michael Horswell, Gvozden Kopani, Dr. Barbara Mujica, and Dr. Richard Shusterman

Note: The examination portion of this meeting is open to the public, and there will be a period for questions and comments from all those in attendance.

Comparative Studies Public Intellectual Program
Nancy Carol Stein: “Using The Visual To "See" Absence: The Case of Thessaloniki"
Chair: Dr. Michael Harris
Friday, March 29, 2013, 10:00 a.m.
Boca Raton campus, SO-285
Committee Members: Dr. Alan Berger, Dr. Fred Fejes

John R.Batey: “Democratization and Exogenous Cultural Influence: Western Mass Media and Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe"
Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Morton
Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 4:00 p.m.
Boca Raton campus, Arts & Humanities building (AH-52), Room 205
Committee Members: Dr. Susan Love Brown, Dr. Kim Kukhong

Mark A. Kattoura: "Global Warming in the Microblog Era: A Rhetorical Analysis of Twitter Dialogue between Exxon Mobil and GreenPeace USA"
Chair: Dr. Becky M. Mulvaney
Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 12:00 p.m.
Boca Raton Campus, CU 222
Committee Members: Dr. Noemi Marin and Dr. Barclay J. Barrios

Shane Gunderson: "Social Movement Momentum, Intellectual Work and the East Timor Independence Movement"
Chair: Dr. Fred Fejes
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
AH 217C (Arts & Humanities bldg, room 217C), Boca Raton Campus
Committee Members: Dr. Becky Mulvaney, Dr. Farshad Araghi, Dr. Robert Benford

Daniel Copher: "Authenticity of Space: An Interdisciplinary Convergence of the Tradition of Sacred Music and Twenty-First Century Sacred Architecture"
Chair: Dr. Carol S. Gould
Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
AH 205 (Arts & Humanities bldg, room 205), Boca Raton Campus
Committee Members: Heather Coltman, D.M.A., Gvozden (Den) Kopani, M.F.A.

Nadja Johnson: "Migrant Collectives as New Twenty First Century Transnational Movements: The Case of the Jamaican Diaspora."
Chair: Dr. Noemi Marin
Friday, September 21, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
CU 222 (Culture & Society bldg, room 222), Boca Raton Campus
Committee members: Dr. Josephine Beoku-Betts, Dr. Becky Mulvaney, and Dr. Mark Frezzo

Comparative Studies Public Intellectual Program
Merrie Elyn Meyers: “Reading, Writing and Privatization: The Narrative That Helped Change the Nation's Public Schools"
Chair: Dr. Mary Ann Branaman
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Boca Raton campus, Arts & Humanities building (AH-52), Room 205
Committee Members: Dr. Susan Love Brown, Dr. Rebecca Mulvaney, Dr. Phyllis Schiffer-Simon, and Dr. Jay Rayburn

Jeffrey A. Nall: “Interrogating Social Conceptualizations of Childbirth and Gender, an Ecofeminist Analysis"
Chair: Dr. Jane Caputi
Wednesday, October 17, 2011, 12:30 p.m.
Boca Raton campus, Arts & Humanities building (AH-52), Room 217C
Note: The examination portion of this meeting is open to the public, and there will be a period for questions and comments from all those in attendance.

Comparative Studies Program in Literatures, Literacies, and Linguistics
Regina Dilgen: “Studied Girlhoods: Consciousness, Context, and Negotiation of Identity in Memoirs of White, Southern, Working-Class Girlhoods/Late 1950s/Early 1960s – Dorothy Allison, Mary Karr, and Barbara Robinette Moss"
Chair: Dr. Wenying Xu
Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Boca Raton campus, Arts & Humanities building (AH-52), Room 217C
Note: The examination portion of this meeting is open to the public, and there will be a period for questions and comments from all those in attendance.