Sociology Graduate Student
Dissertation & Proposal Defense Schedule

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Seung Bong Jeon
Dissertation Defense
Title: Effects of Labor, Welfare, and Politics on Social Trust: A Comparative Perspective
When: Friday, April 19, 2013, 9 am
Where: 2400 Old Ivy Rd, Room 265 (Weldon Cooper Center Conference Room)
Committee: Tom Guterbock (Chair), Simone Polillo (Reader), Brad Wilcox (Reader), Leonard Schoppa (Committee Representative - Politics)

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Megan Juelfs-Swanson
Dissertation Proposal Defense
Title: The Politics of Everyday Family Values
When: Friday, April 26, 2013, 1:30 pm
Where: Watson Manor Small Conference Room #117, 3 University Circle
Committee: James Hunter (Chair), Brad Wilcox (Reader), Allison Pugh (Reader), Carl Desportes Bowman (Reader)

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Fan Mai
Dissertation Proposal Defense
Title: Living Behind/Beyond the Great Wall: American Expatriates Encounter China and Chinese Media
When: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 2 pm
Where: Wilson 216
Committee: Andrea Press (Chair), Milton Vickerman (Reader), Sabrina Pendergrass (Reader)

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Allan McCoy
Dissertation Defense
Title: Epidemics, Public Health, and the State: A Comparative Study of Britain and the United States
When: Friday, April 19, 2013, 3 pm
Where: Pavilion VIII room 103
Committee: Krishan Kumar (Chair), Simone Polillo (Reader), Rachel Rinaldo (Reader), James Savage (Committee Representative - Politics)

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David Morris
Dissertation Defense
Title: Enduring Disruption: The Effect of Peer Behavioral Disruptions in School on Educational and Social Inequality
When: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 3:30 pm
Where: Dynamics Room 312, 2015 Ivy Rd.
Committee: Paul Kingston (Chair), Josipa Roksa (Reader), Milton Vickerman (Reader), Dick Reppucci (Committee Representative - Psychology)

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Roscoe Scarborough
Dissertation Proposal Defense
Title: Moments and their Men: How Encounters and Culture Shape Belonging and Distinction
When: Monday, April 29, 2013, 3pm
Where: Dynamics Room 312, 2015 Ivy Rd.
Committee: Allison Pugh (Chair), Rosipa Roksa (Reader), Sarah Corse (Reader)

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Niva Shooshy
Dissertation Proposal Defense
Title: Beside Her Eyes: Cultural Perspectives on the Intergenerational Reproduction of Gendered Work Identity
When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 1pm
Where: Cabell 299A
Committee: Andrea Press (Chair), Allison Pugh (Reader), Rachel Rinaldo (Reader)

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Christina Simko
Dissertation Defense
Title: Mourning and Memory: September 11 Rhetoric and American Political Theodicy
When: Friday, April 26, 2013, 10:30 am
Where: Cocke Hall room 108
Committee: Jeff Olick (Chair), James Hunter (Reader), Sarah Corse (Reader), Alon Confino (Committee Representative - History)

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Tara Tober
Dissertation Defense
Title: Celtic Twilight: Irish Neutrality, Memory & the Second World War
When: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 1 pm
Where: Colonnade Club, Pavilion VII Upper Library room 203
Committee: Jeff Olick (Chair), Krishan Kumar (Reader), Simone Polillo (Reader), Lawrie Balfour (Committee Representative - Politics)

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