The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Feb. 14 to Friday, Feb. 18.

Master of Arts in Applied Disability Studies thesis defence

Jean Phan, a Master of Arts in Applied Disability Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Effects of a Brief Mobile Mindfulness Application on Mindful Parenting, Noncompliance of Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder, Perceived Parenting Stress, and Parent-Child Interactions” on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 9:30 a.m. in virtual format.

The examination committee includes Dawn Zinga, Chair; Priscilla Burnham Riosa, Supervisor; Nirbhay Singh, External Examiner (Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University); Rosemary Condillac, Graduate Program Director; and Maurice Feldman and Kendra Thomson, Committee Members.

Master of Science in Management (Marketing Stream) thesis defence 

Ruhul Amin, a Master of Science in Management (Marketing Stream) candidate, will defend the thesis “CEO Overconfidence and the Probability of Bankruptcy Risk” on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 1:30 p.m. in virtual format.

The examination committee includes Taylor McKee, Chair; Sana Mohsni, External Examiner (Professor of Finance, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University); Skander Lazrak, Supervisor; and Tatyana Sokolyk and Zhongzhi He, Committee Members.