{"id":111282,"date":"2026-08-28T16:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=111282"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:12:27","slug":"thesis-defences-aug-31-to-sept-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/08\/thesis-defences-aug-31-to-sept-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Aug. 31 to Sept. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Aug. 31 and Friday, Sept. 4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defence\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Erin Vanscoy, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cExamining Whether Sleep and Mental Health Interact to Predict Improvements in Cognitive and Emotional Processing Following a Daytime Nap\u201d on Monday, Aug. 31 from 10 a.m. to noon in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes JF Lamarche, Chair; Kimberley Cote, Supervisor; Judith Davidson, External Examiner (Queens University); Charlis Raineki, Graduate Program Director; and Michael Busseri and Karen Arnell, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>Arts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Community Health) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kaitlyn Moore, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cThe Role of Electronic Health Records as a Mark of Stigma for People Who Use Drugs\u201d on Tuesday, Sept. 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Kelli-an Lawrance, Chair; Madelyn Law and Miya Narushima, Supervisors; Karl Stobbe, External Examiner (McMaster University); and Scott Neufeld and Kelly Pilato, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julia Stante, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cExamining Alzheimer\u2019s disease markers in ovariectomized muscle-specific glycogen synthase kinase 3 knockdown mice\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 2 from noon to 3 p.m. in CRN 427.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Newman Sze, Chair; Rebecca MacPherson, Supervisor; Russel Tuplin, External Examiner (University of Waterloo); and Paul LeBlanc and Val Fajardo, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>Arts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Leisure, Health and Well-being) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Iacobucci,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0\u201cRecovery is like Juggling:\u201d Exploring the Perception of Leisure Time in Substance Abuse Recovery\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. in STH 452.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Erin Sharpe, Chair; Tim O\u2019Connell, Supervisor;\u00a0Jason Page,\u00a0External Examiner\u00a0(SUNY Cortland); and\u00a0Garrett Hutson and Laura Cripps, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Statistics thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Angela-Frances Osehiemen Ibhade, a Master of Science in Statistics candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cMarkov-Switching Models: Applications in Credit Risk Analysis\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 2 from 1 to \u00a03:30 p.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Yifeng Li, Chair; Walid Ben Omrane, External Examiner (Goodman School of Business); \u00a0William Marshall, Supervisor; \u00a0and Xiaojian Xu and Jan Vrbik, Supervisory Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>Arts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Sport Management) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kieryn Carlse,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cDynamics of Group Polarization in the NFL-Taylor Swift Fandom Crossover\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Taylor McKee, Chair; Michael Naraine, Supervisor;\u00a0David Tyler,\u00a0External Examiner\u00a0(University of Massachusetts Amherst); and Nick Burton and Brad Millington, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Aug. 31 and Friday, Sept. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,41,38],"tags":[2156,546,4753,7488,348,522,3258,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111283,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111282\/revisions\/111283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}