{"id":4091,"date":"2010-07-13T08:48:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T13:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2010-07-13T14:25:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T19:25:01","slug":"thesis-defences-%e2%80%94-posted-july-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2010\/07\/thesis-defences-%e2%80%94-posted-july-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 posted July 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PhD in Chemistry Thesis Defence \u2014 Brandon Djukic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Djukic, PhD student in Chemistry, will present his thesis defence on Monday, July 19 at 9:30 a.m. in H313. The title of his thesis is \u201cSpin Labile Conducting Metallopolymers: A new architecture for hybrid multifunctional materials.\u201d Examining committee members are Joffre Mercier, chair; Muralee Murugesu, University of Ottawa, external examiner; Martin Lemaire, supervisor; Fereidoon Razavi, internal examiner; Melanie Pilkington and Stuart Rothstein, committee members. All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD in Psychology Thesis Defence \u2013 Malinda Desjarlais<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malinda Desjarlais, PhD student in Psychology, will present her thesis defence on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 1 p.m. in Plaza 600F. The title of her thesis is \u201cNovices\u2019 Learning from the Internet: An Exploration of Navigation Behaviours, Learner-Related Factors, and Mental Effort.\u201d Examining committee members are Marilyn Rose, chair; Jacqueline Specht, University of Western Ontario, external examiner; Teena Willoughby, supervisor; John McNamara, internal examiner; Karen Arnell and Linda Rose-Krasnor, committee members. All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD in Psychology \u2014 Colin Perrier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colin Perrier, PhD student in Psychology, will present his thesis defence on Friday, July 30 at 10 a.m. in WH 147.\u00a0 The title of his thesis is \u201cPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Might be Destroying your Intimacy:\u00a0 A Test of Mediational Models in a Community Sample of Couples.\u201d\u00a0 Examining committee members are\u00a0 Marilyn Rose, chair; Dan Perlman, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, external examiner; Stan Sadava, supervisor; Lynn Rempel, internal examiner; Nancy DeCourville and\u00a0 Tony Bogaert, committee members.\u00a0 All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD in Psychology Thesis Defence \u2013 Dana Reker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dana Reker, PhD student in Psychology, will present her thesis defence on Thursday, Aug. 19 at 10 a.m. in Plaza 600F. The title of her thesis is \u201cRelation of Temperament and Authoritative Parenting on Subtypes of Adolescent Aggressive Behaviour.\u201d\u00a0 Examining committee members are Marilyn Rose, chair; Louis Schmidt, McMaster University, external examiner; Drew Dane, supervisor; Ayda Tekok-Kilic, internal examiner; Michael Ashton and Linda Rose-Krasnor, committee members.\u00a0 All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MSc in Earth Sciences Thesis Defence \u2014 Kamalpreet Sihra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kamalpreet Sihra, Master of Science (Earth Sciences) candidate, will present her thesis defence on Friday, July 16 in WH147 at 12 noon. The title of her thesis is \u201cIntegrating vitrinite reflectance, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, fluorescence microscopy, and palynology of the Athabasca oil sands, Kearl Lake area, northeastern Alberta.&#8221; Her committee members are Alan Castle, chair; Dale A. Leckie (Nexen Inc, Calgary), external examiner; Martin Head, supervisor; Stan Stancliffe; Rick Cheel. All are welcomed to attend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MA in Leisure Studies Thesis Defence \u2014 Kelly Henderson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kelly Henderson (MA Leisure Studies) will defend her thesis on Tuesday, July 27 at 9 a.m. in WC204B.\u00a0 Title: Resilience in Environmental Educators. Supervisor: Timothy O\u2019Connell; advisory committee: Mary Breunig and Cathy van Ingen; external examiner: Constance Russell, Lakehead University; chair: TBA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MA in Physical Health and Education \u2014 Laurissa Kenworthy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laurissa Kenworthy (MA Physical Health and Education) will defend her thesis on Tuesday, July 27 at 2 p.m. in WH147.\u00a0 Title:\u00a0 Actual and Perceived Coaches\u2019 Sportspersonship Behaviours and Their Relationship with Young Athletics\u2019 Sportspersonship Orientation.\u00a0 Supervisor: Philip Sullivan; advisory committee: Kenneth Lodewyk and Timothy Elcombe; external examiner: Skye Arthur-Banning, Clemson University; chair: James Mandigo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MA in Community Health \u2014 Kelly Ransom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kerry Ransom (MA Community Health) will defend her thesis on Tuesday, July 27 at 2 p.m. in WC204B.\u00a0 Title: The effects of a general exercise program on task self-efficacy and social physique anxiety in older adults.\u00a0 Supervisor: Kimberley Gammage; advisory committee: Allan Adkin &amp; Philip Sullivan; external examiner: Craig Hall, University of Western Ontario; chair: David Gabriel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thesis defences posted on July 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[48,27,150,29,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091"}],"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=4091"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4094,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions\/4094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}