The following is a list of thesis defences taking place virtually from Monday, Aug. 17 to Friday, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n
Master of Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Scott L. Cocker, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, will defend his thesis titled \u201cThe utilisation of coprophilous fungal spores for discerning late Quaternary megaherbivore extinctions in Canada\u201d on Monday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. in\u00a0virtual format.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Michael Pisaric, Supervisor; Jacquelyn Gill, External Examiner (The University of Maine); and Kevin Turner and Francine McCarthy, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Sajal Saha, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled \u201cData mining using L<\/i>-fuzzy concept analysis\u201d on Monday, Aug. 17 at 2 p.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Michael Winter, Supervisor; Michael Gruninger, External Examiner (University of Toronto); and Sheridan Houghten and Robson De Grande, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Psychology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Brock DeGagne, a master of Psychology (Social and Personality) candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0“My Life Compared to Others: Examining the Impact of Better or Worse off Comparisons on Young Adults’ Beliefs about how their Life Satisfaction is Unfolding Over Time”\u00a0on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga, Chair;\u00a0Michael Busseri, Supervisor; Ethan Zell, External Examiner (Associate Professor, Psychology, UNC Greensboro);\u00a0Stephen Emrich,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; Gordon Hodson, Committee Member; and Caitlin Mahy, Committee Member.<\/p>\n Master of Applied Disability Studies thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Madeline Asaro, a master of Applied Disability Studies candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0“A Comparison of Interdependent and Dependent Group Contingencies to Increase Physical Activity in Students During Recess”\u00a0on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 1 p.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Kimberley Zonneveld, Supervisor; Megan Deshais, External Examiner\u00a0(Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Behavior Analysis and Clinical Supervisor, Center for Autism and ABA, Caldwell University, New Jersey);\u00a0Rosemary Condillac,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; Julie Koudys, Committee Member; and Priscilla Burnham Riosa, Committee Member.<\/p>\n Master of Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n George Tsekpetse Addison, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled \u201cObject Classification using L<\/i>-Fuzzy\u00a0Concept Analysis\u201d on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 9 a.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Michael Winter, Supervisor; Torsten Hahmann, External Examiner (University of Maine); and Ke Qiu and Robson De Grande, Committee Members.<\/p>\n Master of Child and Youth Studies thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Carolyn Hare, a master of Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0“Effects of Sensory Processing Patterns on Inhibitory Control as a Function of ADHD-traits and Trait Anxiety”\u00a0on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 9 a.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Ayda Tekok-Kilic, Supervisor; Michelle Jetha, External Examiner\u00a0(Associate Professor, Psychology, Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia);\u00a0Hannah Dyer,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; Sid Segalowitz, Committee Member; and Erin Panda, Committee Member.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of thesis defences taking place virtually from Monday, Aug. 17 to Friday, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[244,45,97,567,885,607,348,522,29,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67462"}],"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=67462"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67619,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67462\/revisions\/67619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}