{"id":74000,"date":"2021-09-10T09:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T13:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=74000"},"modified":"2021-09-10T09:50:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T13:50:37","slug":"thesis-defences-sept-13-to-sept-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/09\/thesis-defences-sept-13-to-sept-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Sept. 13 to Sept. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place from Monday, Sept. 13 to Friday, Sept. 17.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Natalie Tacuri, a Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend her thesis &#8220;Examining Conceptualizations of Dance in Ontario University Athletic Contexts&#8221; on Monday, Sept. 13 at noon via video conference.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Dawn Zinga, Chair and Supervisor; Dawn Trussell, External Examiner (Associate Professor, Sport Management, Brock University); Hannah Dyer, Graduate Program Director; and Danielle Molnar and Maureen Connolly, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Computer Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Binal Tejani, a Master of Science in Computer Sciences candidate, will defend his thesis \u201cGame Theory-based Allocation Management in VCC Networks\u201d on Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Robson De Grande, Supervisor; Ke Qiu, External Examiner; and Brian Ross and Sheridan Houghten, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Applied Disability Studies\u00a0thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brittney Sureshkumar, a Master of Arts in Applied Disability Studies candidate, will defend her thesis\u00a0&#8220;An Evaluation of Video Prompting Procedures via Telehealth to Teach First Aid Skills to Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities&#8221;\u00a0on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Kimberley Zonneveld, Supervisor;\u00a0Ruth DeBar, External Examiner\u00a0(Professor, Department of Applied Behaviour Analysis, Caldwell University);\u00a0Rosemary Condillac,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; and Valdeep Saini and Sadie Lovett, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD in Applied Health Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael McAlpine, a PhD candidate in Applied Health Sciences, will defend his thesis \u201cTea types and their effects on in vitro mineralization and in vivo bone structure and density\u201d on Thursday, Sept.16, from 4 to 7 p.m.\u00a0via video conference.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee members are Suzanne Curtin, Chair; Wendy Ward, Supervisor; Marlena Kruger, External Examiner (Massey University); Paul Zelisko, Internal Examiner; and Adam MacNeil, Sandra Peters and Brian Roy, Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chelsie Resch, a Master of Arts in Psychology (Lifespan Development stream) candidate, will defend her thesis\u00a0&#8220;Examining the Role of Physiological Arousal in Laboratory Risk-Taking in Social and Non-Social Contexts&#8221;\u00a0on Friday, Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Elizabeth Shulman,\u00a0Supervisor; Louis Schmidt, External Examiner\u00a0(Professor, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University);\u00a0Stephen Emrich,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; and Cheryl McCormick and Teena Willoughby, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Hannah McDowell, a Master of Arts in Psychology (Lifespan Development stream) candidate, will defend her thesis\u00a0&#8220;He Said, She Said: The Role of Self and Peer Rated Attractiveness in the Personality-Victimization Relationship&#8221;\u00a0on Friday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. via video conference.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes\u00a0Dawn Zinga,\u00a0Chair;\u00a0Drew Dane,\u00a0Supervisor; David Smith, External Examiner\u00a0(Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa);\u00a0Stephen Emrich,\u00a0Graduate Program Director; and Tony Volk and Mike Ashton, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place from Monday, Sept. 13 to Friday, Sept. 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[244,28,45,637,7488,607,348,522,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74000"}],"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=74000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74005,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74000\/revisions\/74005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}