PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities

Camila Mugan, a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities candidate, will defend the thesis “Silence as Voice: Silence, the Body and the Decoloniality of Quiet in Raduan Nassar and Sara Gallardo’s novels of the country” on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

The examination committee members are David Butz, Chair; Christine Daigle, Supervisor; Cynthia Francica, External Examiner (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez); Ebru Ustundag, Internal Examiner; and David Fancy and Gale Coskan-Johnson, Advisory Committee.

PhD in Biological Sciences

Ryan Hallam, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Investigating β- and γ-secretase function and processing of APP with genetic and pharmacological tools” on Friday, Aug. 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

The examination committee members are Philip Sullivan, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Margaret Fahnestock, External Examiner (McMaster University); Newman Sze, Internal Examiner; and Rebecca MacPherson and Stephen Glasgow, Advisory Committee.