Dissertation Defense Schedule

Academic Excellence

Sharing original dissertation research is a principle to which the University of Delaware is deeply committed. It is the single most important assignment our graduate students undertake and upon completion is met with great pride.

We invite you to celebrate this milestone by attending their dissertation defense. Please review the upcoming dissertation defense schedule below and join us!

Dissertation Defense Form

Must be received two weeks prior to your defense.

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Upcoming Doctoral Dissertation Defense

The list below is organized by the most current Dissertation Defense first. You may sort by “Program of Study” or search for a specific dissertation via the search box. To learn more about a specific dissertation select the dissertation’s title or the term “Full Abstract”.

 

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Defense Details Dissertation Program
Date: 05/11/2016
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Munroe Hall
Room: 203

“The British are Coming, Again: The Flight, Return, and Reintegration of Mid-Atlantic Loyalists, 1776-1800”


By: Kimberly Nath          Chair: Cathy Matson         

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History
Date: 05/10/2016
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Willard Hall
Room: 117

Technology Integration and Online Professional Development for Delaware’s Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, Education


By: Amy Mooney          Chair: Chrystalla Mouza         

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Education – Educational Leadership
Date: 04/22/2016
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: None of the aboveAlison Hall West
Room: 206

Locality and Non-Linear Representations in Tonal Phonology


By: Adam Jardine          Chair: Jeffrey Heinz         

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Linguistics
Date: 04/22/2016
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Townsend Hall
Room: 256

Changes to Spider Community Ecology Mediated by Altered Forest Understory Vegetation


By: Andrew Landsman          Chair: Jacob Bowman         

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Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
Date: 04/20/2016
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Munroe Hall
Room: 203

“It Is Supposed They Went Through the Indian Nation’: The Intersections of Black and Native Struggles for Freedom and Sovereignty in the Floridas, 1763-1803”


By: Stephanie Lampkin          Chair: Cathy Matson         

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History
Date: 04/14/2016
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Munroe Hall
Room: 203

“Designed to Sell: The Evolution of Merchandising and Display in Mid-Twentieth-Century Department Stores”


By: Alessandra Wood          Chair: Katherine Grier         

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History

The Process

Step-by-Step

Visit our “Step-by-Step Graduation Guide” to take you through the graduation process.From formatting your Dissertation to Doctoral Hooding procedures.

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Dissertation Manual

Wondering how to set up the format for your paper. Refer to the “UD Thesis/Dissertation Manual” for formatting requirements and more.

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Defense Submission Form

This form must be completed two weeks in advance of a dissertation defense to meet the University of Delaware Graduate and Professional Education’s requirements.

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