Commencement-2013

Doctoral Degrees Trevor Robert Sheffels Ph.D. Environmental Sciences and Resources Status of Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Populations in the Pacific Northwest and Development of Associated Control and Management Strategies, with an Emphasis on Metropolitan Habitats Adviser: Mark Sytsma, Ph.D. Professor of Environmental Science Doaa Galal Teama Ph.D. Applied Physics A 30-Year Record of the Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane Adviser; Andrew Rice, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physics Nilesh Vaidya Ph.D. Chemistry Spontaneous Cooperative Assembly of Replicative Catalytic RNA Systems Adviser: Niles Lehman, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry * Robin Rene Wikoff Ph.D. Systems Science Materialism, Personal Food Projects, and Satisfaction: A Phenomenological Study of Urban Gardening in Portland, Oregon Adviser: Wayne Wakeland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Systems Science Monica Elizabeth Wright Ph.D. Environmental Sciences and Resources: Chemistry An Investigation of Urban Mobile Source Aerosol Using Optical Properties Measured by CRDT/N: Diesel Particulate Matter and the Impact of Biodiesel Adviser; Dean Atkinson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry Afternoon Ceremony GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK *Marjorie Grace McGee Ph.D. Social Work and Social Research Lost in the Margins? Intersections between Disability and Other Non-Dominant Statuses with Regard to Peer Victimization and Psychosocial Distress among Oregon Teens Adviser: Laurie Powers, Ph.D. Professor of Social Work *Sunghwan Noh Ph.D. Social Work and Social Research Teachers’ Negative Comments Toward Youth in Foster Care with Disabilities: How Do They Relate to Youths’ Problem Behaviors, School Attitudes, and School Performance? Adviser; Laurie Powers, Ph.D. Professor of Social Work * Peggy Jo A. Sandeen Ph.D. Social Work and Social Research Public Opinion and the Oregon Death with Dignity Act Adviser: Laurie Powers, Ph.D. Professor of Social Work *TangJudy Vang Ph.D. Social Work and Social Research Ihe Role of Psycho-Sociocultural Factors in Suicide Risk Among Mong/Hmong Youth Adviser; Vikki Vandiver, Ph.D. Professor of Social Work GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION *Mary Louise Cato Ed.D. Educational Leadership: Postsecondary Education Nursing Student Anxiety in Simulation Settings Adviser: Candyce Reynolds, Ed.D. Associate Professor of Education *Paul Edward Coakley Ed.D. Educational Leadership; Administration Shaping School Culture: To Support Moving from a Targeted-Assistance to Schoolwide Title I Program Adviser: Thomas Chenoweth, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus of Education *Chester Roy Edwards Ed.D. Educational Leadership: Administration Designing Innovative Alternatives to Traditional High Schools: What Leaders Need to Know Adviser: Thomas Chenoweth, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus of Education ■‘Kathleen Ann Godfrey Ed.D. Educational Leadership: Postsecondary Education Global Learning Outcomes of a Domestic Foreign Language Immersion Program Adviser; Janine Allen, Ed.D. Professor Emerita of Education ■‘Drew Samuel Wayne Hinds Ed.D. Educational Leadership: Administration Evaluating Alternative High Schools: Program Evaluation in Action Adviser: Thomas Chenoweth, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus of Education *Candidate for Spring graduation. 19

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