Doctoral Field of Study: Educational Psychology Dissertation Title: The Effects of a Brief Professional Development & Ongoing Self-Monitoring Intervention on Special Educators' Use of Prompts & Specific Praise in a Special Education School Setting

Kiah DeVona will defend her doctoral dissertation, "Are Female-Serving Summer Camps Feminist Spaces? A Comparative Analysis of Gender Stereotypes and Women's Leadership in All-Girls and Coed Day Camps," via Zoom on Monday, May 5 from 2:00-4:00pm.

Field of study: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Title: Physics-informed and Data-driven Modeling for Tool Condition Monitoring in Manufacturing

Microbiome-derived lipids regulate systemic monocyte TLR responses and modulate TREM2 expression on myeloid cells. Doctoral Field of Study: Immunology/Biomedical Sciences

Kangkang Zhang from the Accounting Department of the Business School will hold the dissertation defense on May 28 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM in the Boardroom of the Business Building. The paper is titled "SEC Investigations of Public Pensions" and examines the effects of SEC scrutiny on public pension functioning.