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.

A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Impact of Stigma on the Health Outcomes of Internet-based Male Sex Workers. This dissertation uses both a quantitative and qualitative study to examine the relationships between multiple forms of stigma and substance use as well as explore how male sex workers negotiate and resist stigma in their everyday lives. This student is a doctoral candidate at the UConn School of Social Work.

Dissertation Title: Treatment Beyond Crime and Cure: The Assemblages of Addiction Expertise During the Opioid Epidemic Doctoral Field of Study: Sociology Keywords: Expertise, Sociology of Knowledge, Public Health Crisis