ANSC PhD Defense: Ragini ReddyvariDate: 04/16/2025Time: 1:00 PMLocation: Virtual via Teams (https://s.uconn.edu/reddyvari (https://s.uconn.edu/reddyvari)) If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Dr. Mary Anne Amalaradjou at 860-486-6620 (tel:+18604866620) or mary_anne.amalaradjou@uconn.edu (mailto:mary_anne.amalaradjou@uconn.edu) at least 5 days in advance of the seminar.

Title: What do we really know about feather water repellency? Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Multi-layered DNA Surfactant Assemblies for Enhanced Membrane Disruption and Targeted Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Doctoral Field of Study: Chemistry

Refugio Lara will be defending his master's thesis. It will take place at UConn Health in the Massey auditorium. Please contact Refugio if you would like to attend virtually.

Strategic Adaptation in Times of Uncertainty: Business Responses to Institutional Change in China and Japan Field of Study: Economics

Garrett Dukette will be defending his dissertation for his Ed.D at 9 Am on April 18.

Abstract: Semi-structured interviews, participant observations along with ethnographic and autoethnographic approaches have produced a grounded theory on the racialization process People of African Descent (PAD) encounter in Poland. The Racial Consciousness Continuum (RCC) provides "scaffolding" and "language" scholars in Poland and other European locales can use to describe how PAD individuals interpret their relationship being "Black" among other racialized categories the RCC model delineates. Conversations pertaining to a "Disconnected Diaspora" arose from the data, providing a nuanced view of community (or the lack of it) PAD individuals feel and the RCC model provides a way to capture these conversations. Autoethnography provides another way to explain the relevance and relationship a PAD American researcher encounters as he researches Antiblack racism in an understudied part of Europe. The RCC theory is inspired by the work of Anna Julia Cooper and W.E.B. Dubois to further contextualize and scholarly frame Antiblackness conversations. My project answers questions on prevailing scholarly conversations in the region on Antiblack racism and what gaps exist and persist in prevailing literature in the American sociological academy.

Development and Implementation of a Standardized Oxygen Weaning Pathway for Pediatric Patients

This defense will be conducted virtually. If you would like to attend, please contact Brenna Fitzmaurice.

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Dissertation Title: Advancing the Understanding of the Influence of Freezing and Annealing Kinetics on the Lyophilization Process. PhD Candidate: Mohsina Rahman Academic Advisor: Dr. Robin Bogner Field of Study: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Raising Allies: White Children's Anti-Racist Development and The Impact of Color-Conscious White Racial Socialization by Parents Dissertation for the completion of a PhD in Developmental Psychology

Evaluating Phosphorus and Potassium Application Rates on Yield, Nutrient Uptake, and Post-harvest Soil Testing for Fall Cabbage and Corn Julie-Ann Adorno is a second-year plant science master's student and graduate research assistant at the University of Connecticut under Dr. Haiying Tao. Her current research involves evaluating sustainable fertilizers in a greenhouse setting, and field evaluation of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer application rates on fall cabbage and corn yield, nutrient uptake, and post-harvest soil testing. The current recommendations based on critical soil test values and optimum phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilization rates are derived from poorly documented, decades-old research conducted in outdated agricultural production systems and under historic climate conditions. In the NE region, the last collective effort for soil fertility trials was funded by the USDA more than 20 years ago, with a limited scope on understanding responses to P and K fertilizers. Robust soil test correlation and calibration data are needed for many modern crop varieties in the region. This research will help modernize critical soil test values for crop yield response and responsible nutrient management.

Abstract: Environmentalism is increasing among the general public, with more people believing in the severity of anthropogenic climate change and adopting green behaviors. This paper studies the change in levels of environmentalism over time and which individual-level factors—namely, gender, race, and class—play a significant role. Drawing on data from the General Social Survey in the years 1993, 2000, 2010, and 2021, I use factor analysis to develop three components of environmentalism: concern, attitudes, and behavior. Relying on T-tests and linear regression models, I find some evidence that suggests environmentalism has increased in 2021 among both men and women when compared to previous surveyed years. Still, for some variables, women are more likely than men to be environmentally concerned, have positive attitudes toward pro-environmental efforts, and engage in environmentally friendly behavior across all years. Environmentalism is also influenced by race, occupational prestige, education, political affiliation, age, and parenthood status, although there are no interaction effects between race, class, and gender. Contrary to my hypotheses, there are no significant gender differences regarding the belief that climate change is extremely bad for the world, willingness to pay more to protect the environment, or participation in environmental activism. These results imply that while gender may still be a significant predictor of some types of environmentalism, these distinctions are evolving in complex ways.