Doctoral candidates to defend dissertations

Faculty, staff and graduate students are encouraged to attend any or all of the dissertation defense presentations scheduled this semester. In addition, any undergraduate students who may be considering the pursuit of a Ph.D. are welcome to attend.
Peter Moons
“El Jefe Maximo: How Manuel Noriega Came to Power and Sustained His Regime”
9 a.m. Friday, March 1, McKillop Library, Room 109
Ray Byrd
“A Postmodern History of the New Testament Canon during the First Five Centuries”
Noon Friday, March 8, McKillop Library, Room 109
Linda Pastryk
“Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Youth, Seminary, and the Controversy at Lourdes”
2 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, O’Hare Academic Building, Room 242
Eugene Anthony
“A Christian Ethics of Care As a Spiritual Model: Its Pastoral Applications and Relevance”
3 p.m. Monday, March 25, McKillop Library, Room 109
Washington Irving
“The Use of Literature as a Vehicle for the Expression of Philosophical Ideas”
3 p.m. Friday, March 29, McKillop Library, Room 109
Tracie Laliberte
“Digging the Dog: Anthropology and Archeology in a Dualistic Approach to Human-Canine Relationships and Encounters with the Sacred”
11 a.m. Friday, April 12, McKillop Library, Room 109
Jonathan Gourlay
“The Slug of Modernity: Economic and Cultural Entanglement on Pohnpei, 1844-2019”
2 p.m. Friday, April 12, McKillop Library, Room 109