Summer and Fall 2021 doctoral and terminal degrees
The following list is based on information gathered from the Banner database. Given the number of graduates and evolving status of many prospective graduates' degree status, mistakes and omissions may have occurred. Being listed or not here has no bearing on a student's official graduation status.
Graduate Programs
- Maya Alapin
PHD Philosophy
"The Philosophical Implications of Interpreting Plato Through Musical Analysis" - Marwan Alatawi
PHD Special Education
"Perceptions of Saudi Recently Graduated Unplaced Special Education Teachers of Students with Intellectual Disability toward their Preparation" - Hani Albelihi
PHD Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies
"A Corpus-Based Investigation of Phrasal Complexity in L1, L2 PhD Students, and Expert Writers in Education Field" - Emily Alden
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Comparative Genomics Methods and Applications" - Pavlos Apostolopoulos
PHD Engineering
"Demand Response Management in Smart Grid Networks a Two-Stage Game-Theoretic Learning-Based Approach" - Biswajit Bairgi
PHD Engineering
"Characterization of Foamed Warm-Mix Asphalt for Workability and Moisture Damage" - Jeremy Benson
PHD Computer Science
"Systems and Methods for Scalable Retinal Screening Programs" - Laura Berkowitz
PHD Psychology
"Sex Specific Spatial Navigation And Memory Impairment In The Tgf344-ad Rat Model Of Alzheimer's Disease" - Josefina Bittar Prieto
PHD Linguistics
"Spanish-origin verbal and grammatical borrowing in Paraguayan Guarani" - Christina Blankenship
PHD Communication
"Moving away from the Alt-Right: How the Proud Boys utilize image-conscious populist media to re-brand white nationalism" - Allison Blonski
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Nicholas Blonski
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Kelsey Bourbeau
PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
"Effects Of Home-based High-intensity Interval Training Versus Continuous Walking On Cognition In Overweight And Obese Women" - Andrew Breidenbach
PHD Sociology
"Three Essays on Responsibility and the Transition to Adulthood in Comparative Perspective" - Zachary Brounstein
PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
"Explorations and Developments in Multifunctionality, 3D Printing, and Accelerated Aging for Thermoplastics and Thermosets" - Jodi Burshia
EDD Educational Leadership
"Staying Afloat: Understanding Experiences Of Previously Incarcerated Indigenious Students At A Tribal College" - Carlos Carrion Bonilla
PHD Biology
"Into the Neotropics: Perspectives on the evolutionary of Neotropical Myotis." - Milena Carvalho
PHD Anthropology
"Rabbit Exploitation in the Middle Paleolithic of Gruta Nova da Columbeira, Portugal" - Anthony Casazza
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Vincent Case
PHD Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies
"The Power of Outdoor Learning Experiences: A Narrative Inquiry" - Soumyajit Chakraborty
PHD Economics
"Essays on Human Capital" - Anthony Chavez
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Cheng Chen
PHD Pharmaceutical Science
"Preferences For Pharmacogenomic Testing In Polypharmacy Patients: A Discrete Choice Experiment" - Nina Cooper
PHD Communication
"Sisters Supporting Sisters: Photovoice & Diabetes Discourse among Church-based Women of Color" - Kaitlynn Craig
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Daniel Cummings
PHD Anthropology
"Aging and gender among the Tsimane: Energy use, physical activity, and horticultural work" - James Davenport
PHD Anthropology
"Hand of the Potter, Hand of the State: Pottery Production and Control in Tawantinsuyu" - Leonel Diaz
PHD Organization, Information & Learning Sciences
"Disability Injustice: A Latino¿¿¿s Creative Autoethnographic Testimonio On The Organizational Culture Of Higher Education" - Christopher DiLullo
PHD Physics
"A Search for the 21 cm Cosmic Dawn Absorption Signal with the Long Wavelength Array" - Yuka Doherty
PHD Sociology
"Boundaries of Citizenship: Gendered and Racialized Reproduction and Motherhood in Contemporary Japan" - Jonathan Dombrosky
PHD Anthropology
"Effects Of Environmental Change On Ancestral Pueblo Fishing In The Middle Rio Grande" - Renee Dupre
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Lucretia Duran
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Karlyn Edwards
PHD Psychology
"The Role of Descriptive Social Norms in Opioid and Other Substance Use Among College Students" - Jonathan Esquibel
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Kevin Estes
PHD Economics
"An Exploration Of Unintended Effects Of Education Policies In The United States" - Akram Etemadi Amin
PHD Physics
"Nanoscale Assembly of Dectin-1 and its Glucan Ligand in Immunocyte Membranes and Pathogen Cell Walls." - Joslynn Fletcher
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Kathryn Fokas
PHD Psychology
"The Trauma, Substance Use, and Crime Connection: Characteristics and Recidivism Outcomes of Adult Offenders" - Christopher Ford
PHD Psychology
"Of Mindfulness and Men: Mindfulness and Quality of Life of Distressed Prostate Cancer Survivors" - Alexandra Fowler
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Using virus-like particles to combat cardiovascular disease and identify an immunogenic target of natural Zika virus infection in humans" - Xin Gao
PHD Statistics
"Decompositions of Total Causal Effect: A Natural Counterfactual Framework Assessing Mediation and Interaction" - Raju Ghimire
PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
"Fabrication, Characterization, and Simulation of Graphene-Copper Electrical Conductors" - Micaela Gilpin
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Jocelyn Gomez
PHD Communication
"Re/ Constructing Race And Racism Among Unionized Mexican Immigrants Through Vernacular Discourse" - Michael Goodwin
PHD Economics
"Three Essays in Development and Environmental Economics" - Paige Goodwin
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Victoria Graff
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Jane Graham
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Eric Griego
PHD Political Science
"Recruitment Machines, Community Power And Political Return On Investment (proi): Economic Development Policy In The Age Of Amazon" - Rafael Guerra
PHD Anthropology
"LWD Belize: A Case Study for Rapid Growth Community During the Terminal Classic Period in the Maya Lowlands." - Anne Guzman
PHD Psychology
"The Role of Perceived Stress in the Relationship between Purpose in Life and Mental Health" - Fei Han
PHD Engineering
"Measurement of Resilience Performance for Infrastructure Construction Project Delivery" - Ryan Harvey
PHD Psychology
"Influence of anterior thalamic inactivation on the retrieval of spatial reference memory and working memory in the radial arm maze" - Jonathan Hebert
PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
"Silica Sol-Gel Control with High Voltage Contactless Electrodes" - Melissa Henry
PHD Counselor Education
"Examining Self-care Practices from a Systemic Perspective: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Hispanic Female Counselors in Rural New Mexico" - Daniel Heras Murcia
PHD Engineering
"3D Printed Concrete & Polymer Concrete for Infrastructure Applications" - Roya Hosseinzadeh Nasimi
PHD Engineering
"Cyber Physical Systems For Non-contact Infrastructure Monitoring" - Jonathan Houck
PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
"The Effect of Interval and Continuous Work on Markers of Acute Kidney Injury in a Hot Environment" - Lucie Jelinkova
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Developing an Epitope-Based Malaria Vaccine Targeting the Circumsporozoite Protein" - Aaron Jones
PHD Psychology
"Closing The Loop And Opening The Possibilities: Augmenting Sleep-dependent Consolidation To Improve Long Term Memory" - Jessica Jones
PHD Political Science
"Crisis, Cooperation, and Coercion: Migration Diplomacy in Europe, 2014-2017" - William Kanagy
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"A Tale of ITAM Tails: New Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms that Tune Fc¿¿RI Signaling" - Morgan Kerschen
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Charles Kettenring
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Alena Kuhlemeier
PHD Sociology
"An Intersectional Mixed-Method Examination of Multi-Level Determinants of Adolescent Sexual Minority Health and Substance Use" - Yunjeong Kwon
PHD Chemistry
"Pt-containing Conjugated Polymers and Small Molecules for BHJ Photovoltaic Devices" - Jenny Landen
PHD Nursing
"The Nursing Baccalaureate Dual Enrollment Model: Outcomes For A Community College And University Partnership" - Gerard Lavin
PHD English
"Literacy, Rhetoric, Tradition, and Truth in the Age of Bede" - Mikaela Lazar
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Ashlee Lee
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Schuyler Liphardt
PHD Biology
"Comparative phylogeography across multiple scales: small mammals, their ecology, pathogens, and drivers of diversification" - Mengqi Liu
PHD Economics
"Stronger Transition: Coping with Natural Disasters, and Health-economic Investment for Adolescents in Developing Countries" - Annie Lowrance
PHD English
"Regional Domesticities: Recalling, Rewriting, and Redefining Gender and Domesticity in the Greater Southwest" - Reynelle Lowsayatee
EDD Educational Leadership
"Transformational Leadership in Meaningful Communication Development in the Zuni Language" - Robert Malakhov
PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
"The Physics of Slot-Die and Gravure Coating Associated with Precision Thin Films and Coating Defects" - Zachary Mang
PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
"The effect of repetition tempo on training volume, heart rate, blood lactate, and muscle oxygenation when time under tension is matched in recreationally-trained lifters" - Marina Martinez Jimenez
PHD Earth & Planetary Sciences
"Microstructural and Microchemical Studies of Fluid-Chondrule Interactions in a Pristine CR Carbonaceous Chondrite and Apatite in Martian Nakhlites" - Abdulaziz Masoud
PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
"The Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate on Acute Kidney Injury Markers During Physical Work in the Heat" - Benjamin Matheson
PHD Engineering
"The development of an instrument to measure transdermal hydrogen sulfide as a way to evaluate microvascular health in humans" - Anna Medendorp Rautman
PHD Anthropology
"Trade-offs in Growth and Development: a life history approach" - Perenkita Mendiola
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Regulation of H2S Production and Signaling Within Vascular Endothelium" - Heather Mercer
PHD Biology
"The role of Toxoplasma gondii dense granule protein GRA24 in signaling and immunity during infection" - Tiffany Miner
PHD Family Studies
"Exploring the Role of Core Positive Selves with Men Convicted of Child Sexual Offenses: A Character Strengths Initiative" - Ryann Montano
Doctor of Physical Therapy - DeeAnn Mulcahy
PHD Nursing
"Practice Development Trajectories of Experienced Nurses: Adaptive Experts, Routine Experts and Non-Experts" - Timothy Nagle-Mcnaughton
PHD Earth & Planetary Sciences
"The morphology and evolution of transverse aeolian ridges on Mars" - Sara Niedbalski
PHD Anthropology
"Unique Genomic Architecture in the Descendants of the Beringian Migrant Population: Founder Effects, Natural Selection, and Adaptation" - Hanna Park
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Marios Patriotis
PHD Engineering
"Reconfigurable Antennas & Matching Networks For Cubesats" - Sangita Paudel
PHD Chemistry
"Excited State Processes in Radical Elaborated Platinum Donor-Acceptor Complexes" - Christian Pearson
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Alexander Phillips
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Sarah Phillips
PHD Anthropology
"Energetic Tradeoffs, Infection, And Immunity In Wild Chimpanzees Of Uganda And Tanzania" - Francesca Picchi-Wilson
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Amrit Pokhrel
PHD Chemistry
""Spectroscopic and computational investigations of molybdoenzyme models"" - David Puthoff
PHD English
""The End of One Shall be the End of All": Solidarity in 19th Century African American Texts" - Mohammad Mashiur Rahman
PHD Economics
"Assessment Of Preference, Health Issues, And Spatial Dependence In A Solid Waste Management System" - Mohib Rehman
PHD Family and Child Studies - Melanie Rivera
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Rac1 in ovarian cancer metastasis and tumor microenvironment remodeling: An experimental and computational analysis" - Nicholas Romero
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Carmela Roybal
PHD Sociology
"Intersectionality, Relational Positionality And The Lived Experiences Of Inequality: Contextualizing Intergenerational Opioid Use And The Constrained Choices Of Indigenous, Latinxa, And White Women Caregivers In Rural New Mexico" - Paris Salazar - Hamm
PHD Biology
"Breathing can be dangerous: Coccidioides and the diverse community of the lung mycobiome" - Judy Sanchez
PHD Nursing
"Satisfaction and Willingness to Recommend: Patient Experience in a Southwestern Healthcare Organization" - Stephen Sanders
PHD Physics
"Fundamental aspects of the interaction between light and nanostructures" - Heather Sands
PHD Counselor Education
"A Thin Line of Social Justice: Challenges and Changes in Navigating Relations of Power in Graduate Schools of Education" - Aditi Sarkar
PHD Economics
"The Economic Impact Of Oil And Gas Production In The Permian Basin" - James Schlavin
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Gerhard Schoener
PHD Engineering
"Soil Moisture Dependent Runoff in a Dryland Region: An Investigation of the Role of Antecedent Conditions, Monitoring, and Modeling Strategies" - Teresa Sellstrom
PHD Nursing
"Experiences and Perceptions of People Living with Narcolepsy" - Kritika Sen Chakraborty
PHD Economics
"Essays on human capital, labor, and gender" - Kelsey Serier
PHD Psychology
"The Efficacy Of Brief Attitudinal Famlism And Body Image Interventions On Diet And Exercise Self-monitoring Adherence In Hispanic/latinx Women" - Yoda Shimada
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"DNA Tiling Array for Detection, Whole Genome Sequencing, Variant Identification, and Phylogenetic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2" - Dimitrios Sikeridis
PHD Engineering
"Intelligent Internet of Things Frameworks for Smart City Safety" - Krishna Chaitanya Jagadeesh Simma
PHD Engineering
"Dynamic HVAC Energy Management Using Commercial Building Occupancy Metrics & Neural Networks" - Jerry Simmons
PHD Psychology
"The Interaction And Progression Of Adolescent Substance Use And Co-occurring Mental Health Problems And Social Support: A Latent Growth Modeling Approach" - Jamie Smith
PHD Psychology
"Examination of Intuitive Eating at the Momentary Level" - Elena Stein
PHD Psychology
"Validation of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment Among Diverse Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder" - Chenoa Stilwell-Jensen
PHD Communication
"Iina Dziil be' At'iin (On the Path of a Strong Life): Dine (Navajo) Perceptions of Self-Care and Social Support with Diabetes Management" - Sara Stromberg
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Tomas Tafoya
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Rajani Thapa Magar
PHD Chemistry
"Syntheses and Characterization of photoactive ruthenium and iron polypyridyl complexes" - Virginia Thompson
PHD Biology
"Submerged Aquatic Macrophytes: Ecosystem Engineers in New Mexico Streams" - Juliana Todescan-Clark
PHD Spanish & Portuguese
"Disrupting The (post) Neoliberal Order In Latin America Through The Representation Of Fictional Corporate Office Narratives In Argentina And Mexico (2007-2010)" - Jeanne Tonelson de Montlaur
PHD Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies
"A Matrilineal Ethnohistory of S¿¿o Paulo" - Zoltan Vaci
PHD Earth & Planetary Sciences
"Petrology and Geochemistry of Evolved Achondrites: Planetesimal Mantles and Crusts" - Shreya Vemuganti
PHD Engineering
"Pseudo-ductile 3D Printed Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites" - Sebastian Vittardi
PHD Chemistry
"A Compendium of Inorganic Photochemistry: Synthetic and Spectroscopic Discoveries" - Lenell Walton
PHD Special Education
"African American Female Caregivers' Perceptions, Experiences, and Expectations of the Special Education Process." - David Walwark
PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
"The Profound Photophysical Effects Of Organic Chromophore Connectivity And Coupling" - Krystal Ward
PHD Educational Psychology
"Goal Orientation, Regulation of Motivation, and Academic Achievement in Pharmacy Students" - Lauren Weiss
PHD Special Education
"Effects of Inclusive Social Skills Training on Preschoolers" - Andrew Wells
PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
"Facemask Use During High Intensity Interval Exercise In Temperate And Hot Environments." - Adam Wilson
PHD Psychology
"The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the link between physical activity and psychosocial recovery from alcohol use disorder" - Simin Yan
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Mitochondrial Oxidant Signaling in Chronic Hypoxia-induced Pulmonary Hypertension" - Kunlun Yin
PHD Chemistry
"Mitochondrial Proteins In Mediating Colon Cancer And Potential Theraputics" - Jesse Young
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Arginine-rich Polypeptides Are Potent Inhibitors Of Human Papillomavirus Infection And Powerful Tools To Investigate Viral Attachment And Entry" - Nicholas Zarasua
Doctor of Physical Therapy
College of Nursing
- JoAnne Clinton
DNP Nursing
School of Law
- Caroline Andrews
Juris Doctor - Val Day-Sanchez
Juris Doctor - Jordan Farrell
Juris Doctor - Danny Jaynes
Juris Doctor - David Kolb
Juris Doctor - Joseph Lugo
Juris Doctor - Brittney Poirier
Juris Doctor - Travis Shimanek
Juris Doctor - Paige Terpstra
Juris Doctor
School of Medicine
- Dylan Brownell
Doctor of Medicine - Jaylee Caruso
Doctor of Medicine - Isabella Cervantes
Doctor of Medicine - Gabriela Chacon Palma
Doctor of Medicine - Chrys Djatche de Kamgaing
Doctor of Medicine - Eliana Garcia
Doctor of Medicine - Danielle Gutierrez Rivera
Doctor of Medicine - Clement Jose
Doctor of Medicine - Alyssa Justus
Doctor of Medicine - Katina Kassicieh
Doctor of Medicine - Bridgette Love
Doctor of Medicine - Paulina Majewska
Doctor of Medicine - Katie Myers
Doctor of Medicine - Paul Ratmeyer
Doctor of Medicine - Adam Rooks
Doctor of Medicine - Toshiyuki Shiina
Doctor of Medicine - Hank Spellman
Doctor of Medicine - Mike Tompkins
Doctor of Medicine - Lucas Winter
Doctor of Medicine