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Doctor of Philosophy (continued) Marissa Ericson, Psychology, B.A., Cornell University; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: The Relationship Between Executive Function Ability and Antisocial Behavior Over Time: A Longitudinal Twin Study Yusuf Ertas, Economics, B.S., M.S., Bilkent University, Turkey Dissertation: Essays on Bargaining Games Araceli Ayala Espinoza, Urban Education Policy, B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.E., University of Southern California Dissertation: Engineering an Understanding of the PostBaccalaureate Choices of Racial Ethnic Minority Students with Science and Engineering Degrees Emir Estrada, Sociology, B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Working With La Familia: A Study of Family Work Relations Among Latino/a Children and Adolescents Who Work with Their Parents as Street Vendors in Los Angeles Jose Nunez Estrada, Social Work, B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; MSW, University of California, Los Angeles Dissertation: Integrating Gang and School Violence Theoretical Paradigms Within California Schools: A Statewide Quantitative Examination of School Variables Associated with Gang Membership Hua Fang, Pathobiology, B.S., Zhejiang University, China Dissertation: Inhibition of Bci-2 Family Proteins and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in Tumor Cell Apoptosis Caitlin Christine Farrell, Urban Education Policy, B.A., Dartmouth College; M.S., Pace University Dissertation: Designing School Systems to Encourage Data Use and Instructional Improvement: A Comparison of Educational Organizations Arian Farshbaf, Economics, B.A., Boğaziçi University, Turkey; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Business Cycles and International Trade Muhammad Irfan Fazal, Electrical Engineering, B.E., Pakistan AFC of Aeronautical Engineering; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Optical Signal Processing for Enabling Highspeed, Highly Spectrally Efficient and High Capacity Optical Systems
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Farnoosh Fazlollahi, Chemical Engineering, B.S., Islamic Azad University, Iran Dissertation: Diverse Interactions of Epithelial Cells and Nanoparticles: Search for Underlying Mechanisms David Jacob Feil-Seifer, Computer Science, B.S., University of Rochester; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Data-driven Interaction Methods for Socially Assistive Robotics: Validation with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Qiyao Feng, Chemical Engineering, B.E., University of Petroleum, Beijing, China Dissertation: An Experimental and Modeling Study of NOx and Soot Emissions from Biodiesel and Its Surrogate Stephen V. Fiacco, Chemistry, B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.S., California Institute of Technology Dissertation: Generating Orally Bioavailable Peptidic Ligands using mRNA Display Benjamin Files, Neuroscience, B.A., University of California, Berkeley Dissertation: Selectivity for Visual Speech in Posterior Temporal Cortex Jeremy Fishel, Biomedical Engineering, B.S., California State University, Long Beach; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Design and Use of a Biomimetic Microvibration Sensor for Texture Discrimination and Slip Detection Laurie Dawn Fisher, English, B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., University of Southern California; M.A., Loyola Marymount University Dissertation: This Object Kills Me: The Intersection of Gender and Violence in Performance of Shakespearean Tragedy Glenda M. Flores, Sociology, B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Latina Teachers in Los Angeles: Navigating Race/Ethnic and Class Boundaries in Multiracial Schools Stephanie Barbara Frank, Policy, Planning and Development, B.A., M.A., University of Maryland, College Park Dissertation: Building Hollywood: The Film Industry, Metropolitan Los Angeles, and Identity of Place, 1920-1975 Melissa A. Frasco, Epidemiology, B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Genetic Association Studies and the Impact of Population Substructure in the Woman’s Interagency HIV Study