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Doctor of Philosophy (continued) Veronica Andrea Paredes, Cinematic Arts, B.A., M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Marquee Survivals: An Alternative Historiography of Cinema’s Recycled Spaces
Katherine Maureen Pieper, Communication, B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Children and the News: The Impact of Graphic Visuals and Age of the Victim on Fright Responses
Je Cheol Park, Cinematic Arts, B.S., Seoul National University, Korea; M.A., Chung-Ang University, Korea Dissertation: The Emergence of the Postnational Affects: Visuality Temporality and Corporeality in Global East Asian Films
Dimitris Pipinis, Economics, B.A., Athens University of Economics; M.A., University of East Anglia; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Bureaucracy’s “Color” and the American Welfare State: The Administration of Sanctions in TANF
Jinhyoung Park, Biomedical Engineering, B.S., M.S., Seoul National University, Korea Dissertation: High Frequency Chirp Coded Excitation Ultrasound Imaging System
Deborah Pitts, Occupational Science, B.S., San Jose State University; MBA, Pepperdine University Dissertation: Thinking Like a PSC: An Exploratory Study of the Practice Reasoning of Personal Service Coordinators in a Full Service Partnership
Meghna Patel, Molecular Biology, M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Investigating the DNA Polymerase V Mutasome Michael Robert Patterson, Architecture, B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MBS, University of Southern California Dissertation: Facade Retrofit: Sustainable Facade Renovation Practices for Tall Curtain Wall Buildings Icela Pelayo, Urban Education Policy, B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Loyola Marymount University Dissertation: Culturally Responsive Coaching and Professional Development for Teachers Working with English Language Learners: A Case Study in Early Childhood Education Artin Petrossians, Materials Science, B.S., Islamic Azad University, Iran; M.S., California State University, Northridge Dissertation: Part I Electrodeposition of Platinum-Iridium Coatings and Nanowires for Neurostimulating Applications: Fabrication, Characterization and In-vivo Retinal Stimulation/ Recording; Part II EIS Studies of Hexavalent and Trivalent Chromium Based Military Coating Systems Victoria A. Petryshyn, Geological Sciences, B.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: The Stromatolites of Walker Lake, Nevada: Modern Approaches to Understanding the Formation of the First Fossils on Earth Andrew Pickering, Molecular Biology, B.A., Oxford University, United Kingdom Dissertation: The Role of the Proteasome and Its Regulators in Adaptation to Oxidative Stress
Victoria Alekseevna Piunova, Chemistry, B.S., Saint Petersburg State University, Russia Dissertation: Blends of Perfluorocarbon-end-functionalized and -telechelic Polystyrene and Poly n-butyl Methacrylate Synthesis and Morphology Studies Louis Valentine Plough, Biology, B.A., Bowdoin College Dissertation: Genome-wide Analysis of Genetic Load and Larval Mortality in a Highly Fecund Marine Invertebrate, the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea Gigas Cara Ellis Pohle, Social Work, B.A., MSW, Washington University in St. Louis Dissertation: Trajectories of Internalizing Problems Among Maltreated Girls and Boys: Differences by Maltreatment Type and Developmental Timing Jordan Elliott Pomeroy, Systems Biology and Disease, B.S., University of Oregon Dissertation: Derivation and Characterization of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (hESCs, hiPSCs) in Clinical Grade Conditions Daniel Michael Popescu, Computer Science, M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology Dissertation: Dependence Analysis for Distributed Eventbased Systems Maya Stefanova Popova, Pharmaceutical Sciences, B.S., University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Bulgaria; M.S., G.Cert., University of Southern California Dissertation: Sites of Ethanol Action in P2X4 Receptors Djordje Popovic, Biomedical Engineering, B.S., University of Belgrade; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Automatic Staging of Sleep Using Only Two Electrodes on the Forehead USC 129TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
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