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Doctor of Philosophy (continued) Fynnwin Prager, Policy, Planning and Development, B.S., London School of Economics, United Kingdom; MPP, University of Southern California Dissertation: The Cost Distribution of a U.S. Federal Emissions Trading Policy John Janson Prindle, Psychology, B.A., B.S., University of California, San Diego; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: A Functional Use of Response Time Data in Cognitive Assessment Nadeesha Oliver Ranasinghe, Computer Science, B.S., Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, United Kingdom; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Autonomous Detection and Adaptation To Unexpected Changes With Surprise-Based Learning Kristin Alyse Rand, Epidemiology, B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara; MPH, University of Southern California Dissertation: Genetic Risk Factors in Multiple Myeloma Benjamin Louis Raskob, Electrical Engineering, B.S., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: A Frequency-based Mathematical Model of Binocular Complex Cell Responses Cornelius Raths, Neuroscience, B.S., E. Karls University of T端bingen, Germany Dissertation: Neuromuscular Dynamics in the Context of Redundancy Shalini Reddy, Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Santa Clara University; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Control of Spacecraft with Flexible Structures Using Pulse Modulated Thrusters Jared Edward Reser, Psychology, B.A., M.A., University of Southern California; M.A., Pepperdine University Dissertation: Assessing the Psychological Correlates of Belief Strength: Contributing Factors and Role in Behavior Meghann Ribbens, Molecular Biology, B.S., University of California, Los Angeles Dissertation: Survival and Evolution of Shewanella oneidensis MR1: Applications for Microbial Fuel Cells Timothy Edward Riedel, Geological Sciences, B.S., B.A., M.A., University of Texas, Austin Dissertation: Bacterial Respiration in the Environment Versus Laboratory Environmental Simulations
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Jason Adam Riesa, Computer Science, B.S., M.S., Johns Hopkins University Dissertation: Structured Models for Bilingual Alignment Luis Carlos Rodriguez, American Studies and Ethnicity, B.A., M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Chican@s in a Moment of Danger: Mexican American Popular Culture and Identity in Late Twentieth Century Los Angeles Aarti Deepak Rohira, Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology, M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Covalent and Non-Covalent Interactions Regulate MAF1 Olivier Roland, French, B.A., University of Louvain, Belgium; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Galvanizing the Body: Early French Cinema and Decadent Discourse Jennifer Ann Rosales, Cinematic Arts, B.A., M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: United States and European Union Media Literacy: Policy and Practice Lorenzo Rossi, Electrical Engineering, B.S., University of Brescia, Italy; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Efficient Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks: Modeling and Algorithms James Rowlins, French, B.A., M.A., University of London Institute in Paris Dissertation: Deadly Deviations, Subversive Cinema: The Influence of Hollywood Film Noir on the French New Wave Michael Dennis Rushforth, Linguistics, B.A., M.A., Brigham Young University; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Asymmetrical Discourse in Computer Mediated Environments Jared Michael Mitsuro Russell, Pharmaceutical Sciences, B.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: The Role of Transporters on HIV Drug Failure, Efficacy and Toxicity Noelia Vicenta Saenz, Cinematic Arts, B.A., Princeton University; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Mediating the Hispanic-Atlantic Imaginary: Gender Sexuality and the Global Negotiation of Hispanidad