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Doctor of Philosophy (continued) Viet Ho Le, American Studies and Ethnicity, BFA, California State University, Fullerton; M.A., University of Southern California; MFA, University of California, Irvine Dissertation: Return Engagement: Contemporary Art’s Traumas of Modernity and History in Diasporic Sài Gòn and Phnom Penh Jae Kyoo Lee, Biomedical Engineering, B.S., M.S., Seoul National University, Korea Dissertation: Multi-marker Real-time Optical Imaging of Live Cell Population Under Controlled Stress: Apoptosis in Retinal Ganglion Cells Jina Lee, Computer Science, B.S., University of Washington; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Analyzing and Modeling Nonverbal Behaviors for Virtual Agents Junkwan Lee, Biomedical Engineering, B.S., Seoul National University, Korea; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Human Visual Perception of Centers of Optic Flows Lewina On Yi Lee, Psychology, B.A., M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Anxiety in the Second Half of Life: Exploring Trajectories and Their Interrelations with Physical Illness and Stressful Life Events in a Population-based Twin Sample Mihye Lee, Economics, M.E., Kookmin University, South Korea Dissertation: How did Financial Development Affect the Performance of European Firms Before and After the 2008 Credit Crisis? Sang Su Lee, Computer Science, B.S., Yonsei University, Korea; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Dynamic Item Recommendation by Topic Modeling for Social Networks Su Jin Lee, Geography, B.S., M.S., Hanyang University, Korea; G.Cert., University of Southern California Dissertation: Effects of Municipal Policies and Home Modifications on Green Space in Los Angeles County Sungwon Lee, Electrical Engineering, B.S., Seoul National University, Korea; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Application-driven Compressed Sensing Susan Shu-Hsun Lee, Biomedical Engineering, B.S., Johns Hopkins University; M.S., University of Maryland, College Park Dissertation: The Effects of Vitreous Syneresis on Pharmacokinetics following Intravitreal Drug Delivery: An Evaluation with Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Szu-Ping Lee, Physical Therapy, B.S., National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan; M.S., University of Florida Dissertation: The Influence of Hip Muscle Performance on Postural Stability and Ankle Biomechanics Wonho Lee, Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology, B.S., Cornell University; MPH, University of Southern California Dissertation: A Nonparametric Latent Variable Modeling Framework: Determining Underlying Pathways and Factors of Nicotine Addiction Kara Lemma, Sociology, B.A., M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: The Vatican Visitation? Roman Catholic Sisters and the Adaptation of Identity in America Jessica Penn Lendon, Gerontology, B.A., Berry College, Georgia; M.A., Middle Tennessee State University Dissertation: The Measurement, Life-course Patterns, and Outcomes of Intergenerational Ambivalence among Parentadult Dyads Stacy Juliann Lettman, English, B.A., Wesleyan University Dissertation: Unfaded Echoes of Slavery: The Sublime Language of Violence in Jamaican Literature and Music Pao-Chen Li, Molecular Biology, B.S., National Taiwan University Dissertation: Centromere: Replication, Recombination, Reassembly Rui Li, Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology, B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., M.S., M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Joint Analysis of Two Related Studies of Different Data Types and Different Study Designs Using Hierarchical Modeling in Detecting Gene-environment Interactions Xiang Li, Biomedical Engineering, B.S., Zhejiang University; M.S., University of Southern California Dissertation: Intravascular Imaging on High-frequency Ultrasound Combined with Optical Modalities Joyce Ching Liang, Electrical Engineering, B.S., University of California, Berkeley Dissertation: Efficient Methods of Securing Network Codes Sook-Lei Liew, Occupational Science, B.A., Rice University; M.A., University of Southern California Dissertation: Experience Modulates Neural Activity During Action Understanding: Exploring Sensorimotor and Social Cognitive Interactions