Fall 2012 - Pullman Campus Commencement Ceremonies ...

Ahmad Kamil Mohd Jaaffar
Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia
B .Sc ., University of
Agriculture Malaysia
M .Sc ., Universiti Putra
Malaysia
Thesis: Effect of
Phenazine-Producing
Pseudomonas spp . On
Rhizoctonia Root Rot
in Dryland Cropping
Systems .
Major Advisor: Linda
Thomashow
*Dan Edward Veloso Villamor
Davao City, Philippines
B .S ., M .S ., University of
The Philippines at Los
Banos
Thesis: Molecular Analyses
of Betaflexiviridae Viruses
Associated with Rusty
Mottle and Twisted Leaf
Diseases of Sweet Cherry
(Prunus Avium) .
Major Advisor: Kenneth C .
Eastwell
POLITICAL SCIENCE
*Season Ashley Hoard
Alma, Nebraska
B .S ., University of
Nebraska at Kearney
M .A ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Gendering Policy
Through Expertise: A
Mixed-Methods Analysis
of Gender Expert Policy
Success .
Major Advisor: Amy Gale
Mazur
PSYCHOLOGY
*Carolyn Rae Anderson
Fridley, Minnesota
B .A ., University of
Minnesota
M .A ., State University of
New York, University at
Buffalo
Thesis: Processing Speed
and Working Memory
in Multiple Sclerosis:
Comparison of the
Relative and Independent
Consequence Models .
Major Advisor: Maureen
Schmitter Edgecombe
*Previously awarded degree
*Lee William Daffin Jr .
B .A ., University of
Maryland Baltimore
County
M .A ., Towson University
Thesis: Decision Making
During a Simulated Public
Health Crisis .
Major Advisor: Craig
David Parks
*Katherine Anne Geiger
Union City, Michigan
B .A ., Lawrence University
M .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Understanding
Hope and Self-Efficiency
in Predicting Symptoms of
Depression .
Major Advisor: Paul Kwon
*Kacy Nicole Pula
Peoria, Illinois
B .A ., Humboldt State
University
M .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Regulatory Focus
and Motives for Organic
Food Preferences in the
United States .
Major Advisor: Craig
David Parks
*Francesca Shipp
B .S ., M .S ., Washington
State University
Thesis: ADHD and
ODD: An Examination
of Brazilian, Thai, and
American Mothers’ and
Fathers’ Ratings of their
Sons and Daughters’ on
the Child and Adolescent
Disruptive Behavior
Inventory .
Major Advisor: G . Leonard
Burns
*Alexandra Liisa Terrill
B .S ., University of Florida
B .S ., Ohio State University
M .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Effect of Multiple
Roles on Ambulatory
Blood Pressure in Women .
Major Advisor: John Paul
Garofalo
*Xiaojing Xu
Hangzhou, Zhejiang,
China
B .S ., Hunan Normal
University
M .Ed ., Zhejiang University
Thesis: A Multiple-Process
Model for Studying
Power and Risk Taking
Connection .
Major Advisor: Craig
David Parks
SOCIOLOGY
Kristin A . Cutler
Carson City, Nevada
B .A ., University of Nevada,
Reno
M .A ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Community, Social
Capital, Inequality, Crime .
Major Advisor: Jennifer
Schwartz
*James Parry Sanders
B .S ., Utah Valley
University
M .S ., Brigham Young
University
Thesis: Parental Union
Type and Families’
Institutional Engagement .
Major Advisor: Monica K .
Johnson
*Sarah Lynn Whitley
B .A ., University of
Oklahoma
M .A ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Changing Times in
Rural America: The Effects
on Food Insecurity and
Hunger .
Major Advisor: Jennifer
Sherman
SOIL SCIENCE
Kyle Bair
Ephrata
B .S ., Brigham Young
University
M .S ., Washington State
University
Thesis: Evaluation of
Phosphorus Indices In
Recently Acidified Soil
of the Columbia Basin,
Washington State .
Major Advisor: Joan R .
Davenport
Candidates for advanCed degrees
Ross S . Bricklemyer
Indiana, Pennsylvania
B .S ., M .S ., Montana State
University, Bozeman
Thesis: Proximal Soil
Sensing Techniques for
Soil Characterization and
Spatial Processes of Soil
Constituents .
Major Advisor: David
Brown
VETERINARY SCIENCE
Lauren J . Eberhart
Madelia, Minnesota
B .A ., Macalester College
Thesis: Characterization
of Proximity-Dependent
Inhibition in Escherichia
coli and the Discovery
of the Novel Microcin,
MccPDI .
Major Advisor: Douglas
Call
Sebastian Aguilar
Port Orchard
B .V .M ., National
Autonomous University of
Mexico
Thesis: Resolving Trait
to Gene Relationships
Through Comparative
Genomics and Whole
Genome Transcriptome
Analyses in Anaplasma
marginale .
Major Advisor: Kelly
Brayton
Gena Kenitra Hammac
Montgomery, Alabama
B .S ., D .V .M ., Auburn
University
Thesis: Antigenic Variation
of Anaplasma Marginale
Major Surface Proteins
is Mediated by RecA and
Allows Evasion of the
Host Immune System .
Disruption of RecA
Should Abolish Antigentic
Variation .
Major Advisor: Kelly A .
Brayton
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