This edition: Inside the CUNY Graduate Center: A Dissertation Showcase
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Original tape date: May 15, 2024. First aired: June 17, 2024.In the seventh annual showcase, selected doctoral candidates make short presentations, describing their dissertations in three minutes each. Topics include what happens when dead stars collide, comedy and the migrant experience, marijuana decriminalization and race, women’s shrines in fourth-century Lebanon, U.S.-Asian relations in postwar American theater, Black experiences of healing through creativity, and many others across a wide spectrum of disciplines.
Guest List
Irit Bloch Dissertation Showcase Participant, History
Joshua Brumberg Host & Interim President, CUNY Graduate Center
Edwin Grimsley Dissertation Showcase Participant, Sociology
Will Gyory Dissertation Showcase Participant, Physics
Kyungjin Jo Dissertation Showcase Participant, Theatre and Performance
Janusz Kaleta Dissertation Showcase Participant, Nursing
Hyein Lee Dissertation Showcase Participant, Sociology
Sarah Mady Dissertation Showcase Participant, Anthropology
Douglas Medina Dissertation Showcase Participant, Political Science
Fabiola Fernánde Peer Dissertation Showcase Participant, Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures
Britton Williams Dissertation Showcase Participant, Social Welfare
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