Science Education doctoral candidate Chen Liang will defend their dissertation entitled "Functional and biochemical responses of skeletal muscle following a moderate degree of systemic iron loading in mice." All are welcome to attend.

Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation doctoral candidate Christopher Hromalik will defend their dissertation entitled "A Model of Community College Students' Self-Regulated Language Learning." All are welcome to attend.

Higher Education doctoral candidate will defend their dissertation entitled "Knowing leaders: Intersections of gender and identity in women's leadership of colleges and universities." All are welcome to attend.

Science Education doctoral candidate Gaye Ceyhan will defend their dissertation entitled "Early-year undergraduate research experience: How students are mentored, how valuable they find this experience, and what kinds of costs they associate with it." All are welcome to attend.

Literacy Education doctoral candidate Stella Rwanda will defend their dissertation entitled "Translanguaging: Examining Out-of-School Writing and Identities of African-born, Multilingual, Refugee Adolscents." All are welcome to attend.

Literacy Education doctoral candidate Yinan Liu will defend their dissertation entitled "Multimedia Input Modes, the Modality Principle, and the Redundancy Principle for University ESL Students' Learning." All are welcome to attend.

Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation doctoral candidate Jiaming Cheng will defend their dissertation entitled "How does a Gamification System Design Influence Students' Interactions in an Online Course?" All are welcome to attend.

Counseling and Counselor Education doctoral candidate Kathryn Kozak will defend her dissertation entitled "Interpersonal and Organizational Predictors of Burnout Among School Counselors." All are welcome to attend.

Special Education doctoral candidate Michelle Damiani will defend their dissertation entitled "Transforming Understandings About Who Can Teach: The Experiences and Approaches of Teachers with Disabilities." All are welcome to attend.

Cultural Foundations of Education doctoral candidate Blair Ebony Smith will defend their dissertation entitled "Cruising, Crossings & Care: Sounds of Collective Black Girlhood." All are welcome to attend.

Counseling and Counselor Education doctoral candidate Harvey Peters will defend their dissertation entitled "A Grounded Theory Investigation of Counselor Educators' Socially Just and Culturally Responsive Counseling Leadership." All are welcome to attend.