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Thesis and Dissertation defenses
2026
Defenses of a Master's Thesis
Jason Giese, The Minority of Ivan IV: Boyar Turmoil, Orthodox Resilience, and the Restoration of
Sovereign Order, 1533-1547 - Major Professor: Kees Boterbloem, Committee: Matthew King, Golfo Alexopoulos
March 3rd, 2026, 12:30pm (Teams)
2025
Defenses of a Master's Thesis
Ryan McGahan, The Orange Glow in the Sunshine State: Three Visions of PLATO in Florida (1970-1900)
- Major Professor: Brian Connolly, Committe: David Johnson, Kyle Burke
October 9th, 2025, 12:30pm, SOC 255
Defenses of a Doctoral Dissertation
Patrick J. Horan, The American Friends of Irish Neutrality and the American Irish Defense Association:
The Last Irish American Committees - Major Professor: Fraser Ottanelli, Committee: Julia Irwin, Philip Levy, Jennifer
Knight.
October 10th, 2025, 11:00am, on Microsoft Teams
Sahir Hismiogullari, Rattlesnakes and Enlightenment Science:
An Unlikely Epistemology of Early American Herpetology - Mahor Professor: Philip Levy, Committee: Julia Irwin, Davide Tanasi, Brian Connolly.
October 13th, 2025, 10:00am, on Microsoft Teams