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(I don't know if I was supposed to see these or not, but they were in with an envelope they gave me)
Jennifer Austin Main, Ph.D. Candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision, presents her dissertation “Understanding Child-Centered Canine Assisted Play Therapy: A Qualitative Collective Case Study”. Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss Communications
And rumor has it that he advises me as well. Often referred to as "the JC", you shouldn't let that hipster beard fool you. The Bossman doesn't just know how to speak in tongues, he knows how to speak math to biologists. It should be noted that he will serve you some tasty kool-aid when asked to speak about debuggers or pretty code design.
Sometimes he has strange realizations of complex notions, like the one he describes above.
NOTE: Recorded at low volume, turn up your audio a bit.
Jianqiang's friends & colleagues gathered to share this exciting and important moment. L-R: Jimmy, Hongzhong, Patricia, Jianqiang, Xiaoli, Craig.
Jianqiang shakes hands with committee member, Jim Mayfield as he gets the news that he passed the defense.
These aren't the real pictures; those are Polaroids. One of my committee members was taking these over the shoulder of the Polaroid photog.
Toasting after Karla's dissertation defense. L-R: Barbara McCloskey, Karla, Terry Smith, Kirk Savage.
A number of very bad events delayed this until now but It's over and done with at last!
And yes, that's my first intro slide--my dissertation work focused on factors that drive variability in predation within salt marsh habitats using blue crabs and marsh periwinkles as a model predator-prey system. A large portion of my work focused on predator-induced changes in snail shell morphologies--periwinkles are able to alter the thickness and shape of their shells in response to the perceived threat of predation by blue crabs. Very cool stuff going on out there under our noses.