Brian Bannen, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending his dissertation titled, "The Effect of Leadership Change on School Climate" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Brian at brian.bannen@maine.edu

Mia Morrison, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Earth in Educational Leadership, will be defending her thesis titled, " The Role of Technology in the Development of PK-12 Teacher Leadership during Covid-19" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Mia Morrison at mia.morrison@maine.edu.

Ameya Karapurkar, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation titled, "Photopharmacological investigation of transmembrane proteins in the central nervous system." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ameya at ameya.karapurkar@maine.edu

Scott Harrison, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending his thesis titled, "Strategic Management of Human Capital as Rural Praxis" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Scott Harrison at scott.harrison@maine.edu

Ryan Crane, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ed Leadership, will be defending his dissertation titled, " ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS " Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ryan Crane at rcrane@rsu67.org

George Mayfield, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, will be defending his dissertation titled, "AN EXAMINATION OF IMPLEMENTATION AND TEACHER LEADERSHIP OF COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN CHALLENGING TIMES" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact George at george.mayfield@maine.edu

Susan Thibedeau, a candidate for Doctor of Education in Education Leadership, will be defending her dissertation titled, "The Unique Challenges of Equity Training in White Majority Schools" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Susan at susan.thibedeau@maine.edu

Hunter Tubbs, a candidate for Master of Science in Earth and Climate Sciences, will be defending his thesis titled, " Coupled Sea Surface Temperature Biases and Their Influence on Tropical Cyclone Environmental Conditions in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model" Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Hunter Tubbs at hunter.tubbs@maine.edu.

Samantha Silverbrand, a candidate for Master of Science in Marine Biology, will be defending her thesis titled, “Use of the New England Aquarium in evaluating environmental DNA metabarcoding of Gulf of Maine vertebrates and invertebrates” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Samantha Silverbrand at samantha.silverbrand@maine.edu