Virginia Dearani, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Literacy Education will be defending her dissertation titled, "What Is Your Metaphor? Disrupting Wholeness in Teacher Education." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Virginia Dearani at virginia.dearani@maine.edu.

Phoebe Jekielek, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Environmental Science will be defending her dissertation titled, "INTEGRATING LIFE HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (eDNA) DATA TO ENHANCE DETECTION OF SEA SCALLOP (Placopecten magellanicus) POPULATIONS." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Phoebe Jekielek at phoebe.jekielek@maine.edu.

Ryan Brodie, a candidate for Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Sciences will be defending his thesis titled, "A framework to model current and future nonbreeding distributions for four declining Nearctic-Neotropical migratory forest birds to inform conservation planning." Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link and password, please contact Ryan Brodie at ryan.brodie@maine.edu.