GWU Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kira Wegner-Clemens who successfully defended her dissertation titled "The Influence of Audiovisual Semantics on Attention."
Special thanks to Dr. Sohn for chairing the defense; Drs. Kravitz and Rosenblau for serving as dissertation committee members; and Drs. Thothathiri and Mitroff for being readers.
Congratulations, Kira 
Please join us in congratulating Prachi Mahableshwarkar, who successfully defended her dissertation last week! The title of her dissertation is: "Natural Scene Perception: Interactions between Semantics and Space".
Committee members included Drs. John Philbeck, Dwight Kravitz, Sarah Shomstein, Steve Mitroff, and Robert Pless. Dr. Gabriela Rosenblau served as the Chair.
Congratulations Prachi!! 🥳🥳🥳
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mbaba on the successful defense of her dissertation, titled: The Stereotypical Yogi(ni): Exploring the Effects of Prototype Similarity and Racial Centrality on Black Adult Women’s Willingness to Practice Yoga.
A hearty thank you to the following faculty members for their valuable guidance and insight throughout the dissertation process:
Dr. Michelle Stock (committee member)
Dr. Ellen Yeung (committee member)
Dr. Sharon Lambert (examiner)
Dr. Jameta N. Barlow (examiner)
And a very special thank you to Dr. Paul Poppen for chairing the defense.
Congratulations Mary
