College of Business Administration

Outstanding Thesis 

Felipe Francisco Mejia

Master of Science, Economics

Graduated December 14, 2019

Title: Residential Electricity Consumption in Las Cruces

Thesis Chair: Dr. Thomas Fullerton

Outstanding Dissertation

Dr. Farid Jahantab

Doctor of Philosophy, Business Administration

Graduated May 16, 2020

Title: A Social Network Perspective of Employee Overqualification to Outcomes Relationships in Workgroups

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Prajya R. Vidyarthi

College of Education

Outstanding Dissertation

Dr. Hilda Y. Sotelo

Doctor of Philosophy, Teaching Learning and Culture Graduated December 12, 2019

Title: Escritura Crítica Orgánica Para Deconstruir La Opresión Femenina: Propuesta Nepantlera A Redefifinir La Pedagogía De La Creación Literaria

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Josefina Tinajero

College of Engineering

Outstanding Thesis

Luisa A. Morales

Master of Science, Civil Engineering

Graduated August 15, 2020

Title: Relating Surface Resistivity to Corrosion of Rebar Embedded in Portland Cement Concrete

Thesis Chair: Dr. Soheil Nazarian

Outstanding Dissertation

Dr. Mayra C. Chavez

Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering

Graduated December 14, 2019

Title: Assessing Spatiotemporal Exposures to Transportation Pollutants in Near-Road Communities Using AERMOD

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Wen-Whai Li

College of Health Sciences

Outstanding Thesis

Jordan A. Orozco

Master of Science, Speech Language Pathology

Graduated May 16, 2020

Title: Working Memory Performance in Spanish-English Bilinguals’ First and Second Languages

Thesis Chair: Dr. Pat Lara

Outstanding Dissertation

Dr. Juan Antonio Aguilera Mendoza

Doctor of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Graduated August 15, 2020

Title: Associations of Traffic Related Air Pollution with Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Health Outcomes in At-Risk Populations from El Paso, Texas

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Wen-Whai Li

Dissertation Co-Chair: Dr. Leah D. Whigham

College of Liberal Arts

Outstanding Thesis 

Denise Natalia Delgado

Master of Arts, Sociology

Graduated December 14, 2019

Title: Let’s Talk About What We Otherwise Risk Ignoring: Sexual Health Among Women Who Have Sex with Women

Thesis Chair: Dr. Ophra Leyser-Whalen

Outstanding Dissertation

Dr. Maria Guadalupe Vallejo

Doctor of Philosophy, Borderlands History

Graduated May 16, 2020

Title: On the Rio Grande: A Struggle for Land and Citizenship in San Vicente del Llano Grande, 1749-1930

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Jeffrey P. Shepherd

College of Science

Outstanding Thesis

Vanessa I. Navarro

Master of Science, Biology

Graduated August 15, 2020

Title: An Analysis and Representation in an Atlas Reference Space of Putative Appositions from Neurons Expressing Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating-Hormone with Neurons Expressing Hypocretin/Orexin or Melanin-Concentrating Hormone

Thesis Chair: Dr. Arshad M. Khan

Outstanding Dissertation

Dr. Yuejiao Xian

Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry

Graduated: December 12, 2020

Title: Structural Characterization of Two Large Icosahedral DNA Viruses and Their Capsid Assembly Mechanisms

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Chuan Xiao