Proposal Defense Notice: DeVon Overton

Mon, November 18, 2024 2:00 PM at GEO Rm. 120 or Zoom

DeVon OvertonA doctoral dissertation proposal defense is scheduled for DeVon Overton on the following date and time:

Title: Modeling & Emergent Phenomena: The Spatial Analysis of Household Mobility in CDBG Entitlement Communities for impacts of Gentrification, Neighborhood Abandonment, Displacement & Dispossession

Day and Date: Monday, November 18, 2024

Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET)

Location: Room 120 or via Zoom

A copy of the dissertation being proposed is available by emailing DeVon Overton (overto26@msu.edu).

The defense will consist of two steps:

First step

Members of the Department (including faculty, students, and staff) are invited to join an uninterrupted presentation by the student summarizing the dissertation proposal and a subsequent questioning session. The session will be moderated by the advisor.

Second step

The Advisor and Guidance Committee will ask questions in the second stage of this session.

Faculty, graduate students and other non-committee members (e.g., family and friends) CANNOT attend the second questioning stage.

Zoom Link: Reach out to DeVon Overton (overto26@msu.edu) for Zoom login information.

Guidance Committee:

  • Ashton Shortridge (Chair)
  • Arika Ligmann-Zielinska
  • Igor Vojnovic
  • Kyle Evered