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Dissertation Proposal Defense: Alanna Post

Thu, November 6, 2025 2:45 PM at GEO, Rm. 105

post-alanna-profile.jpgA doctoral dissertation proposal defense is scheduled for Alanna Post on the following date and time:

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time: 2:45 - 4:45 pm
Where: Geography Room 105
Title: The drivers and consequences of fire in the Appalachian Mountains 
A copy of the proposal is available by emailing Alanna Post at postalan@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.

Committee Members: 
  • Kyla Dahlin (chair)-GEO
  • Erin Bunting -GEO
  • Scott Stark - Department of Forestry
  • Kimberly Hall - The Nature Conservancy, Adjunct in the Department of Forestry