Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Notice: Teng Zhang

Mon, December 4, 2023 10:00 AM at In-person Room 105 Geography Bldg. or via Zoom Meeting

Teng ZhangA doctoral dissertation defense is scheduled for Teng Zhang on the following date and time:

Title: Unsafe Space: Spatial Analysis of the Indonesian Mass Killings in East Java

Day and Date: Monday, December 4, 2023

Time: 10:00 a.m. (ET)

Location: In-person Room 105 Geography Bldg. or via Zoom  Meeting

Please contact zhangte6@msu.edu if you would like an electronic copy of the dissertation.

The defense will consist of two stages:

First stage In-person (30-60 minute uninterrupted presentation by the student summarizing the dissertation research):

Anyone, including faculty, students, and staff, is welcome to attend the presentation and to participate in the initial portion of the question session, which the Advisor will moderate.

Second stage In-person (Advisor and Guidance Committee will ask questions):

Faculty are welcome to stay for this stage. Graduate students and other non-committee members (e.g., family and friends) CANNOT attend the second questioning stage.

Successful completion of the defense and approval of the dissertation will be determined by a majority vote of the dissertation committee:

  • Ashton Shortridge (Co-Chair)
  • Siddharth Chandra (Co-Chair, Director of Asian Studies Center)
  • Kyle Evered
  • Ronen Steinberg (History)