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Dissertation Proposal Defense Notice: Michaela Shope

Fri, February 7, 2025 2:00 PM at GEO Rm. 105 and Zoom

A doctoral dissertation proposal defense is scheduled for Michaela Shope on the following date and time:

Title: "Cattle Ranching and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: A Complex Coupled Human and Natural Systems Problem"​

Day and Date: Friday, February 7, 2025

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

Location: Room 120 Geography Bldg. and via Zoom Webinar

A copy of the dissertation being proposed can be obtained by writing Michaela at shopemic@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.

Guidance Committee:

  • Emilio Moran (Chair)
  • Jiquan Chen
  • Kyle Evered
  • Igor Cavallini Johansen, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas | Depto. de Demografia, {translation: State University of Campinas (Brazil), Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Department of Demography}