The University Of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Medical Humanities Graduate Program are pleased to announce the final examination of Shannon Guillot-Wright for degree of Doctor of Philosophy.  The title of her dissertation is "Casting Aside Bent Bodies: Embodied Violence as an Everyday Experience for Filipino Migrant Seafarers".   Her defense will be held on Friday, October 5, 2018 in 2.2506A of Jennie Sealy Hospital.    

Ms. Guillot-Wright's supervisory committee includes:

• Chair:  Arlene Macdonald, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medical Humanities Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• Co-Chair: Rebecca Hester, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Technology in Society, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA. Special member, Medical Humanities Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
• Jerome Crowder, PhD, Associate Professor, Medical Humanities Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• Premal Patal, MD, MSc, FACP, Associate Professor, Special Member without Program Designation, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• William Terry, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Department of History and Geography, Clemson University, SC

All faculty and students are invited to attend, but are required to sit quietly. Only members of the supervisory committee are permitted to speak to the candidate during the defense.  All guests will be asked to leave the room at the end of the defense while the committee members deliberate.