University of Nebraska at Kearney Graduate Research Awards
Posted: April 25, 2023 12:00:00 AM CDT
Graduate Oral Presentation Award Winners:
1st Place (tie): Kelsey Walker – “Structured Student Conversations and their Impact”
Kobe Lo – “Management of Post-Concussion Syndrome in a High School Wrestler: A Case Study”
Graduate Writing Award Winners:
1st Place: Laura Gregory – “There’s a Double Meaning in That: Female Kinship and the Multifaceted Nature of Heroism and Blessedness in Much Ado About Nothing”
Graduate Poster Presentation Award Winners:
Natural & Physical Sciences
1st Place: Blase Rokusek and Sunayn Cheku – “Utilizing the Drosophila Activity Monitors (DAM2) from TriKinetics to Automate Heat Tolerance Assays in Drosophila melanogaster”
2nd Place: Sunanda Rajput and McKenna Vininski – “AR Signaling Protects Mice from Developing Allergic Responses to Peanut”
Professional & Applied Studies
1st Place: Katherine Kovanda – “Effects of Fluency Intervention in Fourth Grade”
2nd Place: Kirstyn Leffler – “Abdominal Strains in Collegiate Volleyball Player with Genetic Markers of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome”
Fine Arts & Humanities
1st Place: Gwendolynn Folk – “Perceptions of the Kearney Outdoor Learning Area”
2nd Place: Jada Ruff – “Let’s Talk, Analysis of Communication Effectiveness in Higher Education”
Outstanding Thesis Awards:
John Masker - Growth, Maturation, and Weight Status: Insights from a Longitudinal Cohort of Nebraska Youth Kate Heelan – Kinesiology & Sports Sciences, Advisor
Tanya Woodward - My Soul Cries Out: Reimagining Lament for Research and Language Practice with Edwidge Danticat Amanda Sladek - English, Advisor
Graduate Student of the Year Award:
Blase Rokusek (Biology)
Faculty Mentor Awards:
College of Business & Technology: Dr. Ngan Chau – Marketing, Agribusiness, and SCM
College of Arts & Sciences: Dr. Austin Nuxoll – Biology
College of Education: Dr. Jane Roitsch – Communication Disorders
Graduate Studies: Dr. Ladan Ghazi Saidi – Communication Disorders