Outstanding Dissertation & Thesis Awards for 2008
Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award
Nellie A. Kim-Weroha
Master of Science
Oral Biology
Thesis Advisor: Mark L. Johnsoni, Ph.D.
Title :Regulation of Sclerostin Expression in Osteocytes by Mechanical Loading
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Humanities
Dr. Carol Lorraine Carano
English / History
Dissertation Advisor: Jennifer Phegley, Ph.D.
Title: Mad Lords and Irishmen: Representations of Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde since 1967
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Pavlina Tcherneva
Economics and Social Science Consortium
Dissertation Advisor: Randall Wray, Ph.D.
Title: The Promise of Fiscal Policy: Full Employment, Stability, Equity
Outstanding Dissertation Award - Natural Sciences
Dr. Jennifer Hackney
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry / Cell Biology and Biophysics
Dissertation Advisor: Leonard Dobens, Ph.D.
Title: Ecdysone Receptor (ECR) Regulates Cell Migration and Chorion Gene Amplification in the Drosophila Ovary
School of Graduate Studies
20th Annual Awards Celebration
On April 29, 2009, the School of Graduate Studies held their 20th Annual Awards Celebration. in Pierson Auditorium.
In the six categories of graduate fellowship awards, new awards were made to 38 students. Twenty-two students holding fellowships during the 2008-09 school year are also eligible to renew their fellowships for a second year.
Four students were also honored for their Outstanding Dissertations and Theses. Those winners are listed in the column on the right side of this page.
Four students received recognition as Superior Graduate Teaching Assistants:
Omowumi Alabi - Geosciences
Julie Powell Kline - Accounting
Stephanie Marquez - Foreign Languages & Literature
Bradley Miller - Chemistry
Fellowship awards were made to the following students:
School of Graduate Studies Minority Master’s Fellowships
Elahea Afzali - Reading
Angele Ashley - Nursing
Jennifer Coleman - LLM Taxation
Karyn Henry - Creative Writing
Glenn North - Creative Writing
Maria Schulte - Nursing
School of Graduate Studies Minority Doctoral Fellowships
Danah Barazanji - Counseling Psychology
Makini King - Counseling Psychology
Sarah Llanque - Nursing
Young Song - Counseling Psychology
Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowships
LynnMarie Alexander - History / Social Science Consortium
Joseph Blanding - Educational Administration
Ryan Dodd - Economics / Social Science Consortium
Elizabeth Duval - Clinical Psychology
Mohammad Kia - Engineering / Mathematics
Dzingirai Murambadoro - Geosciences / Computer Science
Rotha Perkins - Curriculum & Instruction / Urban Leadership & Policy Studies in Education
Haiyang Qian - Telecommunications & Computer Networking / Electrical & Computer Engineering
Jarrod Roark - English / History
Takrima Sadikot - Molecular Biology & Biochemistry / Cell Biology & Biophysics
Jesse Sherwood - Electrical & Computer Engineering / Telecommunications & Computer Networking
Juan Zhou - Music Composition
Arthur Mag Graduate Fellowships
Caleb Egli - Bloch School of Business and Public Administration
Megan Cornell - College of Arts and Sciences
LaKay Cornell - School of Law
Preparing Future Faculty Fellowships
Alivia Allison - Geosciences / History
Fredrik Andersson - Public Affairs & Administration / Entrepreneurship
Deep Kwatra - Pharmaceutical Sciences / Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Bradley Miller- Chemistry / Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dominick Scalise - Counseling Psychology
School of Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Fellowships
Omowumi Alabi - Geosciences / Physics
Tanya Kelley - English / History
Marsha Perkins - Religious Studies / History
Xuan Hong Pham - Economics / Social Science Consortium
Robert Riggs - Curriculum & Instruction / Physics / Mathematics
Carol Schmer - Nursing
Zhefu Shi - Telecommunications & Computer Networking / Mathematics
Tuanjie Tong - Computer Science / Computer Networking
Sajith Vezhapparambu - Geosciences / Physics