Graduate Research Forum 2024: Top presenter awards
Winners of the oral and poster presentations from the 16th annual forum announced
Graduate Research Forum 2024: Top presenter awards
Dozens of graduate students presented their work at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University 2024 Graduate Research Forum held Nov. 1. The top presentations and posters were selected by Graduate School alumni and faculty judges.
The four top presenters in each category — oral and poster presentations — each receive $300 in professional funds. The forum and the awards are sponsored by the Patricia and Stephen Lang Graduate Research Support Fund, the Paxton Graduate Research Fund, and the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University Graduate School.
Top Oral Presentations
Maggie Voyles, second year master’s degree student in Biology
- Presentation: “The Influence of Early Spring Season Conditions on Cyanobacteria Recruitment from Sediments”
- Advisor: Lesley Knoll ’01, Ph.D. ’11, assistant professor of Biology
Cameron Shane, fourth year doctoral student in Chemistry
- Presentation: “Development of a Lowcost Homebuilt Modular Gas Chromatograph Using an MQ Series Electrochemical Sensor”
- Advisor: Neil Danielson, professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Matthew Brunn ’23, second year master’s degree student in History
- Presentation: “Pan-American Music: The Politics of Apolitical Music”
- Advisor: Elena Jackson Albarrán, associate professor of History
Tyaira Smith, fourth year doctoral student in Educational ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúhip
- Presentation: “Fiction as Knowledge: Bridging A Comedic Drama and Research in the Context of Re-entry”
- Advisor: Erica Fernandez, professor of Educational ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúhip
Top Poster Presentations
Wilnelly Ventura-Valentin MS ’21, fourth year doctoral candidate in Geology
- Presentation: “The Large-Enrollment Seismology Skill Building Workshop as a Geoscience Recruiting Tool”
- Advisor: Mike Brudzinski, professor of Geology
Nour Sayed ’23 second year doctoral student in Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology
- Presentation: “A Functional Analysis of Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Lens-specific Gene Expression”
- Advisor: Michael Robinson, professor of Biology
Jason Abram ’24, first year master’s degree student in Social Work
- Presentation: “Educators’ Knowledge on Human Trafficking”
- Advisor: Kelli Rushek, assistant professor of Teaching, Curriculum, and Education Inquiry
Emily Coleman ’23, second year master’s degree student in Geography
- Presentation: “Myaamia Food Sovereignty and Tribal Food Systems in Northeast Oklahoma”
- Advisor: Damon Scott, associate professor of Geography, Global and Intercultural Studies