Winners of the Fifth Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition at JMU, held January 2022, are as follows:
First Place
Jaclyn Tochin, Biology, M.S.
Does the Song of a Vocal Mimic Reflect Changes in Avian Acoutsic Communities Across an Urban Gradient?
Advisor: Dana Moseley
Second Place
Lara Leggio, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Au.D.
Counselling in Clinical Practice for Pediatric Cochlear Implant Audiologists.
Advisor: Yingjiu Nie
Third Place
Arta Sejdiu, Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, M.A.
Positive and Negative Transfers of Rhetorical Awareness that Students Bring from High School to College: A case study at James Madison University.
Advisor: Kurt Schick
People's Choice
Telena Turner, Communication and Advocacy, M.A.
Performance of Work and Community by Women Employed in Rural, Predominately White, Small-town Schools.
Advisor: Kathryn Hobson
Christian Brown
Christian Brown, Biology, M.S.
"Modeling red spruce restoration potential under current and future predicted climate change in Virginia"
Advisor: Heather Griscom
Lara Leggio
Lara Leggio, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Au.D.
"Counselling in Clinical Practice for Pediatric Cochlear Implant Audiologists"
Advisor: Yingjiu Nie
Julia Portmann
Julia Portmann, Biology, M.S.
"Assessing key stream restoration practices in an agriculturally impaired Chesapeake Bay sub-watershed"
Advisor: Bruce Wiggins
Arta Sedjiu
Arta Sejdiu, Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, M.A.
"Positive and Negative Transfers of Rhetorical Awareness that Students Bring from High School to College: A case study at James Madison University"
Advisor: Kurt Schick
Jaclyn Tolchin
Jaclyn Tolchin, Biology, M.S.
"Does the song of a vocal mimic reflect changes in avian acoustic communities across an urban gradient?"
Advisor: Dana Moseley
Telena Turner
Telena Turner, Communication and Advocacy, M.A.
"Performance of Work and Community by Women Employed in Rural, Predominately White, Small-town Schools"
Advisor: Kathryn Hobson