Congratulations to the graduate students and faculty honored with Graduate School Awards and participants of the Graduate Showcase of Scholarship and Creative Activities!
The awards and events highlight the important contributions that graduate students make to the JMU community.
Thank you to the faculty and students who support the Graduate Showcase and Awards as program planners, reviewers and members of the juries.
We are proud of the accomplishments of all our graduate students.
2020 AWARDEES
Three Minute Thesis Competition Awards
First Place
Psychological Sciences
Propensity Score Matching and Generalized Boosted Modeling in the Context of Model Misspecification
Second Place (and People's Choice Award)
Biology
Habitat Utilization and Impact of Flooding on James spinymussel (Parvaspina collina) Populations in Virginia Streams
Third Place (Tie)
Third Place (Tie)
Outstanding Dissertation Awards
Social Sciences, Business, Health, Behavioral Studies
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Advisor: Dr. Jennie Garber
Implementing a Discharge Navigator on Reducing 30-Day Readmissions for Heart Failure and Sepsis Populations, December 2019.
Visual and Performing Arts
Doctor of Musical Arts
Advisor: Dr. Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy
Tone Production, Musicianship Training, Repertoire Development, Performance Practice: A Pedagogical Overview of Selected International Children’s Choirs, May 2019.
Outstanding Thesis Awards
STEM, Health, and Behavioral Studies
Maddison Miles
Psychological Sciences, M.A.
Advisor: Dr. Bernice A. Marcopulos
Pain-Related Fear: Metacognitive and Health Belief Predictors of Cogniphobia, May 2019.
Education, Social Sciences, and Humanities
Lauren Jefferson
Equity and Cultural Diversity, M.Ed.
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Wasta
How Successful High School Boys Soccer Coaches Perceive and Develop Cultural Competency: A Grounded Theory Approach, May 2019.
Visual and Performing Arts
Chris Cohen
Master of Fine Arts
Advisor: Cole Welter
WHITE NOISE, May 2019.
The Graduate School Innovation Award
Andrea Pope
Assessment and Measurement, PhD
Dr. Sara Finney
The Graduate School Civic Engagement Award
Sarah Koth
Communication and Advocacy, M.A.
Dr. Pete Bsumek
Graduate Showcase of Scholarship & Creative Activity Awards
Graduate student presenters were awarded top honors from a jury of faculty and graduate students.
Top Oral Presentation Award
Julian White
Communication Sciences and Disorders, Ph.D.
Effect of Pulse Rate on Neonatal Modified Barium Swallow Study Recommendations
Oral Presentation Certificate of Merit
Sean York
Assessment and Measurement, Ph.D.
Effect of Pulse Rate on Neonatal Modified Barium Swallow Study Recommendations
Top Poster Presentation Award
Olivia Garcia and Caroline Puglia
Master of Occupational Therapy
The Meaning of Engagement in Dance for Parkinson's on Participant's Self Efficacy, Quality of Life and Occupational Performance
Poster Presentation Certificate of Merit
Michelle Lenhart
Communications Sciences and Disorder: Doctor of Philosophy
Syntax Interventions for Struggling Readers and Learners: A Systematic Review
Graduate Student Association IMPACT Awards
Student Honoree
Amy Ross
Sport and Recreation Leadership
Faculty Honoree
Shiree Harbick
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Program Honoree
Physicians Assistant Studies
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