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.

Graduate School Achievement Awards

Outstanding Dissertation Awards

Business and Social Sciences:  

Marcus Hubbard, Strategic Leadership Studies 
Nominator: Adam Vanhove 
GPD: Margaret Sloan 

Health, and Behavioral Studies:  

Laura Britton Stace, Doctor of Nursing Practice 
Nominator: Christine Argenbright 
GPD: Andrea Knopp 

Honorable Mention:  

Preeti Pandey, Communication Sciences and Disorders 
Nominator: Ayasakanta Rout 
GPD: Rory DePaolis 

Outstanding Thesis Awards

Education:  

Hannah Greer-Young, Music Education 
Nominator: Alice Hammel 
GPD: Will Dabback 

Social Sciences and Humanities:  

Kaitlin (Katie) Gold, Communication and Advocacy 
Nominator: Matt Brigham 
GPD: Melissa Aleman 

Civic Engagement Award

Tiffany (Tiff) Polzin, English 
Nominator: Allison Fagan 
GPD: Mollie Godfrey 

Community Engagement Award

Jeannine Moss, DNP 
Nominator: Erica Lewis 
GPD: Melody Eaton 

Innovation Award

Leonita Morina, Communication & Advocacy 
Nominator: Melissa Aleman 
GPD/AUH: Lori Britt 

Showcase of Graduate Student Scholarship
& Creative Activity Awards

Graduate student presenters were awarded top honors from a jury of faculty.

Top Oral Presentation

DaNae Peterson
Communication and Advocacy, M.A.

The Voices of Black Motherscholars

Top Poster Presentation

Christian Bahire and Fortuna Sahiti
Public Administration, M.P.A.

Lessons from a Six-Year Drug Treatment Court Evaluation: Improving Program Processes and Participant Outcomes

Graduate Student Association Impact Awards

Student Award

Folojimi Kalejaye
Communication and Advocacy, M.A.

Faculty Award

Amanda Evans
Graduate Psychology 

Kenson Hiatt
Graduate Psychology