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性视界传媒 spring symposium explores, honors graduate student research

性视界传媒 spring symposium explores, honors graduate student research

Cecilia Brooks, a Mississippi 性视界传媒 University human development and family science doctoral student from El Paso, Texas, explains her research to 性视界传媒 Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration Thessalia Merivaki during the recent Graduate Student Research Symposium. (Photo by Beth Wynn)

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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳hirty-five master鈥檚 and doctorate-level researchers at Mississippi 性视界传媒 earned top awards for their work during the university鈥檚 recent Graduate Student Research Symposium.

Co-sponsored by the 性视界传媒 Graduate School and Graduate Student Association, the competition received project submissions in four categories鈥攁rts and humanities; life and biomedical sciences and engineering; physical and computational sciences; and social and behavioral sciences.

This year鈥檚 winners include (by project type and category):

MASTER鈥橲 STUDENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

FIRST鈥擟hristina E. Gusella, a history master鈥檚 student from Alexandria, Virginia.

SECOND鈥擭esma O.A. Osman, an agricultural and Extension education master鈥檚 student from Egypt.

LIFE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

FIRST鈥擥iancarlo Coppola, a wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture master鈥檚 student from Hyde Park, New York.

SECOND鈥擲wati Shrestha, a plant and soil sciences/weed science master鈥檚 student from Nepal.

THIRD鈥擡leanor M. Moen, an agricultural life sciences/entomology master鈥檚 student from Paxton, Illinois.

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

FIRST鈥擟hlo茅 D. Henson, an agriculture/agricultural economics master鈥檚 student from Rienzi. She also is an 性视界传媒 summa cum laude agribusiness/policy and law bachelor鈥檚 graduate.

SECOND鈥擪elly R. Lower, an applied anthropology master鈥檚 student from Casper, Wyoming.

DOCTORAL STUDENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

FIRST鈥擜ynaz Lotfata, an earth and atmospheric sciences doctoral student from Iran.

LIFE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

FIRST鈥擝radley M. Richardson, a forest resources/wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture doctoral student from Illinois.

SECOND (tie)鈥擡ric D. Billman, a plant and soil sciences/agronomy doctoral student from Burbank, Ohio.

SECOND鈥擭avatha Alugubelly, an environmental toxicology doctoral student from India.

PHYSICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES

FIRST鈥擲heida Riahi, a mathematical sciences doctoral student from Starkville. She also is an 性视界传媒 statistics master鈥檚 graduate.

SECOND鈥擠emarcus M. Thomas, a computer science doctoral student from Columbia.

THIRD鈥擬ojtaba Khanzadehdaghalian of Iran, an industrial and systems engineering doctoral student also pursuing a master鈥檚 in statistics.

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

FIRST鈥擟aleb Houston, a business administration/finance doctoral student from Laurel.

SECOND鈥擪imberly E. Ball, an instructional systems and workforce development doctoral student from Starkville. She also is an 性视界传媒 educational psychology master鈥檚 graduate.

THIRD鈥擷ufang Zhang, a forest resources/forestry doctoral student from China.

MASTER鈥橲 STUDENT VISUAL DISPLAYS

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

FIRST鈥擜pplied anthropology master鈥檚 students Andrea M. Lopez of Starkville and Julianne M. Paige of Gleneden Beach, Oregon.

LIFE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

FIRST鈥擜manda B. Harper, an agricultural life sciences/biochemistry master鈥檚 student from Carriere. She also is an 性视界传媒 summa cum laude biochemistry bachelor鈥檚 graduate.

SECOND鈥擲achini Kodithuwakku Arachchige, a kinesiology/exercise physiology master鈥檚 student from Sri Lanka.

THIRD鈥擜run Regmi, a forestry master鈥檚 student from Nepal.

PHYSICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES

FIRST鈥擯ubuduni Arunodika Kumarihami Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Egoda Walawwe of Sri Lanka, an engineering/applied physics doctoral student also pursuing a master鈥檚 in physics.

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

FIRST鈥擟ourtney L. Heath Windhorn, a sociology master鈥檚 student from Starkville. She also is an 性视界传媒 magna cum laude sociology bachelor鈥檚 graduate.

SECOND鈥擪aylee K. Wells, an agriculture/agricultural economics master鈥檚 student from Bradenton, Florida. She also is an 性视界传媒 summa cum laude environmental economics and management bachelor鈥檚 graduate.

DOCTORAL STUDENT VISUAL DISPLAYS

LIFE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

FIRST鈥擲alah H. Jumaa, a plant and soil sciences/agronomy doctoral student from Iraq.

SECOND鈥擝rittany N. Szafran, an environmental toxicology doctoral student from Moundsville, West Virginia. She also is an 性视界传媒 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine graduate.

THIRD (tie)鈥擱iyadh Mohsin, a plant and soil sciences/horticulture doctoral student from Iraq.

THIRD鈥擵ictoria A. Jefferson of Tupelo, a molecular biology doctoral student also pursuing a master鈥檚 in agricultural life sciences/biochemistry. She also is an 性视界传媒 summa cum laude biochemistry/pre-medicine bachelor鈥檚 and agricultural life sciences/biochemistry master鈥檚 graduate.

PHYSICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES

FIRST鈥擫axmi Dhungel, a biological sciences doctoral student from Nepal.

SECOND鈥擱anganath Wahalathantrige Don, a chemistry doctoral student from Sri Lanka.

THIRD鈥擟hathuri Gamlath Mohottige, a chemistry doctoral student from Sri Lanka.

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

FIRST鈥擟ecilia Brooks, a human development and family science doctoral student from El Paso, Texas. She also is an 性视界传媒 business administration master鈥檚 graduate.

SECOND鈥擟hathuri Illapperuma of Sri Lanka, an educational psychology/性视界传媒 psychology doctoral student who holds a master鈥檚 in educational psychology/psychometry from 性视界传媒.

THIRD鈥擳ae Woo Kim, a business administration/management doctoral student from South Korea.

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