Georgia State University

Eleven students in the Honors College at Georgia State University presented their undergraduate research during the 2019 National Conference on Undergraduate Research.

Kiana Colquitt, a Master of Science in Marketing student of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, successfully completed a graduate assistantship for the Office of the Provost as the first person to hold the position, where she provided valuable assistance with writing, editing, photography and background research during the 2018-19 academic year.

Andre Chevalier Jr. won second place for his photography display titled "The Escape Room" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Kim Myers won second place for a poster presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences and Humanities titled "Putting the Wolf Before the Plow: Why the First Domesticates Were So Much More Than Food" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Several students at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference won the Sustainability Award, presented by the university's Office of Sustainability for research focused on environmental protection and ecological problem-solving.

Donovan Giardina won second place for an oral presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences titled "Local Policy Staffing" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Jeffery Yang won second place for a poster presentation in Natural Sciences titled "Creature Comforts, Convict Cichlids: Social Buffering in the Highly Social Amatitlania" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Richard Powers won the Provost Award and first place for his oral presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences titled "A Study on the Integration of Refugees Through the Lenses of Time, Language and Institutional Navigation" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Umniah Al Bayati won the Provost Award and first place for a poster presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences and Humanities titled "The Intersection of ISIS Video Production and Influencing Events" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Anne Jean won the Provost Award and first place for a poster presentation in Natural Sciences titled "Biophysical Analysis of the Heme Uptake Protein ChtA from Corynebacterium diptheriae" at the 2019 Georgia State State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Rachel Burke won second place for an oral presentation in humanities titled "Endangering Transgender Prisoner Rights with the Overhaul of PREA" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First and second place are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First and second place are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

Ariannah Kubli won first place for her oral presentation in humanities titled "The Lofty Sky: An Analysis of Leo Tolstoy's Influence on the Determinism of Stephen Crane's 'The Red Bade of Courage'" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Teodora Mitroi won second place for their oral presentation in Natural and Computational Sciences titled "Optimizing a Neural Behavior Model of the Sea Slug Melibe leonine" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Aaliya Ahmad won first place for her oral presentation in Natural and Computational Sciences titled "Sensory System of the Second Antenna of the American Lobster, Homarus americanus: Distribution of Sensilla and Expression of Receptor Proteins" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Douglas Tiller won first place for his musical performance titled "Performance Practice in Malcolm Arnold's 'Divertimento for Wind Trio'" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Meklit Gebru, a honors student majoring in international economics and modern languages, has been named a 2019 Payne Fellow by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The Friedrich William Ralf Munster Fellowship in Philosophy is given to an outstanding graduate student in Philosophy in honor of Ralf F. Munster, chair of the department from 1955 to 1976.

The Jenny Thurston Fellowship in Heritage Preservation is an annual award and internship with the Atlanta Urban Design Commission for an outstanding historic preservationist in Atlanta.

The Ethel Illges Woodruff Fellowship in Southern History is awarded to a graduate student who intends to pursue the master's program with a concentration in southern history. Mrs. Ethel Illges Woodruff, a native of Columbus, Georgia, was keenly interested in the history of Georgia, eastern Alabama, and the Chattahoochee Valley. This fellowship in honor of Mrs. Woodruff was established in 1995 in the Department of History at Georgia State by the J.W. and Ethel I. Woodruff Foundation of Columbus.

Kate Schwarz won first place for her presentation titled "Under Pressure: GSU musicians' responses to music performance anxiety" at the Spring 2019 Honors Thesis Pitch Competition.

Donavon Mattox won second place for his presentation titled "Stress and college affordability" at the Spring 2019 Honors Thesis Pitch Competition.

Nancy Tran won the People's Choice Award for her presentation titled "Mental Health and interpersonal violence in the lives of incarcerated women" at the Spring 2019 Honors Thesis Pitch Competition.

The Jacqueline Boles Graduate Teaching Fellowship is presented to outstanding graduate student instructors in the Department of Sociology. This scholarship was created by the Department of Sociology to honor Jackie Boles, a cherished faculty member for more than 30 years.

The Ahmed T. Abdelal Fellowship is given to outstanding doctoral students for achievement in the field of molecular genetics or biotechnology. This award is named in honor of former Dean Ahmed T. Abdelal, who established the molecular genetics and biotechnology program at Georgia State University.

The Donald Ahearn Endowed Fellowship in Applied and Environmental Microbiology was established on the occasion of Dr. Ahearn's becoming a Research Professor Emeritus in recognition of his outstanding contributions in instruction, research, and service in the development of applied and environmental microbiology programs at Georgia State University.

Catherine Rakowiecki, a student in the Honors College at Georgia State University, won second place for her film, "International Human Trafficking Institute (IHTI) Public Service Announcement," during the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Liv Fallon, a student in the Honors College at Georgia State Univeristy, won first place for the film, "Elohi," during the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

The David W. Boykin Graduate Fellowship in Medicinal Chemistry was established in 1999 to honor the former chair of the Department of Chemistry. It is awarded to an outstanding Ph.D. graduate student in medicinal chemistry.