Georgia State University

Shenelle Abraham-Ndiaye and Cheryll Thompson-Smith are the 2024 recipients of the Beverly J. Armento Endowed Doctoral Award.

Yessica Lozada Echeverria and Jennifer Williams are the 2024 recipients of the College of Education & Human Development's Vivian Ophelia Spence Perrimon Scholarship.

Aleksandra Krupina is the 2024 recipient of the JoAnna White Play Therapy Scholarship, which is given to a graduate student in good standing in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services who is dedicated to the study and clinical practice of play therapy.

Providence Blalock is the 2024 recipient of the Kay Chester Scholarship for Teachers in Training, which supports a woman pursuing a degree in teacher preparation who has the challenge of raising a family while furthering her education.

Jordan Pearson is the 2024 recipient of the Felicia and Rodney Mayfield Scholarship, which recognizes a deserving undergraduate student in the College of Education & Human Development.

Three students received the College of Education & Human Development Scholarship from Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) as part of its annual Scholars Reception. This scholarship recognizes individuals with outstanding accomplishments in the CEHD.

Caroline Bedingfield Rabalais is the 2024 recipient of the Asa G. Hilliard III Memorial Scholarship, which is given in recognition of leadership, engagement in urban education settings that has improved and demonstrates promise to continue improving the educational context and/or student development and learning in these settings.

Instructional technology doctoral student Gozde Uzun co-authored a paper entitled, "Self-Regulation, Self-Efficacy and Fear of Failure Interactions with How Novices Use LLMs to Solve Programming Problems," which has been accepted for the Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Conference.

Communication sciences and disorders master's students Becky Hogan, Calia Howse and Claire Warner received GSHFoundation Scholarships from the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.

Educational psychology doctoral student Anne Lorio received a $1,000 award from the American Physical Therapy Association of Georgia (APTA Georgia) for her dissertation research.

Instructional technology doctoral student Kristin Hemingway has been selected for the American Institutes for Research's Pipeline Partnership Program.

Jacqueline Hernandez Castaneda and Ella Cohen received the David Jemel Holloman Memorial Scholarship at the college's 2024 Scholars Reception.

Three students received the Lorene C. Pilcher Scholarship at the College of Education & Human Development's 2024 Scholars Reception.

Twenty students received the Karen and George McCarty Scholarship at the college's 2024 Scholars Reception.

Twelve students received the Kenneth and Mary Matheny Professorship in Counseling and Psychology Scholarship at the college's 2024 Scholars Reception.

Doctoral students Roti Chakraborty and Alex Johnson were selected for the American Institutes for Research's Equity Initiative Fellowship.

Kinesiology doctoral student Tasnuva Alam co-authored an article entitled, "Dynamic Gait Stability in Children with and without Down Syndrome During Overground Walking," which was published in Clinical Biomechanics.

Educational psychology doctoral student Mi'Kayla Newell has been selected to participate in the 14th Annual Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans and Education.

Counselor education and practice doctoral student Mia Kim Chang has been selected as a 2024-2025 Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) Leadership Fellow.

Communication sciences and disorders doctoral student Hannah Griffey co-authored an article entitled, "Dialect Identification, Intelligibility Ratings and Acceptability Ratings of Dysarthric Speech in Two American English Dialects," which was published in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics.

Early childhood and elementary education doctoral students Maria Cerrato and Elizabeth Sanders co-authored an article entitled, "How Dual Language Bilingual Education Preservice Teachers Draw Upon and Develop Students' Sociocultural Competence," which was published in Foreign Language Annals.

The Wellness in the Law Society's mission is to provide students with a comprehensive approach to wellness, encompassing mental, physical, social, emotional, intellectual, professional, and inner purpose/values. Through a variety of initiatives, they aim to offer educational opportunities throughout the academic year, focusing on promoting wellness, health, and balance.

The American Constitution Society at Georgia State University is comprised of law students committed to championing the enduring significance of the U.S. Constitution and its core principles: safeguarding individual rights and liberties, fostering genuine equality, ensuring access to justice, upholding democracy, and promoting the rule of law. This organization believes in the transformative potential of the law to positively impact the lives of every individual.

More than 3,000 students earned degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral levels, in addition to undergraduate- and graduate-level academic certificates during the Fall 2023 semester.

More than 2,000 students earned degrees at the associate's, bachelor's and graduate levels during the Summer 2023 semester.

Kinesiology doctoral student Tyler Williams co-authored an article entitled, "Media Framing of Athletic Department Major Infractions: A 5-Year Review of Historically Black Colleges and Universities," which was published in the International Journal of Sport Communication.

Educational psychology doctoral student Eleanor Yan co-authored an article entitled, "Reading Comprehension and Constructive Learning: Policy Considerations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," which was published in the journal Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Kinesiology doctoral student Tasnuva Alam co-authored an article entitled, "Dynamic Gait Stability in Children with and without Down Syndrome During Overground Walking," which was published in Clinical Biomechanics.

The Black Law Student Association strives to promote the educational and professional needs and goals of Black law students. We seek to influence the legal community to bring about meaningful change that addresses the needs and concerns of the Black community. BLSA (pronounced bahl - sa) attempts to effectuate these goals by mentoring our members and by bringing our membership into contact with practicing attorneys in nearly every legal practice area. Also, BLSA sponsors innovative and informative forums, which address current issues in legal practice and general issues that affect the community at large.

The Environmental Law Society (ELS) is a student group at our law school focused on environmental, real estate, and energy law. ELS hosts events, attends conferences, engages in community service, and offers opportunities for outdoor activities and moot court competitions.