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2023-24
Gold Awards
Molly McAndrew (University of Kentucky): The Off-Campus Compromise: An Exploration of Graduate Students’ Housing Decisions and the Impacts of Commuting on Mental Well-Being
Tonya Bartoletti (Concordia University - Wisconsin): A retrospective associational study of admission requirements as predictors of success in a Physician Assistant Studies graduate program
Silver Awards
Siqing Wei (Purdue University): Constructing and Developing Academic Identity in Engineering Education as International Graduate Students
2022-23
Gold Awards
Dr. Matthew Bahnson (Penn State University): Measurement of Professional Identity and Biological and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Degree Completion Intention: Opportunities for Student Retention
Leah Fulton (University of Minnesota): The Childcare Needs and Experiences of Black Graduate Student Mothers
Silver Awards
Lauren Muñoz (College of Nursing - University of Tennessee, Knoxville): Two Terminal Degrees: The Experience of Nurses with a Practice Doctorate Who Seek a PhD
Dr. Melissa Yeung (Bowling Green State University): Black, Indigenous, People of Color: Student Experiences in an Entry-Level Physical Therapy Education Program
2021-22
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
no grants were awarded in 2021-22.
2020
Gold Awards
Janet Kim (University of Hawaii, Manoa): Understanding the Special Education Teacher Pipeline
Joseph Mirabelli (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign): Exploring Retention, Mental Health, and Mentorship: A Qualitative Study of Engineering Faculty Advisors’ Perceptions
Silver Awards
Kathryn Collins (Campbell University): The Impact of Mental Health First Aid Training on Faculty Perceptions, Competencies, and Helping Behaviors within a Health Sciences Graduate Student Populations
Dr. Joseph Paris (Temple University): Evaluating Potential: An Investigation of Holistic Graduate Admissions Practices
2018
Stanley J. Kania III (Marywood University): The Use of Social Media and E-marketing in Graduate Student Recruitment: An Investigation of Graduate Enrollment Practices
Gavin Sanders (Wayne State University): Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities Faced by Underrepresented Doctoral Students during the Dissertation Writing Process
2016
Ah Ra Cho (University of North Texas): The Missing Piece: An Examination of the Types of Student Support Services Graduate Students Use on a College Campus
2019
Full Awards
Virginia Byrne (University of Maryland, College Park): Studying How Formative Feedback Can Support Graduate Student Instructors: Using Feedback to Develop as a Reflective and Effective Teacher
Zid Mancenido (Harvard University): Recruiting a Better Teacher: Policies to Improve the Quality of Incoming Graduate Students in Teacher Education
Honorable Mentions
Rebecca Gavillet (University of Texas at Austin): Exploring MBA Curricular Innovation through the Eyes of Influential Stakeholders
Andrea Kunze (University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign): Understanding STEM Graduate Students' Racial Climate Perceptions: A Perspective-Taking Intervention
2017
Simone Gbolo (University of Minnesota): Developing Pipelines: Partnerships and Programing to Increase Diversity in Graduate Education
Catherine M. Johnson (Montana State University): Identity Salience and International Students: Graduate Student Socialization in STEM Fields
2015
Curtis D. Byrd (Clark Atlanta University): Innovative Strategies for Diversifying the Professoriate: Resources for Graduate Enrollmen Management Professionals
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