Graduate Academic Paper Competition
Each year the Graduate School hosts an academic paper competition. This year students submitted work in two categories: literature reviews and research papers.
– Papers are linked by title –
Academic papers are judged by a faculty committee representing varied disciplines. One award winner will be chosen from each category and presented with a cash award during the Graduate Research Symposium Awards Ceremony scheduled for Thursday, March 24 at 4pm in A.K. Hinds University Center in the Grand Room.
2022 Judges:
Yancey Gulley
Andrew Bobilya
Kelly Tracy
Shamella Cromartie
Research Papers
Academic Papers are listed by College and Graduate Program
College of Arts and Sciences
English – M.A.
H.D.’s Waves: A Modernist Confluence of Literature, Science, and Spirituality
Graduate Student: Stephanie Cook
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Annette Debo
College of Education and Allied Professions
Higher Education Student Affairs – M.Ed
Higher Education Student Affairs Theory Proposal: Model of Gender Variant Identity Development
Graduate Student: Collin Hill
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. April Perry
Stage Theory of Political Identity Development: An Adaptation of Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Identity Development
Graduate Student: Jessica Minch
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. April Perry
Psychology – M.A.
Crawling at 9 Months Predictive of Later Development: Investigations of Social, Cognitive, and Language Development
Graduate Student: Nicole Dennis
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Alleyne Broomell
Combat Exposure Scale Factor Analysis
Graduate Student: Patrick Barton
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Alleyne Broomell
Other Academic Papers
Academic Papers are listed by College and Graduate Program
College of Education and Allied Professions
Elementary Education – M.A.ED
The Science of Reading at Play: A Literature Review
Graduate Student: Julie Ann Daggerhart
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Carrie Rogers
Higher Education Student Affairs – M. ED.
Proposal for Extending Office Hours to Increase Student Accessibility
Graduate Student: Jacob Lowman
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. April Perry
College of Health and Human Sciences
Social Work – M.S.W.
Beyond the “New Normal” of COVID-19: Posttraumatic Growth and Generative Options for the Future
Graduate Students: Chelsea Sokolow
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Emma Miller
A Literature Review of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act
Graduate Student: Marilyn Borom
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Amy Murphy-Nugen