Graduate Student Awards

University Teaching Awards

• Alexis Quick, School of Communication

  Level I: Master's degree graduate assistants with the sole responsibility of instruction for a course.

Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award Winner

• Dr. Helen Plevka-Jones

  College of Arts & Sciences, Department of English: "Resonance: A Methodology and Pedagogy for Socially Just Storytelling"

University Level Fisher Thesis Award Winners

• Rashmi Dangol, University Fisher Thesis Award Winner

  College of Applied Science & Technology, Department of Agriculture: "Performance of Pennycress in Some Illinois Cropping Systems"

• Mojde Kalantari, University Fisher Thesis Award Runner-Up

  Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts , School of Creative Technologies: “The Development of a Young Adults Cancer Patient Peer Match Application"

College Level Fisher Thesis Award Winners

• Xan Daggett

  College of Arts & Sciences, Department of English: "Digital Safe Spaces: Nonbinary Community Building on Tiktok"

• Gracious Donkor

  College of Arts and Sciences, School of Biological Sciences: “Investigating the Antibiotic Potentiating Effects of a Novel Reactive Oxidant Species-Generating Antimicrobial"

• Julia Martin

  College of Education, School of Teaching & Learning: "When Curriculum Comes to Life: Making French Language (L2) Acquisition a Lived Experience and the Effect of Students' Progression Towards Proficiency"

• Courtney Ebersole

  College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Sociology & Anthropology: "Let’s Talk About Sex (Work), Baby: Women College S tudents and Their Experiences Producing Online Sex Work"