Congratulations to the graduate students and faculty honored with Graduate School Awards and participants of the Graduate Showcase of Scholarship and Creative Activities!
The awards and events highlight the important contributions that graduate students make to the JMU community.
Thank you to the faculty and students who support the Graduate Showcase and Awards as program planners, reviewers and members of the juries.
We are proud of the accomplishments of all our graduate students.
Graduate School Achievement Awards
Outstanding Dissertation Awards
Dr. Raghav Jha
Communication Sciences and Disorders, Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Dr. Erin G. Piker
“Effects of age on Amplitude-modulated cVEMP Temporal Modulation Transfer Function”
Dr. Elizabeth Narehoo
Strategic Leadership Studies, Ph.D.
Committee Chair: Dr. Benjamin Selznick
“Leading a Community Promise: A Mixed Method Study Exploring the Dynamics of Adaptive Leadership and Student Success”
Outstanding Thesis Awards
Megan Moore
Communication and Advocacy, M.A.
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn Hobson
“Conversations with the “Queens of Lez,” “ChapStick Lesbians,” and Fellow Femmes; A Qualitative Exploration of Queer Femmeness, Femme Sex, and Femme Relationships”
Rysa Thomas
Biology, M.S.
Committee Chair: Dr. Rocky Parker
“Energy homeostasis in an extreme vertebrate: relationships between life-history status and the molecular stress response in red-sided garter snakes”
Civic Engagement Award
Doruntina Maliqi
Communication and Advocacy, M.A.
Community Engagement Award
Joshua Orndorff
Strategic Leadership Studies, Ph.D.
Showcase of Graduate Student Scholarship
& Creative Activity Awards
Graduate student presenters were awarded top honors from a jury of faculty.
Top Oral Presentation Award
Hannah Greer-Young
Master of Music, M.M.
The JMU Lab Band Initiative
Top Poster Presentation Award
Gabrielle Gieringer
Physician Asst Studies, M.P.A.S.
The effect of gut-directed hypnotherapy on alleviating symptoms of IBS in adults
Graduate Student Association Impact Awards
Oluwafemi Ayoola
Kinesiology, M.S.
Ruth Hurley
Doctor of Nursing Practice, D.N.P.
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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Closed 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. for lunch
