Graduate Research Forum 2024: Top presenter awards
Winners of the oral and poster presentations from the 16th annual forum announced
Graduate Research Forum 2024: Top presenter awards
Dozens of graduate students presented their work at the Miami University 2024 Graduate Research Forum held Nov. 1. The top presentations and posters were selected by Graduate School alumni and faculty judges.
The four top presenters in each category — oral and poster presentations — each receive $300 in professional funds. The forum and the awards are sponsored by the Patricia and Stephen Lang Graduate Research Support Fund, the Paxton Graduate Research Fund, and the Miami University Graduate School.
Top Oral Presentations
Maggie Voyles, second year master’s degree student in Biology
- Presentation: “The Influence of Early Spring Season Conditions on Cyanobacteria Recruitment from Sediments”
- Advisor: Lesley Knoll ’01, Ph.D. ’11, assistant professor of Biology
Cameron Shane, fourth year doctoral student in Chemistry
- Presentation: “Development of a Lowcost Homebuilt Modular Gas Chromatograph Using an MQ Series Electrochemical Sensor”
- Advisor: Neil Danielson, professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Matthew Brunn ’23, second year master’s degree student in History
- Presentation: “Pan-American Music: The Politics of Apolitical Music”
- Advisor: Elena Jackson Albarrán, associate professor of History
Tyaira Smith, fourth year doctoral student in Educational Leadership
- Presentation: “Fiction as Knowledge: Bridging A Comedic Drama and Research in the Context of Re-entry”
- Advisor: Erica Fernandez, professor of Educational Leadership
Top Poster Presentations
Wilnelly Ventura-Valentin MS ’21, fourth year doctoral candidate in Geology
- Presentation: “The Large-Enrollment Seismology Skill Building Workshop as a Geoscience Recruiting Tool”
- Advisor: Mike Brudzinski, professor of Geology
Nour Sayed ’23 second year doctoral student in Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology
- Presentation: “A Functional Analysis of Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Lens-specific Gene Expression”
- Advisor: Michael Robinson, professor of Biology
Jason Abram ’24, first year master’s degree student in Social Work
- Presentation: “Educators’ Knowledge on Human Trafficking”
- Advisor: Kelli Rushek, assistant professor of Teaching, Curriculum, and Education Inquiry
Emily Coleman ’23, second year master’s degree student in Geography
- Presentation: “Myaamia Food Sovereignty and Tribal Food Systems in Northeast Oklahoma”
- Advisor: Damon Scott, associate professor of Geography, Global and Intercultural Studies
