College of Arts, Humanities, Media, and Public Affairs
Graduate:
Dean’s Award (tie)
- Dalia Seifallah, Lamia Dawood, and Farheen Mahmoud, "Graduate Writers in the Digital Age: Navigating Reddit for Academic Writing Development" (faculty mentor, Dana Driscoll)
- Dalia Seifallah and Nafisah Ahmad Sulaiman, "Muslim Mothering as a Site of Resistance and Empowerment: An Autoethnographic Study" (faculty mentor, Gloria Park)
Outstanding Podium Presentation
- Susan Schrack Wood, "What are Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, Social Norms, and Perceived Controls Regarding Environmental Health in Patient Practice: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Inform and Improve Communication Messaging for a Health Care Provider Audience" (faculty mentor, Steven Kleinman)
Eberly College of Business and Information Technology
Graduate:
Dean’s Award
- Aaron Burkhart, "Is the Efficiency of AI Worth the Ethical Concerns in the Insurance Industry?” (faculty mentor, Yaya Sissoko)
Undergraduate:
Dean's Award
- Ryan Little and Tyler Blystone, "The Macroeconomic Forces that Affect Equity Returns and Why They Vary Across Equity Sectors" (faculty mentor, James Jozefowicz)
Outstanding Podium Presentation
- Saniya Metcalf-Harris and Kaitlyn Donaldson, "Keystone Crimes: Understanding the Reasons for Crime in Pennsylvania Counties" (faculty mentor, James Jozefowicz)
Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Jackson White, "The Effects of Intermediate Punishment on Recidivism" (faculty mentor, Brandon Vick)
College of Education and Human Services
Graduate:
Dean’s Award
- Anthony Grande, "Virtual MTSS: Measuring Success and Lessons Learned Implementing a Comprehensive Program" (faculty mentor, Courtney Leone)
Outstanding Podium Presentation
- John Ograh, "Eliciting Behavior Change in College Students: An Evaluation of Outcomes of a Motivational Interviewing and Wellness Coaching Program" (faculty mentor, Christian Vaccaro)
Undergraduate:
Dean’s Award
- Reia Sanchez, "Impact of Service Duration on Victim Services Satisfaction in Pennsylvania" (faculty mentor, Alex Heckert)
Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Lauren Connor, "Examining Satisfaction Rates with Victim's Services Programs Across Age Gaps" (faculty mentor, Christian Vaccaro)
College of Health Sciences
Graduate:
Dean’s Award
- Christopher de la Victoria, "A.R.I.S.E. and Shine: Energizing the Nursing Classroom" (faculty mentor, Kristy Chunta)
Undergraduate
Dean's Award
- Caleigh Robb, Elizabeth Ashe, Bailey Bevington, and Julia Marshall, "The Effect of Phosphene Characteristics on the Perception of Letters Designed to Simulate Prosthetic Vision" (faculty mentor, William Farrell)
Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Caylyn Shirey, "I-sharing with Friends and Strangers" (faculty mentor, Anson Long)
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Graduate:
Dean’s Award
- James Duke, "The John and Julia Hopkins House: Excavating Black History in Gettysburg's Third Ward" (faculty mentor, Benjamin Ford)
Outstanding Podium Presentation
- Nicholas Logan, "Eastern Whip-poor-will Response to Prescribed Fire in Managed Oak Forests" (faculty mentor, Jeffrey Larkin)
Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Savannah Weinrich, "Vessel Technology and Function at the Chester Field Shell Ring Site" (faculty mentor, Andrea Palmiotto)
Undergraduate:
Dean’s Award
- Megan Seaman, "Rebalancing the Ribbon: Correcting Dataset Imbalance in AI-Driven Breast Cancer Detection" (faculty mentor, Samuel Grieggs)
Outstanding Podium Presentation
- Abigail Trimble, "Legacy in Limbo: Energy Transition and AI Data Centers in a Former Appalachian Coal Town" (faculty mentor, Amanda Poole)
Outstanding Poster Presentation
- Serena Aumick, "Expanding the Available Data for Green Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus hondurensis complex)" (faculty mentor, Josiah Townsend)
Excellence in Data Analysis Award (sponsored by the ARL)
Undergraduate:
- Kelly Szolek, "Justice for All? Evaluating Public Defender Effectiveness in Pennsylvania" (faculty mentor, Angel Alcantara)
- Caroline Sandman, Kathryn Schaeffer, and Nicholas Logan, "Assessing the Presence of Ruffed Grouse (Bona umbellus) in Managed Forests and Shrublands in the Western Great Lakes" (faculty mentor, Jeffrey Larkin)
IUP Libraries’ Research Award
Graduate:
- Jenna Sorensen, "IUP RA Perceptions: Stress, Burnout, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy" (faculty mentor, David Berberich)
Undergraduate:
- Nate Kociela and Jackson White, "The Attendance Curveball: Examining What Drives Fans to MLB Ballparks" (faculty mentor, James Jozefowicz)
Women in STEM Awards
- Toni Venslosky, "Assessment of Microplastic Contamination in Stream Sediments of the Stoney Run Watershed" (faculty advisor, Katherine Farnsworth)
- Jenna Conrad, "An Analysis of Microwear of Tyrannosaurid Teeth" (faculty mentor, Eric Morschhauser)
Three Minute Thesis
Judge’s Award
- Amar Mmoud, "College Students' Expectations from Their Instructors in Today's Classroom" (faculty mentor, Jacqueline McGinty)
People’s Choice Award
- Abdul Jones, "Brown's Farm: A 19th and 20th Century African American Farmstead" (faculty mentor, Benjamin Ford)
Thank you to all our faculty mentors and judges!