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COE Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium

This event showcases the innovative research conducted by our graduate students across various fields, providing an excellent opportunity to engage with the next generation of scholars in the College of Education.

 

Schedule of Events
8:45am Registration & Welcome
9:20am Ignite Session
10:10am Idea Incubator A, Poster Session
11:00am Ignite Session 2
11:50am Morning Session Conclusion
12:00pm Break
1:30pm Registration & Welcome
2:00pm Ignite Session 3
2:50pm Idea Incubator B
3:45pm Ignite Session 4
4:30pm Awards Presentation & Afternoon Session Conclusion

 

 

Faculty and Staff Mentors

     

 Allison Anders, Ph.D.

 Toby Jenkins-Henry, Ph.D.

 Waleed Raja, Ph.D.

 Kara Brown, Ph.D.

 Ashlee Lewis, Ph.D.

 Nicole Silverio, Ph.D.

 Ryan Carlson, Ph.D.

 Dodie Limberg, Ph.D.

Angela Starrett, Ph.D.

 Matt Cunningham, Ph.D.

 Julia López-Robertson, Ph.D.

Andrea Taliaferro, Ph.D.

 Molly Dawes, Ph.D.

 Davíd Martínez, Ph.D.

 Hentao Tang, Ph.D.

 An De Mester, Ph.D.

 Dorian McCoy, Ph.D.

 Chas Thompson, Ph.D.

 Suzy Hardie, Ph.D.

 Meir Muller, Ph.D.

 

Dean Thomas Hodges

 Jonathan Ohrt, Ph.D.

 

 

Graduate Student Participants

       

Ozgur Altintas* 

Shea Ferguson* 

Sylvester L. Maduna

Keah Tandon*

Anthonia Awhinawhi 

Shazia Hamid* 

Giovanna Morara

Cornelius U-Sayee*

Jessica Barnes*

Brittany Holden 

Beatrice Quiroz

Amita Verma*

Sonya Burns*

Katie Hopkins

Alyssa Raygoza

Xiaobo Wei

Regin Dean 

Jeremy Lewis

Peter Rifenburg*

Patricia Wilson*

Jonathan Dillensnyder

Cheolho Lim

Alison Scheide

 

Michael Ertel*

Emily Lohrbach*

Sam Schmoker

 

*indicates student volunteer

 

2025 Awards

 

Emerging Scholar Award

This award goes to a student whose project is currently in development and showing promise.

Alyssa Raygoza

2025 Emerging Scholar Awardee: Alyssa Raygoza

 Educational Psychology, Educational and Developmental Science

 

 

Innovative Idea Award

This award goes to a researcher who is developing an innovative research pursuit.

Shazia Hamed

2025 Innovative Idea Awardee: Shazia Hamid

Program and Department: Language and Literacy, Teacher Education

 

Graduate Student Research Award

This award goes to a student who has demonstrated exemplary completed research project.

Shea Ferguson

2025 Graduate Student Research Awardee: Shea Ferguson

Program and Department: Educational Psychology, Educational and Developmental Science

 

Symposium Support

  • Dean Thomas Hodges
  • Office of Research
  • Office of Communication

 

Symposium Organizers

  • Ali Brian, Ph.D., CAPE
  • Katie Cunningham, Ph.D.
  • Gwen Lorinovich

 


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