Past Award Recipients

Past graduate and undergraduate award recipients for the Student Conference are listed below. Awards included best and outstanding poster and oral presentations across several disciplines as well as the Chancellor’s Award for Creative Achievement and Chancellor’s Award for Interdisciplinary Achievement. For information on past award winners, please email Teresa Andrews at tandrews@ius.edu.

2021 Award Recipients - Graduate
Award	Winner(s)	Title	Faculty Sponsor
Chancellor's Award for Interdisciplinary Achievement	Brandon Visetchaisri	Glitter and Be Gay: Sexuality In The Life and Music of Leonard Bernstein	Ann Niren
The Outstanding Presentation related to Diversity Award	Meghan Luther	The Role of Environmental Literacy in the Promotion of Human Quality of Life and Human Dignity	James Hollenbeck
The Outstanding Presentation in Analytics	Scott Robinson	The Plague of Galen: Historical Antecedents of Global Pandemic	Donna Dahlgren
The Outstanding Presentation in Public Service	Pamela Edds	The Impact of a Refresher Course of Psychomotor Skills on Nursing Students undergoing Obstetrical Simulation	Laura McIlvoy

2021 Award Recipients - Undergraduate
Award	Winner(s)	Title	Faculty Sponsor
Chancellor's Award for Creative Achievement	Alex Conn	Costume Designs for World Premiere of Bittersweet Hard Candy	Natalie Bowman
Chancellor's Award for Interdisciplinary Achievement	Jaime Young Irvin	Musicians from Nowhere	Timothy Haertel
The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Excellence Award	Khaja Hussain, Brandon Young, & David Phaire	Deep Learning for Translating American Sign Language to English	Suranga Hettiarachchi
The Outstanding Presentation related to Diversity Award	Hayden Seelye	The World of Harry Potter: An Allegory to Our Societies Social Injustices	Susan Popham
The Outstanding Fine Arts Studio or Art History Award	Cecilia Winters, Liliana Velasco, & Robert Graham	IUS Athletic Stained Glass Window	Donna Stallard
The Thomas Kotulak Outstanding Political Science Award	Keziah Jones	Cold War Negotiations: Reagan's Take on an "Evil Empire"	Rebekah Dement
The Social Sciences Award for Community or Civic Engagement	Halee Tanner	The Ramifications of Ratification: The Continued Disenfranchisement of African American Women After the Nineteenth Amendment	Elizabeth Gritter
The Glenn Mason Outstanding Presentation in Natural Science	John Wohlleb	Invasion of the Plants	James Hollenbeck
The Bernardo Carducci Outstanding Presentation in Psychology	Rena Andrews	Battalions and Bias: Social Perceptions on Table-Top Gaming Enthusiasts	Meghan Kahn
The Outstanding Presentation in Analytics (Business)	Mitchell Lockhart, Rachel Rozenboom, Roberto Martinez & Savannah Dietrich	The Hot Spot: Louisville, Kentucky	Ranida Harris
The Louise Suleiman Outstanding Nursing Award	Brittany McCarty	Patient Belongings	Janice McMahan
The Lillian Yeager Outstanding Nursing Award	Madison Query	Venous Thromboembolism Toolkit: A Management Project at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center	Janice McMahan
The Outstanding Poster Presentation in Natural Sciences. Topic in Allied Health, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics	Kaycee Ranney	The Benefits of a Beehive on Indiana University Southeast campus and the Management and Upkeep of the Hives and Surrounding Habitat	David Taylor
The Outstanding Poster Presentation in Public Service	Kimberly Eckart, Jessica Biggerstaff & Ashton Bowles	Researching Nursing Student Mental Health and Seeking a Specialized Counselor	Julia Mattingly
The Outstanding Community Engagement Poster Award	Jennifer Steigerwald	Black Hole Project	Janice McMahan
Outstanding Poster Presentation	Kyla Barr, Troi Simms, Samantha Johnson & Aubrey Grahm	Establishment of Peer Mentor Program within the School of Nursing	Julia Mattingly
The Outstanding Oral Presentation in Natural Sciences. Topic in Allied Health, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics	Danielle Watt	Multiple Caulobacter Bacteriophages Isolated and Characterized from Local Water Specimens	Pamela Connerly
The Outstanding Oral Presentation in Education	Imani Maene	The Teacher's Antidote	Rebekah Dement
The Outstanding Oral Presentation in Business. Business, economics, and/or entrepreneurship	Kayla Crone	Building a Framework: The Importance of Analyzing Worldview	Jared Law-Penrose
The Outstanding Oral Presentation in Psychology	Katherine Heishman & Leslie Venzor	The Effects of Sexual Objectification on Anxiety	Todd Manson
Outstanding Oral Presentation in Sociology	Brook Elston	Gender Inequality in Popular Animated Films	Sara Hare
Outstanding Oral Presentation in Criminal Justice	Sierra French	Unworthy Victimhood: The Implications of Victim Stereotyping in Rape Trials	Rebekah Dement
The Outstanding Oral Presentation in Public Service	Giscard Ciney	Using AI based Game-Based Learning to Educate and Change the Driver’s Mindset to Increase Road Safety	Sridhar Ramachandran
The Outstanding Presentation in Philosophy	Joseph Tegarden	Bad Conscience	Leigh Viner
Outstanding Oral Presentation	John Clere	Comparing the Quality, Detail and Color Accuracy, and Cost of Photogrammetry and Structured Light Scanning	C Griggs
Outstanding Oral Presentation	Sadie Rothrock	The Other Side of the Electoral College: An Exploration into the Less-Publicized Benefits of the Electoral College	Rebekah Dement

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