Ron Walcott, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School congratulates the 2022 scholarship and fellowship recipients at the UGA Graduate School Fall Awards Reception on August 31, 2022. "I am absolutely thrilled and honored to have been selected for the Glass Distinguished Professorship," said Robertson, who joined the UNC-Chapel Hill faculty in 2004. This work will help understand if plasticity can enable populations to persist when exposed to rapid shifts in plant-herbivore interactions, as is expected under climate change. Leading by the transformative journey, her research agenda focuses on the education inequities faced by racially, linguistically and socioeconomically minoritized students, critical educational policy analysis, youth participatory action research, and culturally sustaining pedagogy. Before moving to UGA, Yitang pursued a masters degree in Public Health at the University of Florida, developing the ability to track down risk factors and causes of diseases. The fellowship supplements a Graduate School or departmental research assistantship with no additional work obligations. Michael Flynn Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Melanie Kunkel Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Jiabao Song Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, Eun Young Yeom Language & Literacy Education. Ms. Woodiwiss is a Predoctoral Fellow with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), member of the Tri-Alpha National Honor Society, and has served as a student representative for the Doctoral Program Committee at the School of Social Work since 2020. In 2017, he was named a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Ecology. This fellowship was established to recognize excellence in graduate education. After earning her Ph.D., Beth plans to continue her career in academia. Her research spans several domains, including the role of gender at work, remote work, work recovery, and the intersection of work and nonwork domains. The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize outstanding University of Georgia undergraduate students who wish to continue their educational studies by enrolling in a graduate program at UGA. River is attending the University of Georgia because of the rich tradition that Grady college has. Naomi Kramer is a fourth year Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program, housed within the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Department. She attended the University of Georgia (UGA) where she obtained her bachelors degree in biology. In particular, Amys research focuses on the live production side of the poultry industry, and her research will provide important information about Salmonella population dynamics and support the industry in developing effective mitigation strategies. In 2019, he completed his B.Sc at the University of Guelph, having worked with Professor William Tam and Professor France-Isabelle Auzanneau. With these learnings and experiences, he is hopeful for achieving his career goals. Olivia Thompson selected as a recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship for the 2019-2020 academic year. By developing new computing algorithms, she will investigate the genetic, behavioral, and environmental sources of root architecture diversity of one single genotype. Daniel Boches is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia (UGA). Graduate School, University of Georgia 2021 - Sandra K. Abell Fellowship National Association of Research in Science Teaching 2021 - Saeeda Peermahomed Award University of Georgia International Student Life 2021 - Graduate Student Researcher Travel Award AERA Science Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group 2021 - Jhumki Basu Fellowship The Graduate Education Advancement Board (GEAB) Fellowship is designed to recruit, support, and encourage exceptional graduate level students, from all fields, who will study and conduct research. Sophal believes that traumatic stress is a social justice issue and needs to be addressed across system levels (i.e., individual, family, community, country). The fellowship may be renewed up to three years by reapplying, which requires a new letter of support from the graduate coordinator and continued financial need demonstrated by FAFSA. degree from Vanderbilt University in Child Psychology in 2018, and a B.S. She intends to stay in academia after finishing her Ph.D. by aiming for a postdoctoral position. Presidential Graduate Fellowship Award The University of Georgia's Presidential Graduate Fellow award recognizes this year's exceptionally qualified recipients for their outstanding scholarship and excellent potential for success in their chosen fields. She received her bachelors and masters from China Agriculture Universitys department of veterinary medicine. Recipients of this award are expected to have high. Awards may be made to masters or doctoral students in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The holder of this fellowship must pursue studies in one of the following departments: agricultural & applied economics, economics, education, history, political science, public administration & policy, social work, or sociology. They should be interested in the problems of the University and the nation as well as the preservation of mankind and the environment. This program helps participants learn from experts and fellow graduate students what it means to challenge oneself to be the best leader possible. Olivia Thompson selected as a recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship for the 2019-2020 academic year. They do not include all of the funds available for each category. Alexander Morales Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Communication Studies, Damion Dixon College of Engineering Chemical Engineering, Huimin Cheng Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Statistics. Her dissertation is centered on examining prescription drug misuse among young adults. Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship Mar 2019 University of Georgia, $2,500 Research Scholarship Jan 2019 . Here he completed his BS in chemistry with honors, primarily studying analytical and materials chemistry. She hopes to utilize her leadership experience and toxicology background to provide expertise to cross-functional agencies including both biomedical and environmental organizations and thus improve public health. Madhav wants to be a successful plant breeder by developing varieties with improved productivity and nutrition to contribute toward food and nutritional security. She is a recipient of the Air and Waste Management Association, Georgia Chapter Scholarship, the SENIC Catalyst Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Summer Research Grant, Graduate School, UGA. "Africana . Shune Kimura is a board-certified large animal internist and currently pursuing a Ph.D. through the Department of Large Animal Medicine in Comparative Biomedical Sciences. degree from North China Electric Power University in 2012 and M.S. After graduation, she desires to pursue a career as an expert in aging in the labor market, especially for unprivileged workers. She received her masters degree in social work and is pursuing her Ph.D. in social work at the UGA. During his senior year, Peter got acquainted with the exciting fields of arithmetic geometry and number theory. Daniels research applies social geometric theory to sociological questions in law, deviance, and healthcare. Post navigation. Covington, S., Medine, C. 2022. Sarada Sripada is a Ph.D. She received her bachelors in psychology at the University of Central Florida in 2019, and her masters of arts in applied sociology in 2021. She is interested in maternal and child health and the impact of medical cannabis on health and labor outcomes. Recipient(s) should be of high moral character and engaged in community service, volunteering, and/or leadership activities. Yitang has a strong interest in the genetic basis of diseases and the role of genetic variations in influencing individual disease risks. He received a B.S. Candidate in English at the University of Georgia. Now, under her guidance, he will investigate insulins influence on the equine immune system, specifically in SIRS. Morgan Richardson Dietz is a Ph.D. One of the things that drew her to UGA was its strong number theory research team, as well as the welcoming nature of the math department. Specifically, the project consisted of assessing the health of coral reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia by scoring hundreds of pictures of the reefs and analyzing the biodiversity levels. She is also a recipient of UGAs Summer Graduate Research Grant, one of the many ways that UGA supports and fosters student research. Her research projects include Korean EFL emergent bilinguals meaning-making in a translingual book club, and immigrant youths translanguaging, Korean transnational emergent bilingual youths experiences reflected in translingual book club discussions and online translingual writing. A Collaboration with Graduate Students, Pre-service Teachers, and In-service Teachers (2023-2024). The Clinical Informatics Fellowship program, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, emphasizes expertise in population and public health informatics while preparing fellows for the full range of opportunities in clinical informatics. The 2021-2022 Hamilton Lokey Graduate Scholarship has been awarded to June Haeun Kim. Her interest in math research began in an REU at St. Marys College of Maryland, which resulted in a published paper on Knot Theory. The tripartite mission of the Graduate School is: to enhance the quality of graduate education across all programs, assist faculty and administrators in building world-class graduate programs, and support graduate students by providing outstanding discipline-specific training and broader professional development. Shelby chose UGA for her Ph.D. for the supportive faculty mentors, top-ranking program, and opportunity to work on a large-scale federally-funded research grant. Today, Lauren is a graduate student at UGA working on her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in the Handa Biomaterials Lab. Her undergraduate research was focused on studying coral reef lagoon dynamics. Marshall Liss grew up in Roswell, GA, and moved to Athens in fall of 2016 to study at the University of Georgia. The Graduate School will award up to $2,500.00 each. Throughout the year, participants attend sessions about leadership skills and other professional development topics to facilitate entering the workplace characterized by a diversity of people, career opportunities, and ever increasing responsibilities. His research is focused on the characterization of the emerging marine pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus and the implications for environmental and human health. This research reexamines property relations in a non-Western context, including how individuals make land claims based on their social status and circumstances. An important part of his research is undertaking Mendelian randomization (MR) studies to prioritize causal risk factors for diseases. In 2021, Byers was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Department MFA Acting student Robyn Accetta was recently listed as a 2020-2021 recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship. Peter Cassels is a graduate student and aspiring mathematician originally from Chelmsford, Massachusetts and now in his first-year at the math Ph.D. program at the University of Georgia. Departments. As a writer, Di is currently assisting on a Disney Film, has a story she wrote being considered for series and is hoping the Consolidated Creative Feature Film script she co-wrote with another MFA Performance cohort member sees production in Maymester 2023. For the last three years at UGA, he has published 13 academic papers on smart grids. Her research has led her to new interests which have led her to work with faculty in African American Studies, explore sound art, papermaking, and book arts. The Emerging Leaders Program is competitively selected leadership program sponsored by the Graduate School. This fellowship will be used as a top up or add-on award, with no additional work obligations, to be used to supplement a Graduate School or departmental research assistantship. Congratulations to Charles Stanton on being named the recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship for the 2015-2016 academic year! Recipients must be a native of South Georgia, enrolled in an advanced degree program in any school, college or unit at UGA, and demonstrate financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Cade Prize. The purpose of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship is to recruit, support, and encourage exceptional graduate-level students who will study and conduct research in all fields. Felicia would love to thank the donors for their generous contribution. At UGA, she is pursuing a Quantitative Methods certificate to apply rigorous statistics to real-world problems and innovate ways to test them through social psychology. She was one of the recipients for the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship (2021) and the Jane S. and W. Harry Willson Graduate Fellowship (2022) from the University of Georgia. She chose UGA for her graduate education because of UGAs commitment to intensive learning, access to rigorous research opportunities, and interdisciplinary graduate curricula. Recipients are chosen based on merit, and first preference will be given to entering graduate students wishing to pursue an advanced Engineering degree. His other research interests include evaluation and validation of educational measures in STEM. Yang Lin is a poultry science Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia. Reality (VR) environments in engineering. River Gracey is a first-year graduate student at Grady College earning a masters degree in Mass Communication and journalism. Her dissertation work applies W.E.B. Heidi grew up on the salty shores of Cape Cod, MA and earned her masters degree in psychology from Brandeis University. This interest was a main driver in Peters decision to attend UGA. Nominators must demonstrate relevance to one or more of the research priorities outlined in the Universitys Great Commitments. The purpose of this fellowship is to support outstanding students who are underrepresented in their fields. She explores human-environment relations across local and global scales. Peter is very honored to receive the Etchberger scholarship and will make sure to put the funds to good use as he is completing his graduate degree. Together with his advisor Professor David Crich and post-doctoral fellows Dr. Michael Pirrone and Dr. Vikram Sarpe, he co-founded a company, Hydroxalogs Biosciences, aimed at exploring the use of hydroxylamines in medicinal chemistry. Kenya has over a decade of experience as an epidemiologist with her research interests centering on examining structural barriers impacting maternal and child survival. She has received several honors for her scholarship, including the William Howell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Scholarship from Rice University, the Distinction in Research and Creative Works from Rice University, an Honorable Mention for the APS RISE Research Award, and an Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Jinans research interest includes power electronic-based smart grid, microgrids, renewable energy integration, cyber-physical security, attack detection and diagnosis, resilient control, and machine learning techniques application in power systems. Ms. Woodiwiss chose the University of Georgia to pursue her Ph.D. in Social Work as a result of the relationships with social work faculty and administration built during her MSW program. S., & Medvedev, K. 2022. She has passed her qualifying exams and is a Ph.D. Sophal Mak was born in Cambodia, a country that experienced a genocide regime (1975-1979). She also wants to create and develop aging policies and programs that reflect reality. Organization Title Year(s) Service Type; University of Georgia Graduate School xPD Advisory Board: Current: Public Relations Society of America: Member: Current: International Textile and Apparel Association: Member: Current: Association of Black Women Historians: For her dissertation, she is studying population processes and monitoring methods for diamondback terrapins, an estuarine turtle species that occurs along the East and Gulf Coasts of the United States, including Georgia. Summer Faculty . Alp is currently a research assistant on the Parents and Children Together (PACT) project at UGA, an NIH-funded study examining contextual factors affecting the transition to parenthood, and fathers contributions to infant development among unmarried, African American/Black men in rural Georgia. Her scholarship lives at the intersection of social and infectious disease epidemiology and takes on a Reproductive Justice and human rights approach for addressing morbidity and mortality experienced by marginalized communities in the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa. Campus Index Libraries Lauren Beugelsdyk Integrated Life Sciences, Benjamin Blackburn Integrated Life Sciences, Christina Endara Integrated Life Sciences, Alyssia Gonzalez Integrated Life Sciences, Alejandro Pereira Integrated Life Sciences, Osayomore Marie Lacour Integrated Life Sciences. Candidate in Genetics at the University of Georgia (UGA). Established in 1910, the University of Georgia Graduate School coordinates the graduate programs of all schools and colleges at the University of Georgia. She is particularly interested in the scientific and ecological questions we ask in political spaces. He worked as a plant science instructor for high school level after receiving his bachelors degree. He is actively carrying out field experiments in the Colorado Rocky Mountains as a researcher at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Dissertation completion assistantships are awarded to doctoral students in their final year of study on a competitive basis. To provide support for an outstanding student(s) in a graduate program. Molly seeks to answer her research questions using advanced statistical modeling and is actively training to receive a minor in quantitative analysis during her doctorate. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013 . Annas work has been supported by the Animal Behavior Society, American Society of Mammalogists, Georgia Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Zion Forever Project. This knowledge will direct her to design well-timed and targeted interventions that improve treatment outcomes among young adults. Anna Willoughby joined the University of Georgia in 2018 as a trainee in the Infectious Diseases Across Scales Program and a Ph.D. student in the Odum School of Ecology. June is a fifth year Ph.D. student under the direction of Dr. Walter Schmidt in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. This year, Cerenity has received the Phelps-Stokes Graduate Fellowship, and the funds from this award are instrumental in her dissertation data collection. Elyssa Schroeder is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia School of Social Work and a Fellow at the Center on Human Trafficking Research and Outreach (CenHTRO). To search for funds that may not be listed by category, leave the . The Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Award recognizes graduate students and recent graduate alumni whose research contributes to the educational, economic, physical, social or cultural well-being of North Carolina communities and citizens. She has explored a lot of areas of mathematics and computer science from working on a stream cipher in Cryptography to being a Machine Learning Intern for 6 months at a startup. All other factors equal, recipient(s) will be of American citizenship. Over the last year, she has presented her research at national and regional academic conferences, including a paper at the Southern States Communication Association conference that appeared on the Rhetoric and Public Address divisions Top Paper Panel. This work has involved the development of new mouse models and immunological assessments via multiple collaborations with various researchers at UGA. in sociology from UGA. Devashi Gulati is a 25-year-old mathematician. Shelby Steuart is a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Georgias Department of Public Administration and Policy, specializing in health policy. Shelby was the Department of Public Administration and Policys Student of the Year for the 2021-2022 school year and is the co-investigator on two UGA-based grants. In this role, Kristen is leading planning of the conference program, which will bring together conservation students, scholars, and practitioners from across the nation. in Biological Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, with Honors. UGA has one of the best plant breeding programs in the US with excellent research opportunities in a wide range of food and ornamental crops. Following completion of his degree, William aims to pursue a career with the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service. Alps future goals include pursuing postdoctoral training to enhance his understanding of both socio-emotional and neurocognitive correlates of fathering in preparation for further developing his independent research program. During her PhD program, Mariam has co-authored several journal and conference papers. The following summer, he worked directly under Dr. Hart, researching systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), a major component of critical illnesses such as sepsis. . Ghalei was also the only student in the College of Engineering to receive the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship in 2020, a prestigious fellowship granted to UGA students who have demonstrated exceptional academic and research effort. Jinan Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Georgia. Before joining UGA, Mariam had a masters in clinical psychology from the Iran University of Medical Sciences and worked as a licensed psychotherapist for several years in Tehran. Campus Index Libraries Need is a consideration, but not required. Established in 1910, the University of Georgia Graduate School coordinates the graduate programs of all schools and colleges at the University of Georgia. Ojes research is centered on the pedagogical and instructional design of Virtual. By handalab / July 29, 2020 August 27, 2021. Diane Klement Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Emme Collett Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering, Erin Quinn Human Development and Family Science, Madeline Melton Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Ryan Rimple Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Yujun Lin Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors. Recipients of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship also receive a $2,500 award. This fellowship encourages exceptional graduate-level study and research in any and all areas related to aspects of aging, including but not limited to, applied social sciences, fields of gerontology, geriatrics, mental health, public health, social work, as well as interdisciplinary and emerging fields of study. Felicia Ebot-Ojong is an immigrant from Cameroon, Africa. Anya is also collaborating on applied research aimed to improve writing pedagogy with colleagues from UGAs Writing Intensive Program. Her most recent projects have been exploring the Dark Triad (psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) from the perspective of the most widely used model of personality, the Five Factor Model. At the University of Georgia, Jameel is interested in teasing apart the interactions of environment and genetic variation to produce quantitative traits in plants. Many of these opportunities provide invaluable . In the future, she hopes to direct her own psychology lab at a research-intensive institution and serve as a faculty member. Partnering with the environmental NGO Borneo Nature Foundation, Kristens dissertation research centers on collaborating with indigenous Dayak Ngaju communities in the Rungan River Landscape. She has had a high amount of training in multidisciplinary research integrating social work, economics, and gerontology from her Ph.D. program at the UGA SSW and varying workshops which has helped her realize her career goal. Her research is focused on understanding the roles of chromatin structure and its impact on genome function and stability. Di was the creator, executive producer and star of the PBS pilot My Life Disoriented which was the first Asian American dramedy to air on television. Nominees must be current UGA . Alp Aytuglu is an international student from Turkey and doctoral candidate in human development and family science, working under the supervision of Dr. Geoffrey L. Brown. The purpose of this scholarship is to attract and retain students who can meet the high standards of Dr. Boyd, who dedicated his life to education and research. Before starting her Ph.D. program at UGA, she worked as the Outcomes Measurement Manager at Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta where she gained valuable work experience in measurement, program evaluation, and non-profit management. Following the completion of his Ph.D, he hopes to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at the interface of organic chemistry and chemical biology. We offer financial support to assist building projects in schools. Felicia was first introduced to scientific research when she started working in Dr. Allen Moores lab as a work-study student. Upon hearing about UGAs commitment to anti-trafficking research through CenHTRO, she decided to become a Double Dawg and pursue a Ph.D. in Social Work. Her research involves the post-translational modifications of cancer-related proteins, from which she was selected by SERYM faculty members for recognition of her outstanding presentation. He is affiliated with the University of Georgias School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Engineering Education Transformational Institute. Her research interests are in race and ethnicity, social psychology, and health. Preference is given to students from Laurens County, Georgia. Together, they spent a lot of time thinking of new methods on how the student communication department could cover and uncover different sports content in the Augusta area from things such as AU sports, local high schools, and minor league baseball. College of Family and Consumer Sciences Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors PhD Candidate & Graduate Teaching Assistant 313 Dawson Hall 305 Sanford Dr. Athens, GA30602 scovington@uga.edu 609-992-4400 https://shamiracovington.com Curriculum Vitae Education Degree Field of Study Institution Graduation Research Throughout her research career, Naomi has won 15+ awards at the national, regional, and local levels, including a Three Minute Thesis award for her research communication and a Neurotoxicology award for her research contributions at the national Society of Toxicology conference. Prior to joining the doctoral program, Kenya served as an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the director of Antibiotic Resistance Epidemiology and Surveillance at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Yitang Sun is a Ph.D. She is the departmental nominee for the UGA Dissertation Completion Award and recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship. This work contributes to theory and policies that aim to strengthen marginalized actors land claims and engender a more equitable future. Beth decided to attend the University of Georgia for her doctoral studies due to the institutions research activity, academic rigor, and supportive culture. Campus Index Libraries Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship The University of Georgia 2019 Scholarship for Graduate Studies Turkish Ministry of National Education 2015 Organizations Kappa Delta. With gratitude, she thanks the UGA Graduate School and the donors of the endowed funds who have made this journey possible. Recipients will be selected based on academic excellence and the relevance of their research interests to medicated feed additives and animal health in the global marketplace.

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