Resources for Graduate Students

Graduate Research Symposium 2023 Award Winners

Duquesne University's Office of Research and Innovation hosts an annual Graduate Research Symposium, showcasing the research and scholarship of DU grad students from all disciplines.

Gumberg Library Award

• "A Review of Behavioral Interventions Used to Improve Menstrual Hygiene Independence in Young Women with Developmental Disabilities "
  • Sarah Alzahrani and Abdulrhman Ashgar, under the direction of Dr. Bridget Green
  • School of Education - Special Education

Gumberg Library Award - Honorable Mention

• "Green Teens and Magazines: Environmentalism, Consumerism, and Girl Power in Girls’ Magazines at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century"
  • Hannah LeComte, under the direction of Dr. Robin Chapdelaine
  • McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Oral History Initiative Award

• "Unique Eats and Unique Histories: An Oral History of EatUnique Café"
  • Megan Wetherington, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Simpson
  • McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts - Department of History

Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center Award

• "A Peculiar Home: A Phenomenology of Place"
  • Gabriela Sanchez, under the direction of Dr. Lanei Rodemeyer
  • McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts - Department of Philosophy

Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center Award - Honorable Mention

• "Peripheral Minds: A Phenomenological Analysis of Dyslexia"
  • John Henry Reilly, under the direction of Dr. Lanei Rodemeyer
  • McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts - Department of Philosophy

Graduate Research Symposium 2022 Award Winners

Gumberg Library Award

• "Impact of COVID-19 on Sexual Assaults in the City of Pittsburgh - A Case Study"
  • Brooke Baker, under the direction of Dr. Pamela Marshall
  • Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences - Forensic Science

Gumberg Library Award - Honorable Mention

• "The Use of Functional Communication Training Intervention with Children with Developmental Disabilities"
  • Abdulrhman Ashgar, under the direction of Dr. Bridget Green
  • School of Education - Special Education

Oral History Initiative Award

• "Gendered Norms in Community Based Engagement: Oral Histories of the Women in the Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice"
  • Kathleen Burch, under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Taylor
  • McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts - Department of History