Resources for Graduate Students

Graduate Research Symposium 2024 Award Winners

Gumberg Library Award

• "Conducting a Psychiatric Analysis Using Collateral Materials: A Case Study of Theodore Kaczynski"
  • Rebekka Range, under the direction of  Dr. Lyndsie Ferrera
  • School of Science & Engineering - Forensic Science and Law 

Gumberg Library Award - Honorable Mention

• Are Students With Disabilities Really Career-Ready? A Scoping Review
  • Paige Johnson, Logan Bowser, & Abby Wensell, under the direction of Bridget Green EdD * Riva MatthieuEdD
  • School of Education - School Psychology

Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center Award

• "Applications of Phenomenology: Retrospective Analysis of Lived Experience of Eye Disease"
  • Kimberly Tucker, under the direction of Lanei Rodemeyer PhD * Jay Chhablani MD
  • McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts - Department of Philosophy,

Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center Award - Honorable Mention

• "Parents' Perceptions and Views of Sending Their Children to Public Elementary Schools Amid Rising Incidences of School Shootings in the United States"
  • Gretchen Goldman, under the direction of Allison Colbert PhD & Rick Zoucha PhD
  • School of Nursing 

Graduate Research Symposium 2023 Award Winners

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

• Are Students With Disabilities Really Career-Ready? A Scoping Review
  • Paige Johnson, Logan Bowser, & Abby Wensell, under the direction of Bridget Green EdD * Riva Matthieu EdD
  • School of Education - School Psychology

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