
CURRENT MINERVA SCHOLARS

Emu Aragon
PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Addressing the perpetuation of colonial and Eurocentric values in counselor training and treatment approaches, especially for clients with marginalized identities.
Chattanooga, TN

Yu Chen
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Interested in parent-child interactions.
China

Jacob Coscarelly
PhD in Nanoscience
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
To serve Christ in all that I do, in my career and in all other aspects of my life.
Farmington Hills, MI

Dandrick Glenn
DMA Trombone Performance
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Advocating for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion to bring people together through music.
Shelby, NC

Kyle Gray
PhD in Music Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Advancing the field of music education with a special focus on choral music. Supporting undergraduate students in reaching their goals as future music educators.
Tampa, FL

Breanna Harris
PhD in English
Anticipated Graduation: May 2027
Studying the significance of tree varieties in American Literature with a focus on Modernist American and African-American authors, while pursuing my passion for teaching.
Savannah, GA

Shanna Hilborn
PhD in Chemistry & Biochemistry
Anticipated Graduation: May 2027
Using chemistry education research to make the field of chemistry a better place for all who wish to be part of it.
Traverse City, MI

Brittany Hillard
PhD in English
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Studying romances, psychology, and Christian philosophy in medieval literature. I am also studying Digital Humanities, especially the pedagogical benefits of video games.
North Carolina




















Jon Hunsberger
PhD in Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
I study and teach education and philosophy.
Lykens, PA


Dorcas Johnson
PhD in Community Health Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
My research interests are in understanding African refugees’ perceptions on mental health and seeing how faith may impact this relationship.
Raleigh, NC


Michele Kurtz
PhD in Educational Studies, Concentration in Higher Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Identifying equity-centered practices to reduce Black employee attrition in student affairs.
Raleigh, NC




















Kathleen Langerman
PhD in Nursing
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
I would like to teach, research, and write about operating room nursing. There is need for that in the industry.
Cornelius, NC


Jason Lord
MFA in Studio Arts
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Using an interdisciplinary approach to ask questions about ritual, pattern, systems, perception, and what it means to be human.
Durham, NC


Changzhi Ma
PhD in Computational Statistics
Anticipated Graduation: May 2027
Exploring research on Statistics and Mathematics. Advancing statistical science and serving society.
Guangdong, China


Brandi McDonald
Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2029
Being an active member of academia and giving back to the community through research.
Houston, TX


Ashley Nicholas
PhD in Nanoscience
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Developing screening mechanisms to identify components of gene editing systems that exhibit increased targeting and specificity.
Warrenton, NC


McKayla Phillips
DMA in Music Performance (Percussion)
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Empowering students to believe in themselves and find joy through music making.
Greensboro, NC


Md. Tuhinur Rahman
PhD in Information Systems
Anticipated Graduation: May 2027
Exploring the areas of cybersecurity, and blockchain in the context of Information Systems.
Dhaka, Bangladesh


Jesa Rae Richards (she/her)
PhD in Cultural Foundations of Education (ELC)
Anticipated Graduation: May 2027
Collaborating with young people to re-imagine the role of children in education and civic life.
Durham, NC


Pooja Shah
PhD in English
Anticipated Graduation : May 2027
I am interested in integrating postcolonial theory and literature, cultural studies, and visual culture to examine the relationships between political dissonance, colonial violence, racial hierarchy and identity.
India


Md. Hasan Sheikh
PhD in Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May 2027
Exploring the area of consumer data analytics in the context of consumer, apparel, and retail studies.
Bangladesh


Inga Siler
PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Studying child language disorders with a focus on literacy and school-based issues.
Cornelius, NC


Julie Barney
DNP/AGNP
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Promoting health and wellness of communities through collaboration of care, evidence-based practice and research.
Lewisville, NC


Avery Catherwood
PhD in Geography
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Studying climate variability through the lens of dendrochronology. I love hiking with my dog, Ralphie, listening to folk music, and playing on my Switch or Xbox when I have a free moment.
Concord, NC


Marissa Finkelstein
MFA in Dance
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Implementing culturally relevant teaching and brain-compatible dance education models in higher education dance technique classes to cultivate student agency, voice, and creativity.
Marlboro, NJ


Patricia Garcia Gil
DMA Historical Keyboard
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Sharing my passion for the fortepiano and raising awareness of the overlooked women composers from the 18th and 19th centuries
Zaragoza, Spain


Hannah Griesbach
PhD in Mathematics
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Mount Airy, MD


Kristen Hagarty
PhD in Nutrition
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Researching trace element metabolism in the brain and the factors that impact trace element accumulation and distribution in the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
Charlotte, NC


Dorcas Johnson (Mabiala)
PhD in Community Health Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Exploring program implementation and evaluation targeted towards immigrants and refugees and how that affects their overall health.
Kinshasa, Congo


Alexander Lake
PhD in Chemistry
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Learning as much as I can in the field of Organic Chemistry!
Logan, UT


Agona Lutollia
Phd in Human Development and Family Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Studying parent-child relationships through a sociocultural lens.
Kosovo


Calise Richardson
PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Using knowledge, power and privilege to deconstruct and re-imagine oppressive systems through co-creating and mutual empowerment.
Orange County, CA


Alexandria Smith
PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Working with individuals, families, groups, and communities to bridge the gap between clinical mental health and school counseling.
Newport News, VA


Jihyun Song
PhD in Kinesiology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Exploring interventions that motivate adolescence to participate in physical activity and enhance learning outcomes in physical education.
South Korea


Crystal Thinzar
PhD in Clinical Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2027
Identifying pathways to developmental psychopathology in psychosocial context with focus on moment-to-moment parenting, parent-child emotion socialization and regulation processes.
Myanmar


Noelle Wyman Roth
PhD in Educational Research Methodology, Program Evaluation concentration
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Studying the concept of sustainability (equity, environment, economy) in the field of program evaluation, with a focus intersection of environmental and social justice.
Durham, NC


Cherish (Ruitong) Li
PhD in Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Researching individual and contextual factors related to the food choices that people make.


Ebonie Jones
PhD in Special Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Focusing on the overrepresentation of Black boys in Special Education.
West Hartford, CT


Connor Calhoun
MFA in Studio Arts
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
I’m a queer multidisciplinary artist and arts organizer from the South.
Raleigh, NC


Grace Ekundayo
PhD in Nutrition
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Promoting innovative research and multidisciplinary approaches to improve nutrition status and health in especially in low income communities, throughout life cycle.
Ekiti State, Nigeria


David Kay
PhD in History
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Researching the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction in North Carolina and beyond. I value history’s ability to empower individuals and societies writ large.
Greensboro, NC


Michael Parker
PhD in Statistics
Anticipated Graduation: May 2027
Teaching at the college level.
Greensboro, NC


Kavita Singh
PhD in Community Health Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Developing my research and teaching capabilities under the CARS program.
Delhi, India


Mohammad Ataullah Nuri
PhD in English
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Analyzing environmental humanities issues in the works of the South Asian Anglophone writers for offering new approaches for understanding the South Asian conceptions of environment.
Rangamati, Bangladesh


Monica Bourommavong
PhD Cultural Foundations in Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Critically examining the education system, in order to make education better and more supportive to Southeast Asian American students and BIPOC students.
Charlotte, NC


Lisa (Sears) Williams
MFA in Interior Architecture
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Finishing my career teaching at a higher Ed institution so that I can help usher in the next generation of Interior Architects!
Cary, NC


Mohammed Jibriel
PhD in Community Health Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Exploring community based participatory research and studying infectious disease behavioral science in racial/ethnic and sexual and gender minorities.
Sudan


Abdul Fahim Kader Khan
PhD in Information Systems
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Exploring the areas of cybersecurity, and data analytics in the context of Information Systems
Dhaka, Bangladesh


Nick Lewis
DMA in Trombone
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Mastering technique and musicianship on the trombone and innovating teaching practices in an effort to cultivate the next generation of musicians.
Aynor, SC


Rachel Keplin
DMA
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Exploring pedagogy, contemporary viola techniques and the best ways to connect them in the academic teaching studio.
Columbus, NC


Christian Lopezguerra
PhD in Environmental Health Sciences
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Investigating the impact of predation on the evolution of opportunistic pathogens. Elucidating the evolution of virulence in bacteria may provide strategies for mitigating resistant infections.
Oceanside, CA


Ryan Milligan
PhD in Educational Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Interrogating current advising approaches and systems to dismantle practices and policies that inhibit marginalized students’ sense of belonging and overall persistence.
Greenville, SC


Justin Fegley
PhD in Kinesiology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Exploring the development of ACL injury risk factors across the maturation process as well as better assessments of physical development.
Pine Grove, PA


Nathan McMenamin
PhD in Geography
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Elevating concerns specific to queer communities in the American South as well as making connections to other marginalized communities more broadly.
Carthage, NC


Ariana Bailey
MS/PhD in Human Development and Family Studies
Uncovering more about racial socialization and racial identity development processes and their intersections with social development and parent-child relationships.
Prince George’s County, MD


Abby Bryan (Gerdes)
PhD in English
Engaging with my research interests in Rhetoric and Composition, life-writing, and trauma-informed writing.


Kiana Govoni
MFA in Creative Writing
Writing nonfiction essays on family and mental health.


Paula Hernandez
Exploring college access for minoritized identities.
Reidsville, NC


Matthew Middleton
MFA in Design with a focus in lighting design
Growing as a theatre artist in the hopes of one day working as a professional designer and theatre educator.




















Hannah Morgan
PhD in History
Working to bring together the historiographies of deinstitutionalization and mass incarceration, such as the Texas’s War on Drugs entrapping people with mental illness into the criminal justice system.


Sarah Pellizzari
Studying the regulation of brain function during environmental and toxic stressors using the American Bullfrog to better understand how brain function is regulated in response to stressors and how real-life impacts brain stressors on animals.
Wilmington, NC


Kassandra Richardson
PhD in Economics
Focusing on forecasting and macro modeling, with the goal of influencing policy.
Southwest Virginia


Nayma Romo Bechara
PhD in Microbial evolution
Investigating the changes in the bacterial communities of sand fly larvae rearing medium. I am a passionate, innovative, and hardworking scientist.


Michelle Rose
PhD in Music Education
Creating resources for music teachers as well as a clinician, presenter, and panelist.




















Derek Bannasch




















Jacob Coscarelly




















Aizhan Issayeva




















Samuel Reddinger




















Katherine Tuttle


Taylor Arnold
PhD in Community Health Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Using participatory research methods to understand the health effects of precarious agricultural child labor in North Carolina.
United States


Shamusideen Ayeni
PhD in Geography
Anticipated Graduation: December 2024
Simulating hydrologic processes in the North Carolina’s River Basins to understand the impacts of land-use and climate changes for effective watershed & water resources management.
Ijebu Odolewu, Ogun State, Nigeria


Beth Bacon
PhD in Kinesiology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Exploring central neural networks relative to orthopedic injury risk factors as well as possible injury prevention mechanisms in efforts to decrease lower extremity injuries.
High Point, North Carolina


Kim Barclift
PhD in Music Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Maximizing the undergraduate experience for Music Education majors in a way that provides a solid foundation for aspiring teachers.
Greensboro, North Carolina




















Youselene Beauplan
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Developing counter-narratives of trauma experiences of Black men and families through community-based participatory research to combat negative outcomes and develop supportive policy.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida




















Hediyeh Bondar
MFA in Studio Arts
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Mentoring students with the goal to make pattern on textile, researching about East and West rug patterns, and making textile art which is inspired from nature.
Iran


Travis Bridges
DNP in Nurse Anesthesia
Anticipated Graduation: August 2023
Training to provide competent and empathetic anesthesia care to all my future patients.
Columbia, South Carolina




















Zoie Bunch
PhD in Medicinal Biochemistry
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Collaborating with other researchers to continue exploring the exciting world of natural products research.
South Carolina


Kate Burt
PhD in English


Lisa Butterworth
PhD in Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Participating and encouraging others in the revitalization of the early childhood special education profession.
Greensboro, North Carolina


Tyler Clark
PhD in Educational Research Methodology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Evaluating equity, diversity and inclusion in the criminal justice context of program evaluation.
Charlotte, North Carolina


Samantha DuBois
PhD in Kinesiology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Examining impact of physical activity on brain health and cognitive functioning in individuals at risk for or currently experiencing cognitive declines.
Wayne, New Jersey


Cia Elder
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Advocating for positive youth development through the lens of social justice, trauma-informed care, and identity development to support the future generations yet to come.
Kalamazoo, Michigan


Heather Emmons
PhD in Nutrition
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Researching nutritional neuroscience with an emphasis on how dopamine signaling is affected with consumption of different dietary patterns.
Tucson, Arizona


Jessica Garcia
Phd in Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Exploring the myriad of variables that play a role in the development of psychopathology, particularly anxiety and mood disorders.
Miami, Florida


Ashley Gilbert
PhD in History
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Politicizing of taverns in early America, with a focus on women’s involvement and ownership of these institutions.
Chesterfield, Virginia




















Kate Horton
MFA in Interior Architecture
Anticipated Graduation: August 2022
Exploring how designers and teachers can engage as key stakeholders in a design process that fosters inclusive, meaningful collaboration.
Durham, North Carolina


Jon Hunsberger
PhD in Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
I am interested in studying education and philosophy, and in particular examining the ways schooling, teaching, and studenting commonly happen, who and what these prevailing practices and institutions serve, and how we as educators might otherwise be.
Pennsylvania




















Angela Jennings
DNP in Adult Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Exploring a wholistic approach to health through interactions that change lives one encounter at a time.
Danville, Virginia




















Lawrency Jones
PhD in Nursing
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Performing research that mitigates stress in African American women by identifying coping strategies that are practical.
Raleigh, North Carolina


Brandi Kennedy
PhD in Educational Studies (Higher Education)
Anticipated Graduation: December 2023
Deconstructing barriers to representation within the academy through critically assessing Black doctoral student socialization.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina


Emily Krechel
PhD in Higher Education
Anticipated Graduation: December 2023
Critically analyzing systems to develop strategic ways to dismantle and rebuild power structures in the academy.
Virginia Beach, Virginia


Joey Lavarias
DMA
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Perfecting skill on the bassoon and exploring the world of music, how it works, and where it comes from.
Daytona Beach, Florida


Haeju Lee
PhD in Educational Research Methodology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Using educational measurement and methodology, such as item response theory and confirmatory factor analysis
Republic of Korea


Joanna McCoskey Wiltshire
DMA in Clarinet Performance
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Inspiring the next generation of clarinet performers, teachers, and enthusiasts through inclusive, diverse programming, individualized pedagogical techniques, and respect for each whole person.
Farmingdale, Long Island, New York


Fatima Mohammed
PhD in Information Systems
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Studying the intricating impact of emerging technologies on individuals, organizations and societies as well as their role in development.
Ghana


Elijah Motley
MFA in Dance (Choreography)
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Researching how audience’s perception can be altered within dance choreography.
Danville, Virginia


Megan Mouton
PhD in Nanoscience
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Hillsborough, North Carolina


Nathan Njaramba
PhD in Nursing
Kenya


Peace Okpala
PhD in Public Health Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Advancing more effective and sustainable health interventions through chronic disease research and challenging systems of oppression to eliminate health disparities and promote health equity.
Nigeria


Yuliya Orkis
MFA in Acting
Anticipated Graduation: May 2022
Engaging with the greater community to communicate stories to individuals who need them while simultaneously encouraging young new artists of tomorrow to express their voices.
Brooklyn, New York


Shivani Raina
PhD in Clinical Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
Serving children and families in low-income and minority communities through parenting and school-based interventions.
Maryland


Nicholas Rich
DMA in Music Composition
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Exploring the intersections of Folk, Classical, Popular, and Experimental music.
Carthage, New York


Emilee Robbins
PhD in History
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Locating, analyzing, and amplifying the stories of women in the Early Modern Atlantic World.
Louisiana


Rebekah Rodriguez
PhD in Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Bridging art and mind through the exploration of creativity, artistic engagement, and cultural institutions.
Texas


Monique Saastamoinen
PhD in Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations
Anticipated Graduation: August 2024
Researching what dismantling (or reproducing) implicit marginalization looks like, sociologically and ideologically, in our institutions – motivated by generations of ancestral marginalization.
Binghamton, New York


Nicole Silverio
PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Expanding culturally-responsive mental health services for minoritized communities by addressing accessibility and counselor competency.
Dominican Republic


Melanie Stadler
PhD in Environmental Health Science
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Identifying small but critical habitat areas that reptile and bird species rely on for survival with the goal of preservation of these habitats.
Cheney, Kansas


Uma Swamy
PhD in Consumer, Apparel and Retail Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Evaluating the effect of big box chain stores and online e-commerce on small and medium retailers and supporting them in their quest for survival.
Canada


Benjamin Thornburg
PhD in Economics


Anthony Trofe
PhD in Nanoscience
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Discovering the unknowns of science for the betterment of the world.
Morgantown, Pennsylvania


Luke Vitagliano
PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Examining the intersect of mental health practices in the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
Port Chester, New York


Huili Wang
PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Studying auditory rehabilitation, neurocognition, early speech and language intervention for children from birth to three, autism, and childhood speech apraxia, etc.
China


Virginia Weaver
PhD in English
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Rejecting unethical abstractions by taking feminist literary criticism back to the material, lived realities of women and LGBT writers.
North Carolina


Madeline White
PhD in Clinical Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
Examining how cognitive characteristics of the individual contribute to the experiencing of depression and related health or psychological issues to maximize treatment success.
Wilmington, North Carolina


Dom Witten
MFA in Creative Writing
Anticipated Graduation: May 2022
Detroit, Michigan


Xiaohuan Xue
PhD in Mathematics
Anticipated Graduation: 2024


Amy Xin Yin
DMA in Percussion Performance
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Inspiring young musicians to express without spoken words, promoting connections through performing, and sharing enjoyment in arts.
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China


Brianna Azua
MFA in Creative Writing
Graduated: May 2021
Sudan, Texas


Jennifer Bailey
PhD in Community Health Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2024
Exploring the associations between structural violence, health, and healthcare utilization among migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Norfolk, Virginia


Jenny Beck
PhD in Computational Mathematics
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Exploring, creating and explaining mathematics, for its ability to uplift and enlighten the soul; current research is in Geometric Group Theory.
Greensboro, North Carolina


Joy Birabwa
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Uganda


Catherine Bowlin
PhD in English
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2025
Analyzing literary representations of gendered and racialized violence toward both human and nonhuman nature in hopes of making the natural world more inclusive and accessible.
Cumming, Georgia


Greg Carlton
PhD in Geography
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Solving complex transportation issues, using geospatial methods, and with a socially responsible approach.
Homewood, Illinois


Satyaki Chakravarty
PhD in Economics
Anticipated Graduation: May 2023
Evaluating the economics of patenting behavior of firms, the role of small businesses in innovation and their relation to societal welfare.
Jharkhand, India


Kellee Church
PhD in Music Education
Anticipated Graduation: May 2022
Mentoring and teaching undergraduate music education majors.
Montclair, New Jersey


Ruben Cieza
PhD in Nanoscience
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2024
Evaluating the effect of nanomaterial surface properties in microbial biofilm formation associated with health-care infections using FIB-SEM 3D image reconstruction.
Peru


Grace Clark
MFA in Studio Arts
Graduated: May, 2021
Making photographs, sculptures, time, space, and relationships as a visual and social practice artist interested in pedagogy.
Lake Park, Minnesota


Detra Davis
DMA in Vocal Performance
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022
Mentoring students and knowing that I have a genuine support system by being at a great and diverse institution with mentorship by faculty and staff.
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands


Basheerah Enahora
PhD in Nutrition
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022
Increasing access to nutrition education using innovative technologies, such as virtual reality, that ultimately may help reduce childhood obesity and nutrition related health disparities.
Atlanta, Georgia


Josh Frost
PhD in Medicinal Biochemistry
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Making new, interesting, and asymmetric compounds with medicinal potential with an interest in organic synthesis.
Alaska/Georgia/Virginia


Ashley Gentry
PhD in Special Education
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Researching reading fluency interventions for students with specific learning disabilities to increase reading skills.
Madison, North Carolina


Lucas Gianini
DMA in Music Performance
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022
Advancing clarinet performance and guiding future generations through contemporary clarinet techniques and teaching practices.
Goiania, Brazil


JoAnna Gontarz
PhD in Nursing
Anticipated Graduation: December, 2022
Engaging in graduate studies to become a better educated nurse in practice, education, and research.
Raleigh, North Carolina


James Green
PhD in Educational Research Methodology
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Colorado


Lindsey Grossman
PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022
Evaluating the way we teach counselors-in-training to self-disclose with clients so that we can ensure their practices serve the client first.
Tallahassee, Florida




















Connor Harris
PhD in Environmental Health Science
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Florida


Renee Harrison
PhD in Nursing
Anticipated Graduation: December, 2022
Studying, equipping, and motivated to help individuals with illness maintain a high quality life.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina


Zeinab Hassan
DNP in Adult Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022


Sabine Huber
PhD in Clinical Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2025
Investigating potential developmental paths of psychopathology to inform mental health interventions for at-risk youth.
Baltimore, Maryland


Jessica Hudson
MFA in Acting
Graduated: May, 2020
Artistry that feeds teaching that feeds artistry that feeds teaching.
Durham, North Carolina


Md. Arif Iqbal
PhD in Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Empowering the next generation of textile professionals.
Bangladesh


Cameron John
Program
Anticipated Graduation: December, 2021
Teach and inspire the next generation of creative minds to reconsider how design is conceptualized and represented across culture, process, and industry.
Charlotte, North Carolina


Joti Kaur
PhD in Information Systems
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Exploring behavioral and organizational information security and privacy for enhanced cybersecurity compliance.
Punjab, India


Maggie Kelly
PhD in English
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022
Exploring the ways an early modern audience understands selfhood, identity, and the body through both medical and social rhetoric.
Fayetteville, North Carolina




















Paige Kemp
PhD in Clinical Psychology
Essex, England




















Samuel Kibildis
PhD in Kinesiology/Exercise Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2024
Discovering the relationship between physical activity and the brain allows us to help people to perform optimally and maintain independent functioning as they age.
Gwinnett County, Georgia


Doreen Larvie
PhD in Nutrition
Anticipated Graduation: December, 2022
Exploring ways to minimize disease outcomes among at-risk groups by studying the role of micronutrient deficiencies in the underlying low-grade inflammation seen in non-communicable diseases.
Ghana


Heather Lofdahl
PhD in Music Education
Anticipated Graduation: May, 20023
Empowering young musicians and future music educators from diverse backgrounds to be successful through culturally meaningful experiences and the development of grit.
Alpharetta, Georgia


Stuart Marshall
PhD in History
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Uncovering the Native South, especially the untold history of Eastern Cherokees in the Civil War; uplifting these stories through writing, teaching, digital and public history.
Raleigh, North Carolina


Tyler Mitchell
PhD in Geography
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Evaluating historic variability in climate and weather using tree-ring data with an emphasis on growth responses of pine species to specific types of precipitation.
Florida


Emily Monge
DNP in Adult Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022
Integrating evidence-based practice, clinical scholarship, leadership, and inter-professional collaboration to improve healthcare delivery systems while promoting the health and wellness of individuals and the community.
Greensboro, North Carolina


Malitsitso Moteane
PhD in Educational Research Methodology
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Inspiring and training teachers who nurture students.
Lesotho


Pauline Privitera
PhD Public Health Education
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022
Exploring social determinants of health and interventions aimed towards the socioeconomic context within which populations live.
Toronto, Canada


Detric Robinson-Miller
PhD in Educational Studies
Anticipated Graduation: August, 2022
Advancing cultures of shared responsibility and accountability to support more equitable and inclusive campus climates.
Darlington, South Carolina




















Miranda Roesing
PhD in Nanoscience
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina


Fridah Rotich
PhD in Chemistry
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2024
Evaluating medicinal benefits of botanical extracts in search for novel treatments to improve human health
Eldoret, Kenya


Caitlyn Schrader
MFA in Dance (Choreography)
Anticipated Graduation: May 2022
Exploring new ways of conceptualizing dance performance and teaching in order to make dance a shared human experience.
New Hartford, New York


Wenhao Shou
PhD in Computational Mathematics
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2024
Exploring nonparametric ways of using randomized response technique, extending the existing parametric methods to enable their use in more complex situations.
Shanghai, China


Nathan Southwick
DMA in Violin Performance
Anticipated Graduation: May 2022
Inspiring connections and empathy in diverse audiences, schools, and communities through the mindful cultivation of violin studio culture and interdisciplinary presentations of art and music.
Salt Lake City, Utah


Christina Stephens
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Exploring family, classroom, and policy factors that shape child care access and promote high-quality early learning experiences for children across low-income and culturally diverse backgrounds.
Rhode Island


Tahima Sultana
PhD in Information Systems
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Investigating personal-level cybersecurity threats arising from emerging challenges such as deepfakes.
Dhaka, Bangladesh


Caroline Trustey
PhD in Counseling and Educational Development
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2022
Challenging the historically oppressive definition of “success” in substance use treatment and the criminal justice system.
Boston, Massachusetts


Shruthi Venkatesh
PhD in Developmental Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2024
Assessing precursors to marginalization and bullying via children’s food preferences and cultural knowledge
Dubai


Indya Walker
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2025
Understanding the unique assets, strengths, and resources of Black male youth, young adults, and families that make them remarkably resilient in the face of adversity.
Raleigh, North Carolina


Mariani Weinstein
PhD in Psychology
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
The intersection of family relationships, psychopathology, and culture, with a focus on the Latinx community.
Columbia


Mitchell Zaplatosch
PhD in Kinesiology/Exercise Physiology
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2023
Expanding our understanding of hydration and nutrition strategies to positively impact human health and performance, while reducing chronic disease risk.
Homer Glen, Illinois