2008 Award Winners

MASTER'S STUDENTS

Cortney Brett Wolfe-Christensen
Master's of Science in Psychology
Group IV - Sicial Sciences
Advisers: Dr. John M. Chaney and Dr. Larry L. Mullins
Title: "The Relationship Between Post-Treatment Intellectual Functioning and Long-Term Social Functioning in Survivors of Pediatric Cancer"

Billystrom Aronya Jivetti
Master's of Science International Studies
Group V - Education
Advisor: Dr. M. Craig Edwards
Title: "Improving the Livelihoods of Women in the Developing World: Selected Perceptions of Women's Self-Help Groups In Western Kenya"

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Samodha Charaka Fernando
Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Breeding and Genetics with specialization in Animal Genetics
Group I - Biological Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Udaya DeSilva
Title: "Meta-Functional Genomic Analysis of Rumen Micro-Biome"

Judit Simo
Doctor of Philosophy in English with specialization in Linguistics
Group II: Humanities
Advisor: Dr. Carol Moder
Title: "The Cognitive Concept of GAME in American English and Hungarian"

Maxim N. Tchoul
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
Group III - Physical Sciences and technology
Advisor: Dr. Warren T. Ford
Title: "Composites of Carbon Nanotubes"

Ji Hye Kang
Doctor of Philosophy in Human Environmental Science
Group IV - Social Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Byoungho Jin
Title: "The Positive Emotion Elicitation Process of Chinese Consumers Toward a U.S. Apparel Brand: A Cognitive Appraisal Perspective"

Garrett Hutson
Doctor of Philosophy in Health, Leisure and Human Performance
Group V - Education
Advisor: Dr. Lowell Caneday
Title: "Perceptions of Outdoor Recreation Professionals toward Place Meanings in natural Environments: A Q-Method Inquiry"

Narendranath Reddy Chintagari
Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Group VI - Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Lin Liu
Title: "Lipid Rafts and Lung Surfactant Secretion"