Outstanding Thesis Winners

2001
Anshumala Ram
Master of Social Work
Effects of Head Start Participation on Cognitive and Social Functioning of Children in the United States

2002
Dwayne Clarke
M.A. in Mathematics
The Cyclic Cutwidth of Mesh Cubes

2003
Kimberly Belvedere
M.A. in Criminal Justice
Why do They Resist?: Exploring Dynamics of Police-Citizen Violence During Arrest Encounters

2004
Frank Marfai’s
M.A. in Mathematics
Hyperbolic Transformations on Cubics in H2

2005
Lucy Jun
M.S. in Biology
Thyroid Hormone-Regulated Skeletal Muscle GLUT4 Glucose Transporter Trafficking During Fasting in Diet-Induced Obesity and Insulin Resistance

2006
Michael Davidson
Master of Public Administration
Institutional Structures for Equitable and Sustainable Water Resource Management in the Middle East

2007
Keri Maher
M.S. in Biology
A Geographically Constrained Molecular Phylogeny of Panamanian Aechmea Species (Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae)