G.E.A.B. Impact Awards
2006 Award Winners
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2006 winners of the Graduate Education Advancement Board's Impact Awards and the honorable mention Recognition Awards which honor graduate students whose research has a direct impact on the state of North Carolina. (More information about the Impact Awards.) The breadth of these students' work reaches from one end of North Carolina to the other. You are sure to find a student who is working directly in your community or whose work directly affects the lives of North Carolinians.
2006 Impact Award Winners
Education
- Robert Faris, Sociology, Social Networks and School Bullying
- Margarita Machado-Casas, Education, Narrating Education of New Indigenous/Latino Transnational Communities in the South: Migration, Life and its Effects on Schools
- Meghan M. McGlinn, Education, Documenting the American South: How One Digital Library Provides Valuable Learning Resources to North Carolina Social Studies Classes
- Dorian Miller, Computer Science, Improving the Reading Comprehension of LD/ADHD Students through Reading Software
- Lisa M. Paulin, Journalism and Mass Communication, A Critical Discourse Analysis of Latinos in English- and Spanish-language Newspapers of North Carolina
Economic Development/Environmental
- May Ling Becker, Marine Science, River-Estuary Water Flow Dynamics in the Cape Fear River Estuary, North Carolina
- Baker Perry, Geography, Northwest Flow Snowfall in the Southern Appalachians
- Jennifer E. Weaver and Micah Weinberg, Political Science, Prison Construction: An Economic Development Option for North Carolina Counties?
Health and Social Services
- Kimberly Cobb, Maternal and Child Health, North Carolina Metabolic Newborn Screening: Loss to Follow-up, Physician Knowledge and Risk for Neonatal Tyrosinemia
- Kaaren Haldeman, Anthropology, Expectant Fears and Racialized Reproduction: African American Women’s Lived Experiences of Pregnancy and Motherhood
- Jennifer Hillmann, Neurobiology, A Possible Link between Drinking and Depression
- Sheritha P. Lee, Pharmacology, Fight Chronic Inflammation in Sickle Cell Disease by Controlling the CD40L Protein
- Debra Risisky, Maternal and Child Health, Statutory Rape: Mandatory Reporting in the Title X Clinics of North Carolina
2006 Recognition Award Winners
Education
- Drinda Benge, Education, Latino Students’ Perceptions about the Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities Associated with American Citizenship
- Matt Harper, History, African-American Religion and Public Life: Ministers and Community Building in North Carolina, 1865-1920
- Anastacia Kohl, Education, The Professional Development Needs of Kindergarten through Grade 12 English as a Second Language and Foreign Language Teachers: A Descriptive Study
- Claire O’Shea, Computer Science, The Story Editor: How an Online Software Program Helped Students Learn English
- Chad Seales, Religious Studies, The Living Way of the Cross: Good Friday and Easter Performances in Siler City, North Carolina, 1901-2006
Economic Development/Environmental
- Uranie Peppi Browne and Dorian Miller, Computer Science, JAWS: A Device to Assist North Carolinians with Motor Impairments Complete Tasks at Vocational Training Centers
- Rachel Fleming, City and Regional Planning, Challenges and Feasibility of Rural Arts-based Economic Development: A Case Study of Chatham County, North Carolina
- Katherine Henderson, City and Regional Planning, The Economic Benefits of Open Space in Wake County, North Carolina
- Hae-Young Kim, Biostatistics, Making Early Detection Tests for HIV More Accurate and Cost-effective
- Nick Maynard, Public Policy Analysis, Assessing Opportunities for Building and Expanding Cross-Border Economic Development Initiatives in North Carolina’s Border Counties
- Aaron McKethan, Public Policy Analysis, The Rise and Fall of Consumer Choice in the North Carolina State Health Plan: Lessons from the Past and the Future of Reform
Health and Social Services
- Lauren Abbate, Epidemiology, Is Obesity a Factor in Developing Knee Osteoarthritis?
- Neel Bhatavadekar, Health Policy and Administration, Holding Up the Oral Health Safety Net: The Role of NHSC Alumni Dentists in North Carolina
- Elizabeth Caplick, Social Work, North Carolina Assisting in Assessing Child Welfare Outcomes Project: Developing Improved Performance Measures
- Robert Campbell, Pathology and Lab Medicine, Finding a More Efficient and Cost-effective Way to Treat Hemophilia
- Audrey de Nazelle, Environmental Science and Engineering, Health Risk Assessment of a Pedestrian Oriented Environment
- Daniel Herman, Biomedical Engineering, Strength Training as a Possible Prevention Strategy for Knee Injuries in Female Athletes
- Jennifer J. Jordan, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Can a Gene Mutation Help Predict the Onset of Breast Cancer?
- Gerald Lackey, Sociology, “How Does One Feel Blue in Spanish?” Testing the Cross-Cultural Equivalence of the Depression-measuring Instrument in North Carolina Mexican Immigrant Communities
- Rachel Palmieri, Epidemiology, North Carolina Women’s Health Report Card
- Brian Pence, Epidemiology, An Approach to More Effectively Treat HIV Patients who Suffer from Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
- Ericka Danielle Rentz, Epidemiology, Physical and Sexual Violence in the Lives of North Carolina Women: Prevalence and Associations with Negative Mental Health
- Ashley Rivenbark, Toxicology, Identifying Novel Genes that Contribute to Breast Cancer
- Joseph Thompson, Microbiology and Immunology, Inducing Mucosal Immunity through a New Type of Vaccination
- Tim Wigle, Pharmacy, A Novel Approach to Preventing Antibiotic Resistance to Bacterial Infections