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Distinguished Thesis Award Recipients

Each year during the fall semester the Graduate Council solicits nominations for the Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award. The award recognizes and rewards students for distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level.

August 8, 2013 by

Each year during the fall semester the Graduate Council solicits nominations for the Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award. The award recognizes and rewards students for distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level.

The winning thesis is also nominated for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Thesis Award.

Award recipients

Academic year Name Program Advisor Thesis Title
2011-12 Linda Covey Religious Studies Dr. Martha Finch DINÉ BECOMING BAHA’Í: THROUGH THE LENS OF ANCIENT PROPHECIES
2010-11 Angela R. Boyer Natural and Applied Sciences (Agriculture) Dr. Elizabeth Walker EFFECTS OF ENDOPHYTE-INFECTED GROUND TALL FESCUE SEED ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF FEMALE MEAT GOATS
2009-10 Sarah E. Myers History Dr. William Piston “LIPSTICK SQUADRON”:  THE MEDIA’S PORTRAYAL OF THE WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS OF WORLD WAR II
2008-09 Katie Striley Communication Dr. Cherlene Berquist “DON’T BE A NERD IN FRONT OF A GANGSTA”: EXPLORING COPING STRATEGIES, IDENTITY MANAGEMENT, AND MARGINALIZATION IN GIFTED ADOLESCENTS
2007-08 David Rice Religious Studies Dr. Martha Finch HOW THE MISSOURI BAPTIST CONVENTION SHIFTED THEIR IDENTITY TO THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION’S NEW HEGEMONY
2006-07 Govind Mundada Materials Science Dr. Kartik Ghosh THE EFFECT OF NON MAGNETIC DOPING AND GROWTH TEMPERATURE ON THE MAGNETO-TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF MAGENESE AND COBALT DOPED ZINC
2005-06 Nathan L. Windel Biology Dr. Alicia Mathis BEHAVIORAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF THE  SOUTHERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER (PLETHODON SERRATUS) TO PREDATORY STIMULI: INFLUENCE OF BODY SIZE
2004-05 Brian Doak Religious Studies Dr. Victor Matthews PATRIARCH AS TRICKSTER: THE SOCIAL AND LITERARY FUNCTION OF THE JACOB CYCLE IN GENESIS 25-33
2003-04 Shem Unger Biology Dr. Alicia Mathis SPERM PRODUCTION AND LARVAL DEVELOPMENT IN HELLBENDERS (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS AND C.A. BISHOPI): A COMPARISON OF DECLINING AND STABLE POPULATIONS
2002-03 Kyle Barrett Biology Dr. Alexander Waite THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL SUBSIDES ON THE DIET DENSITY AND SPECIES RICHNESS OF INSULAR LIZARDS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA
2001-02 Kevin Murray (Received the 2003 MAGS Thesis Award) Biology Dr. Lynn Robbins THE USE OF ULTRASONIC DETECTORS IN THE STUDY OF BAT COMMUNITIES
2000-01 Jennifer Moody-Weis Biology Dr. John Heywood POLLINATION LIMITATION TO REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN THE MISSOURI EVENING PRIMROSE, OENOTHERA MACROCARPA (ONAGRACEAE)
1999-00 Kimberley Rey Biology Dr. Erwin Mantei HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN STREAM SEDIMENTS ADJACENT TO THE GREENFIELD SANITARY LANDFILL, DADE COUNTY, MISSOURI
1998-99 Jennifer Cacka Biology Dr. John Havel COMPETITION BETWEEN NATIVE AND EXOTIC DAPHNIA
1997-98 Jill Black Resource Planning Dr. David Castillon WILSON’S CREEK, GREENE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES, MISSOURI: WATER QUALITY  MACROINVERTEBRATE INDICES, AND PLANNING IMPLICATIONS USING GIS, BASED ON  WATERSHED LANDUSE AND WATER CONTAMINATION HAZARDS
1996-97 Judith Laing Grable Resource Planning Dr. Johnson Elias WATER QUALITY AND URBANIZATION : A MULTITEMPORAL STUDY OF THE PIERSON CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN, GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI
1995-96 Kelly Carter Psychology Dr. Helen Schartz EFFECTS OF PRETRAINING ON THE VISUAL DISCRIMINATION LEARNING PERFORMANCE OF 3-MONTH-OLD INFANTS
1994-95 Lisa Berger Geography, Geology, and Planning Dr. David Castillon SCIENTIFICALLY BASED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY  PLANNING : BARRY/STONE COUNTIES, MISSOURI
1992-93 Rex Whitfield Defense and Strategic Studies Dr. William R VanCleave MISSLE PROLIFERATION IN THE 1990’s

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