The UNC Graduate School has announced the recipients of awards recognizing superior academic achievement and outstanding research in graduate studies. The winners, who will be honored at the May 3 Graduate School commencement ceremony, include:

Citation for Excellence

The Graduate Dean’s Citation for Excellence is awarded to students nominated by their school in recognition of superior academic achievement in graduate studies.

• Lauren Guyer, Master of Arts, Sociology: Thesis
• Jessie Slepicka, Master of Arts, Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Krisinda White, Master of Science, Nursing: Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• Susannah Moore, Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Psychology
• Michelle Morgan, Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Mathematics
• Anna Schwabe, Doctor of Philosophy, Biological Education

Outstanding Dissertation/Capstone/Thesis

The Graduate Dean’s Citation for Outstanding Dissertation, Capstone and Thesis is awarded to students recognized for outstanding research in graduate studies.

Outstanding Dissertation

• Lanya McKittrick, Doctor of Philosophy, Special Education, Strategies That Mothers Of Children Who Are Deafblind Employ To Foster Collaboration Within Individualized Education Program Teams
• Anna Schwabe, Doctor of Philosophy, Biological Education, A Multifaceted Approach to Address Variation in Cannabis Sativa

Outstanding Capstone

• Jennifer Ruths, Doctor of Audiology, Audiology, Application of the Wireless Audiometric Testing System at a Refugee Center with a Multilingual Population

Outstanding Thesis

• Jessie Slepicka, Master of Arts, Criminology & Criminal Justice, A Partial, Age-Graded Examination of Agnew’s General Theory of Crime and Delinquency

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