2024 Funded Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis Awards
Jasmin Beaver
College of Arts and Sciences
Doctoral Candidate in Psychological Sciences
Project: Does salt make you scared: evaluating how high salt-induced GABA signaling changes in the anterior cingulate cortex affect fear behavior
Dissertation chair: Dr. Lee Gilman
B. Ryan Davis
College of Education, Health, and Human Services
Doctoral Candidate in Exercise Physiology
Project: Effects of Semaglutide on Body Composition, Skeletal Muscle, Quality of Life, Vascular and Mitochondrial Function
Dissertation chair: Dr. John McDaniel
Jennifer Rivera
College of Education, Health, and Human Services
Doctoral Candidate in Exercise Physiology
Project: The Effects of Cold Water-Immersion Timing on Athletic Performance and Recovery
Dissertation chair: Dr. Adam Jajtner
Jessica Smith-Ricketts
College of Education, Health, and Human Services
Doctoral Candidate in Exercise Physiology
Project: Understanding Psychological Impacts of an Interactive, Non-interactive, and Story-telling Gamified Fitness App in Older Adults: A Mixed-Methods Approach
Dissertation chair: Dr. Jacob Barkley