2023 Best Paper Award Winners

Arts and Humanities

Author/s: Madison Ross
Faculty Mentor: Brent S. Sumerlin
Title: Democratization of Sono-RAFT: utilizing low-frequency sonication to achieve controlled radical polymerization

Social, Behavioral & Education Sciences

Author/s: Saba Khan
Faculty Mentor: Michael Moorhouse
Title: Analyzing Methods of Prevention in Improving Outcomes for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

2022 Best Paper Award Winners

Arts and Humanities

Author/s: Stefany Marjani
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Sonke, College of the Arts
Title: Analyzing pre-health students’ views on Health Humanities and an applied virtual experience during the COVID-19 pandemic

Social, Behavioral & Education Sciences​

Author/s: Katherine Carlo
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gustavo Cortes, Warrington College of Business
Title: The Impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff on State Level Capital Market Efficiency

STEM/Medicine

Author/s: Connor Goodwin
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mirian M. Hay-Roe, Florida Museum of Natural History
Title: Black Soldier Fly Larva (Hermetia illucens) Frass vs. Red Wiggler (Eisenia fetida) Castings on (Capsicum annum) “Early Jalapeno” Seedling Growth

2021 Best Paper Award Winners

Arts and Humanities

Author/s: Aimee Briel Clesi
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Noll, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Title: The New Southern Gothic: Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, and the Nightmare of Proving Actual Innocence

Social, Behavioral & Education Sciences​

Author/s: Jeffrey Hayden
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matthew Jacobs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Title: How U.S. Aid Outpaced Cold War Ambitions in Afghanistan

STEM/Medicine

Author/s: Grace Hansen
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Roland Staud, College of Medicine
Title: The Impact of Repeated Lidocaine Injections, Exercise, and Mindfulness on Fibromyalgia Symptoms in a Clinical population: A Pilot Study