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