Georgia Collegiate Honors Conference

On Feb. 24-25, Honors students participated in the Georgia Collegiate Honors Conference held at the University of North Georgia. Kassie Arps, Courtney Brandon, Ivan Chu, Katie Cooper, Maryellen Hagberg, Sydney Irons, Sofia Legoff-Flores, Juliann Mackiewicz, Chloe Melton, Blakely Queen and Wesley Sutton presented their scholarship, and Tommy Creekmore participated in a panel on Honors student leadership. They did a great job with their presentations. And Chloe Melton won Second Place in the Humanities/Social Sciences category of the GCHC paper competition for her research paper on “The Queer Experience under the Nazi Regime.” 

Alongside Tommy Creekmore, Emerson Hamm and Shani Thompson attended the conference to represent Eta Sigma Alpha—the Honors student association.

Special thanks are extended to Honors Assistant Director & National Scholarships Coordinator Anna Whiteside for driving a vehicle, arranging an excellent dinner on Friday night, and taking photos.

The Honors College would also like to recognize the contributions of faculty mentors, who worked with students on their projects. The full list of student presenters and faculty mentors is as follows:

• Kassie Arps, “भारत में जलवायु परिवर्तन (Climate Change in India)” (mentor: Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower)
• Courtney Brandon, “Mythological Women and What They Reveal about Their Societies” (mentor: Dr. Stephen Auerbach)
• Kathryn Cooper, “Catalysts, Consequences, and Personal Narratives: A Holistic Analysis of Nigerian Migration” (mentor: Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower)
• Tommy Creekmore, “Honors Student Leadership Panel”
• Ivan Chu, “Genetic Suppressor Screen in Search of Novel Sec6 Interacting Proteins in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae” (Dr. Ellen France)
• Maryellen Hagberg, “Spectators on the Venus Pudica” (mentor: Dr. Stephanie Jett)
• Sydney Irons, “Effectiveness of Mark-Recapture Method Using Fluorescent Powder on Millipedes (Julida: Parajulidae)” (Dr. Bruce Snyder)
• Sofia Legoff Flores, “Compassion and Competition: Female Friendship in Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend” (mentor: Dr. Jim Winchester)
• Juliann Mackiewicz, “The Treatment of ‘Lunacy’ at Central State Hospital: The Long Shadow of ‘Moral Therapy’ and Eugenics on Public Perception of Mental Health Facilities” (mentor: Dr. Stephanie Jett)
• Chloe Melton, “The Queer Experience under the Nazi Regime” (mentor: Dr. Brian Newsome)
• Blakely Queen, “Women and Gestational Diabetes” (mentor: Dr. Scott Butler)
• Wesley Sutton, “Recovery of Data Related to the Destruction of 7Li and 7Be in Astrophysical Environments” (mentor: Dr. Ralph France)