Georgia Collegiate Honors Conference

On Feb. 20-21, 15 Honors students participated in the Georgia Collegiate Honors Conference at Kennesaw State University. Each did an excellent job presenting their scholarship! Two additional students* were scheduled to present but were unable to do so because of illness. Each student's presentation and mentor are listed below the next paragraph.

Katie Cooper took home 2nd prize in the Humanities & Arts category of the GCHC paper competition. Congratulations Katie! And a big thank you to Ms. Anna Whiteside and Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower for driving students to the conference. 

• Trenton Browning, “Brazil’s Fight against Amazonian Climate Change.” Mentor: Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower
• Kathryn Cooper, “Queer Enough? Performativity, Credibility, and the Dutch Asylum System.” Mentor: Dr. Harold Mock.
• Maggie Creekmore, “‘Chronic Poetry,’ An Exploration of Identity through Pain.” Mentor: Dr. Kerry Evans.
• Tommy Creekmore, “Passive Words, Active Tropisms: The Sub-conversations of Commonplace Language in Nathalie Sarraute’s It’s Beautiful.” Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Flaherty. 
• Talia Dobkin and Rebecca Huisman, “Exploring the Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles for Academic Lab Settings.” Mentor: Dr. Peter Rosado Flores.
• Ben Globerman,* “Born with No Esophagus.” Mentor: Prof. Lori McGalliard
• Marshall Gregory,* “Echoes after the War.” Mentor: Dr. Brian Newsome
• Elisabeth Greig, “Parched Earth: Can We Quench the Global Water Crisis.” Mentor: Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower
• Haley Hargrove, “Corporate Obstruction of Climate Progress.” Mentor: Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower
• Chloe Melton, “America’s Response to Italian Subjugation of Ethiopia: Black Mobilization v. Government Neutrality.” Mentor: Dr. Mark Huddle
• Kayley Owens, “Determination of Museum Bird Collection Feather Morphology and Heavy Metal Composition by Optical Microscopy, FTIR Spectroscopy, and ICP-OES Analysis.” Mentor: Dr. Wathsala Medawala.
• Samantha Paton, “From End Zones to Elections: An Analysis of Football Players in American Politics.” Mentor: Dr. Scott Buchanan
• Alyssa Radnoczi, “Hope’s Survival.” Mentor: Dr. Brian Newsome
• Drew Rice, “The Black Hands: Experiences of African Americans during the First World War.” Mentor: Dr. Mark Huddle
• Josephine Stephens, “Is Self-Mummification Ethical? The Politics of Sokushinbutsu.” Mentor: Dr. Juli Gittinger