2017 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity

Kehinde Abiodun

Pictured is award winner Kehinde Abiodun, a graduate student in economics

Pictured is award winner Kehinde Abiodun with Dr. Kristin Brown, chairwoman of the Library Advisory Board, and Dr. Allen Lanham, dean of library services

Michael Bradley

Pictured is award winner Michael Bradley, a graduate student in history

Pictured is award winner Michael Bradley with Dr. Kristin Brown, chairwoman of the Library Advisory Board, and Dr. Allen Lanham, dean of library services

Christina Farley

Pictured is award winner Christina Farley, a senior majoring in music education

Pictured is award winner Christina Farley with Dr. Kristin Brown, chairwoman of the Library Advisory Board, and Dr. Allen Lanham, dean of library services

Haley Ingram

Pictured is award winner Haley Ingram, a freshman majoring in special education, who was honored for freshman writing achievement

Hamid Lahouij

Pictured is award winner Hamid Lahouij, a graduate student in business

Pictured is award winner Hamid Lahouij with Dr. Kristin Brown, chairwoman of the Library Advisory Board, and Dr. Allen Lanham, dean of library services

Pictured is award winner Haley Ingram with Dr. Kristin Brown, chairwoman of the Library Advisory Board, and Dr. Allen Lanham, dean of library services

Fabian Rempfer

Pictured is award winner Fabian Rempfer, a graduate student in English who received honorable mention

Pictured is award winner Fabian Rempfer with Dr. Kristin Brown, chairwoman of the Library Advisory Board, and Dr. Allen Lanham, dean of library services

Pictured are award winners Samantha Kledzik, Jacki Pickowitz, Tiffany Somerville, Kelsey Oglesby and Danielle Pincente. Not pictured was David Ehlers. All are graduate students in counseling

Pictured are Dr. Kristin Brown, chairwoman of the Library Advisory Board; students Samantha Kledzik, Jacki Pickowitz, Tiffany Somerville, Kelsey Oglesby and Danielle Pincente; and Dr. Allen Lanham, dean of library services. Not pictured was David Ehlers

Pictured in the front row are award winners Fabian Rempfer, Michael Bradley and Christina Farley. In the back row are Dr. Nora Pat Small, interim chairwoman of the history department; Dr. Charles Foy, associate professor of history; Dr. Anita Shelton, interim dean of the College of Arts and Humanities; and Dr. Chris Mitchell, interim associate dean of the College of Arts and Humanities

Pictured is Dr. Myhar Izadi, dean of the Lumpkin School of Business and Applied Science; award winner Hamid Lahouij; and Dr. Melody Wollan, associate chair of the School of Business

Pictured in the front row are award winners Haley Ingram, Jacki Pickowitz, Danielle Pincente and Samantha Kledzik. In the back row are Dr. Diane Jackman, dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies; award winners Kelsey Oglesby and Tiffany Somerville; Dr. Angela Yoder, assistant professor, counseling and student development department; and Dr. Richard Roberts, chairman of the Department of Counseling and Student Development

Pictured are Dr. Doug Klarup, interim dean of the College of Sciences; award winners Hamid Lahouij and Kehinde Abiodun; and Dr. Linda Ghent, professor of economics

The Library Advisory Board of Booth Library at Eastern Illinois University honored 12 students as winners of the 2017 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity. The students were honored at a reception on April 12.

Award winners were:

Michael Bradley of Arcola, a graduate student in history, for his paper "Incarcerated, Transported and Bound: Deference, Resistance and Assimilation, Construction Community among Transported Convicts from Britain to the Chesapeake 1739-1776"
Hamid Lahouij of Agadir, Morocco, a graduate student in business, for "The Effects of Income Inequality on Economic Growth: Evidence from MENA Countries"
David Ehlers of Schaumburg, Samantha Kledzik of Effingham, Kelsey Oglesby of Lake Fork, Jaclyn Pickowitz of Effingham, Danielle Pincente of Lombard, Tiffany Somerville of Salem, all graduate students in counseling, for their paper, "The Effect of School-Based Creative Expression Group Therapy on the Self-Concept of Female Adolescents"
Kehinde Abiodum of Lagos, Nigeria, a graduate student in economics, for "Contribution of International Trade to Economic Growth in Nigeria"
Christina Farley of Sullivan, a senior majoring in music education, for "Body Consciousness: The Effects of Posture on Musicians' Performance Anxiety"

Honorable mention awards were presented to:

Fabian Rempfer of Heigenbruecken, Germany, a graduate student in english, for "Shadowy Objects in Test Tubes: Ishiguro's 'Never Let Me Go' as an Example of Feud's 'Uncanny' and Agamben's 'Bare Life'"
Haley Ingram of Charleston, a freshman majoring in special education, who was honored for Achievement in Freshman Writing

The Booth Library Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity program promotes and recognizes excellence in student research. The program encourages students to enhance their studies by utilizing the wealth of information available at Booth Library and other research venues.

All entries were original works completed by Eastern students within the last 12 months. The award recipients were selected on the basis of excellence, creativity and the use of research resources.

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