2017 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity

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.