GPSC Awards 13 Research Grants for the Spring Semester
The GPSC Research Council is pleased to announce and congratulate the recipients of the Spring 2021 GPSC Research Grants.
The grants are made possible in part through the generous donation of funds by the Office of Research and Innovation and are the result of a multiyear collaboration between that office and GPSC. Each grant is $1,500 and was created to assist a graduate student in any aspect of their research. They are biannually awarded and open to applicants each spring and fall semester.
Over forty applications representing a wide variety of research topics across campus were received during the spring semester. While each application was outstanding, the following recipients demonstrated best their work's impact and implications.
- Abass Oduola, Department of Food Science
- Bazgha Zia, Department of Horticulture
- Christa Kelly, Department of Anthropology
- Jamie Walker, Department of Psychological Science
- Juanita Gil, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Lucyna Bowland, Department of Anthropology
- Mahsa Haseli, Department of Chemical Engineering
- Morgan Hill, Department of Psychological Science
- Tiffany Marcantonio, Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
- Travis Perusich, Department of History
- Wenjun Deng, Department of Food Science
- William Loder, Department of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
- Yongjie Wang, Department of Animal Science
Details regarding the application processes for Research Grants are available on the GPSC Research Council website at gpsc.uark.edu/research.
Topics
- Awards
- Research & Innovation
- Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences
- College of Education and Health Professions
- College of Engineering
- Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences
- Graduate School & International Education
- Division of Student Affairs
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Anthropology
- Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Program
- Department of English
- Department of Food Science
- Department of History
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Psychological Science
- Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
- Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Graduate & Professional Student Congress
Contacts
Will Teague and Ragita Pramudya,
Graduate Professional Student Congress
501-520-7000,
gpscrc@uark.edu
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