{"id":7176,"date":"2022-06-10T09:13:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/?p=7176"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:19:02","slug":"honors-college-announces-recipients-of-the-2022-honors-college-outstanding-thesis-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/2022\/06\/10\/honors-college-announces-recipients-of-the-2022-honors-college-outstanding-thesis-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors College Announces Recipients of the 2022 Honors College Outstanding Thesis Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Oregon State University Honors College is pleased to announce Brandt Bridges, Brian Muhich and Kiera Dwyer as the recipients of the 2022 Honors College Outstanding Thesis Awards. Abbie Glickman has been named runner up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each spring, graduating honors students can be nominated by their Honors College thesis mentor for an Outstanding Thesis Award in recognition of outstanding scholarship and writing in their honors thesis. This year, awards were made in three categories: engineering; science; and the humanities, social sciences and business. Winners each received a $500 award, and the runner-up received a prize of $200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1811\/files\/2022\/06\/awardees.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7361\" width=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1811\/files\/2022\/06\/awardees.png 800w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1811\/files\/2022\/06\/awardees-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1811\/files\/2022\/06\/awardees-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Brandt Bridges, an English major with a minor in Spanish, was named winner in the humanities, social sciences and business category, an award made in partnership with the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities. His thesis, titled, \u201cBeyond the Gaze: A Reassessment of Race in Ken Kesey\u2019s <em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest<\/em>,\u201d is an analysis of the widely-read novel by Kesey and an assessment of \u201cthe construction of racial identity in Oregon during the national Civil Rights movement.\u201d Brandt was nominated by Dr. Raymond Malewitz, associate professor in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film in the College of Liberal Arts. \u201cI can\u2019t think of a better way to wrap up my time here at OSU than to be selected for the Outstanding Thesis Award \u2014 it feels great to have my efforts over the past few years validated,\u201d Brandt says of his selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Muhich<a> <\/a>is a chemical engineering major with minors in materials science and chemistry. His thesis, \u201cEnhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity in Ni Substituted CoSx Electrocatalysts from Reaction-Induced Restructuring,\u201d was nominated by Dr. Zhenxing Feng, associate professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering, and earned the Outstanding Thesis Award in the engineering category. Brian\u2019s research, Dr. Feng shares, displayed not only outstanding work in the field of electrocatalysis, but also led to a first-author paper for Brian submitted to the <em>Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think that this represents the best part of the Honors College thesis experience: helping students get a head start on the skills that usually take a couple years of work or advanced degrees to get,\u201d Brian shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winner in the science category, Kiera Dwyer is an environmental economics and policy senior. Her thesis, titled, \u201cImpacts of Prior Risk Experience and Personal Values on Support for Climate Change Policies,\u201d utilized a quantitative survey to determine the perceptions and experiences of Oregon residents during the 2020 Oregon wildfire season. In her nomination, Kiera\u2019s mentor, Dr. Cara Lawson, instructor in agricultural communications in the College of Agricultural Sciences, shared that Kiera\u2019s work both \u201cshed great insight to some of the many influences that affect an individual\u2019s support or rejection of climate change policy and revealed much work in this area is still needed.\u201d Upon learning of her selection for the award, Kiera says that she was ecstatic and eager to share the news with Dr. Lawson: \u201cCara has been there for constant guidance, and I would not have been able to complete my thesis without her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Runner up Abbie Glickman was nominated for her thesis, \u201cConnecting Computational Thinking and Mathematics: An Examination of Linguistic Opportunities and Challenges.\u201d A transdisciplinary research project in computational thinking, the thesis was nominated by Dr. Rebekah Elliott, associate professor of mathematics education in the College of Education, and examined how K-12 mathematics teacher candidates create meaning around computer science and mathematics concepts in a computational thinking setting. \u201cMy honors thesis let me do a deep dive into the subject of how people learn, which was very fascinating for me and is something I hope I can continue to look into more in the future,\u201d Abbie, a physics major with a minor in mathematics, shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominations included theses ranging from psychology and English to microbiology and theater arts, by students from a variety of majors and colleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Angelina Conrow, English and psychology major: \u201cPrejudice of Asian American Women: Clothing Influences Stereotypes.\u201d Nominated by Dr. Regan Gurung, professor in the School of Psychological Science in the College of Liberal Arts and associate vice provost and executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning.<\/li><li>Megan Sherman, psychology major: \u201cModifying Perception: How Clothing and Context Influence the Objectification of Women.\u201d Nominated by Dr. Regan Gurung, professor in the School of Psychological Science in the College of Liberal Arts and associate vice provost and executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning.<\/li><li>Alima Matyeva, computer science major with a minor in new media communications: \u201cA Comparison and Analysis of Selected Holidays in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and the United States.\u201d Nominated by Dr. Dave Kovac, instructor in the Honors College.<\/li><li>Annelise Hartinger, history and medical humanities major with minors in chemistry and biology: \u201cThe Rare COVID Experience: Systemic and Health Factors, Coping, and Support Among Adults with Rare Diseases During Covid-19.\u201d Nominated by Dr. Kathleen Bogart, associate professor in the School of Psychological Science in the College of Liberal Arts.<\/li><li>Clare Elsbree, business analytics major: \u201cBlack Friday Pricing Behavior at Walmart.\u201d Nominated by Dr. Xiaohui Chang, associate professor of business analytics in the College of Business.<\/li><li>Marina Keller, mechanical engineering major: \u201cSignificance of High-Pressure-Torsion Processing on an Aluminum-Lithium Aerospace Alloy.\u201d Nominated by Dr. Megumi Kawasaki, associate professor of materials science in the College of Engineering.<\/li><li>Libby Brennan, microbiology and speech communications major with a minor in chemistry: \u201cMeasuring uptake of the Vitamin B1 precursor 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine (HMP) by the marine bacterioplankton SAR11 strain HTCC7211.\u201d Nominated by Dr. Steve Giovannoni, Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Microbiology in the College of Agricultural Sciences &amp; College of Science.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oregon State University Honors College is pleased to announce Brandt Bridges, Brian Muhich and Kiera Dwyer as the recipients of the 2022 Honors College Outstanding Thesis Awards. 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