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ETSU School of Graduate Studies and Graduate Council
Outstanding Thesis, Dissertation, and Capstone Awards for 2008-2009

Recipient Name
Award Received

Lahla Deakins

Outstanding Thesis in Arts and Humanities:
Art and Community: A Proposal for a Non-Profit Pottery Program in Appalachia.

Nominated by:
Dr. Marie Tedesco

Committee members:

  • Dr. Marie Tedesco (Chair)
  • Jill LeRoy-Frazier
  • Don Davis

Elizabeth Roe

Outstanding Capstone:
Wilderness Therapy for Adolescents:
Utilizing Nature to Effect Change in Juvenile Delinquents

Nominated by:
Dr. Marie Tedesco

Committee members:

  • Jason Davis(Chair)

Maryann Stone
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Outstanding Thesis in Education/Social Science:
Predicting Behavior from Psychopathic and Antisocial
Personality Traits in a Student Sample

Nominated by:
Dr. Wayne Gillespie, Ph.D.

Committee members:

  • Dr. Wayne Gillespie, Ph.D. (Chair)
  • Steven Ellwanger, Ph. D.
  • John T. Whitehead, Ph.D.

Jennifer Vanover

Outstanding Dissertation:
Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D/Host Cell Surface Interaction
Stimulates Chlamydia trachomatis Persistence via a Novel Pathway

Nominated by:
Dr. Robert Schoborg

Committee members:

  • Robert V. Schoborg, Ph.D., (Chair)
  • Priscilla B. Wyrick, Ph.D.
  • Udayasankar Kumaraguru, Ph.D.
  • Douglas Thewke, Ph.D.
  • Scott Champney, Ph.D.


Previous Recipients
- 2007-2008


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