Since its beginning in 1997, a number of MALS students have
received awards or completed projects worthy of mention Among the
awards have been the ETSU School of Graduate Studies
Outstanding Thesis Award and Best Capstone
Project Award. Additionally, a number of students have pursued
doctoral programs or additional education after completing the MALS
program Many projects have not only been a part of students
academic career at ETSU, but also have extended to the community at
large, becoming exhibits at area museums or growing into community
service programsRecent award winners are profiled below:
Recent MALS Award Winners
Margaret Shipley Carr
Outstanding Thesis in Arts and Humanities:
The Temperance Worker as Social Reformer and Ethnographer
as Exemplified in the Life and Work of Jessie A. Ackermann
Nominated by: Dr. Marie Tedesco
Committee members:
Dr. Marie Tedesco, Chair
Ms. Norma Myers Riddle
Dr. Tommy D. Lee, II
Timothy Selby
Outstanding Capstone:
Coca-Cola Advertising and American Popular Culture: The
Long Road Up to the Hilltop
Nominated by: Dr. Marie Tedesco
Committee members:
Dr. Marie Tedesco, Chair
Dr. Jill Le-Roy Frazier
Dr. Amy Collins
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
