School of Graduate Studies
Awards
UW-Whitewater Outstanding Thesis Award
This award is given annually to a master’s degree student who has distinguished him/herself through the completion of a basic or applied research project leading to a master’s thesis. This thesis is judged to makes a significant advancement to knowledge, technique, or creative expression in her/his professional field. Winners are competitively selected by a panel of graduate faculty evaluators with representation from each of the four academic colleges.
Year |
Winner |
Graduate Program |
Thesis Title |
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2014 |
Hans Hauschild |
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health |
Rear Facing Child Restraint Device Performance in Side Impact Crash |
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2013 |
No Award |
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2012 |
Shauna Wessely |
Communication |
The Fat is in the Fire: An Inquiry into Fatness, the Third-Person Effect, and Empathy |
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2011 |
No Award |
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2010 |
Kristin Froemming |
Communication |
Listen Up! You’re Tuning Out!: Emotional Triggers that Serve as Listening Barriers in Senior Populations |
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2009 |
No Award |
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2008 |
Anne Mancl |
Communication |
Of Crabs and Tall Poppies: An Exploratory Study of Attitudes and Communicative Behaviors toward Women Perceived as Successful |
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2007 |
No Award |
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2006 |
James Mead |
Communication |
Survivor and Other Reality T.V. Gameshows: The Uses and Gratifications Perspective on a Reality. |
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2005 |
No Award |
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2004 |
Henry Bongers |
Safety |
The increased cost of security to the food industry since the events of September 11, 2001. |
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2003 |
Daniel Ritchie |
Curriculum & Instruction |
The effects of single and multiple-set upper body strength training in pre-menopausal women. |
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2002 |
No Award | ||
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2001 |
Natalie McAvoy |
Reading |
Teachers’ beliefs regarding reading and their teaching practices compared to the attitudes of third grade students who have learned to read with a traditional program and with those whose instruction is from a literature-based program. |
|
2000 |
Evelyn Duesbury |
Counseling |
Utilizing dreams from a systemic perspective to understand and mollify relationship issues : introducing the Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams. |
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1999 |
Candice Nokes |
School Psychology |
Sixth grade office referrals as marker variables for eighth grade problem behavior. |
|
1998 |
Peter Vogt |
Counseling Education |
Defining career "indecision" among traditional-age college students and examining its relationship to their career-related beliefs and perceptions. |
|
1997 |
Jo Christianson |
Special Education |
Peer acceptance of students with severe and multiple disabilities. |
|
1996 |
Nikolai Yasko |
Curriculum & Instruction |
The ethos of learning: Japanese education and its American detractors. |
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1995 |
Patricia Jensen |
Professional Development |
Use of an extended day program with primary at-risk students. |
|
1994 |
Mark Poggensee |
Science Education |
Earth science teacher enhancement program: perceived effectiveness comparison. |
|
1993 |
Barbara Penington |
Communication |
Transition to parenthood: communication strategies used to cope with perceived loss of freedom. |
|
1992 |
Susan Holtz |
Office Systems |
Disaster recovery planning: Is business prepared? |
|
1991 |
Melody A. Berger |
Reading |
A comparative study of writing sample development and reading achievement of first grade students in a whole language classroom compared to a basal-based phonetic classroom. |
|
1990 |
Kathryn Dziekman |
Counselor Education |
Effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation services provided to Wisconsin racial ethnic minority disabled clientele. |