Competitors

Below are the 7 courageous graduate students taking on the challenge of presenting their research in under three minutes at the Eighth Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition. Click on each to learn more about their research.

2024 Competitors

Open All Tabs

Hannah Artman, Ph.D. student in Communication in the School of Communication

Dissertation: Desinformacion, discourse, and political micro-celebrities: Understanding the practices of social media disinformation in Latino/a/x communities.

Advisor: Salli Hughes
Shiyi Zhang, Ph.D. student in Business in the Miami Herbert Business School

Dissertation: Essays in Diversity and Behavioral Finance

Advisor: Alok Kumar
Christian McDonald, Ph.D. student in Microbiology & Immunology in the Miller School of Medicine

Essay: An elF2-independent mechanism of translation initiation during KSHV replication and oncogenesis

Advisor: Noula Shembade and Enrique Mesri*

*Deceased
Salman Ahmad, Ph.D. student in Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences

Dissertation: A Psycho-educational Workshop to Facilitate Help-seeking in Muslims Living in the

United States by Applying an Islamic Lens on Mental Health

Advisor: Amy Weisman de Mamaini
Emma Pontes, Ph.D. student in Marine Biology & Ecology in the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric & Earth Science

Dissertation: Investigating the Effects of Ocean De-oxygenation on Coral Reefs

Advisor: Chris Langdon
Kaylie Cullison, Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering

Dissertation: Anatomic and Physiologic Monitoring of Glioblastoma Utilizing Daily MRI, Radiomics, and Machine Learning

Advisor: Eric Mellon
Dallas Joseph Howard, D.M.A student in Music Theory and Composition in the Frost School of Music

Essay: Bubble Theory

Advisor: Dorothy Hindman

Competitors

2024 Competitors

University of Miami

Resources

UM Network

Visit

Connect