An 80,000 word thesis would take nine hours to present ... these graduate students had to do it in three minutes
First Place Winner
Jessica Mattingly, Communication Sciences & Disorders
“Learning Words Through Dance”
Second Place Winner
Riley Carter, Communication Sciences & Disorders
"Word Density Effects on Phonological Awareness in Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing"
People’s Choice Winner
Rebekah Gay, Kinesiology
“Mindfulness & Exercise”
Jessica Mattingly will move on as the automatically-qualified Harris College student to the university-level competition on Friday, April 12 at 5 p.m. in the Scharbauer Debate Chamber. Join us to cheer on our representatives!
Additional 2024 Harris College Three-Minute Thesis Contestants included:
Lisette Trevino ’24 | Communication Sciences & Disorders
“Listen Up: Word Learning in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing”
Sunil Prajapati ’25, Ph.D. in Health Sciences | Kinesiology
“Between-leg Length Differences: Bad or Benign for Running Performance?”
Sarah Junkersfeld ’25, Ph.D. in Health Sciences | Kinesiology
“Impacts of Virtual Reality and Exercise”
Ally Jackson ’24 | Communication Sciences & Disorders
“Caregiver Reading Training Through Telecommunication”
Haylei Scoggins ’26 | Ph.D. in Health Sciences, Kinesiology
“Exercise Behaviors in Adult Video Game Players”