The School’s Kinesiology Student Council (KinSC) hosted its annual Kinesiology Research Day event on February 23, 2024. This event celebrates the research being done by the School’s graduate and undergraduate students through research poster sessions, oral presentations summarizing research, and a guest speaker.
“Kinesiology Research Day is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to interact and learn more about the interesting, phenomenal research students are conducting. Connections are made and ideas are shared. The exchange that takes place during this event really is an integral part of both graduate and undergraduate education.”
Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies
This year’s guest speaker was Elena Donoso Brown, PhD, MS, an associate professor at Duquesne University. Her presentation, titled, “Creativity and collaborations: Continuing a productive research agenda at a teacher-scholar university” described how to balance productive research and other teaching obligations involved in higher education.
Kinesiology Research Day had great participation by students. Winners for the poster and oral presentations were decided by judges Elena Donoso Brown, PhD, Emily Kringle, PhD, and Dunja Antunovic, PhD, and are are listed below:
Poster session winners
1st place: Jacquelyn Sertic
2nd place: Angela Bruzina
Honorable mention: Braydon Crum
Oral presentation winners
1st: Dani Arruda
Honorable mention: Ryan Burgardt
Audience choice award
Wanjiang Zhou
This event would not have been possible without the leadership of doctoral student Bridget Sturch and KinSC President, Tytiana Seay. Additional members of KinSC also played an integral role in the success of this event: Dani Arruda, Ella Burgess, Mackenzie Griffin, Kirana Gunawan, Promise Iheanacho, Jason Kang, Suryeon Ryu, and Noah Steffes. The School and Kinesiology Student Council thank everyone who participated or supported the event.
“Our graduate students showcased a diverse array of cutting edge, discipline advancing work. It was impressive!”
Sara Cannon, Graduate Program Coordinator
