2023 Boe and Britt Award Winners

2023 Boe Award winners for the 60 and over credit hour category:

Sarah Keeling (Angelo State University) – “Manichaeism in Rebecca West’s “Indissoluble Matrimony””

MacKenzie Thomas (Oral Roberts University) – “Effects of Grifola frondosa Secretions on Tumorigenic and Non-tumorigenic Mammary Epithelial Cells”

Nicholas White (Southeastern Oklahoma State University) – “An In Situ Lipid Extraction of Human Plasma Using a Theta Tip-Based Interfacial Microreactor”

2023 Boe Award winners in the Under-60 credit hours category:

Kimiya Noor (Emporia State University) – “Epigenomics in Childhood-Onset Diabetes Therapy: A Critical Review”

Esbeidy Torres Ibarra (Lone Star College Honors College) – “Bound to the Union Instead of the Cotton Belt: How Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, and the Hemp Industry Convinced Kentucky to Remain in the United States”

William Cade Sellers (Lone Star College - Montgomery)– “Accommodating Consciousness: How Should we Conceptualize the Mind in a Physical Reality?”


2023 Britt Poster Awards

Humanities

  • Under 60: “Power Relationships and a Convention of States: An Analysis of the Potential Impacts Resulting from a Convention of States” by Vincent Crowson, McLennan Community College

  • Over 60: “The Value of a Copy:  How the Incorporation of Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise in a Midwestern Museum Represents a Significant Cultural and Artistic Gain” by Noah Fansler, University of Missouri Kansas City

 Professional Studies

  • Under 60: “LGBTQ+ Youth in Schools with a Focus on the Effects on their Mental Health and Safety” by

    Arianna Olivo, Carlos Perez, & Nayla Samaniego, San Jacinto College

  • Over 60: "Using Simulation to Advance LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency within Undergraduate Nursing Students” by

    Geryk Garcia, Texas Women’s University

 STEM

  • Under 60: “SAGA is a dynamic circadian complex involved in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7” by Jessica Kim, University of Missouri Kansas City

  • Over 60: “Efficacy of a Plant-Derived Polymeric Drug Delivery System Used to Deliver Antibiotics to Produce Cytotoxic Effects on Bacteria” by Alyssa H. Kohler, Tarleton State University

 Social Science

  • Under 60: ‘Un Paso A La Vez”: Fostering Mental Health Equity in San Antonio by Yulissa Carrillo, Ximena Carrillo, Jazette Tellez, & Juana Ramirez, Texas A&M University-San Antonio

  • Over 60: "Comparison Study of 1999-2020 Native American Suicide Rate across the United States” by Emma Quintana, Southeastern Oklahoma State University