The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) challenges graduate students to communicate their research in three minutes or less in non-specialist language. Contestants represent a diverse array of disciplines and areas of study, and reflect the passion and thirst for discovery common among all of Iowa's graduate students.
![Christie Vogler](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2024-07/Christie-Vogler_0.jpg)
Christie Vogler
The Women of Gangivecchio: Investigating Gender, Wealth, and Work in the Agricultural Economy of Roman Sicily
![Enrico Bruno](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Enrico%20Bruno.jpg)
Enrico Bruno
Flying African Americans: The Trope of Black Flight in 20th and 21st Century Literature
![Haydar Al-Jaafari](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Haydar%20Al-Jaafari.jpg)
![Mackenzie Spicer](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Mackenzie%20Spicer%20%28007%29.jpg)
Mackenzie Spicer
Moving Forward in Movement Disorders: Discovering New Tools to Study Parkinson's Disease
![Claire Muerdter](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Claire%20Muerdter%202.jpg)
Claire Muerdter
Pollution Processing by Vegetation: Protecting Water, Food, and Environmental Quality
![Rasheid Smith](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Rasheid%20Smith%201.jpg)
![Murphy Keller](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Murphy%20Keller%202.jpg)
![Nazim Akter Eti](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Nazmin%20Akter%20Eti%201.jpg)
Nazmin Akter Eti
Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), Fish Consumption, and Miscarriages: An Untold Story
![Hadley Galbraith](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Hadley%20Galbraith.jpg)
Hadley Galbraith
Bigidi and Creating the Memory of Survival: Resisting Slavery in Literature, Film, and Performance
![Hannah Molitor](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Hannah%20Molitor.jpg)
![Barbara Kagima](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Barbara%20Kagima.jpg)
![Vahid Eghbal Akhlaghi](/sites/grad.uiowa.edu/files/2021-01/Vahid%20Akhlaghi%202.jpg)