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
The Women of Gangivecchio: Investigating Gender, Wealth, and Work in the Agricultural Economy of Roman Sicily

Enrico Bruno
Flying African Americans: The Trope of Black Flight in 20th and 21st Century Literature


Mackenzie Spicer
Moving Forward in Movement Disorders: Discovering New Tools to Study Parkinson's Disease

Claire Muerdter
Pollution Processing by Vegetation: Protecting Water, Food, and Environmental Quality



Nazmin Akter Eti
Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), Fish Consumption, and Miscarriages: An Untold Story

Hadley Galbraith
Bigidi and Creating the Memory of Survival: Resisting Slavery in Literature, Film, and Performance


