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
Winner
- Program: Anthropology
- The Women of Gangivecchio: Investigating Gender, Wealth, and Work in the Agricultural Economy of Roman Sicily
Enrico Bruno
Honorable Mention
- Program: English
- Flying African Americans: The Trope of Black Flight in 20th and 21st Century Literature
Mackenzie Spicer
Honorable Mention
- Program: Biomedical Science - Molecular Medicine
- Moving Forward in Movement Disorders: Discovering New Tools to Study Parkinson's Disease
Rasheid Smith
- Program: Pharmacy - Pharmaceutics
- Cancer Immunotherapy: A Viral Approach
Murphy Keller
- Program: Immunology
- Infection Hijacks Cellular Communication
Vahid Eghbal Akhlaghi
- Program: Business Analytics
- Fuel Distribution Planning for Disasters on Islands
Haydar Al-Jaafari
- Program: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Barbara Kagima
- Program: Geography
- Geographic Health Disparities: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?
Hannah Molitor
- Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering
- From Toxic to Tasty: Nutritious Algal Protein from Waste
Nazmin Akter Eti
- Program: Human Toxicology
- Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), Fish Consumption, and Miscarriages: An Untold Story
Claire Muerdter
- Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Pollution Processing by Vegetation: Protecting Water, Food, and Environmental Quality
Hadley Galbraith
- Program: French and Francophone World Studies
- Bigidi and Creating the Memory of Survival: Resisting Slavery in Literature, Film, and Performance