An 80,000-word thesis or dissertation would take nine hours to present.
Their time limit is three minutes.
Join them and the UNCG Graduate School for the 3MT Final Competition on Tuesday, November 5 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Alumni House. This event is free and open to the public.
The 3MT Competition challenges master’s and doctoral students to explain their thesis or dissertation research to non-specialist audiences in just three minutes with one PowerPoint slide. This competition celebrates the discoveries made by graduate students and encourages them to communicate the importance of their work to the broader community.
The winners will be selected and announced at the end of the final competition: first place ($1,000), second place ($500), and People’s Choice ($250). The audience will select the People’s Choice winner, so come out, watch the competition, and cast your vote!
3MT Finalists in Alpha Order (Titles subject to change):
Sarah Campbell, History
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Torren Gatson
Revolution, Restoration, Recognition: The House in the Horseshoe National Register Nomination Reimagined
Esther Cardenas, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhenquan Jia
The Effect of Carbon Nanodots on Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Other Behaviors of C57BL/6J and LDLr-/- mice
Terry Chavis, Higher Education
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brad Johnson
From whose point of view? A phenomenological investigation of epistemological relations with Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Traditional STEM Curriculum & Pedagogy
Ashley Herring-Nicholas, Nanoscience
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eric Josephs
The Power of One – CRISPR-Cas precision editing of single nucleotide variants
Stacy Huff, Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sandra Ayoo
Exploring Compassion Fatigue in Program Evaluation
Nooshin KianvashRad, Nanoscience
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dennis LaJeunesse
Cracking the Code of Drug-Resistant Fungi: Nanotechnology Meets Bioinformatics
Merna Melad, Nanoscience
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eric Josephs
How Far Is Enough? Dreaming of a Future Beyond 6 Feet Apart
Crystal Thinzar, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Margaret “Megan” Fields-Olivieri
Keeping it R.E.A.L.: Understanding Everyday Socialization Processes in Parents of Toddlers
Panesun Tukur, Nanoscience
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jianjun Wei
Fast-Track Innovation: Unleashing AI and ML for Rapid Product Development
Nora Webb, English
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Risa Applegarth
The American Witch: Acts of Communication and Rebellion
