Field Notes APSS - 2018-19

Student Achievements

JOURNAL OF STUDENT RESEARCH

LEADERSHIP & SERVICE

D eon Canon was named 2019 Outstanding Student Leader of the Year. He also served as the Stout Students Association’s Director of Communication. He was joined in the SSA by Logan Johnson and Chris Johnson who both served as Senators. Deon and Chris were elected SSA Presi- dent and Vice President for 2019- 20. Maddie McConville served as Stout Students Unite President, Garret Gjerseth as Vice President, and Frank Janovec was Treasurer. PaChee Yang , Shane Miller , and Elle Alvarez-Casas recieved the Samuel E. Wood Medallion, UW-Stout’s highest non-academ- ic award for students. The award is given annually to seniors who have been active in student activ- ities and exhibited outstanding leadership at Stout. Jordyn Horvath served as one of the Alumni Association’s Stout Ambassadors.

Madalaine McConville: “The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Its Creation, Ef- fects, and How it Can Be Diminished” Johanna Peterson: “A Case Study of California’s Syringe Exchange Pro- grams’ Effects on Illicit Opioid Use” Marcus Ramirez: “The Meiji Secret: The Emergence of Zaibatsu Dominance in Japan”

Research Grants & Assistantships

APSS students were awarded over $2,776 in student research grant funding this year. Funded projects: Tony Hoffman: Wisconsin Voter Access to Required Voting Services Noel Jacobson: ADA Compliance, Accommodation and Success: Harvey Hall Renovation Connor Hobart: Experiences and Insights of Nonprofit Environmental Organization Employees Ryan Leckel: Silence in a Small Town: Conceptualizing Sexual Violence in a Community Context Alayna Wier: At A Breaking Point Anne McShane: Research on Cadets Motivations, Expectations and Goals regarding Joining the Military Madalaine McConville: Dissemination grant to attend ASA and SSSP in New York City Three APSS students also served as research assistants on faculty-led projects: NSF Research Assistants with Dr. Tina Lee (Engineers Without Borders Grant) Erin Briggs, Clarice Thume, Sasha Bellot, Blessing Joseph, and Gaoying Xiong participated in the Sumer Social Justice and Nonviolence Leadership Institute in Selma, AL. The program is hosted by the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconcilliation. Megan Katcher, Madalaine McConville, Alexis Short

UW-Stout Research Day Presenters

Erin Briggs, Madalaine McConville, and Megan VanEgdom - “Promoting Civic Engagement Through Media on College Campuses” Garret Gjerseth - “Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville: A Content Anal- ysis of Newspaper Coverage” Noel Jacobson - “ADA Compliance, Accommodation, and Success: Harvey Hall Renovation” Frank Janovec - “Cross Examination of Public Lands” Skyler Kleinschmidt - “Predicting a Violent Shooter: Analyzing the Lives and Personalities of Past Mass Shooters” Ryan Leckel - “Silence in a Small Town: Conceptualizing Sexual Violence in a Community Context” and “Assisting Wisconsin Municipalities and Cit- izens in the Replacement of Lead Service Lines Using Wisconsin Act 1.3.7” Madalaine McConville - “The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Its Creation, Ef- fects, and How it Can Be Diminished” Anne McShane - “Research on Cadets’ Motivations, Expectations, and Goals Regarding Joining the Military” Shane Miller - “Local Economic Impact of Employee Ownership Transi- tions: Isolating Loan Impacts” Emmi Nielson-Gunning - “Public Perceptions of Sex Trafficking in Min- nesota” Marcus Ramirez - “The Meiji Secret” Rachel Smith - “Do Drug Court Treatment Types and Services Matter?” Megan VanEgdom - “The Effectiveness of Gun Control Laws” Alayna Wier - “At A Breaking Point”

Chris Johnson & Deon Cannon Vice President & President, SSA

McNair Scholar

Elle Alvarez-Casas 2018-19 Wood Medallion Award Winner

Marcus Ramirez - “The Meiji Secret”

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chris Marshall

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