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Section: Awards/Honors > Rising Graduate Scholars
Students
From Teen Mom to Trailblazing Scholar
Now in her third year of doctoral studies at York University, Prilly Bicknell-Hersco has become a passionate advocate for Black disabled students in higher education, a population she describes as âvery under-researched,â particularly in Canada.
October 15, 2025
Students
Reshaping Agriculture's Future
Over the past six years, Wendell Scales has been instrumental in creating innovative pathway programs that challenge traditional perceptions of agriculture. His work has centered on what he calls âthe 30,000-foot view of agricultureâ â showcasing the industryâs breadth beyond conventional farming stereotypes.
October 13, 2025
Students
Championing Equity in Workforce Development
Over her 15 years in workforce development, Kioshana LaCount Burrell has traveled the country and encountered the same troubling pattern: programs inadequately modified for neurodivergent participants. This frustration led her to pursue a Ph.D., recognizing that academic credentials would provide the platform and credibility needed to drive systemic change.
October 11, 2025
Students
Social Justice and Service
Jerrard Wheelerâs journey to social work wasnât direct. Like many students, he entered college with pre-med aspirations, earning a biology degree at Western Michigan University. But something didnât sit right with the reactive nature of medical practice.
October 10, 2025
Students
Making a Real-World Impact
Armando Lizarraga's supporters say his research offers valuable insights into the intersection of incarceration, gender, and student debt.
October 9, 2025
Students
Faith and Academia
As a third-year Ph.D. student studying Christian ethics at Vanderbilt University, Royal Todd represents a rare breed of scholar-practitioner who refuses to compartmentalize his dual callings.
October 8, 2025
Students
Redefining Resilience
At 32 years old, Mirinda M. Morency represents a new generation of scholars who understand that meaningful research begins with lived experience and community connection.
October 7, 2025
Students
A Critical Thinker
When Arlin Hill worked as a marketing consultant for Universal Music Group a few years ago, he got to see the vast influence that various record companies have on society.
October 6, 2025
Students
Championing Teachers in High-Conflict Contexts
For Myssan Al Laysy Stouhi, the path to a Ph.D. has been anything but conventional.
October 5, 2025
Rising Graduate Scholars
A Scholar Who is âExtending the Hand as He Climbsâ
When Alonso Delgado was growing up, he could never have imagined he would one day be studying venom in sea anemones, simply because he never knew it was something that he could do.
June 20, 2024
Rising Graduate Scholars
Focus on Athletes and Concussions
Eric O. Ingramâs graduate advisor Dr. Justin Karr, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky (UK), describes him as committed, energetic, and driven when working on research projects.
June 20, 2024
Rising Graduate Scholars
Leading With Vision
Passion Lordâs educational background is an intriguing mix of marketing communications, business, research, and student affairs.
June 20, 2024
Rising Graduate Scholars
Developing Leaders
Isabel Mendoza appreciates industrial organizational psychologyâs use of data to support practices in the workplace. She likes to think of it as business and psychology put together, but more people-focused.
June 20, 2024
Rising Graduate Scholars
Finding a Place at an HBCU
Iowa native Juana D. Hollingsworth had always dreamed of attending an historically Black college and university (HBCU). She saw what it could be like through movies and television and she wanted that experience.
June 20, 2024
Rising Graduate Scholars
A Mentor to Others
Working toward a doctorate in neuroscience was not Jazmin Guadalupe Brito Moralesâs express goal when she first started her undergraduate career.
June 20, 2024
Rising Graduate Scholars
Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity
Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development.
June 20, 2024
Rising Graduate Scholars
Hitting the High Notes
Victor Wing Heng Yuen is both a gifted musician and a talented educator. To that end, he is pursuing two doctoral degrees at the University of Kentucky (UK).
June 20, 2024
Rising Graduate Scholars
Communicating the Science of the Stars
Jordan Ealy counts herself among the stargazers who delight in watching specks of light twinkle against the darkness of outer space. But her scholarship focuses on those stars she can barely see.
June 20, 2024
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