The purpose of the award is to recognize a graduate student for excellence in the creation of knowledge.
Any member of the graduate faculty at Ball State University may nominate candidates for the Alumni Association Distinguished Thesis Award.
The award recipient is recognized and presented a plaque and monetary gift.
Read the guidelines for the Distinguished Thesis Award.
Past Awards Recipients
2008-2009
Nathan L. Morin Department of Anthropology
“Some Might Say it is Not Really Busking: The Impact of the Carling Busking
Scheme in London, England”
Chairperson: Dr. Don Merten
2007-2008
Nicholas W. Geidner Department of Telecommunications
"The Influence of New Media on the Early Stages of the 2008 Presidential Election: A Critical Analysis"
Chairperson: Dr. James Chesebro
2006-2007
Jason C. Dunham Department of Chemistry
“Synthesis of 4-Alkyl-3,5-Diamino-1-Phenylpyrazoles”
Chairperson: Dr. Robert Sammelson
2005-2006
Kimberly A. Miller Department of Psychological Science
“Human Motivation and Psychological Well-Being” in a Sample of Clinical and
Non-Clinical Adults”
Chairperson: Dr. Darrell L. Butler
2004-2005
Andrew D. Platt Department of Physics and Astronomy
“Fano Resonance in Two-Dimensional Quantum Wires with an Offset Attractive
Impurity”
Chairperson: Dr. Yong Joe
2003-2004
Doyle Leslie Haeussler Department of English
“Chasing Losses: A Book of Poems”
Chairperson: Dr. Thomas Koontz
2002-2003
Richard P. Garlitz Department of History
"Responses to Catastrophe from Henri Barbusse to Primo Levi: Rethinking the
Great War and the Holocaust in Literary History"
Chairperson: Dr. Christopher S. Thompson