Congratulations to our 2026 3 Minute Thesis finalists and winners! The 3 Minute Thesis competition took place on February 19th. We are excited to share our winners and their research:

 

1st place: Alena Miskinis

  2nd place: Abby Shaw

3rd place & People’s Choice: Hayden Adams

Alena Miskinis from Kinesiology presented her research titled “Exploring the effects of rest breaks among pianists in the practice room.” Alena hopes to become a performance psychologist, working to address the mental health and mental performance of musicians

Abby Shaw from Landscape Architecture presented her research titled “Landscape Architecture Design Strategies for Native Freshwater Mussel Restoration in Muncie, Indiana.” After graduation, she plans to become a licensed landscape architect and start training for her first triathlon

Hayden Adams from Communication Studies presented his research titled “Reconceptualizing masculinity in relation to cisness and transness: An ideological criticism of @stazzyfit.” After graduation, he hopes to continue working with patient organizations to provide instruction on public speaking and patient advocacy within healthcare.

In addition to our winners, we extend our congratulations to the 3MT Finalists:

Haifa Hanzala, Counseling Psychology

Hyungseok Jang, Media

Jewel Johnson, Biology

Summer Davis, Biology

Andy Morrow, Educational Leadership

Shanta Paul, Biology

Eve Kopsolias, Journalism and Strategic Communication

 

Congrats, again, to all, and we look forward to 2027’s competition!