Goldstick Fellows and Marissa Zelinger Research Awardees
The Goldstick Doctoral Fellowship extends a $10,000 grant to Special Education doctoral students to support them in completing their research. Since the fellowship's inception, over $500,000 has been awarded to exceptional doctoral students in the College of Education at the University of Illinois.
The Marissa Zelinger Research Awards recognize outstanding research by faculty-student research teams. Teams that display exemplary research in communication disorders are eligible for a $4,000 award toward their work. To date, nearly $40,000 has been awarded to research teams at the University of Illinois as part of this initiative.
Goldstick Fellows
Daniela Fanta Alarcon (2024, 2023, 2021)
Megan Best (2024, 2023)
Alexandria Barkhimer (2024)
Kai-Yun (Karen) Huang (2024)
Melanie Martin (2023, 2022)
Christy Yoon (2023, 2022)
Ricky Price (2023)
Crystal Williams (2023)
Adriana (Kaori) Terol (2022, 2021)
Rebekah Bosely (2022, 2020)
Nicole (Nikki) Donnelly (2021)
Emily Malouf (2021)
Rebecca Folkerts (2021)
James Donggeun Lee (2020, 2019)
Rebecca Elizabeth Hacker (2020, 2018)
Ban Sleiman Haidar (2020)
Laura Imming (2019)
Shari Hopkins (2018)
Julia Snider (2018)
Yusuf Akamoglu (2017, 2016)
Veronica Velasco (2017, 2015)
Magen Rooney (2017, 2016)
Moon Chung (2016, 2014)
Jamie Pearson (2015)
Maysoon Biller (2014)
Charis Price (2013, 2011)
Melinda Snodgrass (2013, 2012)
Aparicio Bentancourt (2012)
Lori Erbederis Meyer (2011, 2009)
Hasan Zaghlawan (2010)
Kim Woloweic-Fisher (2010, 2009)
Andrea Ruppar (2009)
Mary-Kelsey Coletto (2007)
Marissa Zelinger Research Awardees
2024, 2023: Dr. Michele Schutz and Megan Best
2022: Dr. Hedda Meadan and Christy Yoon
2021: Dr. Jessica Hardy and Kaori Terol
2020: Dr. Michaelene Ostrosky and Catherine Cheung
2019: Dr. Hedda Meadan and James Lee
2018: Dr. Michaelene Ostrosky and Hsiu-wen Yang
2017: Dr. James Halle, Magen Rooney, and Dr. Moon Chung
2016: Dr. Meghan Burke and Chung eun Lee
2015: Dr. Stacy Dymond and Sarah Ballard
2014: Dr. Hedda Meadan, Melinda Snodgrass, Jamie Pearson, Moon Chung, Yusuf Akamogly
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