Previous Winning Research Projects

In previous years, the Center for Catholic Faith and Culture and the Center for Spiritan Studies presented research awards for the following entries:

2018:
Lauren Hensler, Physician Assistant Studies I Rangos School of Health Sciences 
 Addressing Dental Health Disparities through Community-Engaged Learning

Sarah Timmons, Sarah Sullivan, Michelle Zheng, Nursing I School of Nursing
Race-based Inequities in Maternal-Child Health in the Hill District

2017:
Nicole Cordier, Senior|History and Classics | McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Better Babies and "Race Suicide": Eugenics in Pittsburgh Women's Groups

2016:
Maggie Ballantyne, Senior|Public Relations|McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
"Say Yes to the Dress" Goes to Church: A Feminist Theological Analysis of Catholic Marriage Preparation in the Mid-Atlantic Region

2015:
Edward Lippl, Junior|Rangos School of Health Sciences
The Effect of Sexual Orientation on Religious Beliefs

2014:
Franklin J. Giovannelli, Junior| A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration
The Papacy in the High Renaissance of Rome

Olivia Reddick, Senior| McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
The Human Body As Psychological and Spiritual

2013:
Megan Barber, Sophomore|Rangos School of Health Sciences
Religious and Spiritual Application in Healthcare

Stephanie Sloan and Rebecca Marie Yoder, Sophomores|Mary Pappert School of Music
From Heavens to Hands: A Student's Perspective on the Music of Charles Tournemire