FSOS team wins CEHD Research Day Award

Sara Axtell (left) and Maggie Greenleaf at CEHD Research Day.

Maggie Greenleaf, Family Social Science undergraduate, and Sara Axtell, FSOS lecturer were “People’s Choice” awardees at the College of Education and Human Development Research Day. The “People’s Choice” awards are made in each of the CEHD Research priority areas, and each team receives $250 for professional development.

Greenleaf and Axtell were winners in the Education Research & Educational Equity category for their poster, “Decolonizing Research Methodology.”

Additional winners were:

  • Living Better Living Longer: Brooke E. Wagner, Chelsey Thul, Nicole Larson, Beth Lewis, and Daheia J. Barr-Anderson; “The Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Exercise Avoidance Motivation Between Weight Stigma and Physical Activity.”

  • Autism & Developmental Disabilities: Jeannette Sample, Amy Esler, Jennifer Hall-Lande, Libby Hallas, Courtney Higginbotham, and Jenny Poynter; “Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence in Minnesota.”

  • Children’s Mental Health & Welfare: Tinu Oduloye, Emmy Reilly, and Megan Gunnar; “Parenting Stress is Associated with Parent Attitudes Towards Toddlers During COVID-19.”