Research

Undergraduate Chosen For Inaugural NOAA Fisheries Internship

Tremaine Hughes was one of only 15 students selected for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration competitive summer internship that provides students with hands-on experience in marine science. The biology major said he learned about the program from a relative who works in the field. The program at NOAA Fisheries called IN FISH! partners scientists…
College of Education Creates Youth Advocacy Center

Georgia Southern University is now home to a research center dedicated to defending the rights of young people. The new center is an outgrowth of the National Youth Advocacy and Resilience (NYAR) Conference, which was established more than 30 years ago. The conference served as an epicenter of information sharing and progress for supporting young…
Saving Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage

Political science major Rachal Phillips (left) and elementary education major Leah Mikell (right) have been awarded the Cultural Heritage Center’s first scholarships, funded by the Quarterman & Keller Foundation Inc. Georgia Southern University is involved in efforts to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the Gullah Geechee people. They are descendants of West Africans…
Researching Salt Marsh Habitat Loss

Salt marshes in south Georgia are in constant need of restoration due to rising sea levels. Georgia Southern University graduate student Alexander Gregory is leading a project on the Armstrong Campus to address the loss of marsh habitats by researching Spartina alterniflora, the dominant plant in Georgia salt marshes.
2021 Averitt Award Winners

Four Graduate Students Receive Top Honor Georgia Southern graduate students teach, grade assignments, run laboratories, conduct their own research, and write and publish complex papers. But too often their academic achievements go uncelebrated. Meet the four graduate students who won the Averitt Award this year. It is the highest honor presented to graduate students within the…
Alex Troutman

As an undergraduate, Alex Troutman (‘14) was unsure of his future career field. Little did he know that professors Ray Chandler, Ph.D., and Michelle Cawthorn, Ph.D., would have an impact on his destiny.
Research Briefs

Research news from the colleges of Georgia Southern University.
Investigating an Invasion

Georgia Southern students, faculty research invasive lizard species A creature docile enough to be a house pet yet invasive enough to destroy an ecosystem is posing a major threat to the woodlands of southeast Georgia. But faculty and student researchers in the Department of Biology at Georgia Southern University are working with state and federal…
Why Is There A Coin Shortage During The COVID-19 Pandemic?

Parker College of Business The velocity of money is the rate at which money flows through the economy. If the velocity of money slows, we need more money in circulation to facilitate transactions. This is our current problem with coins. We face a coin shortage because coins are unintentionally stockpiled in our homes. Large retailers’…
What Happens When Singing Becomes A Dangerous Activity?

College of Arts and Humanities The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for singers and, while a majority of my career is now focused on teaching voice and serving as an administrator for the National Association of Teachers of Singing, I still do have a few singing gigs of my own each year, an important part…