Fordham-GSAS Three Minute Thesis Competition
Think you have what it takes to present your research and its significance in three minutes?
Open to all students enrolled in a GSAS master’s or doctoral program, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed in 2008 by The University of Queensland in Australia.
The premise of the competition is to develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills. 3MT® supports the development of students’ capacity to explain effectively their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024
3MT® Competition!
1st Place:
Lina Jiang, English, Ph.D.
Translating China in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
Second Place:
Ava Randel, Ethics and Society, M.A.
The Kids are Alt-Right: Echo Chambers, Ethical Malformation, and the Dangers of Algorithmic Overdependence
Third Place:
Khalifa Afane, Data Science, M.S.
Analyzing and Optimizing the Distribution of Blood Lead Level Testing for Children in New York City
People's Choice:
Stephan Tytarenko, Computer Science, M.S.
Is Context Attribution all you need? Attaining generalizability in non-fine-tuned Transformers
Judges
| Johanna Francis, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Economics |
Gaby Hurtarte Leon President of GSAS Graduate Student Council |
| Stephen Holler, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physics |
Robert Parmach, Ph.D. Director of Ignatian Mission Initiatives of Campus Ministry |
| Tom Hughes, Ph.D. GSAS Advisory Board Member |
Nicholas Paul, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History |
Prizes
| Competition Winner Placement | Prize Amount |
|---|---|
| First Place | $1,000 |
| Second Place | $750 |
| Third Place | $500 |
| People's Choice (The audience will vote for the winner during the final round.) |
$500 |
Please direct all 3MT®-related questions to the Seoyoon Chang, Ed.D., Assistant Dean of Student Professional Development, at [email protected].