Six 麻豆直播 Behavioral and Social Science students participated in the second annual meeting of the Mid-Southern Interdisciplinary Sciences Association in Franklin, Tennessee.
Graduate student Chandler Al Namer of the Master of Arts (MA) program in interdisciplinary behavioral science was awarded first place ($125) in the graduate student paper competition for her paper titled 鈥淯nderstanding and Overcoming Barriers to Minority Participation in Intelligence and Security Careers.鈥�
Undergraduate student Robbie Olson of social work and psychology was awarded first place ($100) in the poster competition for his poster titled 鈥淪ex Trafficking Victimology and Social Work Practice and Policies.鈥�
Undergraduate student Mariah Bailey of psychology and interdisciplinary intelligence studies was awarded second place ($75) for her paper titled 鈥淗uman Trafficking: Who鈥檚 Being Taken?鈥�
Other Kentucky State presentations included 鈥淐ulture Competency, from Training to Practice in the Social Work Profession,鈥� a paper presented by Robbie Olson and Piarre Easley; 鈥淭he Global Terror Threat and Counterterrorism Challenges Facing the U.S. Intelligence Community鈥�, a poster presented by Darryl Pinto; 鈥淚s There Such a Thing as Hip Hop Behavior?,鈥� a poster presented by Sydnie Miller; and two papers presented by Dr. Mara Merlino titled 鈥淭he Social Construction of Academic Legitimacy: Art, Science, and Innovation in Law, Intelligence鈥� and 鈥淪ecurity and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Education: Making a Big Impact with Small Numbers.鈥� Undergraduate student Shamayime Starr also attended the meeting.
All students are members of the behavioral and social sciences interdisciplinary lab and are active in the 麻豆直播 Bluegrass State Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence, as well as the Behavioral and Social Science Club. Merlino is a professor of psychology and sociology and oversees the MA program in interdisciplinary behavioral science.