The Library Research Prize recognizes one undergraduate and one graduate student for exemplary scholarship through effective research strategies and demonstrated use of the library’s resources, services, and staff. The prize is not about the specific research project or creative work itself, but rather about how their use of the library’s resources, services, and staff helped in the successful completion of the research project or creative work.
The 2022 undergraduate winner of the UNF Library Research Prize is Lamija Hodzic. Lamija is a Junior majoring in International Studies with her project is titled “The Dayton Accords and Instability Within Bosnia and Herzegovina.” Lamija’s essay highlighted the skills she had acquired by working with faculty librarians to learn how to define and narrow her search for information so that she didn’t have to sift through thousands of search results – but rather spend her time on reviewing only those that were most relevant – and then how the library could help her locate and acquire those materials, even if they weren’t in our library. She also highlighted the significance of the library as a space where she could focus and collaborate with fellow students. Lamija’s application was supported by Drs. Sarah Mattice and Clayton McCarl.
The 2022 graduate winner of the UNF Library Research Prize is Doretta Leung. Doretta is a graduate student pursuing a DCN in Clinical Nutrition-Advanced Practice. Her project is titled “The impact of a pediatric interdisciplinary outpatient feeding clinic on preterm infant weight gain and caregiver compliance with feeding recommendations.” Doretta’s essay highlighted how RefWorks had helped her manage the citations for all the articles that she used for her project, and how the availability and timing of research consultations with the faculty librarians had been critical to her work. Doretta, who works as a pediatric dietician at Nemours Children’s Health Clinic, commented on how she uses the library’s medical databases daily as she prepares to meet with patients at the clinic. Doretta’s application was supported by Dr. Andrea Arikawa.
Dr. Sarah Mattice, faculty sponsor; Dr. Pam Chally, UNF Interim-President; Lamija Hodzic, 2022 Undergraduate Student Prize Winner; Dr. Brent Mai, UNF Library Dean
Dr. Andrea Arikawa, faculty sponsor; Dr. Pam Chally, UNF Interim-President; Doretta Leung, 2022 Graduate Student Prize Winner; Dr. Brent Mai, UNF Library Dean
The 2021 undergraduate winner of the UNF Library Research Prize is Ketty Mora. Ketty graduated from UNF with a BA in Art History. Her time at UNF precipitated enormous personal growth and development that have given her the confidence and motivation to continue her studies at Emory University, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Art History. Her professors at UNF and library resources have played an instrumental role in her personal and academic life.
The 2021 graduate winner of the UNF Library Research Prize is Leslie Van Horn. Leslie is a doctoral candidate in the Doctorate of Clinical Nutrition program at UNF. She is presently working to complete her dissertation titled, “Validation of an evidence-based dietetic practice instrument and the association between level of education and use of evidence-based dietetic practices among registered dietitian nutritionists.” Her research interests focus on nutrition and dietetics education. She lives in Charlotte, NC, and works full-time as an instructor at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC.
The 2021 runner-up of the UNF Library Research Prize is Carol Lynne Hemmingway. Carol is an undergraduate student and Jacksonville native studying History and Spanish with a minor in Digital Humanities. Her academic interests include local history, women authors and historians, and archival science. Lynne has worked as a student assistant for the Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections since her first year at UNF and, as a student intern, has contributed to ongoing projects which combine her interests like the UNF Digital Humanities Institute's Editing the Eartha M. M. White Collection.
Leslie Van Horn
Ketty Mora
Carol Lynne Hemmingway and Dr. Brent Mai
