The John R. Hines, Jr. award recognizes undergraduate students who produces innovative projects, whose work advances the profession, whose work serves as a model or catalyst to developing research interests in other undergraduates, whose work increases the visibility of LaGrange College, and/or whose work benefits the greater community beyond LaGrange College. Submissions are divided into four categories based on the nature of the research: Basic Research; Applied Research; Religious, Historical, and Literary Analysis; and Performance and Creative Projects. A winner is announced in each category during the annual Honor's Day ceremony.

Past Winners

2019-2020

Basic Research

Trevor McLemore, The effect of chlorpyrifos on the concentration of alpha-synuclein, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melinda Pomeroy Black, Program: Biology

Applied Research - Two winners tied

Madison Murphy, Abortion views on a college campus, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bobby Jo Otto, Program: Sociology
Katie Farr, The effects of personality, procrastination, and self-efficacy on academic success, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Thomas, Program: Psychological Science

Religious, Historical, and Literary Analysis

Cary Burton, The Importance of Audience in Jacobs's Incidents and Douglass's Narrative, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anthony Wilson, Program: English

Performance and Creative Projects

Coral Douglas, Isolation Symphony, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lee Johnson, Program: Music

 

2018-2019

Basic Research

Carson Powell, Inhibition of Neurite Outgrowth Upon Acute Exposure to Chlorpyrifos, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melinda Pomeroy Black, Program: Biology

Applied Research

Seth Golden, Are At-Large Elections Responsible for the Under-representation of Minorities on Local Governments?, Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Tures, Program: Political Science

Religious, Historical, and Literary Analysis

Mary Elizabeth Loftus, Kurt Vonnegut: The Evolution of a White American Male, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Patricia Marchesi, Program: English

Performance and Creative Projects

Celeste Crowe, The Renaissance Woman, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Austin Weiland, Program: Art and Design

 

2017-2018

Basic Research 

Lexi Hall, Jake Odom, Carson Powell, Effect of Malathion on Bacterial Ingestion in Caenorhabditis Elegans, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melinda Pomeroy Black, Program: Biology

Applied Research - two winners tied

Timothy Luke Norman, Coefficient of Static and Dynamic Friction in Wide Receiver Gloves, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chris Bailey, Program: Exercise Science
Wesley Dismukes, Capital Punishment in the United States: Analyzing Deterrence and Cost-Effectiveness of the Death Penalty in the United States, Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Tures, Program: Political Science

Religious, Historical, and Literary Analysis

Daniel Garrett, State-Led Settlement: A Case Study of the Georgia Land Lotteries, Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Van Lieu, Program: History

Performance and Creative Projects

Lizzy Clements, Notes to my College Self, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kim Barber-Knoll, Program: Theatre Arts

 

Winners awarded before 2017 can be obtained by contacting the LaGrange College Frank and Laura Lewis Library archives.