ASU Graduate College nominates two alumni to the CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards

The Distinguished Dissertation Awards represent one of the nation’s most prestigious awards programs for recently graduated PhD researchers. Every year, the Council of Graduate Schools and ProQuest sponsor a national competition to recognize an outstanding dissertation from a select number of fields. Ultimately each university can only forward one dissertation in each of the year’s two categories. This year, the two categories are Biological Sciences and the Humanities and Fine Arts. After an internal review process including the units, the Office of Distinguished Graduate Fellowships, and leadership within the Graduate College, ASU has selected Carolyn Greene and Danielle Groat as its nominees. Their dissertations will now be forwarded directly to CGS/ProQuest as finalists for the national competition. CGS/ProQuest will announce winners in late fall.

Carolyn Greene is the nominee for the Humanities & Fine Arts category.  Her dissertation is titled “Politics and Patronage: A Re-examination of Late Quing Dynasty Porcelain, 1850-1920.” Dr. Greene graduated from Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts with a PhD in Design, Environment and the Arts (Art History) in 2019. She currently works in the curatorial department of the Asian Art Exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum. 

Danielle Groat is the nominee for the Biological Sciences category. Her dissertation is titled “iDECIDE: An Evidence-based Decision Support System for Improving Postprandial Blood Glucose by Accounting for Patient’s Preferences.” Dr. Groat graduated from the College of Health Solutions with a PhD in Biomedical Informatics in 2017. She’s currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Informatics at the University of Utah. 

Congratulations to Drs. Greene and Groat!