The Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Challenge is an academic research competition that helps graduate students build effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just 3 minutes and one static slide to explain the breadth and significance of their thesis research project to a non-specialized audience.

Come hear original research from NSSR Master's students and PhD students. Thousands of dollars in prizes are up for grabs -- vote for your favorite! Food and drinks will be served.

MASTER'S FINALISTS

Hijab Ahmed (Creative Writing): “A Hijab Manifesto // HRT: Hijab Reproduction Theory”
K.C. (Economics): “A State for the Wretched: The Umbra-Operative as ‘Dual-Power’”
Ramnik Dhingra (Psychology): “LGBTQ+ Community Connectedness & Concealment in a Hostile Sociopolitical Climate”
Azanah Khadduri (Psychology): “AI-Delivered Problem Management Plus”

DOCTORAL FINALISTS

Aditya Singh (Economics): “The Shield Without the Sword”
Mariam Matar (Philosophy): “Rethinking Political Violence”
Mauricio Vargas Sosa (Politics): “Democracy Against Itself: The Cooptation of the Poor by Argentina’s Far Right?”
Pamela Segura (Clinical Psychology): “Nuestras Penas: Race-Based Traumatic Stress and Cannabis Misuse in Latine Adults in the United States”
Janice Blake (Public & Urban Policy): “Unmaking the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis”
Diana Denza (Public & Urban Policy): “The Monstrous City: Exploring the Violence of Urban Gentrification through the Lens of the Horror Genre”
Mike Harrington (Public & Urban Policy): “A City for Us”
Sayamsiddha (Sociology): “Human Labor Behind AI: From Ghost Workers to Platformized Experts”
Liuchang Tan (Sociology): "The Openness Paradox: Ideals and Practices in China's Open-Source Technology Communities"