The 2025 recipient of the Valerie B. Edmonds Student Research Award is Lucy Roach. She won for her research paper, “Generated Girlhood: How Social Media ‘Girl’ Trends Platform Misogyny,” and was advised by Dr. Cameron Kunzelman, assistant professor of Communication Studies and Theatre. Lucy will receive recognition at Honors Convocation on Friday, April 11, at 4:00 p.m. in Toney Auditorium in Willingham Hall on the Macon Campus.