{"id":13120,"date":"2026-03-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/?p=13120"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:19:35","slug":"recipients-of-the-2026-valerie-b-edmonds-research-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/recipients-of-the-2026-valerie-b-edmonds-research-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipients of the 2026 Valerie B. Edmonds Research Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13120\" class=\"elementor elementor-13120\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e215224 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e215224\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-277c4168\" data-id=\"277c4168\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51ad6427 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51ad6427\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d35d941\" data-id=\"5d35d941\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65743ef4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65743ef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recipients of the 2026 Valerie B. Edmonds Research Award<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738845bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"738845bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 2026 recipients of the Valerie B. Edmonds Student Research Award are Neely Detwiler (winner) and Ethan Pellegrino (runner-up). Neely won for her research paper, \u201cThe Minutes That Made Inequality: Race and Public Education in Savannah, Georgia 1900-1916,\u201d and was advised by Dr. Abby Dowling, associate professor of history. Neely will receive recognition at Honors Convocation on Friday, April 10, at 4:00 P.M. in Toney Auditorium in Willingham Hall on the Macon Campus. 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