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2026 Kevin Love Fund Fellow
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Impact and National Program Presentation
Can building the conditions for reading and peer-led bibliotherapy improve a team culture? Reduce stress? Aid in mental health interventions? Improve academic and athletic performance?
These are a few of the questions I have been asking for years.
In 2026, I ran anIndependent student research project supported by Morgan's Message Ambassadors and Educational Directors at the Kevin Love Fund that asked:
After one peer-led picture book session, does a student-athlete report better well-being, and does the change appear in beliefs about reading itself?
- Original research presented as the only youth presenter at the world's largest library conference: 150th Anniversary American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (June 28, 2026)
- Additional Statistical Analysis from initial Spring 2026 study supported in conjunction with 2025 & 2026 Mentor Immersion program through Vanderbilt Program for Talented Youth (Mentor: Dr. Ashleigh Maxcey)
- Poster presentations for literacy and mental health symposiums planned for 2027.
Psychology Research
Multiple year project development and independent research application supported though Mentor Immersion Programming at the Vanderbilt Program for Talented Youth (2023-2026)