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HONORS THESIS AND JOURNALISM CAPSTONE

• A lost burial: The suspected grave of America's first published Black poet

  • The Stony Brook Honors College recognized this project as one of two best theses produced by a student in the humanities in 2021.

  • Brianne has been recognized several times for her academics and work in historical journalism, encompassing this piece and others.

    • Upon graduation, she was presented the Roger Wunderlich Memorial Award, which is awarded by the Stony Brook University history department to a student who has done exceptional research and writing on a topic related to the history of Long Island.

    • Brianne was awarded the 2021 Alumni Association Dean's Choice Award from the School of Communication and Journalism for her journalistic and academic work.

    • She was also awarded Stony Brook Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence, one of the university's top student recognitions.

• ​SURVIVAL — Stony Brook University Hospital in the Throes of the Pandemic

  • While Brianne worked on her honors thesis, she simultaneously worked on a second capstone project with approximately 30 students in Stony Brook's School of Communication and Journalism to tell the story of what happened at the university during the pandemic. Stony Brook, as the lead medical group​ and hospital on Long Island, was positioned on the frontlines during the outbreak. Brianne spent more than a year on an approximately 7,500-word explanatory feature detailing what took place during that first, pivotal year of the pandemic at the university hospital.