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Amanda Dempsey, Ed.D
2022 NANCY JANES BOOTHE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY
Shannon Swikert
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Having recently made the switch from scientist to educator, Shannon Swikert is completing her first year at St. Paul School in Florence, Kentucky, where she is the middle school science teacher. This position has provided her with an opportunity to share her love of learning with her students and to experience the exploration of Earth, life, and physical sciences with a renewed sense of awe and adventure. At the same time, Shannon is studying for her Master of Arts in Teaching at Thomas More University.
Shannon earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of McGill in 2021 where she studied the molecular mechanics underlying the formation of medulloblastoma, a pediatric brain tumor, in the lab of Dr. Frederic Charron at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute. In 2011, she graduated summa cum laude from Centre College with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry molecular biology. Between her two degrees, she worked as a research assistant in Dr. Kathy Saatman’s lab in the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center at the University of Kentucky.
An active member of her internal community, Shannon served on many committees of the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal student association during her time as a graduate student; she even acted as president of the student association in 201718. Currently, Shannon also serves as the St. Paul School librarian, which gives her a chance to share her passion for reading with the student body.
“I am honored to have been selected for the Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship, and I am grateful to Drs. Kim Haverkos and Alissa Ayres for nominating me,” said Shannon. “I would like to thank Joanne Nesmith and the St. Paul community for their warm welcome and kindness. Most importantly, I would like to thank my family, especially my parents, for their unconditional love and support.”
Thomas More University is proud to recognize Shannon Swikert as the 2022 Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship recipient.
