Reilly Klippel, a 2025 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, earned third place at the WiSys Quick Pitch State Final held during the Spark Symposium in Madison on July 25, 2025. Her project focused on how well college students can identify intimate partner violence in queer relationships compared to heterosexual relationships.
WiSys Quick Pitch is a statewide competition that challenges students from across the Universities of Wisconsin to present the societal impact of their research in just three minutes. Contestants aim to communicate complex ideas to a general audience and are judged on their clarity, relevance and delivery.
Reilly qualified for the state competition after winning the UW-Platteville Quick Pitch event in April. She graduated in spring 2025 with a degree in psychology and plans to begin her Master of Social Work at Clarke University this fall. Her project was completed as part of a two-semester Behavioral Research course taught by Dr. Kameko Halfmann, associate professor and co-chair of UW-Platteville’s Department of Psychology.
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