2012 Writing Excellence Award Winners
Writing Excellence Award Winners
(for papers written in 2011)
CONNECTIONS CORE
Margaret Johnson
“The Fine Line between an Alien and an Accomplice: An Exposé of the Importance of Tituba’s Testimony”
Connections 332: New England Witchcraft
Professor Bill Breitenbach
FIRST YEAR- SEMINARS
Louisa Raitt
“Anicia Juliana: The Rightful Ruler and Her Controversial Construction"
Art 120: Hagia Sophia
Professor Kriszta Kotsis
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Olive Oyango
“I’m African . . . Not African American"
Occupational Therapy 606: Healthcare Systems
Professors Juli McGruder and Kirsten Wilbur
HUMANITIES
Kelli Conley
“Between A Rock and A Hard Place: Marriage Implications for Women in the Reformation"
History 311: Reformation
Professor Katherine Smith
Kevin Halasz
“On the Dangers of Over-Inferring"
Philosophy 326: Philosophy of Language
Professor Douglas Cannon
NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS
Liza Holtz
“The effects of environmental disturbance during the developmental stages of Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa cardui)"
Biology 211: General Ecology
Professor Stacey Weiss
Alisa Wallace
“The effect of hunger level on the choice between feeding and courtship opportunities in male guppies (Poecilia reticulata)"
Biology 211: General Ecology
Professor Stacey Weiss
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Peter Russell
“Unipolarity and Its Benefits"
Politics and Government 335: Global Security
Professor Seth Weinberger
Ardea Smith
"The Seductive Orchid”
International Political Economy 382: The Illicit Global Economy
Professor Brad Dillman
Writing Excellence Award Winners
(for papers written in 2011)
CONNECTIONS CORE
Margaret Johnson
“The Fine Line between an Alien and an Accomplice: An Exposé of the Importance of Tituba’s Testimony”
Connections 332: New England Witchcraft
Professor Bill Breitenbach
FIRST YEAR- SEMINARS
Louisa Raitt
“Anicia Juliana: The Rightful Ruler and Her Controversial Construction
Art 120: Hagia Sophia
Professor Kriszta Kotsis
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Leanne Schaafsma
Graduate
"I'm not a pnoy and I'm not a fog, I'm a dancer:" An interview with a Stripper
Occupational Therapy 697: Research Design
Spring 2010
Yvonne Swinth
HUMANITIES
Ian Greenfield
Senior
The Author and the Magi: Magic in the Ancient Novel and its Implications for Readership
Classics 304
Spring 2010
Nico Romerijn-Stout
Jihad and Just War: A Comparative Analysis
Religion 410
Fall 2010
Greta Austin
NATURAL SCIENCES
Lydia Kleine
Junior
Stable isotope ecology of the endangered Grevy's zebra (Equus Grevyi) in Laikipia, Kenya
Advisor Kena Fox Dobbs
Fall 2010
Brittany Balbag
Senior Thesis
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Sara Adkins
Senior Thesis
Reframing the Reality of African American Women at Risk for HIV/AIDS Using an Ecological Model
Spring 2010
Ben Armstrong
A Landlocked Bolivia: Disputes between Bolivia, Peru and Chile
International Political Economy
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Olive Oyango
Graduate
“I’m African . . . Not African American”
Occupational Therapy 606: Healthcare Systems
Fall 2011
Juli McGruder/Kirsten Wilbur
HUMANITIES
Kelli Conley
Junior
“Between A Rock and A Hard Place: Marriage Implications for Women in the Reformation”
History 311: Reformation
Spring 2011
Katherine Smith
Kevin Halasz
Junior
“On the Dangers of Over-Inferring”
Philosophy 326: Philosophy of Language
Douglas Cannon
NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS
Liza Holtz
Junior
“The effects of environmental disturbance during the developmental stages of
Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa cardui)
Biology 211: General Ecology
Fall 2011
Stacey Weiss
Alisa Wallace
Sophomore
“The effect of hunger level on the choice between feeding and
courtship opportunities in male guppies (Poecilia reticulata)”
Biology 211: General Ecology
Fall 2011
Stacey Weiss
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Peter Russell
Senior
“Unipolarity and Its Benefits”
Politics and Government 335: Global Security
Fall 2011
Seth Weinberger
Ardea Smith
Senior
“The Seductive Orchid”
International Political Economy 382
Fall 2011
Brad Dillman
