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John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines
101 McGraw Hall • Cornell University • Ithaca, NY 14853 • 607-255-4061

Prize Winners Fall '01

James E. Rice, Jr. Awards

Winners:
MARY BURKHAUSER (HE ’05)
"Mrs. O’C and Mrs. O’M"
Comparative Literature 133: Expressing the Inexpressible—
Literature and Art at the Extremes
Instructor: Stephen Donatelli

JUSTIN N. MCMANUS (AG ’04)
"Boethius’ Misguided Theodicy: The Consolation of Philosophy"
Medieval Studies 101: Literature and Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Instructor: Jon Bornholdt

Honorable Mentions:
ANNIE CHA (AS ’05)
"A New Tongue to Frame These Quaking Voices"
English 168: Reading the Body—This Flesh I Am
Instructor: Karl Parker

EMILY SHARPE (AS ’05)
"Slouching Towards Ballybeg"
English 272: An Introduction to Drama
Instructor: Biodun Jeyifo

 

The Elmer Markham Johnson Award

Winner:
CHRISTOPHER L. DIAL (HE ’03)
"Unlocking My Mormon Heart"
English 132: The Personal Essay
Instructor: Stephanie Vaughn

Honorable Mention:
JULIE HUANG (AS ‘05)
"Chinglish"
English 132: The Personal Essay
Instructor: Stephanie Vaughn

 

The Spencer Portfolio Award

Winners:
ERICA GILBERT-LEVIN, Student (AS ’05)
JAMIE H. TRNKA, Instructor (TA, Comparative Literature)
"The Layered Literary Experience"
Comparative Literature 108: Language and Politics—Translating Lives

REBECCA RHEINHARDT, Student (AG ’05)
SEAN SERRELL, Instructor (TA, English)
"Personal Essays"
English 132: The Personal Essay

 

Gertrude Spencer Prize

Winners:
JENNIFER MARIE BRISTOL, student (AG ’05)
LORI L. DRISCOLL, instructor (TA, Psychology)
"Caffeine Intake and Sleep Status Produce Temporary Changes in Alertness, Directly Affecting Sustained Attention"
Psychology 113: Redefining Normality—Using Psychopharmacology and Biotechnology to Enhance Brain Function

MEGAN RYAN, student (AS ’05)
GENEVIEVE LOVE, instructor (TA, English)
"‘It’s That Time of the Month’: The Threat of Female Power in Miss Julie"
English 185: Writing about Literature—Theatrical (Un)Conventions

 

John S. Knight Assignment Sequence Prizes

Winners:
SARAH J. HEIDT (TA, English)
"Better Writing Through Wallowing"
English 187: From Frankenstein to Dracula: Turning Literature into Legend

KATHRYN CLIPPINGER KOSTO (TA, History)
"Using a ‘Book Editing’ Project to Unify a Couse"
History 100: Envisioning America—Images of a Revolutionary People, 1492–1865

Honorable Mention:
REESA GRUSHKA (TA, English)
"Making Chaos"
English 132: The Personal Essay

SEAN SERRELL (TA, English)
"Conflict, Detail, and Meaning"
English 132: The Personal Essay

 

The Knight Prize for Writing in the Majors

Winner:
EMILY GERRY (HE ’02)
"The IRA and ETA: Comparison and Effects on the Future Global Political Climate"
Government 182: Introduction to International Relations
Instructor: Ayse Banu Bargu Hasturk

Honorable Mention:
ANDREA V. SHAW (AG ’04)
"Introduction of Hylobius Transversovittatus as a Biological Control for Lythrum Salicaria"
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 261: Ecology and the Environment
Instructor: Jennifer Fox

 

The Knight Prize for Expository Writing

Winner:
LORI DELALE (IL ’02)
"Homestead: Power and Space in the Transition from an Industrial to a Service Landscape"
English 288.2: Myths of the City
Instructor: Megan Wesling

Honorable Mention:
JAMES MAY (AS ’04)
"I Scratched My Arms"
English 288.1: The Essay—Personal to Public
Instructor: Rob Roensch