Adelphic Award
This award is made for the best essay written in a First-Year Writing Seminar by a student whose native language is other than English.
Winner
- Wai Yin Vivian Li (A&S)
- “Stereotyping the Caribbean—A Staged Fantasy”
- English 111.5: The Myth of the Paradise Island
- Instructor:Kate Hames
Honorable Mention
- German Gutierrez (ENG)
- “The True Human Life”
- Philosophy 110: Global Poverty and Duties of Aid”
- Instructor:Sara Streett
James E. Rice, Jr. Prizes
This award is offered for excellent expository writing in a First-Year Writing Seminar.
Winners
- Christopher Beyers (CALS)
- "The Governess: A Paranormal Case of Sanity"
English 147.01: The Mystery in the StoryAssociations in Nature
- Instructor:Adam Grener
- Kate Johnson (AS)
- "You Keep Misreading Me”:
- The Limits of Knowledge in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace"
Comparative Literature 109.01: Truth and Reconciliation
- Instructor:Sarah Senk
Honorable Mention
- Shoan Yin Cheung (HE)
- ". . . As if History is Exact! The Construction of Narrative in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Cracking India”
- English 185.5: Other English Literatures
Instructor: Wyatt Bonikowski
The Elmer Markham Johnson Prize
This award is offered for excellent expository writing in a First-Year Writing Seminar.
Winner
- Mike Grundler (A&S)
- “Territoriality and the Origins of Dulotic Ants”
Plant Pathology 110: Symbiotic Associations in Nature
- Instructor:Jo Ann Asselin
Honorable Mention
- John Minnich (HE)
- "Earnest Doubles or Wilde Gone Wild " Sidhwa’s Cracking India”
- English 272.02: The Reading of Drama
Instructor: Stuart Davis
The Spencer Portfolio Award for Students and Instructors
This prize is awarded jointly to graduate student instructor and his/her student in recognition of
excellence in the development of a portfolio of the student’s essays.
Winners
- Ross Anderson, Student (A&S)
- Emily Green, Instructor (TA, Music)
“The Culture of Futurism”
Music 111: Futurist Music and Technology
Honorable Mentions
- Michael Beneduce, Student (CALS)
- Sean Connolly, Instructor (TA, Comparative Literature)
- “Sacred Writings and Writing the Sacred”
Com Lit 103.04: Lovers, Saints, and Sinner
Gertrude Spencer Prize For Students and Instructors
This prize is awarded jointly to a graduate student instructor and his/her student for work together
as a normal part of the course that led to the student’s finished essay.
Winners
- Grace M. Chen, student (HE)
- Andrea Rehn, instructor (English)
- “Gathering Fragments in Beloved”
- English 270.07, The Reading of Fiction
Honorable Mention
- Rebecca Daley, student (CALS))
- Dana Koster, instructor (TA, Education)
- “When True Love is Not True”
English 108: Fiction into Film—Based on the Book
James Slevin Assignment Sequence Prizes
This prize is awarded to the teacher submitting the best sequence of writing assignments for a First-Year
Writing Seminar
Winners
- Stephen Nelson (TA, Government)
- Thinking and Writing about Globalizaton
Government 100.02: Globalization in the Twenty-First Century
Kelly Dietz
- “Researching Hollywood and the Pentagon: Incorporating Original Research into an Argumentative Essay”
DSoc 112: Home Base—The Militarization of Daily Life
Honorable Mention
- Nicole Marafioti (TA, Medieval Studies)
- “Essays II – IV: Counterargument, Close Reading, and Historical Synthesis”
MedSt 101.03: The Anglo-Saxons—Scholars, Saints, and Heroes
John S. Knight Award for Writing Exercises
This Award recognizes excellence in short exercises and/or handouts designed to improve student writing.
Winners
- Nicole Marafioti (TA, Medieval Studies)
- “Preparing to Write a Research Paper
- MdSt 101.03: The Anglo-Saxons—Saints, Scholars, and Heroes
- Stephen Nelson (TA, Government)
- "Evidence and Argument”
- Government 100.02: Globalization in the Twenty-First Century
Honorable Mention
- Nicole Nelson (TA, Science and Technology Studies)
- “Writing with Style”
- STS 123.1: Technology and Society—Tinkering with Sex
The Buttrick-Crippen Fellowship for 2007-08
Winners
- Kelly Dietz
- Proposed seminar: “Struggling Against Human Wrongs: The Social Politics of Human Rights”
Development Sociology
- Sara Streett
- Proposed seminar: “Ethics, Poverty, and the Global Economy”
Sage School of Philosophy
- Sabrina Stierwalt
- Proposed seminar: “The Birth of the Universe”Department of Astronomy
The Knight Prize for Expository Writing, English 288
The John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines offers an award each semester for the best
student paper written in English 288, Expository Writing.
Winner
- Marta Novoa, Student (ILR)
- “Beards”
- Instructor: Pilar Gomez-Ibanez (English)
Honorable Mention
- Jennifer Chuong, Student (AAP)
- “The Oyster Bar”
- Instructor: Catherine Chung (English)
Writing in the Majors Award
This award is offered each semester for the best student paper written in a course affiliated with Writing in the Majors.
Winner
- Michel Ohmer, Student (CALS)
- “Challenging Classic Sexual Selection Theory: The Baby Became Bathwater Years Ago, But No One Noticed Until Now”
- BioNB 221: Neurobiology and Behavior
- Instructor: Lynn Fletcher
Honorable Mention
- Peter Cook, Student (A & S)
- “Violence in Video Games and its Connection to Aggression: A Meta-Analytic Review”in the Global Economy
- Psych 101: Cognitive Studies
Instructor: Nora Williams
- David Marshak, Student (A&S)
- “The Case for Comprehensive Newborn Screening”
- BioGD 482: Human Genetics and Society
Instructor: Rita Calvo
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