Prize Winners Spring '02

James E. Rice, Jr. Awards

Winners
SHAHAR ZIV (A & S)
"Analyzing the Moral Concern Over Gays Openly Serving in the United States Military"
Psychology 114: What Americans Are Afraid Of and Why.
Instructor: Thomas Keegan

NYISSIA SPRUILL (A& S)
"The Power of the Slanted Word"
English 271: The Reading of Poetry
Instructor: Cynthia Chase

Honorable Mentions
REBECCA H. JESSEL (A&S)
"The Beauty within the Ugly"
English 132.04: The Personal Essay
Instructor: Toshiaki Komura

PHILIP LANE (CALS)
"Carbon and Chaos"
Comparative Literature 133: Literature and the Art of the Inexpressible
Instructor: Stephen Donatelli

DANIEL AARON RAICHEL (A&S)
"The Swing of Napalm"
English 111.5, Writing and Politics--The Art of War
Instructor: Todd B. Rudy

KAY YAMAOKA (A&S)
"Her Life upon Her Faith"
English 127: Shakespeare
Instructor: Michael Garcia

Adelphic Award

Winner
TINA HAESHIN PARK (A& S)
"Sigol""
English 132.04: The Personal Essay
Instructor: Toshiaki Komura

English 289, Expository Writing Prize

Winner
Scott Paltrowitz, ILR
"One Wrong Makes Two Rights"
Clement Fatovic’s seminar, "Politics, Democracy, and the Courts."

Honorable Mention
Matthew Tietjen, ILR
"Geeks, Grease Monkeys, and My Search for Identity."
Mary Gilliland’s seminar, "America Dreaming."

John S. Knight Assignment Sequence Prizes

Winners
JEN DUNNAWAY (TA English)
($500) " 'Making the Stomach Believe': Cinematic Adaptation"
English 158: American Literature and Culture--Narratives of the Vietnam War

CARRIE RICE GARDNER (TA, English)
"Before Creation and After"
English 141: The Bible and Ancient Authors

Gertrude Spencer Prize

Winners
YAO-CHUNG WESLEY WENG, student (EN)
ANDREW GALLOWAY, instructor (English)
"Love Song of Janus in the Bible"
English 141: The Bible and Ancient Authors

Honorable Mentions
HANNAH SEIDEL, student (A&S)
PAUL FESTA, instructor (TA, Anthropology)
"Acting Manly"
Anthropology 186: The Dissent of Man--A Cross Cultural Inquiry into Masculinity

DAVID WILLIAMS, student (Arts and Sciences)
REESA GRUSHKA, instructor (TA, English)
"Ash"
English 132: The Personal Essay

Spencer Portfolio Prizes

Winners
JENNIFER MATHIASON, Student (Arts and Sciences)
GINA FRANCO, Instructor (TA, English)
"Frankenstein: Selfish Manipulation of Creative Power without Considering Moral and Ethical Implications"
English 163: Resurrecting Satan--Original Sinner, Hideous Progeny (Buttrick-Crippen Seminar)

Honorable Mentions
BRIDGIT V. NOLAN, Student (A& S)
AMANDA MOORE, Instructor (TA, English)
"A Bee in the Bonnet: Thoughts on Fear, Fate, and Love of Nature"
English 105, Women and Writing--Wonder Stings Me More: Writers Behold the Hive

The Knight Prize for Writing in the Majors

Winner
ERIN McNELLIS, Student (A&S)
DAN GOLD, Instructor
"Meditation in Indian Culture"
Asian Studies 277, Meditation in Indian Culture

Honorable Mention
MELISSA WEI, Student (AG)
MYRA SHULMAN, Instructor
"Evolution of Virulence in Bacillus anthracis"
BioEE 278, Evolutionary Biology