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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 '04

Adelphic Award

Winner:
ANNABELLA NG (AS)
“Remembering Roots”
English 187: Portraits of the Self
Instructor: Jacob Zuboy

Honorable Mention:
VIVIEN YITING LAI (EN)
“The Importance of Native Place in Modern Chinese Business”
History 100: A Tale of Two Cities: Two Hundred Years in Shanghai and Singapore
Instructor: Tracy Barrett

James E. Rice, Jr. Awards

Winners:
NICHOLAS STONE (AS)
“The Foucauldian-Marxist Conflict: Exploitation and Power in Gay Marriage”
English 111: Literature and Politics: Problems with Authority
Instructor: Ionut Epurescu-Pascovici

ROBERT FISHMAN (AS)
“Friends: Discrimination and Mediated Communication”
Government 100: Race, Politics, and Media
Instructor: Rob Lehman

Honorable Mention:
WILLIAM J. POLACHECK (AG)
“Dimensions for Dummies”
Mathematics 189: Pictures in 100 Words or Less
Instructor: Kristin Camenga

The Elmer Markham Johnson Award

Winner:
JOSHUA HARRIS (AS)
“We the Roma: An Interview with Ian Hancok”
History 121: Roma (Gypsies) in European History
Instructor: Holly Case

Honorable Mention:
JAMES MATEJEK (AS)
“Disney’s Aladdin: Imposing ‘A Whole New World’ on Arabian Culture”
Theatre 154: Postcolonial Drama
Instructor: Magdalena Romanska

The Knight Prize for Expository Writing, English 288

Winner:
SEPEYEONKQUA MYLES (AS)
“Efficiently”
Instructor: Siobhan Adcock, “The Reflective Essay”

Honorable Mention:
ADAM KROTMAN (IL)
“Government Regulation of Campaign Finance”
Instructor: Jami Carlacio, “Making the News”

The Spencer Portfolio Award

Winners:
THERESA WHITE, student (AR)
CATE MELLEN, instructor (TA, History)
History 100
Modern Visions of the Medieval and Renaissance World

JUSTIN YEE, student (AS)
MEGAN SHEA, instructor (TA, Theatre)
Theatre 156: Nuts, Bolts, and Neurons: Artificial Intelligence in Film

Honorable Mention:
KIMBERLY COOK, student (HE)
AUGUST SMITH, instructor (TA, English)
English 185: Writing About Literature: Fairy Tales and Mythic Creatures

Gertrude Spencer Prize

Winners:
LEAH GRANACKI, student (HE)
SORAYA MURRAY, instructor (TA, History of Art)
“Van Sant’s Elephant and the Elephant of the Sufi Parable:
The Complexity of the Causes of Columbine”
Art History 108: Investigations in Art and Technology
Honorable Mentions:
ANTONIO J. TAHHAN, student (AS)
ALLYSON MOUNT, instructor (TA, Philosophy)
“This is No Theory!”
Philosophy 100: Ethical Issues in Public Education

John S. Knight Assignment Sequence Prizes

Winner:
KARRIE KOESEL (TA, Government)
Government 100
Gods and Government

John S. Knight Award for Writing Exercises

Winner:
BRIAN HOLMES (TA, Theatre)
“Writing about Musicals: Sentences and Style”
Theatre 157
Singing, Dancing, and Hollywood Magic: Writing About Musicals