Prize Winners Spring '01

James E. Rice, Jr. Awards

Winners
Daniel Braun, (A&S)
"Ancient Feminism: The Role of the Female Protagonist in Medea and Antigone
Classics 150.3, Greek and Roman Myths: An Overview
Instructor: Helen Kolias

Lisa Gouldy (A&S)
"Theories on the Experience of Emotions"
Classics 118: Ancient Philosophy: Augustine
Instructor: Charles Brittain

Adelphic Award

Winner
Turpana Molina (A&S)
"Confronting the Real "
Theatre 121: The Theatre of the Absurd
Instructor: Magdalena Romanska

English 289, Expository Writing Prize

Winner
Jennifer Kohler (A&S)
"Words Save the White Page"
English 289, Expository Writing: The Essay: Personal to Public
Instructor: Jasper Bernes

Honorable Mention
Jonathan Melnick (A&S)
"Cloning in Perspective"
English 289, Expository Writing: From Brains to Clones
Instructor: Joseph Martin

John S. Knight Assignment Sequence Prizes

Winner
Josh Greenberg
"Science Education Across Media" and "From Legitimate to Fringe"
Science and Technology Studies 109: Images of Science

Honorable Mention
Colleen Culleton
"Reading and Writing Don Quixote"
Romance Studies 101: The Craft of Storytelling: Don Quixote

Gertrude Spencer Prize

Winners
Aaron Davis, student (Engr)
Amanda Moore, instructor
"The Architecture of the Tretheway House"
English 171: Poetry, Prose, and Poppycock

Honorable Mention
Allison Nowak (A&S)
Rebecca Copenhaver, instructor
"The Void in Mechanism Due to the Explanatory Gap"
Philosophy 100: Existentialism and Literature

Spencer Portfolio Prizes

Winners
Monica Mehra, student (Engineering)
Mark Rader, instructor
English 132: The Personal Essay

Honorable Mentions
Sara Ackerman , student (CALS)
Zahid Chaudhary, instructor
English 158: American Literature and Culture

Recognition of Achievement in Teaching

Winner
Nancy R. November
Department of Music

Teaching Portfolio Award

Winner
Nancy R. November
Department of Music

The Knight Prize for Writing in the Majors

Winner
Josh Rosenfeld (A&S)
"Some Physics of Whispered Inanga"
Physics 204: The Physics of Musical Sound
Instructor: Edith Cassel

Honorable Mentions
Josh Reno (A&S)
"Symptom for the Devil"
Anthropology 320: Myth, Ritual, and Symbol
Instructor: David Holmberg

Nicole Vandersal (AG)
"Natural and Sexual Selection at Work:
Variable Reproductive Tactics of Male Side-Blotched Lizards"
BioES 278: Evolutionary Biology