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John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines
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Prize Winners Spring '08

Adelphic Award

Winner: Kun Yi (Engineering)
“A Road Toward Democratization:
The Impact of Independent Online Journalism on China’s Policy Making”
Writ 142. Writing and Research in the University
Instructor: Jami Carlacio           

Hon Mention: Jaebin Choi (Engineering)
“Sound as Primary Medium in Blankets”
Engl 187. Portraits of the Self
Instructor:  Meredith Talusan Ramirez

James E. Rice, Jr. Prizes

Winner: Sean Chen (Engineering)
“The Enola Gay Controversy: Viewing History Through a Political Lens”
S&TS 123.02.  Technology and Society: The American Atomic Age           
Instructor:  Benjamin Wang

Hon Mention: Zheng Kang Tham (A&S)
“Improvisation in Italian Popular Comedy”
Theater 131. Master of Mayhem: The Classic Trickster Figure in Comedy
Instructor:  Sarah Powers

The Spencer Portfolio Award

Winner: Rachel Bukberg, Student (Human Ecology)
Jimmy Noriega, Instructor  (Theatre)                        
Thetr 176. Reservations, Resistance, and Representation:
Native American Drama and Performance

Hon Mention: Jonathan Leape, Student (Engineering)
Steve Jessup, Instructor  (EAS)                        
EAS 140. Writing in the Sciences: Environmental Perspectives

Gertrude Spencer Prize

Winner: Yuanhong Luo, student (Engineering)
Tsveta Petrova, Instructor (Government)
“A Study on the Applicability of Social Capital and Political Institutionalization on Government Performance”
Govt 100.03. Power and Politics: Better Together? Exploring the Meaning and Importance of Civil Society

James F. Slevin Assignment Sequence Prizes

Winner: Sarah Pearce (Near Eastern Studies)
“The Text and the Object”
NES 176. American Two Authors, Three Faiths: Don Quixote as the
History of Medieval Iberia
                                               
Hon Men: Julie Brown (English)
“Visitextual Criticality”
Engl 158.04. American Literature and Culture: Technologies of Poetic Imagination

Jennifer Erickson (Govenment)
“Writing and Understanding Perceptions of the Arms Trade”
Govt 100.02. Power and Politics: The Global Arms Trade—Politics, Markets, and Security

Knight Award for Writing Exercises

Winner: Lindsay Cummings (Theatre, Film, and Dance)
“What makes a good essay title?”                       
Thetr 121.  The Politics of Documentary Theatre

Sarah Nell Davidson (Plant Biology)
“Three Birds, One Stone: figurative language, concision, and peer review in explanatory writing”
BioPl 150.  The Art of Science Writing

The Knight Prize for Expository Writing, English 289

Winner: Lulu Yan (CALS)
“Walking on the Margin”
Instructor: Trevor Kearns, “America Dreaming”

Writing in the Majors Award

Winner: Christian Madera (A&S)           
“From the Churches to the Jails: The Majestic Profanity of the Hammond Organ”
Physics 204. Physics of Music Sound
Instructor:  Kathy Selby

Hon Men: Alanna Newman (CALS)
“Terrorism: An Unfortunate Consequence of the Neoliberal Development Paradigm”
DSoc 481.  Global Conflict and Terrorism
Instructor: Charles Geisler

Recognition of Achievement in Teaching Award

Nicole Marafioti
Department of Medeival Studies

Portfolio Award

Emelie Peine                                   
Department of Development Sociology