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John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines
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Prize Winners Spring '09

Adelphic Award

Winner: Kyu Young Kim (Engineering)
“Intrinsic and Instrumental Values”
Phil 1111. Philosophical Problems: Knowledge and Objectivity
Instructor: Mark Fedyk           

James E. Rice, Jr. Prizes

Winner: James J. Miller (A&S)
The Crucible: Sexual Violence in the New World”
Engl 2720.  The Reading of Drama           
Instructor: Stuart Davis

Winner: Peter Chatigny (A&S)
“Romantic Religion: An Analysis of Coleridge’s TheEolian Harp and Blake’s The Little Vagabond”Engl 1190.  Great Books? Exploring the Literary Tradition
Instructor: Matthew Fellion

Hon Mention: Ethan Wilson (CALS)
"Why Do Certain Animals Engage in Filial Cannibalism?”
BioNB 1220. Why are People? The Evolution of Life, Love, and Health in Humans and Other Animals
Instructor: Chris Wilson

The Spencer Portfolio Award

Winner: Christopher J. Walker, Student (Engineering)
Stephanie Ellen Lockhart, Instructor  (Music)             Music 1701. Sound, Sense, and Ideas: Music and Meaning from Virtue to Violence

Gertrude Spencer Prize

Winner: Elizabeth Goodwin, student (CALS)
Sarah Ensor, Instructor (English)
Into the Wild Essay”
Engl 1158. American Literature and Culture:
The Space of Solitude

Hon Mention : Alexandra Gribizis, student (A & S)
Sarah Powers, Instructor (Theatre, Film, and Dance)
“Born with a Sense of Fun”
Thetr 1260. In on the Act: The Spectator’s Role in Comedy

James F. Slevin Assignment Sequence Prizes

Winner: Kim Todt  (History)
“The Hisorian’s Sleight of Hand: The Process of Historical Inquiry Through Primary Documents”
Hist 1107. Pirates, Smugglers, Merchants, and Trade: Exploring Early America’s Economy                                             
Hon Men: Julie Brown (English)
“Visitextual Criticality”
Engl 158.04. American Literature and Culture: Technologies of Poetic Imagination

Knight Award for Writing Exercises

Winner: Joanne Johnson   (Linguistics)
“Integrating Quotations in Academic Writing”                     
Ling 1100.  Language, Thought, and Reality:
Metaphors We Live By

Hon Mention: Sarah Powers   (Theatre, Film and Dance)
“Conclusion Exercise” Thetr 1260.  In on the Act: The Spectator’s Role in Comedy

 

The Knight Prize for Expository Writing, English 2890

Winner: Matthew Clemente (CALS)
“The Framers’ Aims:  Heller, History, and the Second Amendment”
Instructor: Thomas Harris, “The Criminal Trial: Issues and Actors.”

Hon Mention :Caroline Sheehan (A&S)
“Creeps and Casanovas”
Instructor: Stephanie Gehring, “Gained in Translation.”

Writing in the Majors Award

Winner: Shirley Zheng (A&S)           
“The Construction of Mason the Architect” Anthro 2400. Cultural Diversity and Contemporary Issues
Instructor: Magnus Fiskesjö

Recognition of Achievement in Teaching Award

Jimmy Noriega
Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance           

 

Portfolio Award

Bryan Alkemeyer                                   
Department of English