The Library Prize panel of judges has selected the recipients for the 2007 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research.
The judges were impressed with the variety of topics, the reflective essays on the library research process and the quality of research submitted.
$1000 Award Recipients in alphabetical order:
Joseph Basile
“Ending the ‘Inhuman Traffic;’ The Role of Humanitarianism in the British Abolition Movement.”
History W387
Dr. Travis Glasson, History
Clay Boggs
“The Jews and the Pharisees in Early Quaker Polemic”
History 399
Professor David Watt, History
Matthew M. Rodrigue
“Rethinking Academia: A Gramscian Analysis of Samuel Huntington”
History H385
Professor Kathy Le Mons Walker, History
In addition, the following students were selected to receive Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order):
Michael Gieda
“The Civilian Conservation Corps; Conserving Discrimination”
History W386
Professor Sharon Ann Musher, History
Cherice D. Gordon
“Cervical Cancer: A Silent Threat in African-American Women”
Public Health W3321
Professor Sarah Bauerle Bass, Public Health
Stephanie L.S. Sikora
“The Great Escape: 21st Century American Politics and the Kyoto Protocol”
History W397 and H385
James Rogers, Political Science
Penelope Waite
“The Struggle for an Inclusive Vision of America: Lorin W. Brown, the Federal Writers’ Project, and the Definition of American Identity”
American Studies 393
Professor Lisa Rhodes, American Studies
Please join us to celebrate at the Awards Ceremony and Reception this Friday! Come Meet the 2007 Winners and their sponsoring professors!
Date/Time: Friday, April 27th: 4:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony, 5:00 p.m. Reception
Location: Paley Lecture Hall
Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served.