Temple University Libraries congratulates the winners of the 2017-2018 Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards, which honor the most outstanding scholarly and creative work of our undergraduate students. The Awards are named for generous donor John H. Livingstone, SBM ‘49, who has supported undergraduate research for more than a decade.

Join us on Tuesday, April 17 at 4:00 PM in Paley Library to celebrate these students and their wonderful accomplishments. Please RSVP to kaitlyn.semborski@temple.edu on or before Wednesday, April 11.

Award Winners

Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award in the Humanities
“Blond or Blonde? Frank Ocean and Identity Construction”
by Kerri Rafferty
Faculty advisor: Shana Goldin-Perschbacher

Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award in the Social Sciences
“Gender Quotas as Strategy: Exploring the Relationship Among International Perceptions of Democracy, Transnational Influence, and Female Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa”
by Paige Hill
Faculty advisor: Sarah Sunn Bush

Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award in the STEM disciplines
“(Z)-Selective Isomerization of Terminal Alkenes using an air-stable Mo(0) Complex”
by Owen Glaze
Faculty advisor: Graham Dobereiner

Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award in Creative Works and Media Production
“Monumental Change”
by Jacob Segelbaum and Brooke de Zutter
Faculty advisor: Kristine Weatherston

Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award for General Education Courses
“Protesting the Internment of Japanese Americans: Dissent as a Duty of Citizenship”
by Anna Manogue
Faculty advisor: Ralph Young

Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award in Sustainability and the Environment
“Choosing Permeable Pavement Design to Maximize Stormwater Management Capabilities”
by Elizabeth Shaloka
Faculty advisor: Joseph Danowsky

The Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards are generously sponsored by John H. Livingstone, SBM ‘49.

The Award in Sustainability and the Environment is generously sponsored by Gale, a Cengage company.