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Creative/Reflective Category
First Place: Faruqi Hiba, writing for Sam Allan’s class, “Women, Gender, Literature, and Culture”
Angry Girl
Second Place: Sara Armendariz, writing for Matt Valentine’s class, “Writing Narratives”
Yerba Mate
Third Place: Emily Zhang, writing for Kirk Lynn’s class, “Playing and Writing”
The Productivity Trap
Honorable Mention: Adriana Adame, writing for Haley Eazor’s class, “Reading Poetry: Ecopoetry and Environmental Imaginings”
My Name Is Adriana
Critical/Persuasive Category
First Place: Lee Norfleet, writing for Paul Bonin-Rodriguez’s class, “Trans Identities and/as Performance”
The Effects of Medicalizing Gender: How Western Transmedicalist Rhetoric Contributes to the Oppression of Transgender People and Other Minority Groups
Second Place: Sally Parampottil, writing for Daniel Birkholz’s class, “JRR Tolkien”
A Not-So-Clear-Cut Sense of Morality: Analyzing Envy, Greed, and Thorin Oakenshield’s Antagonism
Third Place: Joseph Adkins, writing for Kirk Lynn’s class, “Playing and Writing”
Killing Fake People for Real Fun
Honorable Mention: Austin Gardner, writing for Elon Lang’s class, “Reacting to the Past”
Modernization Not Radicalization
Honorable Mention: Breigh Plat, writing for Dr. Carol MacKay’s class, “Women in World Literature”
The Slut You Are: West, Kincaid, and Sexton on Subaltern Sexuality
Honorable Mention: Sofi Udawala, writing for Dr. Keith Livers’s class, “Intro to Russian Literature”
The Feminine, the Pure, and the Resurrection: The Role of Water in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment
Honorable Mention: Caleb Burleson, writing for Kelvin Phan’s class, “Athletic Training Program Administration”
Therapeutic Interventions for Patients Lacking Medical Insurance: An Ethical Case Study
Research – Lab Category
First Place: Elissaveta Angelow, writing for Adreana Haley’s class, “Mental Illness and the Brain”
Transcranial direct current stimulation for treatment of anorexia nervosa: A randomized control trial
Second Place: Rupin Sachin Vaidya, Quentin C. Schuelke, and Serena Shah, writing for Dr. D’Arcy Randall’s class, “Engineering Communications”
Nordhavn [nord-hown]: Denmark’s Most Sustainable Modern Housing Development
Third Place: Samantha Mijares, writing for Charles Holahan’s class, “Honors Research II”
Perceived Vulnerability to Disease and Sexual Satisfaction for Men and Women in Committed Romantic Relationships
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Friday, writing for Erin Hudson’s class, “Issues in Nutrition and Health”
Iron Deficiency as A Flag for the Female Athlete Triad
Honorable Mention: Madison Callan, writing for Bayani Cardenas’s class, “Groundwater Hydrology”
Potential Impacts of Subsurface Hydrogen Storage on Groundwater
Research – Humanities Category
First Place: Erica Enriquez, writing for Vladislav Beronja’s class, “Punks/Divas in SE Europe”
Autobalkanism as a Source of Cultural Empowerment
Second Place: Hayden Juroska, writing for Michael Charlesworth’s class, “Theories and Methods in the History of Art”
Collecting Ancestors: Hoa Hakananai’a in Exile
Third Place: Daisy Killian, writing for Madeline Hsu’s class, “Capstone in History”
Disappearing Old Chinatown
Honorable Mention: Isabel Herrera, writing for Louis Waldman’s class, “Art and Social Justice”
The Paradox of the Mexican-American Border: Being Stuck in the Middle of a Unity Where Coexistence Refuses to Exist
Honorable Mention: Lila Katz, writing for Dr. Samantha Pickette’s class, “Jewish-American Literature and Culture”
Jewish-American Literature As A Window To Jewish Identity
Honorable Mention: Nhi Pham, writing for Justin Power’s class, “Intro to Digital Studies”
The Educational Implications of Chronic Illness in Children: A Study of Parents’ Perspectives
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