Academic Prizes 2020 Recipients
The Charles H. Levermore Prize for the Best Senior Thesis
Serena Chen
“Language and the Conscious Mind: Epistemological Concerns of Text-Analysis in Psychotherapy Research”
Advisor: Professor Sokthan Yeng
Erin Cullen
“From Irish Immigrants to Irish-Americans: The Evolution of “Irishness” in the United States from the 1910s-1960s”
Advisor: Professor Nicole Rudolph
The Ruth St. Denis Prize for the Best Work in Fine or Performing Arts
Dori-Jo Gutierrez
"Stories of Women in Greek Mythology: Modern Feminist Retellings Through Original Songs"
Advisor: Dr. Erin Heisel
The Frank Dickinson Blodgett Prize for the Best Work in the Humanities
Michael Ducker
"A Chronotope Commensurate with the Earth: Bakhtin, Ecocriticism, and Reza Negarestani’s Cyclonopedia"
Advisor: Professor Craig Carson
The James H. Post Prize for the Best Work in the Social Sciences
Ariyana Felician
”Tracking, Teacher Expectations, and Cultural Bias: Examining Minority Student Participation in Upper Level Courses in Public High Schools”
Advisor: Professor Laraine Wallowitz
The Warren Eickelberg Prize for the Best Work in the Natural Sciences
Olivia Tcholakian
“Looking at the Ethics of Big Data: An Analysis of the Moral Implications of Current Data Practices”
Professor Alex Neitzke