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Creative/Reflective Category
First Place: Hailey Algoe, writing for Johann Sarna’s CRW 315P class, “Intro to Writing Poetry”
Disquiet
Second Place: Anjali Ramachandran, writing for Matthew Valentine’s T C 358 class, “Writing Narratives”
The Conch Shell
Third Place: Sofia Mock, writing for Greg Curtis’s T C 325 class, “Writing Non-Fiction”
The Unconventional World of Dani
Honorable Mention: Quynha Tran, writing for Matthew Valentine’s T C 358 class, “Writing Narratives”
Holiday in Pentagoa
Collaborative Category
First Place: Maanas Sathaye and Oishik Saha, writing for D’Arcy Randall ‘s CHE 333T course, “Engineering Communication”
Digital Dystopia: Analyzing Facebook Data Permissions and Regulations from 2014-2018
Second Place: Caroline Leonard, Christina Archer, and Geoffrey Tian, writing for Bill Fagelson’s E E 333T course, “Engineering Communication”
Context Report on the Catalonia Living Lab
Third Place: Victoria Luu and Murphie Price, writing for D’Arcy Randall ‘s CHE 333T course, “Engineering Communication”
GlaxoSmithKline Health Care Fraud Settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, 2012
Honorable Mention: Alyssa Zucker, Alexis Huynh, Angela Whiteley, Leslie Ortega, Ryan Tanoury, Sam Chen, and Sarah Clark Ballard writing for Angeline Scheinbaum’s ADV 370J class, “Integrated Communications Management”
Costa Del Mar Case Study
Honorable Mention: Makenzie Kulhanek Emily Garza, and Joey Saad, writing for D’Arcy Randall ‘s CHE 333T course, “Engineering Communication”
The 2017 Arkema Plant Explosion following Hurricane Harvey in Crosby, Texas
Critical/Persuasive Category
First Place: Jasmine Sun, writing for Elon Lang’s CTI 350 class, “Masterworks of World Drama”
Lions and Eagles and Serpents, Oh My: The Significance of Animal Symbolism in the Oresteia
Second Place: Elizabeth Braaten, writing for Amy Weinreb’s LAH 350 class, “Spatializing Culture — Honors”
‘Open-Minded Couple Seeking a Third’: Queer Women in the Digital Age
Third Place: Emma Hoffman, writing for Julie Casey’s LAH 305 class, “Reacting to the Past”
Protect the Church
Honorable Mention: John Witt, writing for Julie Casey’s LAH 305 class, “Reacting to the Past”
Echoes of the Emperor’s Errors: Addressing Poverty in the Land of Imitators
Honorable Mention: Vivienne Leow, writing for Douglas Biow’s UGS 303 class, “Films and Filmmakers of Italy”
Fellini’s Obsession With Obsession in La Dolce Vita
Research Category
First Place: Laura Tarrant, writing for Rasha Diab’s RHE 330E class, “Comparative Rhetoric”
The Rhetoric of Oath-Taking in the Medical Profession
Second Place: Bo Hanson, writing for Katherine Bruner’s BIO 325L class, “Genetics Lab”
Polymorphisms in Alcoholism
Third Place: Nitesh Kartha, writing for Hal Alper’s UGS 302 class, “Engineering Biology”
Influenza Vaccines: An Overview of the Most Common Seasonal Vaccination in the World
Honorable Mention: Kelly Hayden, writing for Heather Michelann Quimbyh’s HDF 378L class, “Theories of Child and Family Development”
Separated from parents: the trauma and lasting effects on the child’s development