The Student Library Research Award Evaluation Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Student Library Research Awards, sponsored by the Friends of the Wellesley College Library (more about the awards).
Award recipients demonstrated a thoughtful, methodical, and scholarly approach to research and made creative use of diverse library resources, which contributed to their ability to produce an outstanding research project.
We received a large number of excellent submissions again this year, representing 26 different departments and programs. We continue to be impressed by the range and creativity of students’ projects and their insightful reflections on the research process. Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Wellesley College Library, we were able to award two prizes in each category, as well as two Honorable Mentions.
First Year Award
Aryn Rivers ’25 has won a First Year Award for their WRIT 144 paper, “Save Our Children: Florida’s LGBTQ Panic from the 1950s to Today.” Supporting Faculty: Jeannine Johnson
Tayae Rogers ’25 has won a First Year Award for her WRIT 134 paper, “Driving Families Forward: The Role of Demographic Changes and Coalition-Building in Winning Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants in Massachusetts in 2022.” Supporting Faculty: Erin Battat
100/200-level Award
Ilinca Drondoe ‘26 has won a 100/200-level award for her MATH 123 paper, “Reforming the United Nations Security Council: A Quantitative and Political Analysis.” Supporting Faculty: Ismar Volić
Maya Mau ‘25 has won a 100/200-level award for their ANTH 214 paper, “’Physique as Destiny’: The Significance of The Eugenics Movement to Wellesley’s Posture Program Throughout the Twentieth Century.” Supporting Faculty: Adam Van Arsdale
300-level Award
Caroline Francois ’23 has won a 300-level award for her HIST 376 paper, “’Conqueror of Yellow Fever’: Cooperation and Colonialism in the War Against Yellow Fever, 1878-1901.” Supporting Faculty: Alejandra Osorio
Sophie Shobeiri ‘25 has won a 300-level award for her LAT 302 paper, “In Pursuit of Tabula Rasa: An Experimental Archaeology Approach to the Ancient Wax Tablet.” Supporting Faculty: Ray Starr
Independent Study Award
Jessica Maciuch ’22 has won an Independent Study Award for her PHIL 350 paper, “The Epistemic Injustice of the Cognitive Behavioral Model of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” Supporting Faculty: Alison McIntyre
Jules Spector ’22 has won an Independent Study Award for their ARTH 250 project, “Jewish Architecture & Iconography.” Supporting Faculty: Kimberly Cassibry
Honorable Mention
Jade Doerksen ’26 has won an Honorable Mention for her HIST 254 paper, “Prejudice v. Progress: Sentiments towards Japanese and Japanese-American people at Wellesley College during World War II.” Supporting Faculty: Brenna Greer
Rachel Moberg ’22 has won an Honorable Mention for her ES 325 paper, “An Analysis of the Effectiveness of The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78).” Supporting Faculty: Beth DeSombre
The winning entries will be available soon in the Wellesley College Digital Repository.
More info: Karen Storz, kstorz@wellesley.edu
