The Student Library Research Award Evaluation Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2014 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 diverse use of library resources, which contributed to their ability to produce a high quality research project.
Bianca Morris ’17 has won the First Year Award for her WRIT 163 paper, “The Common Core: A Solution or a Burden for Disadvantaged Students?.” Supporting faculty: Ann Velenchik
Leah Nugent ’16 has won the 100/200-level award for her ES 299 paper, ”Cleaning Up and Painting Up: A Cultural and Environmental History of Paintshop Pond” Supporting faculty: Jay Turner
Carrington OBrion ’15 has won the 300-level award for her HIST 312 paper, “‘The Fourth of July is Ours’: The Transformation of Independence Day in the Civil War South.” Supporting faculty: Ryan Quintana
Idalmis Vaquero ’16 has won the Independent Study Award for her AFR 350 paper, “Fighting for Environmental Health and Justice: A Case Study of Exide Technologies in Southeast Los Angeles, California.” Supporting faculty: Filomina Steady
AnnaJoy Gillis ’15 received an honorable mention for her POL2 336 paper, ”When Support for Pinochet Has Not ‘Desaparecido’.” Supporting faculty: Michal Ben Josef Hirsch
The winning entries can be viewed in the Wellesley College Digital Repository starting the week of April 27th.
To: Faculty, students, staff
From: Veronica Brandstrader, LTS, x2171
More info: Laura O’Brien, LTS, x3497
