Past Prize Winners FYW

Fall 2021 Booklet

Spring 2021 Booklet

Fall 2020 Booklet

Spring 2020 Booklet

First Place (tie): Jules Gabellini '23
The Intersections of Domesticity and Globalization in Vermeer's Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (1662)
WRIT 107 / ARTH 100 The Power of Images: Introduction to Art and its Histories, Barbara Lynne-Davis (Art)

First Place (tie): Andreea Sabau '23
Surrender is Sweet (Never)
WRIT 120 Critical Interpretation, Sarah Wall-Randell (English)

Honorable Mention: Mable Peach '23
Selling vs Truth-Telling: An Analysis of Two Self-Portraits  
ARTH 100 The Power of Images: An Introduction to Art and its Histories, Barbara Lynn-Davis (Art)

First Place (tie): Tatia Bolkvadze '22,
The Suicide of Dorothy Hale: A Recuerdo, a Criticism and Frida's Self Search
WRIT 107 / ARTH 100 The Power of Images: Introduction to Art and its Histories, Barbara Lynn-Davis (Art)

First Place (tie): Michelle Mantilla '22,
A Desert of Dreams
WRIT 107 / ARTH 100 The Power of Images: Introduction to Art and its Histories, Barbara Lynn-Davis (Art)

Natalie O'Hern '22,
The Oxymoron of Edward Abbey
WRIT 162 Environmental Law: Policy and Action, Lynne Viti (Writing)

First Place: Morgan Mastrianni '21,
Read Like Water
WRIT 107 / ARTH 100 The Power of Images: Introduction to Art and its Histories, Barbara Lynn-Davis (Art)

Honorable Mention: Mona Baloch '21,
Speak with Caution: The Vilification of Language for Muslim Air Travelers in America
WRIT 134 A Nation of Immigrants? American Migration Myths and the Politics of Exclusion, Erin Battat (Writing)

Honorable Mention: Tatiana Moise '21,
Snap Out of it: The Implicit Bias Behind Snapchat Filters
WRIT 155 The Selfie in American Life, Heather Bryant (Writing)

First Place (tie): Cristina Anillo '21,
The Painter of Human Misery: Love and Suffering in Pablo Picasso's Mother and Child
WRIT 107 / ARTH 100 Introduction to Art and its Histories, Barbara Lynn-Davis (Art)

First Place (tie): María Sophia Carrillo Hernández '21,
Open Doors
WRIT 121 Almost Touching the Skies: Coming of Age in the 21st Century, Heather Bryant (Writing)

First Place (tie): Simone Nevills '21,
The Measles Crisis in America: Identifying Problems and Solutions

First Place: Kyra Frye '20,
Magic, Myth, and Mystery: The Puzzle of Samuel Anointing Saul
WRIT 107 / ARTH 100 History and Analysis of Art, Architecture, and Urban Form I, Barbara Lynn-Davis (Art)

Honorable Mention: Anya Sheldon '20,
Handlettering During the Golden Age of the Rock Poster: Influences, Purpose, and Legacy
WRIT 115 / ARTS 115 Word and Image Studio, Katherine Ruffin (Library Collections)

First Place: Meha Ahluwalia '20,
Neuroscience: An Unsuitable Punisher
WRIT 166 Constitution 3.0: Freedom, Technology and the Law, Lynne Viti (Writing)

Honorable Mention (tie): Audrey Powers '20,
Grief's Journey in Tennyson's In Memoriam
WRIT 105 / ENG 120 Critical Interpretation, Tim Peltason (English)

Honorable Mention (tie): Katherine Hobart '20,
Ode to a Grand Staircase (For Four Hands)
WRIT 107 / ARTH 100 Introduction to Art and its Histories, Barbara Lynn-Davis (Art)

First Place (tie): Emily Moss '19,
Abstracting Realism: Dreams of a New City in Whistler's Nocturne in Blue and Silver
WRIT 108 / ARTH 101 History and Analysis of Art, Architecture, and Urban Form II, Barbara Lynn-Davis

First Place (tie): Caroline George '19,
The Reality of Fiction
WRIT 139 The Story and Its Writer, Michele Martinez

First Place (tie): Helen Andersen '19,
Building the House of Cards: The Role of the Internet in the Growth of the Asexual Community
WRIT 155  The Selfie in American Life, Heather Bryant