Women's Studies Awards 2009
HELEN X. SAMPSON AWARDS
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PAPER CATEGORY
First Place: Jeni Haddad- Beyond the Binary: Gender Transcendence in
Sarah Grand’s The Heavenly Twins and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam A.H.H.
Faculty Sponsor – Audrey Fessler
Second Place: Amanda Funk- Economic Growth and Women’s Status
Faculty Sponsor – Sanjukta Chaudhuri
Third Place: Megan Ostendorf- Art and Feminism: A Look at the Structure of Patriarchy Epitomized in Art
Faculty Sponsor – Laurel Kieffer
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT CATEGORY
Amanda Rodning- Louise Pearce: An Inspiration for Generations of Female Scientists (PowerPoint)
Faculty Sponsor – Lois Helland
GRADUATE PROJECT
Karen Kohler- Our Daily Bread: An Analysis of Scandinavian Lutheran Church Cookbooks
Faculty Sponsor – Dr. Charles Hanson, Professor Emeriti
VIRGILINE & JOSEPH SEE AWARD FOR POETRY
Award Sponsor – Patti See
First Place: Jason Peterson- Poetry
Second Place: Christy Garibaldi- Poetry
TILLIE OLSEN AWARD FOR FICTION OR CREATIVE NONFICTION
Award Sponsor – Patti See
Amber Dehnke- A Jar for a Moth
Faculty Sponsor – Karen Loeb
Thomas Kauer- To the Finnish Line
Faculty Sponsor – Theresa Kemp
MARY CATHERINE & CAROLINE KESSLER AWARD
Award Sponsor – Patricia Quinn
Amanda Niedfeldt- A Liberated Voice: Tony Sender’s Autobiography and the German Left’s Discourse of “The Woman Question” during the Interwar Period
Faculty Sponsor – Teresa Sanislo
DONNA C. TURELL AWARD
Award Sponsor – Susan Turell
Alison Harder- The Intersecting Oppressions of Limiting Reproductive Justice for Women of Color and Women in Poverty
Faculty Sponsor – Laurel Kieffer
CECELIA M. BELTER AWARD
Award Sponsor – Jodi Thesing-Ritter
Jessica Weins- Analyzing Activism: The Community Impact Experience of an Entry-Level Women’s Studies Course
Faculty Sponsor – Laurel Kieffer
MICKEY CROTHERS AWARD
Mary Ann Webster- Musical Compositions
AILISH FRANCES BARCELO AWARD
Award Sponsor – Christine Webster
Anne Estling Andrews
PRESENTATION OF WOMEN’S STUDIES TEACHING AWARDS
Feminist Teacher Award: Jenny Shaddock, English
Feminist Mentor Award: Laurel Kieffer, Women’s Studies and
Katherine Rhoades, Women’s Studies
Women Studies Scholarship Award: Kristina Bourne, Management and Marketing
Women Studies Service Award: Lois Helland, Biology
