2022 Winners
Capstone Project or Senior Thesis Award
First Place
Xolisa Ngwenya
College of Arts and Letters, Psychology
Understanding The Link Between Parent-Child Relationships and Children’s Conflict Responses: An Emotional Security Mediation Analysis Kathleen Bergman Miller, advisor
Second Place
Jack Boland
College of Arts and Letters, Political Science
Potawatomi Relations with British and American Governance Brian Collier & Samuel Piccolo, advisors
Sophomore, Junior, or Senior Award
First Place
Erin Reilly
College of Arts and Letters, History
The Lives of Li Si and Wei Qing: Insights into the Qin-Han Dynasties Liang Cai, advisor
Second Place
Maggie O'Brien
College of Arts and Letters, Political Science
“La scienza ha una morale:” The Importance of Impurity Charles Leavitt, advisor
First Year Student Award
First Place
Chizoma Duru
College of Arts and Letters, Economics
Gender War on Politics- Analyzing the causes and repercussions of women’s involvement in Nigerian Politics Nicole MacLaughlin, advisor
Second Place
Michael Donelan
College of Arts and Letters, History
Efficient Force v. the Martial Volume Orthodoxy Benjamin Young, advisor
Group Project Award
First Place
Abigail English
College of Arts and Letters/Global Affairs, Poltical Science/Global Affairs
Annemarie Foy
College of Science, Mathematics
Thanh Nguyen
College of Arts and Letters, Political Science/Peace Studies
Adriana Perez
College of Arts and Letters, Political Science
(Un)Sustainable Development? Examining Growth Model Selection in the Workers’ Party and Bolsonaro Presidencies Jazmin Sierra, advisor
Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
Award Winners
Jackson Oxler
College of Arts and Letters, Anthropology
The Biopolitics and Structural Violence of Housing: Tenants' Rights in New York City Catherine Bolten, advisor
Angela Taglione
College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Filtering Out: How Instagram and Snapchat Filters Enhance Whiteness Zay Dale, advisor
Austin Wyman
College of Arts and Letters, Psychology
Relations Among Measures of Personality, Assessment, and Risk Taking Claire Scott-Bacon, advisor
Michael Donelan
College of Arts and Letters, History
Efficient Force v. the Martial Volume Orthodoxy Benjamin Young, advisor
Chizoma Duru
College of Arts and Letters, Economics
Gender War on Politics- Analyzing the causes and repercussions of women’s involvement in Nigerian Politics Nicole MacLaughlin, advisor
Xolisa Ngwenya
College of Arts and Letters, Psychology
Understanding The Link Between Parent-Child Relationships and Children’s Conflict Responses: An Emotional Security Mediation Analysis Kathleen Bergman Miller, advisor
Erin Reilly
College of Arts and Letters, History
The Lives of Li Si and Wei Qing: Insights into the Qin-Han Dynasties Liang Cai, advisor
Group Project
Caroline Aey, Science, Pre-Professional
Edward Brunicardi, Political Science
Annemarie Foy, Political Science, Mathematics
Isabelle Grace, Economics, Philosophy
Jordan Lydon, Political Science, Mathematics
Quinnlan Murray, Environmental Science, Peace Studies
Bridget Schippers, Economics
Jacob Sherer, Political Science
Formal Submission to the University of Notre Dame Recommending Compensation and Labor Policies that Reduce Economic Hardship Clark Power, advisor