2024 Awards
2024 Dean's Writing Awards Program (PDF)
College of Communication, Media, and the Arts
- Applied Art: Justin Charsky, “Style Notebook: New Wave, Deconstruction, New Swiss Typography”
- Art History: Infiniti Robinson, “Through The Keyhole: An Analysis Of The ‘Desexualized’ Female Nude”
- Broadcasting and Mass Communication: Evan Youngs, “Over the Rainbow and Into the Music: Analyzing the History of the Queer Icon”
- Communication: Kadijah Belcher, “Resilience Representation: Examining Black Panther”
- Journalism: Bailey Thomas, “New a cappella group at SUNY Oswego draws interest in collegiate a cappella world”
- Music: Grace Clayton, “The Evolution of the Piano and How it Influenced the Romantic Period”
- Public Relations: Madeline Green, “Branding Campaign for OpenAI’s ChatGPT at Universities”
- Theatre: Kat Larrabee, “The Evolution of Stage Lighting Leading Up to Electricity in the 1800s”
College of Liberal Arts, Sciences and Engineering
- Anthropology: Nerissa Conklin, “Community-Based Archaeology in Oswego, NY"
- Biochemistry: Zachary Metott, “Are nature’s strategies the solutions to the rational design of low-melting, lipophilic ionic liquids?”
- Biological Sciences: Amanda Streeter, “Evolutionary approaches to understanding cancer persistence in human populations”
- Chemistry: Cameron Bashaw, “Analysis of differential DNA damage in the mitochondrial genome employing a semi-long run real-time PCR approach”
- Creative Writing: Adrienne Licata, “The Candlemaker”
- Economics: Adam Reiter, “Joint Membership in BRICS and Its Effect on Trade Using the Gravity Framework”
- Electrical and Computer Engineering: John Klaiber and Stephen Simpson, “Modular Synthesizer”
- English (co-winner): Sky Minkoff, “‘We’re more than friends, we are family’: Portrayal of Family of Origin/Family of Choice in Fire Island”
- English (co-winner): Courtney Wood, “From Suburbia to Somebody: Identity and Culture in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia”
- English Composition (co-winner): Alexis Ducreay, “Don’t Underestimate Liberal Arts”
- English Composition (co-winner): Oluwademilade Elias, “Social Media: The Tool Immigrants Use to Communicate with The World”
- French (co-winner): Richie Parent, “La relation entre le sexe prémaital, la religion et la transmission du VIH” (“The Relationship between Premarital Sex, Religion and the Transmission of HIV”)
- French (co-winner): Zachery Barrows Gonzales, “Honneur et loyaute dans L’Heptameron et Le Cid” (“Honor and Loyalty in The Heptameron and The Cid”)
- Gender and Women’s Studies: David Lucas, “War Cry of Feminism: Reclaiming the Voice and Body of Latinas”
- Geochemistry: Tenley Webb, “Synthesis of Dichlorobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) chloride”
- Geology: Hollace Finver, “A Geology Field Guide to the Adirondack Region”
- Global and International Studies: Marie Parker, “NCIS Season 9, Episode 22, Playing with Fire: a discourse analysis”
- History: Bryan Diaz-Ximello, “An Exploration of Gender Roles, Sexuality, and Psychosocial Cultural Dynamics in the Umayyad Caliphate of Medieval Islamic Spain: An Analysis of Normative Constructs, Social Stratification, and the Evolving Perceptions of Feminine and Masculine Identities in the Society of Al-Andalus”
- Human Development (co-winner): Kaleah Weston-Allen, “Parents Wellbeing Program Proposal”
- Human Development (co-winner): Kaylee Knapp, “Significance of Social Media Use on Adolescent Development”
- Linguistics: Christine Weber, “An Investigation of Haitian Creole”
- Mathematics: Peter Li, “Drawing with Epicycles: An Introduction to Fourier Series”
- Politics: Ava Handley, “‘I’m Not Even Tough Enough to Ride a Mechanical Tricycle!’: Exploring Gender Roles and Expectations in New Girl”
- Psychology: Angelina Milillo, “Why Human Qualities and Attachments are Placed on Inanimate Objects”
- Software Engineering: Molly Morano, “Cryptology: Intro to Shift, Substitution, and Vigenère Ciphers”
- Spanish (co-winner): Delaney Koehl, “ La estructrura de clases y las dinámicas sociales en Chile exploradas a través de la película La Nana” (“Class Structure and Social Dynamics in Chile: Sebastián Silva’s La Nana”)
- Spanish (co-winner): Leilhana Abu-Sbaih, “Silvestre de Balboa: Motivos Grecorromanos” (“Silvestre de Balboa: Greco-Roman Motifs”)
College of Education, Health, and Human Services
- Adolescence Education (co-winner): Leilhana Abu-Sbaih, “Cultural Identity”
- Adolescence Education (co-winner): Maegan Seegers, “Professional Analysis #3”
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Graceanna R. Gioia, “Language Acquisition in Children”
Graduate Studies
- Education (co-winner): Cherie Cuomo, “Student Case Studies Part 1”
- Education (co-winner): Jacob Lajza, “Reap What You Sow: Youth Activism and Climate Literacy in the ELA Classroom”
- Strategic Communication: Jennifer Gilbart, “Write Your Own Theory Assignment: Brand Semiotic Violation Theory”