For more information on President’s Writing Awards, please contact Carrie Seymour at cseymour@boisestate.edu or (208) 426-7034.
2012 President’s Writing Award Winners
First Place, Creative Non-Fiction
Kristine Dukes
“Breaking Up with God”
Second Place, Creative Non-Fiction
Pamela Craig
“Conserving the Desert of the American West”
First Place, Research Based
Jenna R. Nash
“Sprawl”
Second Place, Research Based
Jessica Ewing
“Oratory in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass“
First Place, Critical Analysis
Lyn K. Uratani
“Evolving from Traditional to “Reversed” Otherness: Agnes’ Postcolonial Transformations in Louise Erdrich’s The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse”
Second Place, Critical Analysis
Jacob Westerfield
“Myth and McCarthyism: The Role of American National Identity in Film”
First Place, First-Year Writing
Madison Hansen
“Awakened by The Awakening: A History of Kate Chopin’s Novel and Its Personal Influence”
Second Place, First-Year Writing
Chuck Clapsaddle
“Homeless Veterans”
First Place, Multilingual First-Year Writing
Farzan Faramarzi
“My Farewell Moments”
Second Place, Multilingual First-Year Writing
Xiaohai Wang
“Happy English”
First Place, Writing in Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Mike Nielsen
“Reducing Energy Loss in Water Heating Systems: An Economic Perspective”
Second Place, Writing in Science, Engineering and Mathematics