2021-22
Winner: "Borderline Personality Disorder: Potential Causes, Current Treatments, & Prognosis" by Kassidy Schiavi, written for Professor Kim O'Donnell's Psychology 245 course and "Poststructuralism in the Post-Apocalypse: Analyzing the Unstable Relationship Between Context and Meaning in Station Eleven" by Nicole Andreson, written for Professor Ron Picard's English 222 course.
Honorable Mention: "Globalization, Fast Fashion, and Piracy of Designs" by Gretta Roche. This paper was written for Professor John Tenney's Geography 111 course.
2020-21
Winner: "Systemic Racism's Prevalence in The Piano Lesson" by Melanie Louis, for Professor Ron Picard's English 222 course.
Honorable Mention: "Yersinia Pestis and the Bubonic Plague" by Alyssa Naoumides, for Professor Peter Angelastro's Biology 235 course.
2019-20
Winner: "The Reverse Revelation of Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents” by Jason Hesse, for Professor Ron Picard’s English 222 course.
Honorable Mention: “Agoraphobia Information and Explanation” by Abigail Locke, for Professor Kim O'Donnell’s Psychology 245 course.
2018-19
Winner: “Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Feminism, and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper” by Danielle Jacovino, for Professor Patti Pallis’ English 102 course.
Honorable Mention to “Gifted Education a Boon to General Classroom,” by Darrell Cookman, for Professor Sandra Valente’s Psychology 260 course.