reed college senior thesis

The Reed Electronic Theses Archive

Reed's digital repository for senior and MALS theses. The archive—of voluntary submissions—originated from a Reed Students for Free Culture proposal in 2007.

How to contribute to the etheses archive

Current students can opt in to the ethesis archive during the final library submission.

All alumni can contribute to the archive, but the process to do so depends on your graduation year.

If you graduated after 1992, you can use our   Online Submission Portal , but will need a Kerberos account to do so. Instructions on setting one up are available on the   Alumni Programs website .

If you graduated in 1992 or before, please email a PDF copy of your thesis to   [email protected] . After receiving your thesis we will send you a permissions form to fill out and return. Unfortunately, we cannot scan theses at this time. Please check back.

• Save the final version of your thesis as a PDF .
• Save any accompanying materials as a zip file (optional, most people won't have extra files.)
• Gather information about your thesis including; title, abstract, graduation date, and subject keywords.
• Determine your terms of access and copyright clearance statement .
• New submission form in progress. Please check back soon for instructions on submitting

Consult with your advisor about your interest in submitting to the electronic archive, especially if your thesis contains research ongoing at Reed. Additional info can be found in the FAQ section.

Don't have a PDF of your thesis? We can help!

Does the etheses archive have all the reed theses.

No! Adding your thesis is completely voluntary. Submissions do not replace the printed, bound thesis. 

I'm graduating soon. Does my thesis go into the etheses archive?

It is up to you! In the thesis submission form, you can choose whether or not to add your thesis to the etheses archive. Adding your thesis to the etheses archive is voluntary and is not a graduation requirement. If you are unsure about submitting, talk with your advisor.

How do I save my document as a PDF?

Instructions from IT for creating PDFs with Mac and Windows . 

What are accompanying materials and how do I submit them? How do I make a zip file?

You can submit supplemental files such as digital images, audio, data, and video files in addition to your thesis. They should be compressed into a separate, single zip file. You will need to create a zip file even if you are just submitting one single accompanying file. Instructions on making a zip file are below.

Mac: Highlight the file(s) you wish to zip, go to the File menu (or right-click) and select the option to “Compress” items. The zip file “Archive.zip” will appear in the same directory as the files you selected to compress.

Windows: Highlight the file(s) you wish to zip, right-click and select  Send to>Compressed (zipped) folder . The zip file will appear in the same directory as the files you selected to compress.

What's a copyright clearance statement?

If your thesis incorporates copyrighted material, (images, photographs, figures, data, illustrations, etc. not created by you), you’ll need to confirm that you have sought permission or are claiming fair use. For more information consult the Copyright Help for Theses guide or contact us for help .

Who can access the archive?

At present, access is limited to current Reed students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Log in with your Reed Kerberos credentials .

The archive may eventually become a public collection. Your thesis will not be made public unless you have given us permission to do so.

I submitted my thesis, but I don't see it yet.

The library will load the theses as quickly as possible, but there will typically be some time between submission and access.

I submitted the wrong PDF, can I resubmit it?

Please contact us at [email protected]  if you submitted the wrong file or you wish to change the terms of access for your theses (e.g. from Reed-access-only to public.) 

I'm an alum, can I contribute my thesis to the archive?

Yes! If you graduated after 1992, you can submit your thesis through our Online Submission Portal . You will need to set up a Kerberos account to do so. Instructions on doing that are available on the Alumni Programs website .

If you graduated prior to 1992, please email a PDF copy of your thesis to [email protected] . After receiving your thesis we will send you some brief questions to help us catalog your thesis in the archive.

I don't have a PDF but I'm an alum. Can you digitize it for me? 

Unfortunately, we cannot scan theses at this time. Please check back as we hope to reopen scanning requests soon.

I have another question but don't see the answer here.

Contact us at [email protected] .

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Thesis Submission Info

This guide contains the updated formatting and submission guidelines for thesis students. This guide may be updated prior to thesis deadlines. 

For more information on using the Microsoft Word template or transferring your thesis from Google Docs to Microsoft Word, see the directions from CUS . Please email Ask A Librarian with questions.

General Library Information

Research Help

Librarians are available for each discipline. They can help you navigate databases, obtain materials, help with copyright, use images, cite resources, or interpret thesis requirements. Please contact your subject librarian  with any questions.

Books: Borrowing and Due Dates

Thesis students can check books out until the last day of their graduating semester. For information on getting books and other materials for your thesis please see our Get Books webpage . If you need help finding or obtaining materials for your thesis,  contact your subject librarian .

Thesis Desks

Thesis desks are available for current seniors and lockers are available free of charge. If you have any questions, please Ask a Librarian . 

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2021 senior theses, moira brown.

Abstract View thesis Video

Spiral is a film which uses animation to discuss topics centering around the empathetic process. In the film, two characters are challenged with the emotional process as one of them is overcome with melancholy and the second offers support. The sad character first tries to suppress their emotions, but is only ever able to actually feel peace when the other character shows them how to embrace their emotions instead. They do this by expressing empathy, a form of emotional understanding in which the body feels into another being’s emotional experience and offers a listening ear, a hug, or whatever form love is needed in. The most essential aspect of empathy is that it does not try to change what is happening. It is not trying to make someone feel better or to change anything; this is what I would call compassion, passionate action to create positive change. Empathy is not about positivity and it’s not about change, at least not explicitly. It is about existing within the body, being present in emotions, listening to them, asking what they need, and offering them love.

Walking Gardens: An Exploration of Land, Food, and Magic in a Concrete World

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This thesis is the fruit of a year-long experiment in vacant land occupation, replanting hardscapes, and finding low-cost ways to make food production and land-working accessible and meaningful within the city. It begins with a dive into internet-borne “cottagecore” aesthetics and the myth of pastoralism as an escape from capitalism, then moves into the flaws in post-Green Revolution, Western-colonial farming practices, providing evidence supporting permaculture techniques and small-scale farming. The thesis then addresses examples of anti- or extra-capitalist structures which provide food, shelter, and options to marginalized and/or oppressed people within communal structures of care and mutual aid.

Nausicaa Enriquez

To Speak of Forms Changed: Telling the Story of a Completely Unglamorous Transition

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My comics Studio Art thesis is the first chapter of a longer work to be completed this summer, telling the story of my gender transition. My work consists of forty comics pages that draw on nonfiction comics and stand-up comedy to relate the areas where nerdy, socially isolated transgender people first discover the possibility that gender is malleable – namely mythology and pornography. In the written component of this thesis, I discuss the process of making the work and the broader social and personal climate in which it was made, and outline my methodology for studying art by sharing conversations I have had about the thesis process. Rather than discuss inspirations and theory in depth with regard to the completed studio work, I have elected to discuss my work in terms of the reactions it elicits; to that end, I have stated my goals with the artwork, collected reactions from my queer peers, and will let the reader determine whether the goals of the artwork have been met.

Greta Fieweger

I Hold Myself In My Arms: The Book Figured as an Object of Comfort

In this written portion of my thesis I argue through material explorations of both textiles and the book form that an object’s mortal qualities, that is, the ways in which it degrades, warps, and disintegrates against the contact of a body over time, are central to its ability to evoke memory and signify meaning. The work I have created, an artist book entitled I Hold Myself In My Arms, expands upon and makes use of this relationship in the form of a soft fabric book. Through the material and writing contained in this artwork, I Hold Myself In My Arms explores the physicality of memory and comfort and how they are provoked through tactile engagement.

Molly Herro

The Pond: On the Loop and Infinity in Experimental Animation

This thesis explores the usage of loops both technically and conceptually in experimental animations. I focus on two dimensions of loops, in the first chapter, through space, and in the second, through time. In each chapter, I formally analyze two films and how they use loops in order to achieve various conceptual, emotional, and aesthetic effects. In chapter one, I discuss Jordan Belson’s “Allures” and Boris Labbé’s “Rhizome,” and in chapter two I discuss Stig Bergqvist, Jonas Odell, Martti Ekstrand and Lars Ohlson’s “Revolver” and Matt Reynold’s “Bottom Feeders.” I emphasize the relative obscurity of these films, and experimental animation generally, in order to communicate their obsessive and highly personal viewership and the transfer of feelings, secrets, ideas, and magic that occurs between artist and viewer. I focus mostly on the range of effects that loops have on the viewers of films that employ them and discuss some possible philosophical implications of loops, focusing on eternal return and a fear of entropy. In the final chapter I discuss my own work, a short film made up mostly of looping sequences. I discuss my own philosophical beliefs surrounding the ocean and eternal return and the experiences and thought processes that got me there.

Paulina Poleyumptewa

rez nullius: Indigenous Identity-Creation in Contemporary Art

Abstract View thesis Video Video Video Video

The concepts of Indigeneity and of Indigenous existence have been constructed through settler-colonial frames of analysis and interpretation that often lack recognition of the complexities inherent in identity, and the results have reduced Native Americans to a singular caricaturized identity that is fixed in an imagined “perpetual past”. Beginning with an analysis of the institutions, such as the museum and the archive, that have created this identity, this thesis explores the work of specific contemporary artists and Indigenous artists to propose not only new methods of theorizing Native American identity in art but the possibilities of art in creating and (re)presenting Native American identity as a complex, multi-dimensional mode of being. Rather than seeking one singular answer to one specific problem, this thesis posits that such reduction prevents any answers from being discovered and that the most effective method of Indigenous artistic (re)presentation results from an acknowledgement of such complexity, allowing Indigenous creators to construct and convey their own unique identity on their own terms.

Precious Romo

Framing Heroes In Crisis: Approaches to Identity in Superhero Comics

Comic books are a subset of the greater medium of comics and therefore share in the limitless potential of what comics can depict. Their only limitation being what the artist or writer chooses to render on the page. However, comic books that belong to the superhero genre (and are produced by large publishing houses like DC and Marvel) are surprisingly restrained in their approach to representation. Not until recently have we begun to see more superheroes whose identities deviate from the standard straight white male template and whose powers have the potential to make them the new vanguard of their respective comic book universes. This thesis begins by looking at the origins of the superhero genre starting with Superman’s debut issue in the 1930’s. From there the Man of Steel is divided into two parts, the American icon and the alien immigrant. The character of America Chavez is introduced to compare her origins to that of Superman, highlight the restraints placed on superhero stories (that are a part of the DC or Marvel universes), and ultimately acknowledge the lost potential in not exploring the topic of identity explicitly in superhero comics. The latter part of my thesis pivots to discuss the development of my superhero comic titled MOTH Issue #1.

Maria Saenz-Rodriguez

“Atmospheric” Films: What It Means and How To Make It

In this thesis I will be focusing on the concept of atmosphere, a concept far too often forgotten about in film studies. I will specifically be exploring the visual phenomenon of atmosphere within narrative film and why all of its elements are important in the art of filmmaking. I will first define the vague concept within my own understanding of the term based on research of both film theorists and filmmakers. I will then be highlighting its relationship with the filmic elements and proving the visual power of atmosphere by using this framework to analyze a modern example of an “atmospheric” film: Robert Egger’s The Lighthouse (2019). I will conclude with a discussion of my own process for creating an “atmospheric” short film titled The Fourth Door. Using my understanding of the term, I will describe how atmosphere was created through each individual cinematic step. For pre-production I will particularly talk about the creation of the narrative, set, and costume design, as well as the importance of mood boards for building atmosphere early on in a project. In terms of production, I will discuss my own particular process for shooting and the film’s format. To conclude, I will discuss the post-production process, focusing particularly on the aspects of editing and animation and their importance for this project.

Connor Stockton Seymour

iMage Quest: QAnon, Network Aesthetics, and Speculative Fictions

iMage Quest is a 3D game made with the Unity Engine, inspired by games like LSD Dream Emulator. The game deals with conspiracy, reproduction, the persistence of icons, and the concept of the poor image. The first chapter explores how we represent networks traditionally, and the problematics of these modes of representation. The poor image is theorized as an alternative to the corporate network map -- the poor man's network map carries with it aspects of digital material culture. The poor image and social media together worked to make QAnon catch on with people. The poor image carries with it notions of authenticity, honesty, and quality. Poor images come to be more trustworthy than high-quality ones in an always-on digitally focused attention economy. Alternate reality games exploited this lack of trust in American institutions post-911 and post-Snowden, often using poor images to tell stories about real-world events or conspiracies. iMage Quest proposes an alternative model whereby conspiracy theory is channeled into modern myth-making through fantasy.

Reed College Canyon

Canyon-related senior theses projects.

Students in several departments at Reed have incorporated the canyon into their senior thesis research as well as independent and summer research studies; all of the theses are available in the Reed College Library.

Ecological analysis of spatial and temporal patterns in distribution and abundance of fishes in the Reed Canyon Stream.

by L. R. Bryant

Diversity and distribution of fish in the Reed College Canyon: using fish assemblages to assess water quality and ecosystem health

by Annika Saltman

Urban wildlife conservation: genetic diversity and connectivity of three populations of Taricha granulosa  in an urban matrix

by Luke Frishkoff

Microevolution of Gasterosteus aculeatu s in the Johnson Creek watershed

by Maximillian Oliver Press

Ragamuffin to riches, gulch to glen: The restoration of an urban ecosystem and long term amphibian monitoring in the Reed College Canyon

by Vimal Golding

Growth and viability of the red-legged frogs ( Rana aurora ) introduced in the Reed College Canyon

by Xeno Acharya

Ecological structure of a newly discovered population of newts, Taricha granulosa , in the Reed College canyon

by Beth Mendelsohn

A plan for the modification of the Reed Canyon as frog habitat: perspectives of adaptive management and surrogate translocation

by Kimberly Ann Camacho

Live or Die: A first enclosure experiment with coho salmon ( Onychorhynchus kisutch ) in the canyon

by Leah Cook

Morphological Variation in Populations of Threespine Stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) in the Reed College Canyon

by Meng Qi ( abstract )

Urban Restoration and Conservation: Reed College Canyon and the Pacific Treefrog, Pseudacris regilla

by Alexandra Schaich Borg ( abstract )

An evaluation of the effects of the restoration of the Reed college Canyon on the abundance, distribution, and morphology of the Oregon salamander, Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis

by Ashley Rogers

Chorus in the canyon? Evaluating the translocation of the Pacific Treefrog, ( Pseudacris regilla ), into the Reed Canyon as a component of a long-term restoration project

by Sara Albornoz

Morphological variation and demography of stickleback populations in the Reed College Canyon

By Ezra Lencer (bound and on file in the Brehm Biodiversity Center B215)

Translocation of Hyla regilla into the Reed canyon

by Lee DelMonte Hallagan ( abstract )

Sexual Dichromatism and Condition Dependence in Ultraviolet Coloration of two Species of Jay (Corvidae)

by Arthur Bass ( abstract )

The Reed College Campus Carbon Budget: Sources and Sinks of Carbon in the Grassland, Forest and Spring Water of Reed College Campus

by Michele La Merrill ( abstract )

The Role of Interspecific Competition in Allowing the Coexistence of Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis and Plethodon vehiculum

by Tiffany Thornton ( abstract )

Mr. Toad Goes for a Ride: Amphibian Decline, Its Causes, and Solutions through Management and Conservation

by Jennifer Rose Webster ( abstract )

An Evaluation of Methods for Monitoring Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis in the Reed College Canyon

by Kyla Zaret ( abstract )

Amphibian Monitoring in the Reed College Canyon : Spatial Distribution of the Oregon salamander, " Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis "

by Greg Dutton ( abstract )

To Bank or Not to Bank: A Feasibility Analysis of Establishing Salmon Habitat Banking Programs in the Portland Metro Area

by Gordon R. Feighner ( abstract )

Avian Response to Urban Landscapes: Implications for Restoration of the Reed Canyon

by Brian John O'Shea ( abstract )

Unidirectional Gene Flow: A Computer Model and a Population Genetic Survey of the Water-Dispersed Annual, Impatiens capensis

by Benjamin Polacco ( abstract )

A population study of threespine sticklebacks ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) in the Reed college Canyon during the summer of 1995

By Nicholas Manoukis (bound and on file in the Brehm Biodiversity Center B215)

The Basis of Pollinator Discrimination Between Male and Female Phase Flowers in Impatiens capensis and the Implications for Plant Mating Systems

by Robin Russell ( abstract )

Resource Allocation and the Response to Tail Autotomy in a Plethodontid Salamander, Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis

by Kristine Marie Rheaume ( abstract )

The Home Range and Population Biology of the Oregon Salamander, Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis , in the Reed College Canyon

by Nathalie Jeanne Etienne Jacqmotte ( abstract )

The Effects of Climate and Microclimate on the Surface Activity of the Oregon Salamander, Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis , in the Reed College Canyon

by Duncan Stuart Michael Parks ( abstract )

An Investigation of Aquatic Environmental Quality in the Reed Canyon Through Use of a Bioassay

by Caitlin R. Cray ( abstract )

Urban Stream Ecology: 3 Portland Streams

by Maria Chloë Haws ( abstract )

Birdwatching in the Reed Canyon: An Empirical and Theoretical Approach

by Emile Schoffelen ( abstract )

Some Aspects of the Dynamics of an Ecosystem: The Reed College Canyon Stream

by David Coleman ( abstract )

An Investigation of the Environment and Nature of the Fat-Soluble Pigments in the Sediments of the Reed Lake

by David Thomas Mason ( abstract )

The Description of Euryhelmis pacificus N. SP., and Notes on its Life Cycle

by Clyde Senger ( summary )

A Study of the Diatoms in Reed College Lake

by Eleanor Arlene Danielson ( summary )

An Investigation into the Life History and Habits of Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii

by Helen Leslie McKay ( abstract )

Vascular Plants of the Reed College Campus

by Una V. Davies ( excerpt )

Observations on the Fresh-water Hydroid in the Portland Region

by Richard Lawford ( excerpt )

A Study of Cladocera Based on Forms Found in Reed College Lake

by Maxine Lesseg ( excerpt )

Nitrogen Cycle in Water

by Louise Odale ( introduction )

The Plants of Multnomah County

by William Richard Van Dersal ( excerpt )

Some Mosses of Reed College Campus

by Carra E. Horsfall ( excerpt )

Burn Your Draft

Exploring the reed college senior thesis process.

#31: Fleshy Bodies and Techno Foucault with Soroa Lear ’21, Comparative Literature

From dancing for nine hours to techno in Berlin to applying critical theory to bodies in movement, Soroa talks about her pandemic year of diving deeply into her thesis writing.

Reed community members can read Soroa’s thesis, “ Assembled and Undone: Bodies Beyond Subjection ,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive.

#30: Writing the Russian Revolution with Misha Lerner ’21, Russian

Join Misha and Amelie as they talk about Misha’s thesis on Leon Trotsky’s theory of revolutionary language and symbolism. You’ll also learn a bit about Misha’s thoughts on how the literary thesis experience is more of a reading project than a writing project.

Reed community members can read Misha’s thesis, “ Trotsky Writes the Russian Revolution: The Symbol of the Explosion in Trotsky’s My Life and The History of the Russian Revolution and its Meta-Symbolic Significance ,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive.

#29: Republicanism and Blackness with Anesu Ndoro ’21, Anthropology

Anesu spent his pandemic thesis year investigating Black conservative Republicans in the U.S., and examining how ideas of family connect Black conservatives and the Republican party.

Reed community members can read Anesu’s thesis, “ Family Matters: Black Conservatives and Political Belonging in the Republican Party ,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive.

#28: Attitudes toward Disability with Madhav Pulle ’21, Psychology

Madhav conducted a study of college students, staff, and faculty to learn about how accepting these groups were of accommodations in higher education for various kinds of disabilities.

Reed community members can read Madhav’s thesis, “ How Appropriate is “Appropriate”? Views of Students, Faculty, and Staff on Disability Accommodations Based on Type of Disability ,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive.

This episode contains discussion of topics concerning mental health.

#27: Franken-thesis with Gabri LaFratta ’21, English

Gabri’s thesis focused on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and a response novel written two hundred years later by Jeanette Winterson called FranKISStein . We also get to hear a bit about one of Gabri’s favorite classes at Reed and why you might want to throw a blanket over your desk sometimes.

Reed community members can read Gabri’s thesis, “ “What is your substance, whereof are you made?”: Gender, Sex, Bodies, and Love in Frankenstein and FranKISStein ,” online in the Electronic Theses Archive.

Class of 2024 Defends Senior Theses

On May 9–10, 2024, the graduating class successfully defended their Senior Theses. The writing and defense of a Senior Thesis , in addition to the Junior Project undertaken in the third year of study, provides the Thomas More College student with an opportunity to explore his or her individual interests.

Under the guidance of a mentor, the student develops a research paper and prepares for a public defense. This presentation, which is given in front of a panel of faculty members and an audience of fellow students, is the culmination of a student’s career at Thomas More College.

Please find the full list of thesis titles for the Class of 2024 below. Click here to learn more about the TMC curriculum.

Class of 2024 Senior Thesis Titles

Matthew Amatruda “On Censorship: The Principle of Liberalism Regarding the State’s Right and Duty to Censor”

Emma Anderson “Russell Kirk’s Old House of Fear : Restoring the Moral Order through Proper Fear”

Joelle Choiniere “The Human Vocation to Work: An Inquiry into the Effects of Industry on Manual Labor and the Village”

Colette Davis “The Call to Care: A Woman’s Vocation in Louisa May Alcott’s An Old-Fashioned Girl ”

Madeline Eastman “Praise and Exalt Him Above All Forever: The Divine and the Physical in Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov ”

AnneMarie Gerads “Jane Austen: Morals and Manners in Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park ”

Damian Gerads “Is the Benedict Option Benedictine?: An Evaluation of Rod Dreher’s Book in Light of the Rule of St. Benedict”

Peter Greninger “Film as a Poetic Art: On the Nature and Powers of Film”

Mary Harty “We Love Because He First Loved Us: An Examination of the Person’s Ontological Duty to Love”

Joel Marshall “The Quest for Accessibility and the Loss of Mystery in the Christian Liturgy”

Ashley Moorman “A Psychological Symptom of Unhappiness: A Consideration of the Connection Between Morality and the Mental Health Crisis”

Josephine Moorman “That They May All be One: Understanding the Necessary Relationship Between Culture and Education”

Declan Nielsen “Strategies of the Left”

Elizabeth Orlowski “A Catholic Exposition of Self-Love”

Anna Othot “Sense and Sensibility: Both and in That Order in Jane Austen’s Novel”

Peter Rao “A New Abolition: Humanity’s Flight from Reality through Eugenics and Transhumanism”

Anne Serafin “Martyrdom and Peace: What the Martyrs Teach Us about Peace and How They Bring It to Their Society”

Madeleine Sullivan “Creation and the Crisis of Meaning”

Regina Thompson “Generation and Participation in the Divine: A Study of the Generative Soul and Its Fulfillment in Spousal Love”

George Veevers-Carter “A Loss of Literature: The Impact of Modernity and Technology on Our Ability to Read and Write”

Elias Wassell “Citizen and Believer: The Relationship Between Church and State as Fundamentally Existent in the Human Person”

For further reading:

Class of 2023 Defends Senior Theses

Class of 2022 Defends Senior Theses

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2024 Senior Thesis Projects

Published: May 14, 2024

Author: Amanda Anderson

Congratulations to the following seniors for completing senior thesis projects!

Catherine Schafer: Poetry in the Visual World: An Analysis of Selected GermanLanguage Poems from Eichendorff to Steinherr

Madison (Mimi) Schneider: Poetic Enchantment and Poetic Ambiguity: Understanding the Nature of German Romanticism by Interpreting Four Eichendorff Poems

Jennifer Delgado: Behind the Curtain: Unveiling the Art of Narrative Warfare by the Kremlin

Cullen Geahigan: Right Makes Might: Regime Type and Battlefield Effectiveness

Read more about their work here: 2024 Senior Thesis Presentation for German and Russian

2024 Faculty and Student Awards

May 15, 2024 English

Congratulations to English faculty and students on their awards and accomplishments!

Faculty awards & fellowships.

Long Faculty Fellowship: Gerard Passannante

Professor Gerard Passannante has been selected as the AY24-25 Long Faculty Fellow. Passannante will use the time afforded by the Long Faculty Fellowship to develop a course that puts imagined museums into dialogue with real institutions, as students consider the museum as a critical performance space, a site of political and social resistance, and a site of cultural imperialism and theft. The class centers experiential learning, which will entail visits to area collections and archives, and conversations with the people who work there, including curators and directors at the Phillips collection, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. The course will also introduce students to guests like the author Chloe Aridjis and filmmaker Jem Cohen.

Faculty Service Award: Karen Nelson

Director of the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies Karen Nelson received the Faculty Service Award. The Faculty Service Award seeks to recognize a member of the Department of English faculty who is particularly dedicated to service to the department, leadership, and support of graduate students.

"Karen Nelson is a wonderful member of the our literary community who is tirelessly dedicated to service. She goes above and beyond in her mentorship of graduate students, organizing of departmental events and community, and more. She is instrumental in supporting faculty of all stages in learning about funding and other opportunities."

"Her devotion to the students of the department alongside her willingness to be honest about the state of our world and the attentive detail she pays to everyone and everything makes her deserving of this award year after year."

Kandice Chuh Mentorship Award: David Simon

Professor David Simon received the Kandice Chuh Mentorship Award. Named for former UMD English Professor Kandice Chuh, the Mentorship Award seeks to honor a faculty member for their fostering of community, intellectual generosity, support and commitment to graduate students and their causes.

"David is the embodiment of intellectual generosity. His feedback on graduate papers is evidence of that. He is thoughtful, engages openly with ideas, asks questions and makes suggestions for how you can improve your analysis. His openness spreads to the classroom and individual mentorship meetings. David is dedicated to helping students build generative thoughts, ideas and writing."

"David Simon is a thoughtful and supportive mentor to all graduate students who meet him. He does what many won’t: he thinks with you. As a result of our conversations and feedback on writing, my dissertation is so much stronger and exciting. And maybe most importantly—I enjoy the work more! He is a treasure of the English department!"

Professional Track Faculty Teaching Awards: Aysha Jawed, Alan Montroso and Daune O'Brien

Lecturer Aysha Jawed, Lecturer Alan Montroso and Senior Lecturer Daune O'Brien received the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award, with an honorable mention to Lecturer Liam Daley.

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

Professor Lillian-Yvonne Bertram has received a 2024 Grants to Artists award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. The $45,000 awards are unrestricted, and “intended to provide recipients with the financial means to engage in whatever artistic endeavors they wish to pursue.”

Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship: Vessela Valiavitcharska

Professor Vessela Valiavitcharska has received a Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship in Byzantine Studies for 2024–25.

Teaching Innovation Grant: Marisa Parham

Professor Marisa Parham was awarded a TLTC grant for NarraSpace. $400k will support innovation in digital storytelling and interactive scholarship, with a focus on investigating ways to center BIPOC, queer and transnational perspective through experimental and emergent technologies.

Graduate Student Awards & Highlights

Da Som Lee and Dylan Lewis won the James A. Robinson Awards for outstanding graduate student teaching of undergraduate courses. Lee also received the Mary Savage Snouffer Dissertation Fellowship.

Diana Proenza and Annemarie Mott Ewing won the Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award. Proenza also won the English Summer Archival Research Award.

Aaron Bartlett received honorable mention for the Sally Mitchell Prize for North American Victorian Studies Association Best Graduate Student Paper.

Fernando Duran received the Wylie Dissertation Fellowship.

Dalton Greene received the Kwiatek Fellowship.

Charlie Mitchell won the Kinnaird Award (M.A.) and Declan Langton won the Kinnaird Award (Ph.D.)

Jeannette Schollaert won the Carl Bode Dissertation Prize.

Job Placements

Frederick O’Neal Cherry Ph.D. '24 is assistant professor of African American literature at Auburn University.

Alexis Walston Ph.D. '24 is assistant professor of English at Belmont University.

Creative Writing Accomplishments

Current students.

Kimberly O'Connor MFA ’09, judge of the Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize, has chosen “Manic Pixie Dream Sestina” by January Santoso, a first-year MFA student.

Mary Lynn Reed MFA ’13, judge of the Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize, has chosen “In the Shape of a Man Whose Feet Face Backwards” by Subraj Singh, a third-year MFA student. Singh's “All That Hunger, All That Thirst” was published in Agni 98. “Ship Sister” was published in the New England Review. Singh is a finalist for the 2024 Chautauqua Janus Prize and was also admitted into the Ph.D. Program in Creative Writing at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Preet Bhela’s poem "Hollows" received an honorable mention in the 2024 Pratt Library Poetry Contest, and will be published in the Little Patuxent Review this summer. Preet will also be reading at the Pratt Library on August 20 along with the two other honorees.

Eliamani Ismail has new publications with Puerto Del Sol, Brittle Paper, and Hooligan Magazine. Ismail was also invited to be a featured reader at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was a BIPOC scholar at this year’s Washington Writers Conference. Eliamani also became a fiction editor at Lampblack Magazine.

Olivia McClure published a poem in Atticus Review.

Tega Oghenechovwen’s "We Can Start This Story” was published in the Kenyon Review.

Annie Przypyszny’s poetry was published in Broad River Review, Atticus Review, the Institutionalized Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, SPANK the CARP, Barnstorm Journal, Cola Literary Review and the Madison Review.

Ava Serra's “Methodology: Inner Child Mercy Massacre” was included in Under Her Eye. “Internal Ultrasound on a PMDD Patient;” “Baby Diner Blood Rent;” “a coward pretends he’s bambi” and “This is Not a Conversation About My Body” was published in Jelly Bucket. “This is Not a Conversation About My Body” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. “Sarah” was published in Salt Hill.

Elizabeth Bryant, Corinne Brinkley and Tega Oghenechovwen have been named 2024 Kimbilio Fellows and will attend The Kimbilio Retreat on the Taos, New Mexico campus of Southern Methodist University in the Carson National Forest this summer. Bryant also received a full scholarship to the Juniper Summer Writing Institute at UMass Amherst and a Douglass Center grant for summer funding.

Tega Oghenechovwen was accepted for the 2024 Tin House Summer Workshop at Reed College.

Emily Banks MFA ’15 has been hired as a tenure-track assistant professor of English and creative writing at Franklin College, where she previously was a visiting assistant professor.

Derek Ellis MFA ’19 completed his first year in the Ph.D. program in creative writing at SUNY Binghamton University.

Book Publications

“Family Lore” by Elizabeth Acevedo MFA ’15, published in August 2023 by Ecco, was a Good Morning America Book Club pick; winner of the NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction and shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

“Green Island” by Liz Countryman MFA ’06 is forthcoming in June 2024 from Tupelo Press.

“Velvet” by William Fargason MFA ’14 was published in May 2024 by Northwestern University Press.

“City of Laughter” by Temim Fruchter ’02, MFA ’19 was published in January 2024 by Grove Atlantic.

“The Bomb Cloud” by Tyler Mills MFA ’08 was published in March 2024 by Unbound Edition Press.

“Bitter Water Opera” by Nicolette Polek MFA ’19 was published in April 2024 by Graywolf Press and was a New Yorker Best Book of 2024.

Undergraduate Student Awards

The Henrietta Spiegel Creative Writing Award

Each year, we honor outstanding creative writing minors with the Henrietta Spiegel Creative Writing Award. Henrietta Spiegel was the widow of a UMD faculty member. After her husband’s death, she completed her B.A. in English in 1989 at the age of 85 with a GPA of 3.9. Upon the completion of her degree, she established this award to honor undergraduate work in creative writing judged by the creative writing faculty to be the most outstanding. This year’s Henrietta Spiegel Creative Writing Award for Fiction goes to Allison Faith Choi and the award for Poetry goes to Caleigh Marie Larkin.

The Sandy Mack Award for the Outstanding English Honors Thesis

English Honors is a selective program within the English major, one in which students take intensive writing and research seminars, and develop a lengthy critical thesis or creative workover the course of three semesters. An award is given each year to the student with the most outstanding overall record in English Honors. This award is named for Sandy Mack, the faculty member who developed the English Honors Program and guided it for a decade. This award goes to Bossman Kwaku Owusu-Ayim for “I. The Old Genesis & II. His Grateful Children,” directed by Rion Scott and Emily Mitchell.

The Joseph W. Houppert Memorial Prize

The Joseph W. Houppert Prize was named for Joseph Houppert, a scholar of the English Renaissance and a distinguished member of this department from 1963 until his death in 1979. Professor Houppert was always very concerned with the teaching of undergraduate students and particularly for the teaching of good writing. Consequently, his colleagues established this competition in his memory, with a prize to be awarded annually to the undergraduate who has written the best essay on Shakespeare during the academic year. The Houppert Prize was awarded to Ariel Marie Hammerash for her essay entitled “Apparitions and Agency: The Staging of the Banquet Scene in The Tragedy of Macbeth.”

Sara Ann Soper English Undergraduate Service Award

The Sara Ann Soper English Undergraduate Service Award was established by Shannon Altman, who graduated in 1999 with a double degree in English and Education. While she was an undergraduate, Shannon designed and implemented an undergraduate tutoring service at nearby Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Two years after she graduated, she gave the department a significant gift to endow the Sara Ann Soper English Undergraduate Service Award to honor a graduating senior who has volunteered time, energy, and commitment to community service. Shannon named the award after her mother, as a testimony to her achievements as a role model for others. This year, the recipient of the Sara Ann Soper Award is Julia Janet Pavlick.

The Mike Angel Award

The Mike Angel Award recognizes a student who has faced extreme hardship in completing his or her degree, and has demonstrated distinction, extraordinary merit, and perseverance as an English major. It was established by faculty and students in 1984 to honor the achievements of Mike Angel, a fine student and wonderful human being who overcame great obstacles in order to earn a B.A. in English. This year’s Mike Angel Award goes to Nicholas John Pietrowski.

The Joyce Tayloe Horrell Award

The Joyce Tayloe Horrell Award is the largest award by the department to any student, and was established in 1989 through the generosity of Joseph Horrell in memory of his wife Joyce Tayloe Horrell. Tayloe Horrell was an Honors graduate student, a scholar of the works of the writer Henry James, and a teacher in the English Department from 1960 until 1967. The Horrell Award is conferred annually on the English major who has demonstrated the highest academic achievement overall among the graduating class. It is a pleasure to present this year’s Horrell Award to Abigail Fealy Furman.

Academic Excellence Awards

In every graduating class, certain students stand out for their consistently high performance. Today, we are presenting thirteen Academic Excellence Awards to those students with the most outstanding academic records in their major coursework. Each of these students has received a major GPA of 4.0.

• Isabella Francesca Diaz Baker
• Emma Rose Behrens
• Abigail Fealy Furman
• Shannon Estellyn Ganley
• Chloe Lilah Johnson
• Laura Catherine Kazdoba
• Ananyaa Malhotra
• Rachel Abigail Morris
• Auset Nso Nkem
• Bossman Kwaku Owusu-Ayim
• Cassandra Annalee Rochmis
• Rebecca Shriver Scherr
• Alison Vy Vo

Professional Writing Contest Awards

• Elijah Martin: Alternative Media, "The 'Right To Repair' Smartphones"
• Andy Szekerczes: Grant Proposal, "Young Writers Workshop"
• Elena Rangelov: Campus Proposal, "Improving Meat-Restricted Diet Accommodations in UMD Dining Halls"
• Asma Tariq: Civic Proposal, "Combating Feline Upper Respiratory Infections in Montgomery County Adoption Centers"
• Pearl Tamrakar: Review of Research, "The Impacts of Health Disparities on Minority Health"
• Asongafac Asaha: Artistic Review, "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio: A Retelling of the Real Boy"
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• Matthew Heinz: Narrative Non-Fiction, "Oh, Deer: An Exploration of White-Tailed Deer Management. Its Impacts in Suburban Maryland"
• Riley Lowther: Bill Analysis, "Collective Bargaining @ UMD Campuses"
• Sage Phillips: Business Proposal, "Carbon Neutral Florida Gypsum Plant"
• Jessica Gorski: Business Proposal, "Expanding La Finca's Online Sales to Brick & Mortar"

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University of Lynchburg

May 15, 2024

Athlete on the track to a future in sports broadcasting

Sam Graham’s tenure at the University of Lynchburg exemplifies a balanced pursuit of academic excellence and athletic commitment. During his collegiate years, the Lewisville, North Carolina, native and member of Lynchburg’s Class of 2024 has navigated a diverse array of academic and extracurricular avenues.

Graham’s degree is in communication studies , with an emphasis in convergent journalism, complemented by a minor in English. Throughout his academic journey, he says he has been guided by dedicated faculty members, notably Dr. Ghislaine Lewis, whose mentorship has contributed to his professional development.

“Dr. Lewis has had the largest impact on me, as I have taken numerous classes with her as she has guided me through my convergent journalism emphasis,” Graham said. “She has fostered my interest in reporting and journalism.”

Likewise, Lewis shared her own experience with Graham in her classroom. “He was always a joy to have in the classroom. He was inquisitive, always prepared, and genuinely enjoyed the work of being a student journalist,” she said.

In addition to his communication studies major, Graham is a Westover Honors Fellow . Recently, he completed his thesis on journalistic integrity in podcasting. As he puts it, it gave him the chance and ability to “fully develop the thesis into something I was happy with and I was able to get a little further than the surface level.”

With his future plans, internship experience, and classroom research, journalistic integrity was the natural subject for his thesis.

“As a newer medium, there are still many who don’t take podcasting seriously from a critical perspective, which combined with low barriers of entry and sparse fact-checking and regulation, can become a breeding ground for misinformation in certain genres,” he said.

Graham’s commitment to Lynchburg doesn’t end there. Along with being an honors student, he was a member of Lynchburg’s cross country and track and field teams.

“I’ve met a lot of my best friends, seen some awesome places, and gotten to take place in a lot of unexpected experiences,” he said. “Our team is incredibly close and Jake Reed is the best coach I’ve ever had, across all sports.”

Graham’s love for sports guided him throughout his time at Lynchburg. In addition to competing in cross country and track, he also was involved in the Student Athletic Advisory Committee. He even became its president his senior year.

Athletics also led him to join the Lynchburg Hornets Sports Network and work as a reporter and analyst. The job entailed “writing assignments, such as recaps, previews, and blogs,” he said recently. “So, balancing those responsibilities with my academic load has been tough at times but incredibly rewarding.”

He added he is grateful for the opportunity to work for LHSN, as it has given him many friends and the experience “to travel around the state and country to see new things, meet new people, and gain valuable and applicable experience that I will take with me as I leave school this month.”

After graduating this week, Graham will go to Roanoke to work as a news reporter for WFXR, the local Fox station in the Roanoke/Lynchburg/Danville area. In addition, he plans to explore play-by-play broadcasting opportunities on the side.

His advice to future Hornets: “Don’t waste a second sitting on your hands and get out there and get active, in whatever form interests or sounds right to you. Be present where your feet are.”

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Center for computational molecular biology, fruit flies and forestalling famine: 2024 comp bio seniors win dean of the college awards.

Two computational biology senior concentrators, Madeleine Pittigher and Smriti Vaidyanathan, are receiving awards from the Dean of the College for outstanding graduating seniors in the Computational Biology concentration.

Smriti Vaidyanathan and Maddie Pittigher with their senior thesis research.

One day in early May, Maddie Pittigher and Smriti Vaidyanathan, both graduating seniors in the Computational Biology concentration, received an email. 

“I just got an email one day, telling me I was nominated for my dedication to my research and my performance in the Comp Bio Concentration,” says Maddie Pittigher. “I didn’t realize there were awards for that. I texted my parents right away.”

The Dean of the College Awards that Pittigher and Vaidyanathan are receiving honor graduating seniors who have shown great commitment to their undergraduate research. “It’s a nice recognition of all the work I’ve done,” Smriti Vaidyanathan says.

Both students recently completed Undergraduate Honor Theses on their computational biology research and were nominated for this award by their research advisors. 

“I encourage everyone who is interested in research to do an Honors Thesis,” says Vaidyanathan, whose thesis is the culmination of three years of research in Erica Larschan’s lab. “I felt like I was tying together everything I learned throughout my degree, applying concepts from older classes and creating a complete narrative of my research journey. It was difficult, but it was very satisfying. 

Fruit flies and forestalling famine

Vaidyanathan’s research has focused on analyzing the interactions of a specific transcription factor involved in sex-specific splicing in fruit flies. “Generally, we want to find out how gene regulation manifests differently between different sexes, and what mechanisms are responsible for that difference,” says Vaidyanathan. 

This work is important for better understanding diseases that manifest differently between sexes, like ALS or Alzheimer’s. “If we understand the gene regulation mechanisms between sexes better,  we can treat the diseases better,” says Vaidyanathan.

Her research has revealed that the Prion-Like Domain, a specific domain within the transcription factor CLAMP,  plays an important role in sex-specific splicing regulation. Vaidyanathan hopes that her research will “pave the way for future advancements in this area of study.”

Pittigher’s work in Mark Johnson’s lab focuses on the genes that relate to temperature sensitivity in plants, specifically the thale cress, a small plant in the mustard family. Her research aims to identify genes and pathways that contribute to extreme-temperature tolerance in plants. With climate change creating extreme temperatures and affecting crop production, identifying and controlling the genes that regulate temperature sensitivity will be very important to preserving food production and avoiding famine, her research abstract explains. 

“It’s super exciting to be getting results that can have such a positive impact,” Pittigher says. “When I started this research, I didn’t know if I was really into plants,” she laughs, “but I realized that this is super cool and the outcome is really important.”

On to the next

Pittigher and Vaidyanathan will be continuing their education next year in PhD and Master’s programs, respectively. Starting in the fall, Pittigher will pursue a PhD in Computational Biology at UC San Diego, and Vaidyanathan will pursue her Master’s in Computer Science at Columbia. 

“I’m looking forward to trying different types of projects and continuing doing biology research,” Pittigher says. “I’m also super excited about the change in the weather!”

Vaidyanathan will be turning to Computer Science for the time being, but she still has a strong commitment to biology. “This Master’s is more just expanding my computational toolkit,” she says. “I want to continue with research after Brown, probably at the intersection of CS and Bio–I’m really interested in understanding the origins of life. We’ll see what happens!” 

Congratulations to Maddie Pittigher and Smriti Vaidyanathan for their receipt of the Dean of the College Award. We commend you for your hard work throughout your undergraduate career.  We can’t wait to see what you will accomplish in the future.

See below for Pittigher’s and Vaidyanathan’s research abstracts. 

Senior Thesis Research Abstracts

Maddie was in Mark Johnson's lab (MCB) and will be attending the Computational Biology PhD program at UC San Diego this fall.  

Research Abstract

Rising temperatures have been found to limit crop productivity. This crop productivity relies on plant reproduction, in which the pollen tube growth phase plays a critical role. During this phase pollen grains germinate and elongate as tubes inside the pistil to fertilize ovules after pollination. The number of seeds and fruit biomass are directly proportional to the number of successful fertilizations. Extreme temperatures limit the ability of pollen to extend and fertilize ovules during this process, which limits crop productivity in plant varieties known as thermosensitive. Other varieties can continue to produce seeds and fruits at high temperatures known as thermotolerant. Thermotolerant varieties can be used to improve thermosensitive varieties at the genome level if we can discover genes and pathways that contribute to thermotolerance in high temperature improved varieties and activate only these pathways in thermosensitive varieties when they are needed. 

To identify loci related to thermotolerance in certain varieties of Arabidopsis thaliana we used haploid selection mapping (HSM). HSM begins with a hybrid plant between a thermotolerant and thermosensitive variety. Each hybrid pollen grain, which is developed under optimal conditions, has a unique combination of thermotolerant and thermosensitive loci in its haploid genome. This pollen is then exposed to high temperatures during the pollen tube growth phase so only those that carry key thermotolerant genes will be able to fertilize ovules and create seeds. By sequencing a large pool of these progeny and deriving genomic markers from public data to calculate parental allele frequencies, we can identify loci that are selected for under high temperatures. 

As part of this process, I identified genomic markers from public sequencing datasets using several computational tools. These markers were used to count parental allele frequencies in progeny developed from Columbia-0 and Hilversum-0 hybrid pollinations on Landsberg-ms1 pistils exposed to hot and cold temperatures during the pollen tube growth phase and fertilization. The allele frequencies were used to map regions of selection in the Arabidopsis genome. This mapping identifies potential loci that can be used to improve crop plants at the genome level without changing other traits that make them valuable crops. This will preserve our food production and avoid global famine that global warming may be leading us towards.

Smriti was in Erica Larschan's lab (MCB, CCMB) and will be pursuing a MS in Computer Science at Columbia next year. 

Understanding sex-biased gene regulation, mainly focusing on alternative splicing, has broad implications for understanding sex biases in human diseases. Through the lens of Drosophila melanogaster , I explore the further role of CLAMP, a pivotal transcription factor involved in the regulation of sex-specific alternative splicing. CLAMP interacts with various RNA Binding Proteins (RBPs), notably Hrp38, a homolog of the human HNRNP1 (hnRNP family protein), which is crucial for alternative splicing and implicated in neurodegenerative disorders. Moreover, both CLAMP and Hrp38 possess Prion-Like Domains (PrLDs), enabling them to undergo phase separation and form nuclear condensates within Drosophila nuclei. These condensates exhibit mobile behavior and are central to this investigation. Specifically, this study focuses on the sex-specific interactions between CLAMP's PrLD and Hrp38 nuclear phase condensates, employing computational methods to unravel the intricate molecular processes underlying sex-specific splicing.

Using live-imaged videos captured via fluorescence microscopy, I quantify the dynamic behavior of Hrp38 nuclear condensates in both CLAMP Wild-Type and delPrLD backgrounds. This quantification is facilitated by an image-processing Fiji macro script and the MATLAB-based particle-tracking software developed by the Gebhardt Lab, TrackIt. Additionally, employing 3D z-stacks of in vivo fixed samples of larval tissue and fluorescently tagged samples, alongside 3D z-stacks of in vitro samples of purified Hrp38 with either CLAMP Wild-Type or delPrLD present in solution, I assess the 3D volumes of Hrp38 coordinates using a Python script that I developed. 

My findings reveal sex-specific behaviors in Hrp38 dynamics, including an increase in the bound fraction of Hrp38 in female controls compared to males, a difference erased by the deletion of the CLAMP PrLD domain. Additionally, I observe other potential sex-specific differences, such as in particle speed and female condensates showing a higher median size in vivo than in males. Contrasting results emerge between in vivo and in vitro samples in CLAMP delPrLD backgrounds, highlighting the significant role of this domain in modulating Hrp38 condensate dynamics and implying more complex mechanisms at work. Finally, I propose a feedforward neural network (FNN) to automate image processing and thresholding for various samples, offering the potential for further research in this intriguing field. In conclusion, this thesis comprehensively explores the intricate mechanisms underlying sex-specific gene regulation and alternative splicing dynamics, paving the way for future advancements in this area of study.

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2024 Honors Convocation Highlights Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership

April 19, 2024

Each year, Albion College recognizes individual students and faculty for outstanding achievements in teaching, learning, leadership, and service during Honors Convocation. This event serves as a public acknowledgment of the campus community’s commitment to intellectual discipline, the realization of critical and creative potential, and the qualities of character typified by the life and mind of the scholar and the actions of good citizens.

Dr. Nicolle Zellner, professor of physics, was awarded the prestigious four-year Herbert H. & Grace Dow Trustees’ Professorship in the Sciences. The selection is made by the Board of Trustees upon the recommendation of the Faculty Personnel Committee, the provost, and the president. These four-year awards consist of annual funding to be used for innovation in teaching and support of continued scholarship and professional development. One of the highest honors available to faculty, endowed professorships were created expressly to recognize and support truly distinguished teaching and research.

Faculty Awards

The following annual awards were presented to Albion College faculty:

The Students’ Choice Award recognizes an outstanding faculty or staff member for excellence in teaching, involvement in students’ lives outside of the classroom, and dedication to both the college and its students. The award is sponsored by the Faculty and Academic Affairs Committee of Student Senate.

• Demian Cho, assistant professor of physics

The James & Dorothy Blanchard Faculty Fellowship supports faculty early in their professional career by providing the opportunity to keep abreast of knowledge, improve upon pedagogical techniques, or to complete a piece of research, publication, or artistic preparation.

• Ahalee Farrow, assistant professor of kinesiology

The Joyce G. Ferguson 50th Anniversary Faculty Development Fund for Enhancement of Excellence in Teaching recognizes outstanding members in the arts and humanities and provides $5,000 for faculty development in teaching.

• Jess Roberts, professor of English

The Mark Sheldon Putnam ’41 and Mildred Plate Putnam ’41 Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes a faculty member who has consistently displayed the willingness and ability to provide quality mentoring to faculty and students at Albion College.

• Marcy Sacks, professor of history

The Arthur Anderson Teaching Awards recognize scholars who are fine teachers and teachers who are fine scholars.

• Distinguished Teaching by a Junior Member of the Faculty: Nancy Demerdash, associate professor of art and art history
• New Teacher of the Year: Krista Quesenberry, assistant professor of English
• Distinguished Teaching by a Tenured Member of the Faculty: Heather Betz, professor of kinesiology and Dr. Bradley Chase, professor of anthropology and sociology

The Phi Beta Kappa Scholar of the Year Award is awarded to a faculty member for outstanding scholarship or creative achievement.

• Helena Mesa, professor of English

Student Awards

The following academic honors and awards were announced for students at Albion College’s 2024 Honors Convocation, Thursday, April 18.

Phi Beta Kappa New Members

Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest of the national honorary societies, founded in 1776. The Beta Chapter of Michigan was established at Albion in 1940. Members are usually seniors in the top 10 percent of their graduating class who meet the chapter’s liberal studies and residency requirements. New members for 2024 include:

• Emily R. Abramczyk
• Tori K. Balog
• Jacob P. Bement
• Mariah N. Brenz
• Madeline D. Budd
• Andrew S. Cameron
• Avery M. Campbell
• Eddie J. Cardew
• Sidney K. Childers
• Alyvia G. Fondren
• Mackenzie S. Gillette
• Lauren E. Hall
• Natalie J. Harkness
• Rana H. Huwais
• Diana G. Kernen
• Kylie L. Klotz
• Joseph W. Krzciok
• Sheridan H. Leinbach
• Paige R. McDowell
• Delia R. Nieves
• Heather C. Phipps
• Ashlynn R. Reed
• Alura D. Reed
• Hayden L. Rentschler
• Abigail A. Rose
• James M. Storey
• Sarah M. Stovall
• Andrew W. Zauner

Phi Beta Kappa Academic Achievement Recognition

Each year, the Beta Chapter recognizes second and third-year students with the highest scholastic achievement. Those individuals include:

From the Class of 2025

• Kara L. Anderson
• Tess T. Anthony
• Fox S. Dennis
• Jack R. Erickson
• Katherine V. Faglie
• Kyndall R. Lewis
• Kevie A. Lamour
• Kearney S. Miller
• Dana R. Parker
• Hope E. Wasoski
• Jay K. Weekly

From the Class of 2026

• Bella Bakeman
• Brandon Blake
• Cooper W. Bright
• Enkhmaa Buyanbadrakh
• Seph V. Cartier
• Anna K. Cochrane
• Olivia R. Colletti
• Abby K. Dombrowski
• Autumn B. Eles
• Enkhtushig Enkhbat
• Naomi L. Gut
• Annika E. Lindstrom
• Brandon Lipson
• Bonnie F. Lord
• Karsen A. Mellado
• Brendan J. Mulcahy
• Gabriel Peraino
• Lindsay Ratcliffe
• Bailey M. Stormzand

Sigma Xi New Members

Sigma Xi, a national honorary society that promotes the promise of science and technology, was established at Albion College in 1960. Members are usually seniors who have demonstrated outstanding research potential. New members for 2024 include:

• Lauren M. Busuito
• Kelvin T. Crone-Willis
• Theodore H. Hirschfield
• Brianna B. Lopez
• Rodney D. Mitchell
• Alexis G. Moss
• Vedha P. Reddy
• Sathwik V. Reddy
• Elle A. Robert
• Noah V. Rollison
• Alaina L. Shepardson
• Ikatari N. Swope
• Paul D. Volesky

Class of 2024 Highest Academic Achievement

The following eight students from the Class of 2024, which graduates May 4, completed their Albion College careers with a grade point average of 4.0.

• Margaret Cash — psychology major, communication studies minor
• Gabriella Monacelli — anthropology major, English minor
• Elena Mourad – theatre major
• Lucy Nevrly – English major, art history minor
• Laila Ortega Velasco – anthropology and sociology major, philosophy minor
• Chase Potter – biochemistry major
• Kyle Schaaf – kinesiology—exercise science major
• Andrew Sowa – finance major

Albion College Fellows New 2023 Members

Albion College Fellows include students who attain a 3.7 grade point average for three successive semesters, while carrying four units of credit and being graded in at least three of those courses. This honor is given only once during a student’s Albion career. The following students received this honor in Spring 2023 or Fall 2023:

• Zoya K. Ahmed
• Killian Altayeb
• Madilyn M. Archambeau
• Maralgoo Ariunbaatar
• Henry Bacolor
• Gerelmaa Batjargal
• Jillian R. Bentley
• Ella Bolster
• Theodore P. Brimblecombe
• Peyton M. Brooks
• Cassidy L. Burgess
• Leilani R. Casteele
• Bryn M. Cavanaugh
• Sean P. Cooper
• Ali Dakroub
• Ryan G. Deibis
• Rachel E. Doree
• Joseph R. Dorsch
• Heidi K. Faramelli
• Lauren B. Farley
• Kellie A. Flynn
• Anudari Gansukh
• Victoria L. Gierach
• Cole M. Giesige
• Ella C. Hardwick
• Nathaniel J. Herula
• Maria C. Heyboer
• Tucker J. Hubbard
• Aminaa Injinash
• Katelynn B. Kandow
• Emma E. Kastl
• Zak A. Kelly
• Jocelyn A. Kincaid-Beal
• Olivia K. Koshorek
• Brady E. Kusak
• Payton E. Landry
• Caroline R. Lippitt
• Marco R. Lucchesi
• Brandon D. Luttig
• Brooklynn S. Lyos
• Allesandro Mancino
• Madeline J. Manion
• Grace E. Martin
• Madison G. McGraw
• Miranda G. McKee
• Ryan A. Meldrum
• Adam T. Mills
• Diana Pallares
• Isabelle F. Patel
• Fabrizio G. Raciti
• Kayli E. Renaud
• Leslie E. Rivas
• Shaelyn Robinson
• Omar K. Saeed
• Tricia J. Sankiewicz
• Benjamin A. Schollett
• Jaclynn A. Scroggs
• Uma S. Shuford Williams
• Brenna P. Staley
• Cal M. Stearns
• Thomas W. Stout
• Amariah N. Talley-Woodson
• Camila Tapia
• Alyce S. Vermilya
• Arielle E. Vermilya
• Alliyah L. Vesper
• Jordan R. Vidojevski
• Abigail R. Watson
• Madison F. Wilbur
• Andrew M. Woods
• Madison E. Wood

2024 Departmental Award Recipients

The following awards are granted by individual academic departments in recognition of exceptional academic achievement.

Robert B. Notestein Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anthropology and Sociology

• Donna Avina

Len & Ramona Berkey Award in Sociology

• Isaac Hautala
• Rhiannon Slotnik

Outstanding Art History Prize

• Rana Huwais

Outstanding Senior Studio Art Major Award

• Lauren Farley

Lyman S.V. Judson Endowed Award in Biological Science

• Andrew Cameron
• Noah Rollison
• Abigail Rose

Barbara Putnam Smith ’74, Endowed Award in Natural Resources

• Alaina Shepardson

Merton Chickering Endowed Prize in Biology

David L. Randall Award for the Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major

• Avery Campbell
• Elle Robert
• Paul Volesky

Mark E. Putnam Memorial Chemistry Award

• Tess Anthony
• Aishat Fagun
• Max Griffin
• Ella Hardwick
• Dana Parker

Communication Studies Prize in Memory of Charles Baldwin, Henrietta Bancroft, Bishop Joseph Berry, Catherine Hicks Glathart, George Bowen Silliman, and Elsie Verner

• Keiley Black
• Bryn Cavanaugh
• Jacqueline Jozefczyk
• Conor Mcpartlin
• Marissa Price
• Jadlyn Riley
• Watchen Roberts
• Sarah Stovall
• Nathan Vesper

Center for Sustainability Outstanding Senior

• Abigail Coleman
• Paige McDowell
• Ashlynn Reed
• Uma Shuford Williams

J Harlan Bretz Award for the Outstanding Senior Geology Major

Bill & Virginia Dunn Alumni Award for Outstanding Junior Geology Major

Departmental Award for Outstanding Senior Environmental Science Major

• Delia Nieves

Alumni Award for the Outstanding Junior Environmental Science or Studies Major

• Kelvin Crone-Willis

Alumni Award for the Outstanding Sophomore Environmental Science or Studies Major

• Grace Halstead

Alumni Award for the Outstanding Sophomore Geology Major

• Bonnie Lord

Faculty Leadership Award in Geology

A. Tarr Award for Outstanding Scholarship & Leadership in Geology

• Sidney Childers

Outstanding Senior Economics & Management Major and Delta Sigma Pi Award

• Brandon Camfield

Outstanding Senior Economics & Management Major

• Tate Herman
• Kylie Klotz
• Andrew Zauner

Maynard Aris Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Economics & Management

• Jacqueline Kallis
• Meagan Lasky

Walter A. Terpenning Award in Economics & Management for Scholarship & Service

• Kaitlyn Hernandez-Lampron

Maurice Branch Award for Research or Scholarship by a Senior Economics & Management Major

Larry Steinhauer Award for Scholarship in Economics & Management

George R. Reed Endowed Prize in Elementary Education

• Quinn Natschke
• Bryon Wilkinson

Sally A. and Forrest W. Heaton Prize for the Outstanding English Major

Judith A Lockyer Award for Excellence in Literary Study

• Leslie Rivas

Mary Collar Explicator Award

• Joshua Baylor
• Liberty Eaton

Senior Writing Prize

• Elizabeth Dicks

Robert Gildart ’39, Memorial Creative Writing Prizes

• First Place Drama: Seph Cartier
• First Place Fiction: Ticheal Jackson
• First Place Poetry: Lynsey Light

Rae S. Corliss ’23, Endowed Pleiad Prize

• Juan Rodriguez

President Gerald R. Ford Leadership Award

• Jordon Loukotka
• Daniel Saunders

Michael A. Dively Endowed Leadership Award

• Emily Abramczyk
• Sheridan Leinbach
• Nicklas Penabaker

Sharon ‘Zo’ Gates Rees Prize for Women in Public Office

• Kaitlyn Cobian

Julian S. Rammelkamp Award in American History

Outstanding Student in International Studies

• Stephanie Ledezma

Charlotte Duff Endowed Prize for Junior Woman in Exercise Science

• Hope Wasoski

Jo Dunn Elkin Isaac Outstanding Senior Kinesiology Major Award

• Philip Aukema
• Jenna Schienke

Kinesiology Mentoring Award

• Theodore Brimblecombe

Ron Fryxell Award in Computer Science

• Shannon Barba
• Binderiya Tumurchuluun

The Cathy L. Young Endowed Awards in French

• Level One: Eric Lucas
• Level Two: Amoy Chang
• Level Three: Anthony Allen, Jr., Madeleine Rais

Jean Keller Memorial Endowed Essay in Spanish

• Level Two First Place: Elyse Weirich
• Level Three First Place, Best Creative Writing: Alison Harvey
• Level Three First Place, Heritage Language Learner Best Academic Paper: Aline Malagon
• Level Three Second Place, Heritage Language Learner Best Academic Paper: Kaitlyn Hernandez-Lampron
• Level Three First Place, Second Language Learner Best Academic Paper: Jay Weekly

Jay Olson Memorial Essay in German

• Level One: Honor Slocum
• Level Two: Sophie Aheimer
• Level Three: Jana Rajab

Louis Upton Rowland Award for Outstanding Senior Music Major

• Luke Rivard

Robert and Ruth Deal Music Prize

Marjorie Rogers Dick Memorial Music Prize

• Skye Dickson
• Tate Nelson

Earl R. Slocum Band Award

• Lucas Kinney

Jacqueline Maag Music History Prize

• Benjamin Harkness

Philip Mason Orchestra Award

Conway Peters Memorial Prize

Music Department Commendation Awards

Jack F. Padgett Award in Philosophy

• Dan Saunders

H.E. Pettersen Prize for the Outstanding Sophomore Physics Major

• Kaelyn Ruiter

David Seely Endowed Award in Physics

• Damion Gehres

Royal G. Hall Political Science Prize

• Mackenzie Gillette
• Kearney Miller

David K. and Patricia B. Hogberg Award for Research Excellence in Psychology

• Rodney Mitchell

Ned Garvin Award in Neuroscience

Barbara J. Keyes Community Engagement Award

• Malena Solis

Joseph Heston Award for the Outstanding Senior Psychology Major

• Lauren Busuito

Excellence in Human Services Award

• Riley David

Kirsten D. Metalonis Summer Research Fellowship

• Jamie Butts

John and Williemae Cheek Award for the Outstanding Religious Studies Student

• Dany Martinez

Albion College Bible Foundation Prize

• Jacob Bement
• Jacson Stanton

Beulah G. Champ Award in Drama

• Cass Burgess
• Alison Harvey
• Orion Hower

Helen Manning Prize in Theatre

• Jillian Bentley

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Award

• Mo Hernandez

Honors Program Class of 2024

The following students have successfully fulfilled the requirements of the Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program and will receive their degrees with Albion College Honors.

• Donna K. Avina
• Shannon C. Barba
• Andrew M. Cameron
• Sabrina E. Fitzgerald
• Kaitlyn D. Hernandez-Lampron
• Delia U. Johnson
• Stephanie Ledezma Gonzalez
• Logan McLaughlin
• Marissa M. Price

Class of 2024 Departmental Honors

The following students completed an original research thesis as part of their academic major coursework and will graduate with honors in their major department.

• Rae L. Baker, Departmental Honors in Biology
• Madeline D. Budd, Departmental Honors in Biochemistry
• Lauren M. Busuito, Departmental Honors in Psychological Science
• Theodore H. Hirschfield, Departmental Honors in Biochemistry
• Diana G. Kernen, Departmental Honors in Biochemistry
• Alexis G. Moss, Departmental Honors in Biochemistry
• Noah V. Rollison, Departmental Honors in Biochemistry
• Paul D. Volesky, Departmental Honors in Biochemistry

Lux Fiat Student Leadership Awards

In addition, five students received the Albion College Lux Fiat Award , which bears the name of the motto of Albion College and recognizes seniors who have served as role models or “beacons of light” for their peers. The award honors four students who have excelled in the areas of academic achievement, commitment to diversity, service to the Albion community, and campus involvement. The Lux Fiat honor was created to celebrate and make examples of these students who exemplify the principles and traditions of Albion College.

• Kye Bristow ’24, Jackson, MI
• Stephanie Ledezma ’24, Garland, TX
• Marrissa Price ’24, Saginaw, MI
• Rodney Mitchell ’24, Saginaw, MI
• Aminaa Injinash ’24, Ulaanabaatar, Mongolia

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THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY CREATION

1993 how the construction company remstroy was created   the year 1993 was a period when a lot of construction companies, which had been working successfully during the soviet times and had rich staff capacity, were forced to cease their activity for various reasons. a lot of capable specialists either had to look for another job or change their field. but there were also those who were willing to realise their potential in the field of construction in accordance with the received degree and the experience they had accumulated. thus, in 1993 in elektrostal (moscow oblast) a group of specialists and people sharing each other’s ideas, who had enormous educational background and the highest degree in architecture, organized and registered ooo firm erg which began its rapid development and successful work, offering its service both on the construction market and other areas. 2000 industrial construction is the main area   seven years of successful work have shown that combining different types of activities in the same company is not always convenient. and in the year 2000 the founders of ooo firm erg decided to create and register a monoprofile construction company ooo remstroy construction company. industrial construction was chosen as the priority area. it was in this area that the directors of ooo sk remstroy began their working life and grew as specialists. in order to achieve the set goal, they selected a mobile team of professionals in the field of industrial construction, which allows us to cope with the tasks assigned to ooo sk remstroy throughout russia and the near abroad. 2010 manufacturing of metal structures   we possess modern equipment that allows us to carry out the entire cycle of works on the manufacture of metal structures of any complexity without assistance. designing – production – installation of metal structures. a staff of professionals and well-coordinated interaction of the departments let us carry out the work as soon as possible and in accordance with all customer’s requirements.” extract from the list of members of self-regulatory organizations, construction.

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