2020 English Celebration
1st Year Composition Awards
- Initial Reflection – Amitoj Kaur “The Definition Of Activism”
(ENG 111, Sara Baxter) - Rhetorical Analysis – Ashlyn Underhill “Worn Around the World”
(ENG 111, Ruwanthi Edirisinghe) - Argument – Yaxin Mao “Do Emojis Cause Miscommunication?”
(ENG 109, Rashad Ahmed) - Remediation – Meg Goldberg “Truth Still Hurts”
(ENG 111, Rachel Giesel Grimm) - ENG 108 / 109 Award – Jian Ang “Are You a Feminist of Today?”
(ENG 109, Rashad Ahmed)
Mary Jo Priest Awards
Sophie Thompson “Baroque Bloodbath: Judith Slaying Holofernes”
(ENG 223 Rhetorical Strategies for Writers – John Mauk)
Anthony Raffin “Broken Pledges: Understanding Hazing in Order to End It”
(BWS 211, Writing with a Purpose – Tammy Brown)
Greer Hepburn Awards
- Theo Mesnick "Where wheels crunch over train tracks, a watcher with a wet face" and other poems (ENG 330, Intermediate Creative Writing, Poetry, Cathy Wagner)
- Chloe Murdock "Tortillas in Ohio", fiction or creative non-fiction
(LAS 277, Independent Study, Stephanie Alcantar) - Caroline Igo "The Untouchables"
(ENG 423, Advanced Creative Nonfiction, TaraShea Nesbit) - Elizabeth Brueggeman “Moving On”
(ENG 323, Advanced Creative Nonfiction, Daisy Hernandez)
Almy Awards
- Anthony Raffin “Nother and Child Reunion: Stephen’s Maternal Nightmare in Ulysses”
(ENG 440, Major English & American Writer: Joyce, Keith Tuma)
- Ethan Maguire “Medical Malpractice and the Mythologized Black Body”
(ENG 338, African American Literature 1946 - present, Stefanie Dunning)
Edward J. Montaine Awards
- Briah Lumpkins "Racism in Recensio: A history of racism at Miami University" and other articles, journalism (Joe Sampson)
- Cassiani Avouris “Above the Water’s Clear Glass, Shadows Casting Down”
- Shelby Rice "Monster Manual” (Daisy Hernandez)
Bookwalter Award
Elli Carder
“You are dying”
(ENG 226: Intro to Creative Writing, Chris Murphy)
“You are dying”
(ENG 226: Intro to Creative Writing, Chris Murphy)
Literature Award
Lauren Miles
“The ‘Unnatural Resolution’: Governing and Rape in Edward II”
(ENG 490, Queer Renaissance Sexualities, Jim Bromley)
“The ‘Unnatural Resolution’: Governing and Rape in Edward II”
(ENG 490, Queer Renaissance Sexualities, Jim Bromley)
Linguistics Award
Anthony Raffin
BWS 250, Language in African-American Communities
Jacquelyn Rahman
BWS 250, Language in African-American Communities
Jacquelyn Rahman
Gordon and Mary Wilson Scholarships
- Anthony Raffin – “Rites of Passage: A Reading of The First Quarto of Romeo and Juliet”
(ENG 372, Shakespeare’s Principal Plays, Early Works – Jim Bromley) - Erin Adelman – “More Than Its Weight”
(ENG/BWS 338: African American Writing, 1945-Present – Cheryl Johnson) - Kathleen Stumph – “The Future is Female: The Changing Face of Modern Feminist Literature”
(ENG 298: Intro to Literary and Cultural Studies – Nalin Jayasena) - Shannon Conroy – “Side Effects of Human Interactions”
(ENG 298: Intro to Literary and Cultural Studies – Stefanie Dunning)
Craver-Overton Scholarship
Leanne Stahulak
“Someone’s Always Watching - You”
(ENG 356: Women and Gender in Film – Katie Johnson)
Baehr Scholarship
Theo Mesnick
“Where wheels crunch over train tracks, a watcher with a wet face”
(ENG 330, Intermediate Creative Writing, Poetry – Cathy Wagner)
Cathleen S. Denny Creative Writing Scholarship
Caroline Igo
“Untouchables”
(ENG 423 Advanced Creative Nonfiction – TaraShea Nesbit)
Department Honors Projects
Anna Maltbie – “The Paper Person: A Comparative Analysis of Rhetoric and Truth in Environmental Economics, Literature, and Policy. ”
Mentor: Anita Mannur | Readers: John Mauk and Timothy Lockridge
Mary Bush – “Defining Blackness: The Problems with Authenticating the Black Experience in both the Antebellum Period and Modern America”
Mentor: Michele Navakas | Readers: Stefanie Dunning and Cheryl Johnson
Undergraduate Summer Scholars
Janelle Hart – “Heart: A Book of Short Stories Examining the Complexities of Love and Relationships”
(Margaret Luongo)
Alyah Cruz – “An Exploration of Race in Fantasy Literature”
(Stefanie Dunning)
Theo Mesnick – "Illuminating Shadows: An exploration of the role of Judaism in the paintings of Marc Chagall" (Cathy Wagner)
Senior Prizes
Creative Work
- Tobias Paul - “Every Name I've Never Been”
(ENG 387, Studies in Poetry | cris cheek) - Quinn Karrenbauer - “Nona”
(ENG 420, Advanced Fiction Writing | TaraShea Nesbit)
Critical Essay
- Mikel Prater - “The Political Prince: Challenging Western Hegemony through Adaptation and Translation of Hamlet”
(FST 401, Seminar in Film Study | Hugo Rios) - Delaney Heisterkamp - “Oh, Mood: Cottagecore and the Aesthetics of Nostalgia on Social Media”
(ENG 495R, Capstone in Rhetoric/Writing | John Mauk)
Public Argument
- Anna Maltbie - “New Ways to Understand Natural Disasters: Lessons Taken from Asian American Ecocriticism”
(ENG 429, Environmental Communication | Michele Simmons) - Viengsamai Fetters
“Review: The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh”
(ENG Independent Study | Margaret Luongo)
Havighurst Prizes
Jenny Robinson & Janelle Hart
Sigma Tau Delta Essay Contest
Literary Essay Winner – Megan Copenhave
Critical Essay – Meg Matthias
Academy of American Poets
- Graduate Award | Betty Jane Abrahams Memorial Poetry Prize
Jack Nachmanovitch - Undergraduate Award | Harris S. Abrahams Poetry Prize
Delaney Heisterkamp
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Awards
Jen Sammons
(Creative Writing, MFA)
Megan Schoettler
(Composition & Rhetoric, PhD)
Jordan-Goodman Graduate Awards
- Creative Nonfiction: Frenci Nguyen – “Closing the Distance”
- Poetry: Dylan Ecker – “Bike Ride to Union County, Indiana”
- Fiction: Dylan Ecker – “Garbage Arcade”
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
- Poetry: Trevor Root
- Creative Nonfiction: Louisa Pavlik and Sam Gutelle
- Fiction: Matt Boyarsky
