Writing Contest

Personal Inquiry Essay

• Winner: Brandon Dor, "A Blind Mind's Eye"
• Finalists:
  • Ashley Crandall, "I Am Just Like Him"
  • Mmedo Etor, "My Fascinating Hair"
     

Analysis Inquiry Essay

• Winner: Atkia Nazifa, "Shadows of Surveillance"
• Finalists:
  • Ethan San Pedro, "The Lobster Dilemma"
  • Oscar Umana, "Universal Access to Knowledge"
     

Conversation Inquiry Essay

• Winner: Jovanie Williams, "How Has Contemporary Redlining Contributed to the Depleted Mental Health and the ‘Strong Black Women’ Ideal That is Held in Black Communities?”
• Finalists:
  • Anastasiia Kurenkova, "Factors That Led to Lead Poisoning in Children Aged 0-5 Years From the Past and Present”
  • Ethan San Pedro, "Zonings Place in Modern Sustainability"

Personal Inquiry Essay

• Winner: Laurens Dunham, "Insert Fitting Title Here"
• Finalists:
  • Eliza Walker, "Finding Community"
  • Bathya Natanova, "Untitled"
     

Analysis Inquiry Essay

• Winner: Arely Gonzalez Hernandez, "The Extrinsic Impact of Sociopolitical Factors on Child Language Brokering"
• Finalists:
  • Laurens Dunham, "Tennessee Transphobia"
  • Kenzie Koster, "Oh, Bats!"
     

Conversation Inquiry Essay

• Winner: Arely Gonzalez Hernandez, "Child translators at the doctor’s office? The Controversial Use of Child Language Brokers in the Medical Setting"
• Finalists:
  • Ethan Gish, "Gun Violence, How Could a Developed Country Look Like This?"
  • Meagan Leung, "The Impact Exposure to Nature has on the Immune System: The Misconceptions, False Narratives, and Negative Impact of Poor Public Health Education"

Winner: Sharie Rhea, “Upside Down” 

Finalists:  

• Alisha Lai, “Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical World” 

• Abigail Lee, “Missing the Old Her” 
   

Winner: Allison Quaranto, “An Analysis on the Psychological Effects on Children of Alcoholic Parents” 

Finalists:  

• Isabella Yaghy, “Coinciding Dangerous Themes in the Porn Industry and 'The Husband Stitch'”  

• Hayley Moskowitz, “The Inner Workings of ALS Research”  
   

Winner: Julie Hong, "A Time of Revolution in Iran" 

Finalists: 

• Isabella Yaghy, “The Relationship Between Mainstream Porn and Nonconsensual Porn in Domestic Abuse and How It Relates to ‘The Husband Stitch’”  

• Sharie Rhea, “Destigmatizing Divorce: Why Divorce Can Be the Best Option for the Health of Adolescent Relationships”  

• Hayley Moskowitz, “How the FDA is Hindering ALS Treatment”

Winner: Emma Rumney, “That Which We Hold and That Which Holds Us”   

Finalists: 

• Ashley Badger, “Trials of a Perfectionist” 

• Brianna Broome, “A Strange Memory” 

• Kelsey Classen, “Fear of the Known” 
   

Winner: Kate Bucek, “Lost in Translation: The Impact of Translation Theory on Literature Translations”

Finalists:  

• J.T. Stone, “Romantic Competence”  

• Seamus Mooney, “Why Parentally Bereaved Youth Face Unique Challenges” 

• Ashley Badger, “An Unconscious Paradox: Examining the Ironic Parallel between Perfectionism and a Damaging, Deficient Self-Construct” 
   

Winner: Kelsey Classen, “Fairy Tales, Cultural Diffusion, and Childhood Development” 

Finalists: 

• Taina K. Stevens, “Staying in the Family: Familism and Formal Support Systems of Latina Mothers with Children with Intellectual Disorders” 

• J.T. Stone, “Know Thyself” 

Winner: Grace Wright, "The Spider and the Web"

Finalists:  

•  Alyssa Kamara, “Self Reflection from a Communal Dorm Bathroom” 

• Bhumika Devkota, “A Decade of Questioning”
   

Winner: Alyssa Kamara, "Violence through Silence" 

Finalists:  

• Owen Hebert, “Missing Information: Analyzing Content Analyses of U.S. History Textbooks” 

• Andy Dong, “Predicting Impact of Gentrification Sunset Park” 
   

Winner: Deborah Hoyte, "The Lasting Effects of Black Movies" 

Finalists: 

• Bhumika Devkota, “The Recognition and Implementation of Intersectionality in the Medical Field” 

• Axelle LaBaw, “Flattening the Curve in New York: Correctional Health is Public Health” 

Winner: MacKenzie Brown, “But We Didn’t”

Finalists:  

•  Leah Gardner, “Who Am I?” 

• Caroline Sherwin, “Playing the Game”
   

Winner: Danielle Modica, “Young Career Decision-Making in Modern America”

Finalists:  

• Sarah Hudi, “Concussions and Symptoms” 

• Victoria Doherty, “Behind Barred Doors” 
   

Winner: MacKenzie Brown, “Modern United States Police Interrogation Techniques: Effective or Cruel?”

Finalists: 

• Sarah Hudi, “Baseline Testing” 

• Pavel Fedarynau, “Fairytale Therapy in the Modern World” 

Winner: Astrid Marz, “Shame”

Finalists:  

•  William Besterman, "Rain on the Fairgrounds" 

• Kavipriya (Kavi) Kovai Palanivel, "The Theory Behind a Vacuum" 
   

Winner: Monica Alexander, “Exposing Racial Injustice with Poetry"

Finalists:  

• Michael Caggianelli, "Civil Court Rulings on Child Custody" 

• Kavipriya (Kavi) Kovai Palanivel, "Metaphors: The Key to Representing the Intersectional Nature and Causes of Oppression" 
   

Winner: Gianna Gjelaj, “Louisiana’s Teen Pregnancies”

Finalists: 

• Monica Alexander, “An Alternative Definition of “Black”: Challenging Hollywood’s Attempt at Inclusion” 

• Madeleine Wadeson, “An Argument for Modern Media in Politics” 

• Kavipriya (Kavi) Kovai Palanivel, “The Vitality of an Intersectional Perspective When Considering the Social Identity and Oppression of African American Women”

Winner: Sumaiya Nasir, “I am a Woman of Color and That is Something to be Celebrated”

Finalists:  

•  Youssef Jalwaj-Soubai, “New Beginnings” 

• Karishma Persuad, “The ‘Right’ Way”
   

Winner: Mehr Sharma, “The Roots of Schizophrenia: The Effects of Growing Up with a Schizophrenic Parent” 

Finalists:  

• Nazafat Jarrin, “US Foreign Policy on Religious Persecution” 

• Justina Moczulski, “A Conversation with the World” 
   

Winner: Karishma Persaud, “Children and Nature – There’s a Connection” 

Finalists: 

• Justice June, “On How We May Prevent Recidivism in the United States” 

• Jasmine Buenaventura, “Acculturation: Dominant and Ethnic Relationship Formation Scale” 

Winner: Milani Hendrickson, “Black Girl Identified”

Finalists:  

• Thomas Cantrell, “Thank You, Bloodborne” 

• Caitlyn Zon, “I Couldn't Even Decide on a Title” 
   

Winner: Olivia Thomas, “An Analysis of the Research on Prevalence and Perpetuation of Emotional Abuse in Relationships”

Finalists:  

• Barbara Boutin, “Vaccines and the Return of Measles” 

• Ashley Perry, “How Personal Experience Can Alter Perception” 
   

Winner: Thu Hoang, “Immigration in the Long Run: A Mutually Beneficial Process”

Finalists: 

• Ashley Perry, “Defying Traditions of the Epistolary Form"

• Caitlyn Zon, “The Relationship Between Anxiety and Eating Disorders: Finding the Connection”