Eighth Annual
Kathryn L. Harris Women's Studies Paper Competition
The UAH Women's Studies program awards annual prizes for undergraduate and graduate papers that deal substantially with women or women's issues. The contest will accept submissions in two categories:  academic/non-fiction and creative.  Each category will offer a first prize of $100 and a second prize of  $50. The winners will be honored at the Liberal Arts Honors Day, April 8, 2008.  Papers should be submitted to Erin Reid in the Department of Sociology (344 Morton Hall) by March 3, 2008.

Submission Rules and Assessment Criteria

Winners in 2007

First Prize: Ruth Johnson
"Give a Little, Take a Little: Sovereignty in Relationships in The Weddynge of Sir Gawen and Dame Ragnelle"
Written for EH 440 Sex, Violence, and the Law in Literature (Kathleen Kennedy)

Second Prize: Veronica R. Ferreira
“The Causes of the Decline of Midwifery in Europe and the United States”
Written for HY 390 Women in Modern European History (Molly Johnson)

 Third Prize: Gloria Powell
“If You Could Hear Me: A Collection of Monologues”
Written for CM 122, Theater Appreciation (David Harwell)

 
For questions about the competition, please contact Dr. Molly Johnson, 824-2566 johnsomw@uah.edu or Dr. Angela Balla, 824-2378 angela.balla@uah.edu

(left to right) Veronica Ferreira, Gloria Powell, and Ruth Johnson

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