Sociology & Anthropology
National and Regional Awards
2013
Kristi Lenderman (2013) “Chilean Intercultural Education and Contentious Identities: Constructions of Sexuality and Gender in the Mapuche Community”
- Second Place, 2013 Undergraduate Paper Competition, Southwestern Anthropological Association
Megan Robinson (2013) “I’m Feeding the World Tonight: The Impact of Moral Identity Standards on Mobile Loaves and Fishes Homeless Outreach Ministry.”
- Second Place, 2013 Undergraduate Paper Competition, Alpha Kappa Delta (national sociology honors society)
2012
Zoe Martin (2012) “A Whole New Brawl Game”: Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby as a Site for Counter-Hegemonic Resistance”
- First Place in the 2012 Student Paper Competition, Southwestern Anthropological Association
Kristen McCollum (2012) “The Art of Collective Identity: How an Art from the Streets Program Fosters a Sense of Community Among the Homeless”
- 2012 Odum Award for Best Undergraduate Paper, Southern Sociological Society
- The first ever Shearn Writing Award in the Social Sciences, Southwestern University
2011
Ursula James (2011) “The Emergence of Hoi An: World Heritage Status and Global Tourism in Vietnam”
- First place, 2011 Annual Student Paper Competition by the Southern Anthropological Society “and the paper is the feature article in the Southern Anthropological Society Winter 2012 SAS Newsletter (Volume 4, Issue 2).”
Toni Nietfeld (2011) ‘Welcome to Hell’: The Role of Framing and Recruitment in Saving Souls.”
- Honorable mention, 2011 Odum Award for Best Undergraduate Paper, Southern Sociological Society
- Third place, 2011 Undergraduate Paper Competition, Alpha Kappa Delta (national sociology honors society)
2010
Jessica Herbst (2010) “‘Sometimes You Have to Sell Your Soul a Little Bit:’ Maintaining Meaning and Identity in the Midst of Non-Profit Politics”
- 2010 Odum Award for Best Undergraduate Paper, Southern Sociological Society
2009
Nicole Powell (‘09) “‘Little Gay Ghandis’: Providing a Safe Space and Empowering Sexual Minorities”
- 2009 Odum Award for Best Undergraduate Paper, Southern Sociological Society
- Third place, 2009 Undergraduate Paper Competition, Alpha Kappa Delta (national sociology honors society)
2007
Meagan M. Elliott (‘07), “Locating Jewish Identity in Poland: Thoughts and Photographs”
- Winner of the 2007 Undergraduate Paper Competition, Alpha Kappa Delta (national sociolology honors society)
- 2007 Odum Award for Best Undergraduate Paper, Southern Sociological Society
- 2007 Junior Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Sociology
Nathan Turner (‘07), “Screw You, We’re from Texas: The Politics of Place and the Power to Resist in Texas Country Music”
- First Place in the 2007 Student Paper Competition, Southwestern Anthropological Association
- 2007 Junior Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Anthropology
2006
Alexandra O. Hendley (‘06), “Barreras del Lenguage: Children’s Negotiation of Adult-Created Exclusionary Structures”
- 2006 Odum Award for Best Undergraduate Paper, Southern Sociological Society
- Winner of the 2006 Undergraduate Paper Competition, Alpha Kappa Delta (national sociolology honors society)
