AWARDS & OPPORTUNITIES
Best Project Award
The Best Project awards are made possible by a fund established in honor of the founding Director of the Maryland Honors Program, Dr. John Portz upon his retirement. The award consists of a certificate and a prize of $50.00. A committee of Honors faculty and staff reviews all submissions (self nominations or nominations from faculty) and selects the prize winners. There are two principal categories for the award. The first is scholarly papers in any area, either critical, analytical, or experimental. The second category is creative projects in writing, visual, or performing arts. The submissions must have arisen from an Honors course, either an Honors seminar, an H-version, an Honors independent study, or a college of departmental Honors course. Award winners are announced at the Spring Honors Citation ceremony.
HONORS BEST PROJECT AWARD WINNERS FROM THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS:
Best Project Award Winners Spring 2005
Category I: Scholarly papers
Joshua Bandoch
Healing a Sick State: Rousseauian and Constantian Methods for Fixing
States in Peril
This paper was originally submitted to GVPT8481 Constitutionalism: the
French Antecedents: Pascal Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Constant taught
by Professor Charles Butterworth.
Patrick Hughes
A Titanic Struggle in Texas
This paper was originally submitted to HONR378I Congressional Elections:
Campaigning for Congress taught by Dr. Paul Herrnson.
Amy Robbins
The Extremes of Perfection
This paper was originally submitted to HONR268Z Mask, Image, Identity:
the Mystery of the Face taught by Honors Senior Lecturer Dr. Sarah Pleydell.
Michael Schaffer
A Critical Evaluation of Paul Hollander's Political Pilgrims
This paper was originally submitted to HIST395: The Honors seminar in
Historiography taught by Dr. Art Eckstein.
Kathleen Miller
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996: An Analysis in Two Parts
This paper was originally submitted to HONR238J Making Public Policy in
America taught by Professor David Falk
Category II: Creative projects
Elissa Washuta
Short story: Through the Window
This short story was originally submitted to HONR359A The Honors Writing
Workshop taught by Honors Senior Lecturer Dr. Sibbie O'Sullivan
Shaoqing Zhou
Poem: 60's Music Survey
This poem was originally submitted to HONR248W America in the 1960's taught
by Dr. John Newman
Best Project Award Winners - Spring 2004
Category I: Scholarly Papers
Kenneth Chambers Project: Can a Good Lawyer Lead a Good Life?
Originally submitted to HONR 249V Lawyers and the Adversary System taught
by Professor Gary Pavela
Mati Chareonvaravut Project: Life's Liability Covenant through the
Eyes of Mohandas Ghandi
Originally submitted to HONR249I The Examined Life taught by Dr. John
Burt
Rachel Hines Project: Bodies at our Door: Alexander Gardner and the Foundations of Photojournalism originally submitted to HONR 258S The History of Photography taught by Dr. Doug Lewis
Irene Liu Project: The Influence of Sibling Relationships on the Development of the Self-Concept originally submitted to HONR208U Meeting the Multiple Me's: Developmental Origins of the Integrated Young Adult Self taught by Dr. Ann Battle
Gretta Walters Project: The Effects of Globalization on the Spread and Cure of Infectious Diseases originally submitted to GVPT 409H Seminar in International Relations and World Politics : Technology and Politics of the Future taught by Dr. Dennis Pirages
Emily Winston Project: Assessing the Role of Slavery in the Portrayal Of History at Historical Sites an Honors Independent Study Project supervised by Dr. Lori J. Dance of the Department of Sociology
Category II: Creative Projects
Alyson Skloot Project: A short story entitled A Dream Come True originally submitted to HOR 258T Tools of Ficti on taught by Honors Assistant Director Dean Hebert
Kurt Pfund Project: A poem entitled Return to Cradle Mountain Tasmania originally submitted to the Honors Writing Workshop taught By Dr. Sibbie O'Sullivan
Best Project Award Winners - Spring 2003
Category I: Scholarly Papers
David M. Didion Project: Theories of Mind, Theory Revision, and Cognitive Penetrability originally submitted to PHIL 498F taught by Dr. Peter Carruthers
Sarah W. Goldberg Project: Rising form the Ruins: Rebuilding New York's World Trade Center originally submitted to HONR 218M The Search for an American Architecture taught by Dr. Doug Lewis
Meghan Lyon Project: The Lincoln and Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Origins and Interaction originally submitted to HONR 218M The Search for an American Architecture taught by Dr. Doug Lewis
Michael S. Schaffer Project: The Architecture of the University of Virginia originally submitted to HONR 218M taught by Dr. Doug Lewis
Ceala Breen-Portnoy Project: A la Mort, Pierre!! (To the Death, Pierre ): The French Perspective on WWI originally submitted to HONR 219E, Achilles in the Trenches taught by Dr. Elizabeth Vandiver
Category II: Creative Projects
Laura Erdman Project: My Brother's Keeper originally submitted to
HONR 298M Shaping Our Losses: Creativity and the Experience of Grief taught by Dr. Judith Paterson
Punne (Kate) Chan Project: "Dear World, F@ck You": The Story of an Angry Teen originally submitted to HONR 298 M
taught by Dr. Judith Paterson
Rachel Hoult Project: The Female Body is Problematic originally submitted to HONR 259S The Body and Literature
taught by Dr. Sibbie O'Sullivan
