2011
Prizewinners
Rose Blondin (Emmanuel College), "I Had a Choice": Evelyn Salt as Third Wave Action Hero
Amy Caine (University of Massachusetts Boston), To Be Lighter than a Feather: A Multi-racial Teenager's Search for Identity and Inclusion through Dance in Sigrid Nunez's A Feather on the Breath of God
Matthew Kleinman (University of New Hampshire), Liberated Improvisation: The Pursuit of Free Expression through Jazz
Honorable Mentions
Safiya Jardine (Lesley College), Sex and Gender Roles: African-American Families
Alexandra Obolensky (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), A History of Her Own: Assia Djebar Writes Back to the Empire in Fantsia: An Algerian Cavalcade
Amanda Ray (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Shepard Fairey: National Artist, World Activist
Sawyer Theriault (University of New Hampshire), Writing in Jazz: Identity and Multiculturalism in Jazz Literature
