By The WIC Team
WIC and participating units strive to foster a commitment to excellence in undergraduate student writing and recognize the value of writing across the disciplines with the annual WIC Culture of Writing Awards.
Participation in the Culture of Writing Awards has thrived since 2006, with 407 students having earned recognition and cash awards for either individual or team writing projects. This year, 28 awards were granted across 6 colleges. WIC would like to thank all participating units for their continued desire to recognize and reward outstanding student writing in the disciplines.
Congratulations to this year’s awardees!
| Student Name(s) | Paper Title | College | Nominating Major | Nominating Professor |
| Ryaan Akmal | Grant Proposal Prospectus for the Testing of Bacteriophages Against Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Mouse Model | Science | BioHealth Sciences | Katharine Field |
| Robert Avery | Combinatorial Games on Knot Shadows | Science | Mathematics | Tevian Dray |
| Sullivan Bailey-Darland | Model effectiveness in time-resolved spectroscopy: new statistical approaches to uncertainty and model selection for global analysis | Science | Physics | Ethan Minot |
| Mckenzie Bartles | Blavatsky, Olcott, and Theosophy: Appropriation or Appreciation | Liberal Arts | Religious Studies | Stuart Sarbacker |
| Samuel Basset | Modern Day Snake Oil: Science-based recommendations for US policy makers regarding stricter regulation of homeopathic products in the modern marketplace | Science | Biochemistry and Biophysics | Lauren Dalton |
| Gabriel Bendat | A Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Demarcation of Indigenous Territories in Brazil | Agricultural Sciences | Environmental Econ and Policy | Christian Langpap |
| Samantha Caltabiano | Roll for Initiative: Dungeons & Dragons as Contemporary Folklore | Liberal Arts | Anthropology | Drew Gerkey |
| Taylor Cockrell | New Zealand’s Subtropical North Island Climate | CEOAS | Environmental Sciences | Andrea Allen |
| Jordan Denbo, Joshua Spencer, & Renee Waldren | The Effects Of Laptop’s Distraction On Learning | Liberal Arts | Psychology | Mei-Ching Lien |
| Cydney Diaz | AEC 442 Agricultural Business Management Final Exam | Agricultural Sciences | Agricultural and Food Business Management | James Sterns |
| Jade Ehmig | Memories of Descendants | Liberal Arts | History | Ben Mutschler |
| Charlotte Epps | Exploring the Growth Habits of Sweetpotatoes (Ipomoea batatas) in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon | Agricultural Sciences | BioResource Research | Katharine Field |
| Emily Gallegos | Quality of Life for Farmed Fish | Agricultural Sciences | Animal Sciences | Elisa Monaco |
| Casandra Guiley | Bethel Obesity Prevention: Centering Culture as a Protective Factor Adaptation of a health education program for Indigenous women in rural Alaska | Public Health and Human Sciences | Public Health | Ashley Vaughn |
| Adriana Gutierrez | The Viewer and the Spectacle: How the “Sensitive Monster” is Born in The Moonstone | Liberal Arts | English | Megan Ward |
| Makeana Johnson | Changing Childcare | Public Health and Human Sciences | Human Development and Family Sciences | Lori McGraw |
| Madelyn Kennedy | Does multi-ingredient pre-workout supplementation improve strength training performance when consumed prior to a workout? | Public Health and Human Sciences | Kinesiology | Mike Pavol |
| Taylor Linsday | Zeolite 5A: Synthesis and Characterization of Structure, Composition, Purity, and Porosity | Science | Chemistry | Kyriakos Stylianou & Christine Pastorek |
| Zoe Moulton | The French Aristocrat and the Spanish Gypsy: Historiographical Perceptions of Female Guitarists in Nineteenth-century Spain and France | Liberal Arts | Music | Kimary Fick |
| Ziani Paiz | Subirrigated Bottomland Ecological Site in the Shortgrass Prairie | Agricultural Sciences | Rangeland Sciences | Pat Shaver & Claudia Ingham |
| Rose Roberts | Coffee and Climate Change: Predicaments and Possible Solutions for Farmers in Latin America | Agricultural Sciences | Crop & Soil Science | Deanna Lloyd |
| Hunter Sapienza | Blood Electrolyte Concentrations for Loons in Rehabilitative Care Housed in Pools of Varying Salinity | Science | Biology | Meta Landys |
| Channon Schuerger | Where the Lost Fantasies Go: The Lasting Effects of College Social Experiences | Liberal Arts | Sociology | Allison Hurst |
| Zoe Shulevitz | Mental Health[care]: How Increasing Health Insurance’s Mental Health Coverage Effects Frequency of Mental Health Related Hospital Visits and Suicide Rates | Liberal Arts | Economics | Paul Thompson |
| Ojas Tendolkar | Display Block Validation Paper | Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Rachael Cate |
| Austin Thornton | Evidence on the Matter of My Parents; Exhibit B | Liberal Arts | Creative Writing | Jennifer Richter |
