Listed below are the graduate students who won awards for their outstanding conference papers.


Submission information for each category


Michael K. Schoenecke Award for American Culture

Judge: Dr. Diana Cox


Andrew Harrington, Claremont Graduate University

"Beyond the Box Score: Cultural Hegemony as Seen Through the 1968 World Series"


Phyllis Bridges Graduate Award for Biography 

Judges: Profs. Melinda McBee, Phyllis Bridges, Delores Zumwalt


No Award Winner


Jerry Bradley Award for Creative Writing

Judge: Dr. Jill Patterson


Charlotte Albrecht, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

"The Sweetness of Hauntings"


Diana Cox Award for Images of Women

Dr. Monica Ganas


Jennifer Marciniak, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

"Suns and Daughters: The Role of Marxism and Women in Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns


Peter C. Rollins Award for Best Graduate Paper on Popular Culture (co-winners)

Judges: Profs. Phil Heldrich, Rhonda Taylor, Lynnea Chapman King


Drew Lyness, University of Wyoming

"Pathologising Poverty: Homeless Others in a Digital World"


Mindy Clegg, Department of History, Georgia State University

"Punk Rock in the Negative on American Television: The punk episodes of Quincy M.E. and House M.D."


Post Script Graduate Student Award in Film Studies (co-winners)

Judges: Dr. Lynnea Chapman King, Dr. Tobias Hochscherf


David Gray, San Francisco State University

"Essaying History: The Cinema of Amir Muhammad"


Jeff Stuckey, University of Central Oklahoma

"There's no "X" in Oklahoma: The Motion Picture Association of America and Film"


The Charles Redd Center Award for Western Studies 

Judge: Dr. Dennis Cutchins


No Award Winner


Lawrence Clayton Award for Texas Culture

Judge: Dr. Kenneth Davis


No Award Winner


Euro Pop Award  [Sponsored by Jack Hutchens]

Judge: Prof. Jack J. Hutchins


No Award Winner


Kenneth Davis Folklore Award

Judges: Drs. Christopher Smith and Steve Davis


No Award Winner


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