At this evening's annual awards ceremony -- in conjunction with the Humanities Institute's end-of-year celebration -- the following awards were presented:

• Marge Lynd Award for best teaching by a Graduate Associate: Ciara Bernal
• Marge Lynd Award for best teaching by a Lecturer: Alyssa Chrisman
• Marge Lynd Award for best teaching by a Faculty member: John Brooks
• Undergraduate Community Engagement Award: Drea Chalfan
• Philip A. Armstrong Graduate Student Departmental Service Award: Shurouq Ibrahim
• Marilyn Waldman Award: Kass Groner, in recognition of her excellent undergraduate essay, "1-800-Geld-that-Sh!t: Horse Breeding through a Feminist Lens"
  • Honorable mention: Wonjoo Lee, "Towards the Golden Era of KPop: KPop and Shamanism in KPop Demon Hunters"
  • Honorable mention: Sahre Shegne, "From Theology to Meme: The Digital Transformation of Yakub in Online Culture"
• Richard Bjornson Award: Thorayah Abdelqader, in recognition of her excellent co-authored essay, “Flavors of adaptation: Columbus, Ohio, as a stage of interaction for Mediterranean and Mexican restauranteurs”

Please join us in congratulating this year's recipients!