Prizes and Scholarships
THE WILLARD THORP THESIS PRIZE
A prize is awarded to the senior in the American Studies Program who prepares the most outstanding thesis of a clearly interdisciplinary nature. The prize honors Professor Willard Thorp, a founder of the Program and for many years its chairman.
2012 Winner:
Ariel Claire Powell, Department of Politics
Plea Bargaining in the Bronx: The Indigent Defendant's Perspective on the Criminal Justice System
THE ASHER HINDS PRIZE
A small fund was created in 1989 in honor of Asher Hinds, one of the leaders of Princeton’s Special Program in the Humanities—the predecessor of American Studies and European Cultural Studies. It is awarded for a significant contribution to the field of American Studies
2012 Winner:
Nora Byrne Sullivan, Department of English
2012 Winner:
Nora Byrne Sullivan, Department of English
THE GRACE MAY TILTON PRIZE IN FINE ARTS
This prize is awarded for an outstanding thesis by a senior in any of the departments collaborating in the American Studies Program. The thesis must deal wholly or principally with some aspect of the fine arts or crafts, past or present, within the United States or elsewhere in the Americas. The prize is a gift of Robert Schirmer ’21 in memory of his mother.
2012 Co-Winners:
Sarah Marie Gerth
Alexis Bard Johnson
Ariana Tiwari
Anne Virginia Weinmann
2012 Co-Winners:
Sarah Marie Gerth
Alexis Bard Johnson
Ariana Tiwari
Anne Virginia Weinmann
DAVID F. BOWERS PRIZE
A prize awarded to the student in the American Studies Program who does the best work in the conferences, or seminars, of the Program. Established in 1951 in memory of Professor David F. Bowers of the Department of Philosophy, one of the faculty group which drew up the plan for the American Studies Program, the prize was endowed in 1955 by Professor and Mrs. Willard Thorp.
2012 Co-Winners:
Ariel Claire Powell
Emily Margaret Rutherford
Robert Spencer Ryan
Jessica Rachel Yanovsky
A prize awarded to the student in the American Studies Program who does the best work in the conferences, or seminars, of the Program. Established in 1951 in memory of Professor David F. Bowers of the Department of Philosophy, one of the faculty group which drew up the plan for the American Studies Program, the prize was endowed in 1955 by Professor and Mrs. Willard Thorp.
2012 Co-Winners:
Ariel Claire Powell
Emily Margaret Rutherford
Robert Spencer Ryan
Jessica Rachel Yanovsky
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUND
The Program has funds available to provide modest scholarships for undergraduate thesis research. Applications are taken late in the spring term and early in the fall.
