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Departmental Honors: Class of 2009

 

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Jeffrey Robert Asjes
Elizabeth Foley Denniston
Mark Seacord Gaioni
Brian Thomas Holmes
Andrew Leland Malcolm
Thomas Wyatt Yankus

 Kristen Nicole Badal
Jordan Alexander Bubin
Aaron Chiu
David Matthew Colquitt
Kathrine Wray Giarra
Marine Léa Eugénie Graham
Kyle Hotchkiss Carone
Tiffany Rene Johnson
Kyle Edward Johnston
Jo-Ann Tamila Karhson
Ali Clare Kelley
Colleen Siobhán Poynton
Caitlin Patricia Browne Seery
Zvi Emet Smith
Milton Perry Smiley Wilkins

David Matthew Byowitz
Neil Chen
Austin Guo-Xun Chow
Rachael Gabrielle Coffey
Devon Lea Damiano
Dominic Arthur De Mello
Christine Frances Foster
Thomas Patrick Gallagher Jr.
Parker McLeod Henritze
Jonathan Ludi Leitch
Abena Subira Mackall
Aseem Kumar Mahajan
Alexander Matthew Metelitsa
Sarah Wolfson Peteraf
Brendan Wayne Reilly
Monique Lorraine Roberts
Peter Vance Schram
Kristen Marjorie Scott
Marya McMahon Stansky
Will Martin Thanheiser
Jenny Fan Zhang

Departmental Prizes: Class of 2009

 

In addition to departmental honors, the following students were awarded departmental prizes for distinction in particular substantive endeavors.

Lyman H. Atwater Prize in Politics
Winner:
Title of thesis:

Adviser:		 Sarah Wolfson Peteraf
"Race, Skin Tone, and Ideology: A Survey Experiment Examining Perceptions of Political Candidates"
Amy Lerman
The New York Herald Prize
Winner:
Title of thesis:
Adviser:		 Elizabeth Foley Denniston
“The Millennium Challenge Corporation: Aid with Accountability?”
Christina Davis
Philo Sherman Bennett Prize in Politics
Winner:
Title of thesis:

Adviser:		 Kyle Hotchkiss Carone
“Counterpublic Collisions: African American Travel, Diasporic Engagement, and the Impact of Transient Discourses on Political Ideology Formation”
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
John G. Buchanan Prize in Politics
Winner: Thomas Wyatt Yankus
Stephen Whelan ’68 Senior Thesis Prize for Excellence in
Constitutional Law and Political Thought
Co-Winner:
Title of thesis:
Adviser:		 Jordan Alexander Bubin
“Liberty v. Liberty: The Conflict of Speech and Property”
Alan Patten
Co-Winner:
Title of thesis:

Adviser:		 Thomas Wyatt Yankus
“The 'Advice and Consent' of Whom? The Senate, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment”
Keith Whittington

Other Prizes: Class of 2009

The following students won prizes outside of the Department of Politics.    
University Center for Human Values Senior Thesis Prize

Co-Winner:
Title of Thesis:
Adviser:

Jo-Ann Tamila Karhson
"Reciprocal Obligations: A Just Theory of Immigration and Assimilation"
Charles Beitz
Richard D. Challener '44 Senior Thesis Prize in Canadian Studies

Winner:
Title of thesis:

Adviser:

 Rachael Gabrielle Coffey
"Newfoundland and Confederation: A Case Study in Determination of Nation Size"
Carles Boix
Program in Near Eastern Studies Senior Thesis Prize
Co-Winner:
Title of Thesis:

Adviser:		 Marine Léa Eugénie Graham
"Curbing Terrorist Support Through Women's Empowerment: The Effect of Microfinance Institutions in the Muslim World"
Jacob Shapiro
Ruth J. Simmons Thesis Prize awarded by the Center for African American Studies
Co-Winner:
Title of Thesis:

Adviser:

Kyle Hotchkiss Carone
"Counterpublic Collisions: African American Travel, Diasporic Engagement, and the Impact of Transient Discourses on Political Ideology Formation"
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
David F. Bowers Prize in the American Studies Program
Co-Winners: Kathryn Elizabeth Cox and Michael Joseph Ryan
2009 Spirit of Princeton Award
Co-Winners: Davionshanté E. Chism, Parker McLeod Henritze, and Manav Lalwani