UNDERGRADUATE
SUZANNE M. HUFFMAN MEMORIAL SENIOR THESIS PRIZE
A prize, established in memory of Suzanne M. Huffman, Class of 1990,
is awarded annually to a certificate student of the Program in the Study
of Women and Gender whose senior thesis shows a deep commitment to the
dilemmas raised by feminism and an extraordinary empathy for the problems
and struggles of women.
Thesis Prize Recipients
Kristina M. Sessa '92, Religion, "Eunuchs
for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven: Sanctity, Sexuality, and Gender
Ambiguity in the Motif of the Female Transvestite Saint"
Angela D. Bell '93, Classics, "Women, History, and Speech in the
Odyssey"
Miriam I. Ticktin '93,
Anthropology, Sisters in Contention: Voices from Women of Muslim Algerian
Origin in France"
Meighan Woods Elder '94,
History, "Frightful
Torments': 19th Century Constructions
of Breast Cancer and the Genesis
of the Halsted Radical Mastectomy"
Nsenga L. Lee '95,
History, "Crossing
the Color Line: Racial Passing in Early Twentieth-century America"
Amy Kapczynski '96,
Politics, "Sisterhood
is Mythical: Political Socialization and Identity as Obstacles to the
German Women's Movement After 1989"
Carrie M. Lane '97,
Anthropology, "Getting
Screwed: An Analysis of Discourses on Adolescent Sexuality and Gender
Differences in and About Kids"
Melissa B. Crane '98,
English, "Muse
Over! Contemporary American Women Poets Re-Make Literary Tradition"
Noushin Heidary '99,
History, "The
Children's Bureau: The Role of the Women's Movement in Public Health
Reform, 1910-1930"
Kathryn L. Stewart '00,
Politics, "Heightened
Judicial Scrutiny for Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals within Equal Protection
Jurisprudence"
Courtney Lauren Weiner,
'01, History, "Her Side
of Paradise: The Seven Sisters Schools and Youth Culture in the 1920s"
Sarah Aejin Seo, '02,
History, "Betweeen
Angry Women and Bad Governments:
The Contested Historical Memory of the
Korean Comfort Women"
Lauren Ayres Teichner, '03,
Religion, "Biblical,
Controversial, and Contestable:
A Constructive Evangelical Feminist Critique
of the Promise Keepers' Pro-Family Values"
Jessica Ashlee Brondo, '04,
Woodrow Wilson School, "Family-Friendly
America?: Confronting the Contradictions in the United States Leave Policies"
Kathleen Coggshall, '05,
English, "A
Creature of Conformity: The Housewife in the Post-War American Literature
of Shirley Jackson, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton"
Shelly Kellner, '06,
English, "Absence Breeding
Autonomy: Incompetent Fathers and
their Unconventional Daughters in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice,
Emma, and Persuasion"
Lauren Hedinger, ‘07, Operations Research and Financial Engineering, "The Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: A Cost-benefit Analysis of Cervical Cancer Prevention Strategies"
Larisa Baste, '08, Politics, "Vote Like an Egyptian: Islamism, Feminism, and Women of the Muslim Brotherhood"
Joelle Milov, '09, Art and Archeology, "Titian's Nude: A Study in Blank Form"
