NAN NOWIK MEMORIAL AWARDS IN WOMEN’S STUDIES

The Denison Women’s Studies Program announces its annual awards for outstanding scholarly, artistic and/or activist student work in the area of Women’s Studies. The awards are given in the name of the late Nan Nowik, Associate Professor of English, former Women’s Studies Coordinator, co-founder of the Women’s Resource Center, editor of the Women’s Studies Newsletter, and teacher and scholar of women’s literature.

AWARDS MAY BE GIVEN FOR FOUR TYPES OF PROJECTS

~SENIOR ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP (OPEN TO ALL SENIORS): Senior research and honors projects (one or two semesters)!

~ESSAY (OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS): Papers of various lengths will be considered. Senior research or honors projects may not be submitted for this category.

     ~ ARTISTIC EXPRESSION (OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS): Creative writing, art, dance performance, and film.

~ACTIVISM (OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS): Activities performed on or off campus which have had the effect of improving the status of women in some context or which have increased community awareness of gender/women’s issues on or off campus. Submit a brief description of the activist work (1-2 pages). Two recommendation letters must accompany submission. Recommendations may be from faculty/staff, and/or others who are familiar with the activist work.

SUBMISSIONS WILL BE EVALUATED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA

~Conscious use of gender as an analytical category

~ Creative use of non-traditional sources, materials and methodologies to examine gender related topics

~Contribution to the development of an inclusive feminist theory

~ Development of feminist insight based on personal experience

~Informed and sustained feminist activism that has an educational impact on the community or which furthers the status of women

APPLICATION DEADLINE AND AWARD WINNERS

All submissions must include a completed NAN NOWIK MEMORIAL AWARD APPLICATION FORM. Nan Nowik Awards Application Form [pdf]  Application forms are also available in the Women's Studies Office, Knapp Hall 210. The deadline for submissions is 4pm on April 15, 2011. Submissions of work done in the fall are acceptable. Entries should be submitted to the Women's Studies Office. Award winners will be announced at the Women’s Studies Presentations and Awards Dinner on April 29, 2011.

For more information, contact Beth Jeffries (jeffriesb@denison.edu) or call the Women's Studies office at x6297. 

 

 

Nan Nowik Memorial Award Winners

2010-2011

 

2009-2010

Eva McKnight - Essay

Kimberly Lewis & Emily Taylor - Essay

Christy Chang- Artistic Expression

Katie Partridge- Artistic Expression

Leyla Falhan & Leah Taub- Activism

Christy Chang- Sr. Research

Kayla Marie Jerome- Sr. Research

Anna Kostial- Sr. Research

2008-2009

Anne Moss – Essay

Suzanne Humphrey – Essay

Jayme Hughes – Essay

Jennifer Luebbers – Artistic Expression

Christy Chang – Artistic Expression

Taylor Rose – Feminist Activism

Madeleine Katz – Senior Scholarship

2007-2008

Stephanie Hoover – Senior Scholarship

Emily Toler – Senior Scholarship

Madeleine Katz – Essay/Feminist Activism

Lauren Volpe – Essay

Rebecca Gardner – Feminist Activism

Jennifer Luebbers – Artistic Expression

Christy Chang – Artistic Expression

2006-2007

Julia Kirkpatrick – Senior Scholarship

Chandima Arambepola – Senior Scholarship

Leigh Courtney – Essay

Vianna Alcantara – Feminist Activism

Nyisha Haney – Artistic Expression

Charles Spearman Jr. – Artistic Expression

2005-2006

Edward Cragwall – Essay

Dalal Denley – Essay

Dalal Denley – Senior Scholarship

Jennifer Guglielmi – Artistic Expression

Jennifer Humbert – Artistic Expression

Kristina Reis – Feminist Activism

2004-2005

Alma Fellows – Feminist Activism

Alison Nitzsche – Essay

Julie Pederson – Senior Scholarship

Nimarta Singh – Essay

Heather Thompson – Artistic Expression

2003-2004

Sara Hossler – Senior Scholarship

Vanessa Miller – Senior Scholarship

Kristina Reis – Feminist Activism

Kristen Renzi – Artistic Expression

Heather Thompson – Essay

2002-2003

Gauri Bhure – Essay

Gauri Bhure – Feminist Activism

Elizabeth Ehret – Essay

Kori rae Martodam – Artistic Expression

Carrie Rouse – Senior Scholarship

Jessamyn Schmidt – Artistic Expression

2000-2001

Fernada DeCapua – Essay

Bryce Gray – Essay

Michelle Grindstaff – Feminist Activism

Katie Johnson – Essay

Karlei Mitchell – Senior Scholarship

Tawanda Mudzonga – Senior Scholarship

1999-2000

Mary Ann Davis – Essay

Heather Evans – Senior Scholarship

Rachel Gilberti – Artistic Expression

Rachel Haught – Essay

Jean Lamont – Feminist Activism

Alison Reuschlein – Feminist Activism

Danielle Spinato – Senior Scholarship

Alison Stine – Essay

Alison Stine – Artistic Expression

1998-1999

Janelle Barlage – Feminist Activism

Mary Ann Davis – Essay

Jen Skillicorn – Creative Expression

Alison Stine – Creative Expression

Jessica Turk – Senior Scholarship

Emily Williamson – Senior Scholarship

1997-1998

Jennifer Brickner – Senior Scholarship

Adrienne Piras – Fine Arts

Jennifer Schenk – Senior Scholarship

Catherine Spurway – Essay

Jessica Turk – Feminist Activism

1996-1997

Jennifer Bailey – Feminist Activism

Sarah Fischesser – Senior Scholarship

Brandy Norris – Senior Scholarship

Judy Ossello – Creative Expression

Alison Stine – Creative Expression

Heather Trabert – Feminist Activism

1995-1996

Melissa Bostrom – Creative Expression

Melissa Bostrom – Essay

Casey Ebert – Creative Expression

Dan Emerine – Senior Scholarship

1994-1995

Rae Ellen Douglas – Essay

Nasreen Behdad – Senior Scholarship

Ellen Farina – Senior Scholarship

Lynn Steen – Feminist Activism

1993-1994

Kathy Applegate – Feminist Activism

Valerie Cooperider – Feminist Activism

Linda Lehman – Senior Scholarship

Kristen Rogers – Creative Expression

Angela Tooill – Senior Scholarship

1992-1993

Valerie Cooperider – Feminist Activism

Paul Louis Dunham – Creative Expression

Beth Widmaier – Essay

Jeanne Wienke – Senior Scholarship

1990-1991

Elizabeth Clark – Creative Expression

Ellen Dickerson – Senior Scholarship

Eric Franzon – Feminist Activism

Pam Holder – Essay

Cary Moyer – Essay

Kathryn Pongonis – Senior Scholarship

Kimberly Schaeffer – Feminist Activism

Robin Schneider – Creative Expression

Christine Thompson – Senior Scholarship

1989-1990

Tiffany Apple – Essay

Stacie Corbin – Essay

Anne Davis – Senior Scholarship

Laura Harman – Creative Expression

Karolyn Mallarnee – Senior Scholarship

1988-1989

Amy Judge – Essay

Tracy Lawn – Senior Scholarship

1987-1988

Jennie Benford – Feminist Activism

Debra Benko – Creative Expression

Deidre Brown – Senior Scholarship

Elizabeth Brown – Creative Expression

Christine Coon – Essay

Christine Coon – Feminist Activism

Amy Miller – Senior Scholarship

1986-1987

Karen Hall – Feminist Scholarship

Loraine Jeffrey and Katharine Atcheson – Artistic Expression

1985-1986

Jeffrey Masten, First Place

Elizabeth Joan Ostar, Second Place

1984-1985

Amy Manolis, First Place

Lisa Pittenger, Second Place

1983-1984

Colette Picard

1982-1983

Sita Ranchod

Melissa Field von Stade