Student Research & Awards

Awards

Distinguished Community Service Award: Catherine McGrath Mitchell, Sociology Major class of 2009

The Department of Sociology/Anthropology offers a Distinguished Community Service Award to the student majoring or minoring in sociology or anthropology who demonstrates outstanding leadership in community service and in furthering principles of social justice. The award demonstrates the commitment of the Department of Sociology/Anthropology to honor the achievements of students who apply their knowledge of the social sciences in ways that are socially responsible and publicly engaged. This award is made possible by the Department of Sociology/Anthropology, and by Sports for Hunger, an organization dedicated to organizing athletes to alleviate hunger in the U.S. and abroad.

Matilda White Riley Prize in Sociology and Anthropology: was not awarded in 2009

The Matilda White Riley Prize, established through a gift from distinguished sociologist John W. Riley ’30, Sc.D. ’72, honors Matilda White Riley, Sc.D. ’72, Daniel B. Fayerweather Professor of Political Economy and Sociology Emerita, who established the joint Department of Sociology and Anthropology and a tradition of teaching through sociological research. It is awarded for an outstanding senior honors project by a major.

Elbridge Sibley Sociology Prize: Margo Farrell Clark, Anthropology Major Class of 2009

The Elbridge Sibley Sociology Prize was established in 1989 in honor of Elbridge Sibley, by Milton M. Gordon '39, a student of Professor Sibley. It is awarded each year to that member of the Senior Class majoring in Sociology or Anthropology who has the highest mid-year general scholastic average in his/her Bowdoin Class.

David I. Kertzer Prize in Sociology and Anthropology: was not awarded in 2009

The prize is named in honor of David I. Kertzer, who was the first anthropologist in the joint Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and taught at Bowdoin     from 1973 to 1992.  This prize was established in 2003 to acknowledge overall excellence in an honors thesis or independent study paper by a senior major. 
The Kertzer Prize is named in honor of David I. Kertzer, who was the first anthropologist in the joint Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and taught at Bowdoin from 1973 to 1992.  This prize was established in 2003 to acknowledge overall excellence in an honors thesis or independent study paper by a senior major. 

Recent Honors Theses

"Personal Troubles, Collective Trauma: Resistance and Recovery in a Deindustrialized Millinocket", Anne Riley, 2008, Class of '08

"Three Generations of Shans: Negotiating State and Family Change in 20th Century China", Joy Li-Yueh Lee, 2007, Class of '07

"Stigma and HIV/AIDS in Malaysia: Accounts of Its Effects on Policy and Practice", Sonia Alam, 2007, Class of '07

"The 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act: Stakeholder Interactions in the First Year of Implementation", Nicole Colucci, 2007, Class of '07

"Self-Conscious Selves: Facebook and the New Structure for Identity and Community", Karina van Schaardenburg, 2007, Class of '07

"Treating AIDS as a Social Disease: Sex Workers in Uganda and the Need for Holistic HIV/AIDS Programs", William Voinot-Baron, 2007, Class of '07

"Towards an Understanding of the Campus Climate Regarding Sexuality at a Liberal Arts College", James Tucker Harrison, 2006, Class of '06

"Reimagining the Deserted Village: Somali-White Tensions, Youth Racial Identity, and Conflict Resolution in Auburn, Maine", 2006, Elspeth Benard, Class of '06

"Then Everything Fell Apart": Men's Changing Work and Identities", 2006, Eleanor Simon, Class of '06

"From in-patient to out-patient, but forever a mental patient: an examination of print media portrayals of mental illness from 1940 to 2000", 2006, Nina Shrayer, Class of '06

"Archaeology, History, & Identity in Early Medieval Britain", 2006, David Willner, Class of '06

"Petrographic Evidence for Preclassic Ceramic Specialization at the Maya Site of Colha, Belize", Michael Brennan, 2004, Class of '04

"Can Archaeology Inform History? Investigations of the Norse in the Western North Atlantic", Mary Melnik, 2004, Class of '04

"The Complex Nature of Korean Adoption and Its Implications about Race and Family in the United States", Nicole Ceterski, 2004, Class of '04

"Identity Presentation and Performance in the Autobiographies of W.E.B. DuBois", Alissa Cordner, 2004, Class of '04

"Dissolution of and Iceberg: The Effects of the Pinochet Dictatorship on Chilean Collective Memory", Marya Washburn, 2004, Class of '04

"I became more open to life: Environmental Education at Wolfe's Neck Farm", Lauren Eve Pappone, 2003, Class of '03

"Gender Identities Limited: Power and Resistance in the Sri Lankan Garment Industry", Jill Meredith Shirey, 2003, Class of '03

"Gentrification in Boston:Disentangling the Dynamics of Race and Class" Lauren Alicia Rodriquez, 2002, Class of '02

"What Happened to the Feminist Framework? Policy and Social Constructions of Domestic Violence", Corona Claire Benson, 2002, Class of '02

"Korean American Women and Dating:A Postmodern Feminist Perspective", Sara Jung Edel, 2002, Class of '02

"Praying hands, Begging hands: Transformations in Koranic studenthood in 20th century Senegal", Ana E. Schaller de la Cova, 2001, Class of '01

"Attempting a 540: Constructions of Gender in Skateboard Culture", Laurie J. Nelson, 2001, Class of '01

"Archaeological Interpretations of the Indus Valley Civilization", Matthew D. Gallon, 2001, Class of '01

"State-Centered and Community-Centered Social Control in Police-Sponsored Family Group Conferencing", Elizabeth Bonnie Peitsch, 1999, Class of '99

"Good Modern Women: Tradition, Modernity, and Gender in Sri Lankan Women's Lives", Sara Withers, 1999, Class of '99