LL&C PhD student Raymond A. Lutzky will present a paper at the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) 2012 Convention in Cambridge, Massachusetts April 26-29. The paper, entitled "Persuasive Technology: Transition to a Rhetorical Perspective," won the top student paper award for ECA's Communication and Technology Interest Group.
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We have both a graduate and an undergraduate competition. In each competition, students vie for three prizes in four categories. Prize amounts may vary according to quality, at the discretion of the judges.
Fiction/Drama
Undergraduate
Paul Calhoun
$300 First Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Title: "Sandbox"
Major: Physics/School of Science
Julian Eden
$175 Second Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Title: "The Mask Collector"
Biomedical Engineering/School of Engineering
Travis A. King
$75 Co-Third Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Title: "God the Clumsy"
Aerospace Engineering/School of Engineering
Benjamin Scaralia
$75 Co-Third Prize Undergraduate Fiction/Drama
Title: "Some Form of Singularity"
Applied Physics/School of Science
Graduate
Kevin A. Thayer
$300 First Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Title: "Birds, Chairs, Cages"
Communication and Rhetoric/LL&C/School of HASS
Elia Nelson
$175 Co-Second Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Title: "Higher and Down (Chapter 1)"
Communication and Rhetoric/LL&C/School of HASS
Shailaja Valdiya
$175 Co-Second Prize Graduate Fiction/Drama
Title: "A Tale of Two Mothers"
Science and Technology Studies/School of HASS
Poetry
Undergraduate
Katherine Blum
$300 First Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Title: "Dorothy's Home of Funerals (A Collection)"
Communication/School of HASS
Wesley Rudy
$175 Second Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Title: "Puzzles"
Aeronautical Engineering/School of Engineering
Michelle Schrank
$75 Third Prize Undergraduate Poetry
Title: "Love Poems For No One"
Architecture/School of Architecture
Graduate
Michael Rancourt
$300 First Prize Graduate Poetry
Title: "Inside the Abdomen"
Rhetoric and Communication/LL&C/School of HASS
Elia Nelson
$175 Co-Second Prize Graduate Poetry
Title: "Momentum"
Communication and Rhetoric/LL&C/School of HASS
Kevin A. Thayer
$175 Co-Second Prize Graduate Poetry
Title: "Gravitas"
Communication and Rhetoric/LL&C/School of HASS
Essay
Undergraduate
Jillian Crandall
$300 First Prize Undergraduate Essay
Title: "Laugier's Inherent Transparency and the Modern Primitive Hut (Essay)"
Architecture/School of Architecture
Shayna Alley
$175 Second Prize Undergraduate Essay
Title: "Diabetes: A Trial For Millions"
Science and Technology Studies/School of HASS
Korinn Scoville
$75 Third Prize Undergraduate Essay
Title: "The Skeptic's Miracle – the Importance of Cautious Skepticism In Life and Philosophic Debate"
Psychology/School of HASS
Graduate
Matthew Rolph
$300 First Prize Graduate Essay
Title: "The Lens and the Mirror: On Technology, Media, and 'True Human Nature'"
Communication and Rhetoric/LL&C/School of HASS
Elia Nelson
$175 Second Prize Graduate Essay
Title: "In Touch With Nature: Embodiment As Pedagogical Strategy For Learning About Animals"
Communication and Rhetoric/LL&C/School of HASS
Hillary Savoie
$75 Third Prize Graduate Essay
Title: "Division and Memory Aesthetics: Mediating the Berlin Wall 20 Years After Its Fall"
Communication and Rhetoric/LL&C/School of HASS
Electronic Media
Undergraduate
William (Noah) Schnapp
$300 Co-First Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Title: "Killing Time"
EMAC/School of HASS
Rossli Chace
$300 Co-First Prize Undergraduate Electronic Media
Title: "Words"
EMAC/School of HASS
Graduate
Helen Markovitch
$300 First Prize Graduate Electronic Media
Title: "4-Minute Memoir"
Electronic Arts/Arts Department/School of HASS
Victoria L. Kereszi
$175 Second Prize Graduate Electronic Media
Title: "Pop's Scrapbook"
Electronic Arts (iEAR)/School of HASS
Anna Lindemann
$75 Third Prize Graduate Electronic Media
Title: "What Will You Do With Dna"
Electronic Arts/Arts Department/School of HASS