First Place: Brian Nickel
Essay: The Significance of Africa in Afro-Cuban Race Relations
Faculty Director: Dr. Glenn Chambers
Prize Award: $125
Second Place: Laura Pike
Essay: Sex, Stilettos and Status: Caricatures of Postfeminism in Sex and the City
Faculty Director: Dr. Terry Anderson
Prize Award: $75
Profiting From History
Sherry Myers wins the 2005 Undergraduate History Essay Prize at Texas A&M University. Her essay (written in HIST 481: History of Gender in America) entitled "Benjamin Franklin and Republican Motherhood" was a well crafted piece of historical writing, conceptually ambitious, richly footnoted, and thoroughly researched. On Wednesday, May 10, 2006, Sherry received an award of $150, and a framed certificate. This Fall she will begin doctoral level studies in early American history at the University of Maryland. The History Department takes great pride in the academic achievements of all its students, and we especially salute Sherry Myers as one of our most outstanding undergraduate students.