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Congratulations to the 2016-2017 Student Award Winners

June 14, 2017

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is proud to honor the 2016-2017 student award winners. This year's winners are: Paul Curtis, Alex Karahalios, and Sofia Salgado, with honorable mention to Arnold Johnson and Laura Padilla.

Best Essay for Spanish 200 level Literature and Culture Classes Prize: 

Paul Curtis 2020 Chemical Engineering Major

"Fiat iustitia: Una exploración de la culpa y la justicia en “Las medias rojas” 

Spanish 220, Professor Lucille Kerr

Honorable Mention to: 

Arnold  Johnsen 2019 Statistics Major/Spanish Minor

“Yo me conozco esa historia”: Repetición y subversión en También la lluvia"

Spanish 260, Professor Casey Drosehn

Best essay on the Literatures and Cultures of Latin American and/or Spain:

Alex Karahalios 2018 Political Science Major/Spanish Minor

"La incertidumbre, la recuperacion de la identidad y el legado: las consecuencias de la violencia deshumanizante y del cuerpo perdido" 

Spanish 395, Professor Nathalie Bouzaglo

Honorable Mention to: 

Laura Padilla 2017 Spanish & Neuroscience Major

“La causalidad mágica en “Verbo matar”

Professor 348, Professor Lucille Kerr

Josef J. Barton Prize for Undergraduate Service in Spanish and Portuguese:

Sofia Salgado 2018 Psychology Major/Portuguese & Global health Studies Minor