Library Research Award for Undergraduates

The Library Research Award Jurors have selected the recipients for the 2006 Library Research Award for Undergraduates. Award jurors were impressed with the wide variety of topics, and the quality of the writing and research in the projects submitted.

Library Research Award for Undergraduates
Reception, June 8, 2006, 12:30 p.m.
Petersen Room, Allen Library

Funded through the Kenneth S. Allen Library Endowment and the Friends of the University of Washington Libraries

2006 Award Winning Projects
Past Award Winners
Award Home Page

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Senior Award Recipients

Robert Branom (History)

Against the 'Hun': Anti-Germanism at the Seattle Public Schools and the University of Washington, 1917-1918
Professor John Findlay (History)
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Lauren Bruce (History)

Girls Just Want To Have Fun: Evaluations of the Moga
Professor Uta Poiger (History)
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Carolyn Claridge (International Studies)

La Lucha por el Agua, la Lucha por la Vida: The Political Economy of Water Privatization in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Professor Wolfram Latsch (International Studies)
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Anne Kim (International Studies)

Drug Wars: South Africa’s Nevirapine Policy
Professor Mary Callahan (International Studies)
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Julie McElroy-Brown
(UW Tacoma|Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences)

Shipbreaking at Alang, India
Professor Michael Kucher (Interdisciplinary Arts & Science)
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Non-senior Award Recipients

Naraelle Barrows, Arin Delaney, Jessica Fikes & Ingrid G. Haftel
(Comparative History of Ideas)

Aurora Avenue: Highway Culture in Transition
Teaching Assistant Giorgia Aiello (Communications)
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Sarah Cunningham (International Studies)

Remembering Laughter and Tears in a Drawer: Music as a Response to Soviet Repression
Professor Barbara Henry (International Studies)
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Janice Phaik Lin Goh (International Studies)

Chairman Mao: Great Leader, Great Teacher, Great Supreme Commander, Great Helmsman and the Great Leap Forward
Professor Mary Callahan (International Studies)
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Samuel Hong, Bradley King, Cuong Nguyen, Robert Schmuck, Aaron Smith, Mark Wilber & Candice Joy Worden (Geography)

How the XBOX went 360: An Overview of Xbox’s International Markets and Transnational Production
Professor Mathew Sparke (Geography & International Studies)
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  Honorable Mention