Past Winners of NEPCA Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper

Since 2014 NEPCA has  honored two graduate students for outstanding papers delivered at the previous fall’s conference: The Carol Mitchell Award and the Amos St. Germain Award. These prizes are named in honor of two pillars of NEPCA who helped make it into a vibrant organization. Prior to 2014, just one award was given.

Here is the list of past recipients:

2001: Diane Pecknold (Indiana University)

2002:

2003:

2004: Mike Chapman  (Boston College)

2005:  Helena Iles (University of Maryland)

2006:  Jamie Pietruska (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2007:  Brandon Hawk (University of Connecticut)

2008:  Aranath Amarasingam (Laurier-Waterloo University)

2009:  Kartik Nair (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

2010:  Veronica Vold (University of Oregon)

2011:  Lindsey Hanlon (Boston College)

2012:  Lita Tirak (College of William and Mary)

2013:  Lisa Silvestri (University of Iowa)

2014:  Jana Andrews (Arcadia University)–Amos St. Germain Prize

2014: Amelie Daigle (Boston College)–Carol Mitchell Prize

2015: Hilary Warner-Evans (University of Maine–Carol Mitchell Prize
2015: Ida Yalzadeh (Brown University)–Amos St. Germain Prize

2016:  Eren Odabasi (University of Massachusetts Amherst)–Carol Mitchell Prize
2016:   Nova Seals (St. George’s University)—Amos St. Germain Prize

2017: Kamila Young (University of Maryland)–Carol Mitchell Prize
2017: Megan Genovesse (University of Pennsylvania)–Amos St. Germain Prize

2018: Nia-Raquelle Smith–Carol Mitchell Prize
2018: Jessica Hautsch (Stony Brook University)–Amos St. Germain Prize

2019: Matthew Grinder (Union Institute & University)–Carol Mitchell Award
2019: Betsy Walters (Boston University)–Amos St. Germain Award

2020: Moira Armstrong (Kent State University)–Carol Miller Paper Prize
2020: Sharon Kong-Perring (Birmingham City University)–Germaine Paper Prize