2024 Paper Competition Winners

Undergraduate Paper Competition Winners

First Place: Elena Clark, Southwestern University
Paper Title: “‘Freedom of the streets’ or ‘Barriers to success?’ Factors that Predict Attitudes About Homelessness In The United States”

Second Place: Cedar Bennett, Colorado College
Paper Title: “Happier from Home: The Predicting Factors of Employee Well-Being in In-Person and Virtual Workspaces”

Third Place: Emily Wallack, Loyola Marymount University
Paper Title: “Invisible Illness: The Silent Epidemic For Women”

Graduate Paper Competition Winners

First Place: Whitney Shervey, Washington State University
Paper Title: “The Gender Wage Gap in the Restaurant Industry”

Second Place: Tania Ravaei, Indiana University, Bloomington
Paper Title: “The Pathway to a Sexual Relationship: Young Adult Women, Stress, and Depression”

Third Place: Kristin C. Newvine, Ball State University
Paper Title: “Telling their Stories and Saying their Names: How Race, Gender, and First-Person Character Performing Impacts Historical Interpreters’ Identities”