Listed below are the graduate students who won awards for their outstanding conference papers.


Submission information for each category


Peter C. Rollins Award for Popular Culture


Jason Pickavance, American Studies Program at the University of Utah

"Horace Fletcher and the Magic of Mastication"


Diana Cox Award for Images of Women


Scott Balcerzak, Oklahoma State University

"An Intruder in the Matriarchy: Melanie Daniels and Hitchcockian Societal Disruption in The Birds"


Michael K. Schoenecke Award for American Culture


Teresa Coronado, Eastern New Mexico University

"The Cult of Sentiment: 'Our Nig' and Genre Subjugation"


Jerry Bradley Award for Creative Writing


Janet Doggett, Texas Tech University

"Angels Caught Napping" (creative nonfiction)


Lawrence Clayton Award for Texas Culture


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