Please join us to celebrate the excellent work submitted for this year’s research awards! This year’s finalists are:
First-Year/Sophomore category
- Annika Gulling (’27) – “Genetic Causes of Classical Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Investigating a Pathogenic Single Nucleotide Variant in the COL5A1 Gene” nominated by Dr. Shaun Davis.
- Melanie Stevenson (’28) – “Syncretism of Culture Through Restoration at Cyrene’s Temple of Lykeian Zeus” nominated by Dr. Katelin McCullough.
Junior/Senior category
- Sanaa Belton (’26) – “Missionaries and Magic: Freed People, Conjure and Reformation During and After Southern Reconstruction” nominated by Dr. Chris Florio.
- Helene Erlbaum (’26) – “Women’s Movement and Mobility in New York City: Restriction, Rejuvenation, and Resistance in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920” nominated by Dr. Chris Florio.
- Shasta Power (’26) – “Exploring the Ephemeral: California’s Light and Space Artists” nominated by Dr. Genevieve Hendricks.
- Anna Starman (’26) – “The Impacts of Wing-flashing by Northern Mockingbirds on Foraging, Parental Care, and Reproductive Success” nominated by Dr. Morgan Wilson.
The reception is on Wednesday, April 15, at 5 p.m. in the Hollins Room; we will recognize the finalists in each category and announce the winners at the ceremony. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome!
The awards are co-sponsored by the Library and the Office of Academic Affairs to recognize exemplary student research projects completed in Hollins courses, with a cash prize of $300 for winners and $100 for finalists, along with publication in the Hollins Digital Commons.
We also thank this year’s judges: Sofia Craig (’26); Susan Eagle, Assistant Professor of Public Health; Isabel Folck, Archivist and Digital Collections Librarian; Katelin McCullough, Assistant Professor of Classics, Rebecca Seipp-Behnisch, Assistant University Librarian and Humanities Liaison.