Each year, the Composition program invites faculty teaching English 24 to submit excellent student research essays for inclusion in this contest. Here are some of the winning essays from past years to inspire faculty and students to strive for excellence in their research writing.
2024 Portfolio on Burnout in Medical Workers
2024 “Advertising Turns Junk Food Into the National Dish of 21st Century Humanity”
2023 “Jehovah’s Witnesses: Higher Education and the Squeeze Theorem”
2023 “Behavioral Effects of the Pandemic on Exercisers: The Gym, An Irreplaceable Space?”
2023 “Comparing Two Approaches to the Prison Industrial Complex”
2022 “Stigmas against Stay at Home Parents and Teleworkers”
2022 “Integrating Languages is also Embracing Cultures”
2022 “The Ugly Truth about Our Beautiful Culture”
2019 “Social Advancement from Poverty”
2019 “How Food Justice Impacts Low-Income Neighborhoods”
2018 “Building a Community the Land Trusts”
2018 “Asperger’s Syndrome The Struggles of Cognitive Development”
