2008 English Department Undergraduate Awards
First Year Composition Awards
- DuBois Book Store Award for literary analysis
Elizabeth Ann Vater - Miami University Book Store Award, literary analysis
Emily Elise Hoying - Oxford Copy Shop Award, reflective-narrative essay
Stephanie Marie Albers - Follett’s Miami Co-Op Book Store Awards, expository and/or persuasive essay
Kelly Lynn Rahman, Elijah T. Barger - Bedford/St. Martin’s Award, digital composition
Evan Joseph White
Honorable Mention: Qiao Wen
Linguistics Award for Outstanding Performance
Kristen Lee Vliet
Robert F. Almy Awards in Critical Interpretation
First Place: Lauren Elizabeth Athmer
Second Place: Elizabeth Scott
Edward J. Montaine Junior Prizes in English
First Place: Chau Nguyen
Second Place: Josh Sheman
Third Place: Chad Wellinger
Honorable Mention: Whitney N. Graham, Lindsay Marie Kennedy, Elizabeth Ann Plank, Michelle Marie Taylor, Matthew J. Weinkam
Carl R. Greer/Andrew D. Hepburn Senior Prizes in English
First Place: Claire E. Keys
Second Place: Mary Alexandra Brice Batty
Third Place: Stacey N. Skotzko
Fourth Place: Brett A. Barbour
Honorable Mention: Leah N. George, Joseph M. Hess, Claire Elizabeth Sowell
Robert R. Kettler Memorial Scholarship
Alex Turvy
Follett’s Miami Co-Op Book Store English as a Second Language Awards
Mengfei Yuan
Honorable Mention: Yu Zhu, Rajesh Thapa, Alexandra Karlsson
Creative Writing Undergraduate Awards
Academy of American Poets Undergraduate Award
Beth L. Stebner
First Runner-up: Joseph M. Hess
Second Runner-up: Chad E. Wellinger
Walter E. Havighurst Undergraduate Literary Prizes
Poetry
Claire E. Keyes
Nathan L. Smith
Fiction
Lekeisah Sheikh
Honorable Mention: Jason Farrell, Roger Marks, Eric McGlaughlin
Graduate Awards
Carolyn Houtchens Award
Benjamin O’Dell
Spiro Peterson Award
Lisa Kay Suter
Outstanding Teacher Awards
Katherine E. McKinnon, Benjamin D. Kuebrich
Honorable Mention: Jeffrey C. Bickerstaff
Creative Writing Graduate Awards
Academy of American Poets Graduate Award
Hannah M. Rodabaugh
First Runner-up: Stephanie J. Elstro
Second Runner-up: Rachel A. Smith
Class of 2008 Graduate Writing Awards
Poetry
Daniel P. Ereditario
Honorable Mention: Hannah M. Rodabaugh
Fiction
Aaron Fortkamp
Honorable Mention: Sagar Rijal, Catharine M. Sayre
Walter E. Havighurst Graduate Literary Prizes
Fiction
Catharine M. Sayre
Poetry
Daniel P. Ereditario