Every year, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program presents its annual awards in honor of the late Dr. Nan Nowik, Associate Professor of English (1972-1988), former Women’s Coordinator, and co-founder of the Women’s Resource Center at Denison University. The awards were created to celebrate outstanding student work in academic scholarship, activism, and artistic expression. Here are this year’s winners!

Adriana Culotta ‘20 - Senior Research (1st Place)

“That’s What Mothers Do.” The Evolution of Motherhood for Filipina Domestic Workers in France

Caroline Cary ‘20 - Senior Research (2nd Place)

Planned and Unprevented Teenage Pregnancy: A Case Study of Uninsured Adolescent Girls in Maipú, Argentina

Dana Phillips ‘ 20 - Artistic Expression

Paradise (Songwriting/Performance of Song)

Shruti Shankar ‘21 - Artistic Expression

Hum Dekhenge (Mixed Media)

Paul Bass ‘20 - Essay

Operating Systems, Ideology, and Gender

Caroline Cary ‘20 - Essay

Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood Among Latinas in New Mexico: A Symptom of Structural Violence, Cultural Script Variation, and Adolescent Identity Formation

May 4, 2020