AWARDS

2023 Rockford University

3rd Annual Undergraduate Student Conference

“Celebrating the Interdisciplinary Humanities”

The Department of Languages, Philosophy, Religion, and Cultures and the Department of Education at Rockford University are pleased to announce the 2023 Rockford University 3rd Annual Undergraduate Student Conference Awards.

Awards:

1. First place award, $150, and publication of the paper in our academic journal Deinós:

Laura Medina (Rockford University) for her paper “Tangana en La casa de Bernarda Alba: la tradición reciclada”

Adam DeBenedetto (Rockford University) for his paper “Demagoguery or Democracy?”

2. Second place award, $100, and publication of the paper in Deinós:

Vanesa Palafox (Rockford University) for her paper “Alberto Rodríguez y Guillermo del Toro: la Transición Española y el problema de ‘las dos Españas’ en el cine español”

Antonella Percara (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia [UNED] y Universidad Adventista del Plata [UAP]) for her paper “La comunicación persuasiva en el proceso de revisión de artículos científicos”

3. Third place award, $50, and publication of the paper in Deinós:

Natali Monaghan (Rockford University) for her paper “The Dangers of Child Predators on Social Media”

In 2022, the Conference Organizing Committee also decided to create the “Humanities in Action” award, to recognize nontraditional presentations and papers that go beyond the classroom to connect Arts and Humanities with the community:

“Humanities in Action” Award:

Alexia Sellards (Rockford University), Erin Graminske (Rockford University), and Elijah Lowry (Rockford University)

For their panel “Mark of the Blessed and of the Beast”

We want to acknowledge the very high level of all the presentations at our 3rd Humanities Conference, and how difficult it was for us to decide on these three awards among so many good papers. Congratulations!