Priscilla Tate Undergraduate Research Prize

Who is eligible: Any student presenting at the TCU Festival of Student Scholarship and Creativity (April 13-17)

Criterion: Project must focus on at least one of the aims of women’s studies:

1. To explore the social construction of gender
2. To study the female experience
3. To provide feminist and/or gender analyses of established disciplinary content or methodology
4. To develop theories and methodologies of feminist or gender analysis

Award: $200 Cash prize for first place

Judging: Three judges will visit all panels/posters and score based on an agreed-upon rubric

Process: To be considered for the award, please complete the online application and submit no later than March 24

* Apply here (coming soon)

2009 Awards

First Prize

Sam McMillan, "Transgender Health"

Honorable Mention

Aimee Hunter, "Women in the Garden"
Julie Schoelles, "Moustaches, Monkeys, and Manhood"

2008 Awards

First Prize (Tie)

Rachel Gollay, "You've Come A Long Way, Baby: Unplanned Pregnancy Delivered in Film"

Veronika Terrian, "An Analysis of North American Hunters' Media: Bringing Hegemonic Masculinity to a Coffee Table near You"

2007 Awards

First Prize

Rachel Gollay, "Deceptacons and Rebel Girls: Searching for Identity in Feminist Underground Music"

Honorable Mention

Molly Marten, "Doing Our Part: A Manifesta on Politics and Reproductive Freedom"

Erin Cooksley, "Gender Integration in the Military: Attitudes about Women’s Roles and Effects on Unit Cohesion."