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Rita S. Gallin Award for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Women and International Development

Past Winners

2008
No winner selected

2007
H. Louise Davis, American Studies
Famine Porn: The Construction and Appeal of Ethiopian Madonna Icons in Televised News Coverage of Famine

2006
Holly Dygert, Anthropology Department
Especially Encultured: Indigenous Women's Struggles in Mexican Development

2005
Suzanne Schneider, Anthropology Department
On the Periphery of Midwifery: A Critical Analysis of a Community-Based Cancer Screening Program in Mexico

2004
Carmen Bain, Sociology Department
Auditing Labor Standards in the Global Agrifood Chain: The Social and Ethical Implications for Chile's Farm Workers

2003
Michael Madison Walker, Anthropology Department
Women, Water Policy and Reform: Examining Global Water Debates and Implications for Women

Deborah Wilson, Sociology Department
Routes to Low Mortality in Predominately Muslim Countries

2002
Rui Niu, College of Education, Program in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy
Rising Expectations: A Study of Parental Expectations for Girl's Education in China's Sichuan Province

Jason Konefal, Sociology Department
The Invisibility of Space in Development: Re-Inscribing Space Through a Feminist Politics of Place

2001
Kari Bergstrom, Anthropology Department
Legacies of Colonialism and Islam for Hausa Women: A Historical Analysis, 1804 to 1960

Mary Anderson Award for the Best Undergraduate Student Paper/Project in Women and International Development

Past Winners

2008
Yvette Efevbera, senior, International Relations
What's Happening to Uganda's Girls? The Effects of War on Youth Culture in Northern Uganda

2007
Amanda Baranowski, senior, International Relations
“More Determined”: Women’s Participation in Environmental Movements in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil