

2002 Winners
(click on students' names to read winning essays)
Level III Winners: Graduate
Timothy Hack
"Shaping a Revolution:
The Virginia County Committees of Safety"
(First Place)
Stacey Schneider
"Flight from Slavery:
Rethinking the Underground Railroad in Virginia"
(Second Place)
Gregory Kellerman
"An American Israel"
(Third Place)
Level I Winners:
Freshman and Sophomore
Jennifer Karey
"Hidden Victims"
(First Place)
Second-place winner's name and essay
removed at author's request
Jessica Wright
"Sylvia Plath:
Words Dropped from the Bee-Mouth"
(Third Place)
Level II Winners: Junior and Senior
Erika Shernoff
"Alternative Burden:
The Importance of Localism and Non-Profit Radio"
(First Place)
Jason Bauer
"Blood of Patriots"
(Second Place)
Georgia Hancock
"The Question of Citizenship in the French Revolution"
(Third Place)
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