Teague-Melville Essay Prize

Essay Prize Description

The Teague-Melville fund awards at least two annual prizes to undergraduate students, one each for the best piece of research scholarship in the Humanities and the best piece of research scholarship in the Social Sciences. Nominated scholarship across Humanities and Social Sciences could include multimodal works such as podcasts, photo essays, and creative works.

Meet the 2021 Teague-Melville Essay Prize Winners

The 2021 prize winners were honored via a virtual awards ceremony. Please view the presentation here.

Teague-Melville Writing Prizes ($750 each)
WINNER: Jacob Hershenhouse, “Eggs Benedict: A Critical Evaluation of Brunch in America” nominated by Kathryn Renton for Food Studies 133W

WINNER: Karen Madamba, “Our Experience with Music: From Listening to Feeling to Healing” nominated by Dana Cairns Watson for Honors 43W

WINNER: Shaindi Schwebel, “Survivor Stories Featuring Jayne” nominated by Laura Hartenberger for EC 137

Congratulations to all our award winners!

Meet Past Prize Winners

2020 Winners

The 2020 prize winners were honored via a virtual awards ceremony. Please view the presentation here.

Jemma Tan (nominated by Dr. Nersessian, English) “War Time: Disruption & Perception in Persuasion”

Cailin Garcia (nominated by Professor Deuel, Writing Programs) “My Girlfriend is Famous and She Doesn’t Even Care”

Rucha Modi (nominated by Dr. Appel, Anthropology & Global Studies) “Domestic Workers of Doha: Asianization, Commodification, and Exploitation”