The GSAS Threesis Academic Challenge 2017
First Place
Sarah Stodder
Journalism
Lazy Lawn: 300 Years in the Life of Rhode Island's Oldest Summer Home
Second Place & Audience Choice
Loren Dent
International Relations
The Quota Question: What Happens When More Women are Elected to Public Office
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ACADEMIC CHALLENGE
The Seventh Annual Threesis Academic Challenge took place on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
Students in the final rounds of the GSAS Threesis Academic Challenge competed for prizes totaling $3,000 offered by the Graduate School of Arts and Science and a chance to claim the coveted title of Threesis Champion. Members of the audience at the final rounds voted for and awarded a $750 prize to the Threesis Audience Choice winner. [A special thank you to our finalist judges: Michael Laver, Dean for the Social Sciences; Michael D. Purugganan, Dean for Science; and Barbara Weinstein, Silver Professor of History.]
With presentations ranging in topic from the effectiveness of gender quotas across world governments, to the use of virtual reality to improve cooperation, to a Rhode Island summer cottage's 300-year history with one family, the captivated audience and judges had their hands full selecting the winners. See photos from the event on our Facebook page.
Congratulations to the 2017 GSAS Threesis Academic Challenge Finalists:
Olivia Crabtree Bloiso, History
Mathias Dub, International Relations
Anaïs Faurt, French Studies
Caroline B. Heafey, Irish and Irish-American Studies
Ehimamiegho Idahosa-Erese, Psychology
Hannah Kang, Psychology
Jennifer Zelmer, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Daniel W. Zhang, Computer Science
And congratulations to all the 2017 GSAS Threesis Academic Challenge participants!