Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2015
Sam Kurland: “Communicating the Dismal Science”
Course: Science, Democracy and Social Media
Instructor: Ruth Starkman
Gabbi Fisher: "Bedroom Radicals and the Internet Sisterhood"
Course: The Rhetoric of Technology and Social Change
Instructor: Emily Polk
Nominees: Maggie Ann Ryan, Carla Lewis, Ramón E. Villaverde Castañeda, Ashwin Kumar, Sage Voorhees, Kevin Coelho, Emily Xie, Bryant Alan Chen
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2015
Katie Joseff: “Rationalizations for the Sex Trade in Thailand”
Course: Don't Stand so Close to Me: Cross-cultural Communication
Instructor: Ann Watters
Jinhie Skarda: "The Star of Interstellar How Art Informs Science"
Course: The Rhetoric of Art & Commerce
Instructor: John Peterson
Nominees: Sam Williams, Jenna Shapiro, Will Fein, Megan McAndrews, Alec Pallin, Barak Oshri, David Mallick, Simon Kim, Jordan Hank
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2014
Libby Scholz: "Keep it Zipped: The Role of the Politician's Wife in Sex Scandals"
Course: 'Like' this Course: The Rhetoric of Public Relations
Instructor: Erica Cirillo-McCarthy
Henry Wilson-Smith: "The Efficacy of Symbols in Protest - Hong Kong and the Yellow Umbrella"
Course: Global Protest and Civil Unrest: The Rhetoric of Resistance
Instructor: Emily Polk
Nominees: Jessica Ancajas, Gloria Chua, Joy Wang, Moiead Charawi, Dylan Simmons, Victoria Yeow, Alex Feldman, Deshae Jenkins, Sarah Anne Young, Bryant Eugene Johnson, Chris Fleming
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2014
Heather Glenny: "The Art of Breakfast: Are Skinnier Spokescharacters Harmful to Society"
Course: The Great and Powerful Oz: The Rhetoric of Spokespersons
Instructor: Kathleen Tarr
Christie Bao Thu Nguyen: "Confronting Rape: A Comparison of Modern Anti-Rape Protests Facilitated Online With Those ‘In the Streets’"
Course: Global Protest and Civil Unrest: The Rhetoric of Resistance
Instructor: Emily Polk
Nominees: Jed Paul, Nathan Staffa, Adrian Rodriguez, Emilia Schrier, Ben Mittelberger, Emily Law, Henry Ishitani, Eve Simister, Brian Hie, Michael Peterson, Sage Cammers-Goodwin, Samuel Hanson
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2013
Abby Fanlo: "A Memorial to the Triumphs and Tragedies of Breast Cancer"
Course: Designing Memorials: Building Rhetoric into Commemoration
Instructor: Zachary Sifuentes
John Miller: "HAL Meets Heidegger: Engineering and Humanities Philosophies of Technology"
Course: Mashups and Popular Culture
Instructor: Kevin DiPirro
Nominees: Cyerra Holmes, David Kay, Jordyn Irwin, Whitney Hooper, Amy Bearman, Sara Maurer, Daly Montgomery, Katherine Evers, Cynthia De Dalmady, Ted Li, Alyssa Eldridge, Sophie Harrison
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2013
Andy Aude: "Solving the "NSA Problem" Responsibly"
Course: P-Sets, Midterms and Essays: Making Time for Social Change in a Busy World
Instructor: Donna Hunter
Greg Ramel: "Rebooting the Rhetoric of Alcohol"
Course: The Red Pill or the Blue Pill: The Rhetoric of Drugs
Instructor: Russ Carpenter
Nominees: Chris Middleton, Jacob Winnikoff, Jamie Cantero, Mira Nencheva, Mark Walsh, Renjie Wong
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2013
Monica Ellwood-Lowe: "Mental Health Treatment at Stanford University"
Course: Lie Detection and the Social Function of Deception
Instructor: Sigrid Streit
Peter Lessler: "Narrative Thinking in Friendship: The Case of Steinbeck and Dook"
Course: Other Selves: The Art and Science of Friendship
Instructor: Sarah Pittock
Nominees: Adam Khorakiwala, David Dindi, John McMordie, Alison Nguyen, Luke Lorentzen, Julia Purcell, Danny McKay, Sean Hiroshima, Gerar Mazarakis, Matthew Pick
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2013
Sam Cady: "The Era of Political Fandom"
Course: Superfans and Scholars: Writing Fan Culture
Instructor: Susan Schuyler-Olmsted
Clayton Evans: "Why Teachers Are Like Starving Artists"
Course: The Rhetoric of Art and Commerce
Instructor: John Peterson
Doug Safreno: "Steve Jobs: The Metis Touch"
Course: It's About Time: Seizing Opportunity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Performance
Instructor: Kelly Myers
Nominees: Sophie Christel, Arthur Brant, Felix Boyeaux, Karthik Viswanathan, Isaac Maddan, Melody Wong, Brian Deutsch, Lindsey Txakeeyang, Alex Brinas and Alec Winograd
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2012
Chi Ling: "Spirit of our Times: Visualizing World Values"
Course: Information Design: Visual Language of Graphic Communication
Instructor: Sohui Lee
Selamile Dlamini: "Inland Borders and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa"
Course: Claiming Citizenship: Membership & Rights in Public Discourse
Instructor: Chris Kamrath
Nominees: Josh Mendoza, Annalisa Boslough, Paul Caroll, Eleanor Walker, Zak Whittington, Jono Bentley, Sean Hiroshima, Gerar Mazarakis, Matthew Pick
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2012
Sasha Arijanto: "Computer Mediated Lives"
Course: Me and My iPod: The Rhetoric of Identity
Instructor: Donna Hunter
Emma Botta: "Musicians and Revolution: A Case Study of Bob Dylan and Ramy Essam"
Course: Stepping Out of Shadows: Music, the Bass Guitar, and the Rhetoric of Revolution
Instructor: Rod Taylor
Nominees: Robin Jia, Kelsey Dang, Trevor Jansen Mooney, Isabel Lopez Isabel, Micah Siegel, Ian Ball, Alex Martinez, Kevin Shutzberg, Konstantine Buhler
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2012
Alexandra Cox: "War without Shooting"
Course: Olympic Rhetoric: Studying the Spirit of the Games
Instructor: Kelly Meyers
Dave Corcoran: "Digital Tools and the Contemporary Music Maker"
Course: Unperforming Ourselves: The Design and Craft of Presentation
Instructor: Kevin DiPirro
Nominees: Veronica Polin, Monica Masiello, Sophia Villarreal, Dan Ashton, Prakash Sanker, Clarie Colberg, Zain Zaidi, Tim Huang
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2011
Riley Majeune: "The Art of Political Satire and The Colbert Report"
Course: The Rhetoric of Art and Commerce
Instructor: John Peterson
Kyle Vandenberg: "Beyond Judging a Book by its Cover: Inaccurate Teacher Expectations in Early Classroom Settings"
Course: Rhetoric and Education Reform
Instructor: John Lee
Lunsford Winners for Spring 2010-2011
Kyle Moy: "Differentiating BMW via the Art Car Project"
Course: Got Ads? Rhetorics of Visual Design in Print Advertising
Instructor: Sohui Lee
Alison Roy-Ting: "Messianic Dictatorship"
Lunsford Winners for Winter 2010-2011
Imani Franklin, "To Be Young, White, and Male: An Exploration of White Male Identity"
Course: Me and my iPod: The Rhetoric of Idenity
Instructor: Donna Hunter
Patrick Kennedy, "Satire, Cynicism, and American Politics"
Course: What’s so funny? Humor, Race, Class and Gender
Instructor: Helle Rytkonen
Nominees: Derek Ouyang, Torry Castellano, Taylor McAdam, Maxine Litre, Emily Henriksson, Jason Dodson, Brian Swenson, Taylor Savage, David Sunde
Lunsford Winners for Fall 2010-2011
Cyana Chilton, "Learning Together: Incorporating Technology into Education"
Jacob Portes, "The Cultural Disintegration of Ladino Jewry in New York"
Nominees: Blake Ricardo Emmerson, Amin Aalipour, Jake Ayala, Krista Ryu, Adam Klein, Ben King, Danna Seligman, Tyler White
Lunsford Winners for Fall 2009-2010
Caroline Chen, "Redefining the Essay"
Max 'Cougar' Oswald, "Technology Is Advancing, Are We?"
Nominees: Matt Chalmers, Alex Chen, Colin Gray, Tara Gu, Alex Kasner, Alison McInnis
Lunsford Winners for Winter 2009-2010
Ellery Dake, "Raunch Culture"
Patrick Kelly, "Is the Internet the Future of Television"
Nominees: Alison Fong, Thuy-Vy (Vivian) Ho, Peiley Lau, Brian Louie, Liliana Lucero-Sanchez, Laura Lynch, Andres Moreno, Daniel Smith
