Lunsford Winners: 2009-2014
Watch video recordings of Lunsford Award winners, finalists, and other honorees in the Presentation Archive. Presentation Videos are archived by year, as follows:
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2014
Winners: Libby Scholz, Henry Wilson-Smith
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
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
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2014
Winners: Heather Glenny, Christie Bao Thu Nguyen
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
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
This presentation contains content that may be disturbing for some viewers.
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2014
Winners: Abby Fanlo, John Miller
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
Abby Fanlo: "A Memorial to the Triumphs and Tragedies of Breast Cancer"
Course: Designing Memorials: Building Rhetoric into Commemoration
Instructor: Zachary Sifuentes
This presentation contains content that may be disturbing for some viewers.
John Miller: "HAL Meets Heidegger: Engineering and Humanities Philosophies of Technology"
Course: Mashups and Popular Culture
Instructor: Kevin DiPirro
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2013
Winners: Andy Aude, Greg Ramel
Nominees: Chris Middleton, Jacob Winnikoff, Jamie Cantero, Mira Nencheva, Mark Walsh, Renjie Wong
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
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2013
Winners: Monica Ellwood-Lowe, Peter Lessler
Nominees: Adam Khorakiwala, David Dindi, John McMordie, Alison Nguyen, Luke Lorentzen, Julia Purcell, Danny McKay, Sean Hiroshima, Gerar Mazarakis, Matthew Pick
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
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2013
Winners: Sam Cady, Clayton Evans, Doug Safreno
Nominees: Sophie Christel, Arthur Brant, Felix Boyeaux, Karthik Viswanathan, Isaac Maddan, Melody Wong, Brian Deutsch, Lindsey Txakeeyang, Alex Brinas and Alec Winograd
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
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2012
Winners: Chi Ling, Selamile Dlamini
Nominees: Josh Mendoza, Annalisa Boslough, Paul Caroll, Eleanor Walker, Zak Whittington, Jono Bentley, Sean Hiroshima, Gerar Mazarakis, Matthew Pick
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
This presentation contains content that may be disturbing for some viewers.
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2012
Winners: Sasha Arijanto, Emma Botta
Nominees: Robin Jia, Kelsey Dang, Trevor Jansen Mooney, Isabel Lopez Isabel, Micah Siegel, Ian Ball, Alex Martinez, Kevin Shutzberg, Konstantine Buhler
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
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2012
Winners: Alexandra Cox, Dave Corcoran
Nominees: Veronica Polin, Monica Masiello, Sophia Villarreal, Dan Ashton, Prakash Sanker, Clarie Colberg, Zain Zaidi, Tim Huang
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
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2011
Winners: Riley Majeune, Kyle Vandenberg
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
Winners: Kyle Moy, Alison Roy-Ting
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 2011
Winners: Imani Franklin, Patrick Kennedy
Nominees: Derek Ouyang, Torry Castellano, Taylor McAdam, Maxine Litre, Emily Henriksson, Jason Dodson, Brian Swenson, Taylor Savage, David Sunde
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
Lunsford Winners for Fall 2010
Winners: Cyana Chilton, Jacob Portes
Nominees: Blake Ricardo Emmerson, Amin Aalipour, Jake Ayala, Krista Ryu, Adam Klein, Ben King, Danna Seligman, Tyler White
Cyana Chilton, "Learning Together: Incorporating Technology into Education"
Jacob Portes, "The Cultural Disintegration of Ladino Jewry in New York"
Lunsford Winners for Spring 2010
Winners: Karen Hauser, Nick Mascarenhas
Karen Hauser, "End of Life Counseling"
Nick Mascarenhas: "Rhetoric of Fun: The Festival, the Carnival, and the Circus"
Lunsford Winners for Winter 2010
Winners: Ellery Drake, Patrick Kelly
Nominees: Alison Fong, Thuy-Vy (Vivian) Ho, Peiley Lau, Brian Louie, Liliana Lucero-Sanchez, Laura Lynch, Andres Moreno, Daniel Smith
Ellery Drake, "Raunch Culture"
Patrick Kelly, "Is the Internet the Future of Television"
Lunsford Winners for Fall 2009
Winners: Caroline Chen, Max 'Cougar' Oswald
Nominees: Matt Chalmers, Alex Chen, Colin Gray, Tara Gu, Alex Kasner, Alison McInnis