Lunsford Winners: 2015-2019
Watch video recordings of Lunsford Award winners, finalists, and other honorees in the Presentation Archive. Presentation Videos are archived by year, as follows:
Lunsford Winners for Fall 2019
Winners: Melina Solis, Hannah Cussen
Melina Solis:"Denied at Birth: Children of Same-Sex Spouses and their Right to US Citizenship"
Course: Speaking out: Claiming Citizenship, Demanding Rights
Instructor: Chris Kamrath
Lunsford Winners for Spring 2019
Winners: Jianna So, Trey Connelly
Jianna So: "Coding Gender: Female Stereotypes in Voice Assistants"
Course: PWR 2AB: Makers, Hackers, Crafters: The Rhetoric of DIY
Instructor: Angela Becerra Vidergar
Lunsford Winners for Winter 2019
Winners: Autumn Warren, Valexa Orelien
Autumn Warren: "You Don't Sound Black: The Connection between Language and Identity"
Course: Rhetoric of Language, Identity, and Power
Instructor: Jennifer Johnson
Lunsford Winners for Fall 2018
Winners: Caelin Marum, Sofia Avila Jamesson
Caelin Marum “Searching for Olivia: Reframing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Research"
Course: Race, Gender, Power, and the Rhetoric of the Detective
Instructor: Irena Yamboliev
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2018
Winners: Haley Hodge, Vrinda Vasavada
Haley Hodge: “EPA Government's Actions Speaking Louder than Their Words: The Neglect of the RV Community on Weeks Street "
Course: Comics for Social Justice
Instructor: Lisa Swan
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2018
Winners: Isabelle Carpenter, Swetha Revanur
Isabelle Carpenter: “Gender and Language in a Multilingual Morocco"
Course: The Rhetoric of Language, Identity, and Power
Instructor: Jennifer Johnson
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2017
Winners: Won Gi Jung, Michelle Chang
Won Gi Jung: “Tale of Two Cities: Portrayal of Reality in Colonial Detective Literature"
Course: Race, Power, Gender, and the Rhetoric of the Detective
Instructor: Irena Yamboliev
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2017
Winners: Michael Bereket, Lauren Seabrooks
Michael Bereket: “The Exceptional Self: How the Holistic Admissions Process Rewrites Student Racial Identities"
Course: The Rhetoric of Language, Identity, and Power
Instructor: Jennifer Johnson
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2017
Winners: Isabelle Morris, Sophia Sterling-Angus
Isabelle Morris: “The Real Experts: Creating an Autistic-Friendly Educational Environment"
Course: How We Got Schooled: The Rhetoric of Literacy and Education
Instructor: John Peterson
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2016
Winners: Sophia Pink, Juliana Chang
Nominees: Alli Keys, Alex Trivella, Jake Goldstein, Erika DePalatis, Cindy Nguyen, Gordon Blake, Joan Chen, Aidan Salamone, Ferderico Derby, Scarlett Guo, Nicolette Grabiec
Sophia Pink: “How the NRA Shot Down the Ivory Tower"
Course: Like this Class: The Rhetoric of Public Relations
Instructor: Erica Cirillo-McCarthy
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2016
Winners: David Slater, Nikhil Bhattasali
Nominees: Benjamin Williams, Katherine Liu, Ada Statler, Grace Bay Young, Pierce Freeman, Katie Nesser, Megha Srivastava, Andrew Summerville, Annabel Chen and Rifath Rashid
David Slater: “Cracking the Keyless Lock"
Course: A Rebel With A Cause: The Rhetoric of Giving a Damn
Instructor: Kathleen Tarr
Lunsford Winners for Winter 2016
Winners: Liz Wallace, Devon Cash
Nominees: Stefan Swaans, Armando Rojas, Hava Schwartz, Hannah Thompson, Chiamaka Ogwuegbu, Trina Sarkar, Chaitanya Asawa, and Ufu Ovienmhada
Liz Wallace: “A Fading Fady: The Waning Clout of Culture in Lemur Conservation”
Course: Don't Stand so Close to Me: Cross Cultural Communication
Instructor: Ann Watters
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2015
Winners: Louis Lafair, Savannah Pham
Louis Lafair: “Wait One Moment: Taking the Time to Reconsider How Stanford Students Spend Their Time”
Course: The Rhetoric of Success
Instructor: Jesse Davie-Kessler
Lunsfords Winners for Spring 2015
Winners: Sam Kurland, Gabbi Fisher
Nominees: Maggie Ann Ryan, Carla Lewis, Ramón E. Villaverde Castañeda, Ashwin Kumar, Sage Voorhees, Kevin Coelho, Emily Xie, Bryant Alan Chen
Sam Kurland: “Communicating the Dismal Science”
Course: Science, Democracy and Social Media
Instructor: Ruth Starkman
Lunsfords Winners for Winter 2015
Winners: Katie Joseff, Jinhie Skarda
Nominees: Sam Williams, Jenna Shapiro, Will Fein, Megan McAndrews, Alec Pallin, Barak Oshri, David Mallick, Simon Kim, Jordan Hank
Katie Joseff: “Rationalizations for the Sex Trade in Thailand”
Course: Don't Stand so Close to Me: Cross-cultural Communication
Instructor: Ann Watters