The Lunsford Award Presentations Archive
Welcome to the Archive for the Lunsford Award Presentations
Lunsford Winners for Winter 2022
Winners: Amantina Rossi, Haley Stafford
Finalists: Aden Beyene, Max Du, Nikita Salunke
Course: "You're supposed to set an example!": Rhetorics of Professionalism
Instructor: Brittany Hull
Course: Writing about Cities
Instructor: Lisa Swan
Lunsfords Winners for Fall 2021
Winners: Ijeoma Alozie, Liv Jenks
Finalists: Ashlee Kupor, Caroline Schurz, Usman Tariq
Course: A Rebel with a Cause: The Rhetoric of Giving a Damn
Instructor: Kathleen Tarr
Course: Writing about Cities
Instructor: Lisa Swan
Lunsford Honorees for Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021
From Spring 2020 through Summer 2021, all PWR 2 courses were taught online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Typically, Lunsford award honorees would present in front of a live audience and two winners would be selected. Delivering and recording an oral presentation in an online environment provides both new challenges but also new possibilities, and we saw a range of creative and powerful responses to oral presentation research during our six quarters online. We've created a gallery of Spring/Summer 2020 honorees, Fall 2020 honorees, Winter 2021 honorees, and Spring/Summer 2021 honorees, featuring the exemplary work that students produced in their fully online environments.
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
Hannah Cussen: "This is What Evoluation Wanted: Personification as a Tool for Science Education"
Course: Curated Reality: How Media Shape What We Know
Instructor: John Peterson
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
Trey Connelly: "Sign and Design: Modes of Instruction in Digital Games"
Course: How We Got Schooled: Rhetoric of Literacy and Education
Instructor: John Peterson
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
Valexa Orelien: "Exploring Linguistic Power Structures in Haiti"
Course: How We Got Schooled: Rhetoric of Literacy and Education
Instructor: John Peterson
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
Sofia Avila Jamesson: “Murder, Music, and Machismo: Analyzing Gender-Based Violence in Mexico"
Course: The Art of Rhetorical Listening
Instructor: Cassie Wright
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
Vrinda Vasavada: “Fighting Tech Addiction"
Course: Language Gone Viral: The Rhetoric of Social Media and Digital Communication
Instructor: Norah Fahim
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
Swetha Revanur: “Combating Sex Slavery with AI"
Course: Ethics and AI
Instructor: Ruth Starkman
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
Michelle Chang: “Death Cafe Movement"
Course: Are We There Yet? The Rhetoric of Mobility
Instructor: Selby Schwartz
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
Lauren Seabrooks: “Breaking from the Cycle: Causes and Effects of Intergenerational Parental Incarceration"
Course: I ___ Therefore I Am: The Rhetoric of 21st Century Identity
Instructor: Donna Hunter
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
Sophia Sterling-Angus: “Female Trainwrecks"
Course: Seriously Funny: The Rhetoric of Humor
Instructor: Mary Stroud
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
Juliana Chang: “Heritage Language Loss in Second Gen East-Asian Americans"
Course: Don't Stand So Close to Me: Cross-cultural Communication
Instructor: Ann Watters
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
Nikhil Bhattasali: “Evolution not Revolution: How Internet Political Humor Shapes Modern-Day China One Laugh at a Time"
Course: Rhetoric of Humor
Instructor: Mary Stroud
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
Devon Cash: "Assumed But Not Proven: The Crash and Burn of e-Mentoring within the Phoenix Scholars"
Course: The Rhetoric of the Experiment
Instructor: Trisha Stan
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
Savannah Pham: "Covering Up a Massacre: U.S. Army Press Coverage of My Lai"
Course: Crime, Media & Law: Critical Approaches to Violence
Instructor: Clara Lewis
This presentation contains content that may be disturbing for some viewers.
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
Gabbi Fisher: "Bedroom Radicals and the Internet Sisterhood"
Course: The Rhetoric of Technology and Social Change
Instructor: Emily Polk
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
This presentation contains content that may be disturbing for some viewers.
Jinhie Skarda: "The Star of Interstellar How Art Informs Science"
Course: The Rhetoric of Art & Commerce
Instructor: John Peterson
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