Lunsford Honorees: Fall 2020
About the Fall 2020 Lunsford Honorees
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. Giving and recording an oral presentation in an online environment provided both new challenges but also new possibilities and we saw a range of creative and powerful responses to oral presentation research. This gallery represents exemplary work from students produced in their fully online environments during Fall quarter 2020, and we honor all of these students for their excellent research and delivery.
Watch highlights from the Fall honoree presentations -- with an introduction by former PWR Faculty Director, Andrea Lunsford -- and then scroll down for access to their full presentations.
Lunsford Honorees for Fall 2020
Eva Batelaan: “Missed Connections: Reexamining Sexual Assault Perspectives"
Course: The Rhetoric of the Natural and Beyond
Instructor: Raechel Lee
Ismael Isidro Castro: “Tech 'Diversity': How Anti-Affirmative Action Rhetoric Perpetuates Tech's Diversity Problem"
Course: The Rhetoric of Language, Identity, and Power
Instructor: Jennifer Johnson
Murtaza Hassan: “The influential Minority Myth and What It Can Tell Us About Sectarian Conflict in Pakistan"
Course: A Rebel with a Cause: The Rhetoric of Giving a Damn
Instructor: Kathleen Tarr
Sydnee Huff: “Aswang and Filipino Identities: How Filipinos Can Use Storytelling as a Catalyst for Decolonization"
Course: Makers, Crafters, Hackers: The Rhetoric of DIY
Instructor: Angela Becerra Vidergar
Rellie Liu: “Bury Away the Despondency: The Roots and Shoots of China's New 'Funeral' Culture"
Course: All the Feels: The Rhetoric of Emotion
Instructor: Tesla Schaeffer