On May 27th, PPPA faculty and students gathered to celebrate our 2022 Paper Prize Winners and all our graduating seniors. Faculty gave speeches on the future and all graduating seniors received a department certificate of completion.
This year, paper prizes were awarded to two types of papers: a long research paper, and a shorter paper.
The winners were In the long-form (capstone) category were:
Guadalupe Ramos-Orozco, a Politics,
Philosophy, and Economics major,
won the prize for his paper, “The Political Economy of Space: Neoliberalism, Houselessness, and Incarceration.”
Jonathon Church, a Politics, Philosophy, and Economics major, received an honorable mention for his paper, “Washington State Sausage Making: Attempting to Measure the Efficiency of the Legislature.”
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In the short-form category:
Bryan Lewis, an Economics and Policy Analysis major, won the prize for his paper, “Examining Legal Financial Obligations in Washington State.”
Maddy McVaugh, a Law and Policy major, received an honorable mention for her paper, “Does Diversity Matter? Police Violence, Minority Representation, and Urban Policing.”
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Thank you to the PPPA faculty for organizing this. Good conversation and good food meant that fun was had by all!
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