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.”
Andre Jimenez, a Law and Policy major, received an honorable mention for his paper, “Freedom Isn’t Free: Why Pierce County Needs to Move Beyond a Cash Bail System.”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.”
Thank you to the PPPA faculty for organizing this. Good conversation and good food meant that fun was had by all!
