English:

• Analysis
  • 1st: Christine Naderer, "Jonathan Edwards: Fear and Faith"
  • 2nd: Clare Ogonek, "Give Thanks for a Fallacy-Free Commercial"
  • Honorable Mention: Vanessa Felipe-Morales, "The Persistence of My Unknown"
  • Honorable Mention: Jake Heath, "The Notebook"
    
• Argument
  • 1st: Kristin Walden, "Modern Technology: Consuming Children and Changing Childhood"
    
• Narrative
  • 1st: Christine Naderer, "Laundry Day"
  • 2nd: Mariah Hurt, "Nightmare in Frankfurt Airport"
  • Honorable Mention: Katelynn Barnett, "A Life on Stage"
    
• Open
  • 1st: Danny Sexton, "The Fire of Life"
  • 2nd (tie): Kevin Tighe, "A Personal Philosophy"
  • 2nd (tie): Kevin Tighe, "What a Classroom Cannot be Without"
  • Honorable Mention: Julie Krechting, "Embrace the Pink"
    
• Profile
  • 1st: Laura Kaiser, "To Grandmother's House We Go"
  • 2nd: Elizabeth Maurath, "A Cluttered Second Home"
    
• Research
  • 1st (tie): Kevin Tighe, "Xavier University Professors: Pure Dedication"
  • 1st (tie): Amanda Weickert, "A Final Choice"
  • 2nd: Kristin Walden, "The Changing Childhood: An Exploration of Modern Technology"

History:

• Argument
  • 1st: Cole Grieshop, "Faust's History Ignores History"
  • 2nd: Amanda Weickert, "Cultural Exclusivity"
  • Honorable Mention: Laura Kaiser, "An Age of Rebirth"
  • Honorable Mention: Samantha Milroy, "A Total Transformation"

Philosophy:

• Argument
  • 1st (tie): Maria Botros, "Glaucon's Argument: The Origin of Justice"
  • 1st (tie): Chris Dobbs, "Lying with Kant"
  • 2nd: Nicholas Albin, "Justice in the City"
  • Honorable Mention: Kelsey Reed, "Abelard 'Intent?'"

Theology:

• Exegesis
  • 1st: Laura Kaiser, "Roughly Translated"
  • 2nd: Anna Robertson, "An Exegesis of John 21: 15-17"
    
• Open
  • 1st: Catherine, Heywood, "My Sunflower"
  • 2nd (tie): Calesse Cardosi, "TIB We Serve Ourselves through Serving Others"
  • 2nd (tie): Laura Kaiser, "Jesus Saves"
  • Honorable Mention: Laura Kaiser, "My Jewelry Box"
  • Honorable Mention: Sean Luke, "Sexuality in Today's Culture"

Contacts at the Library

Alison Morgan, Librarian
English Department Liaison
morgan@xavier.edu, 513-745-3931

Lindsey Ritzert, Librarian
English Department Liaison
ritzertl@xavier.edu, 513-745-4810

Research Help Desk, CLC
askus@xu.edu, 513-745-4808