Department of English Awards' Day Winners 2019


Rayven Covington, winner of the Giem and Collins English 2202 3rd Place Award (pictured with Prof. Carlos Bolton)	Sarah Lim, winner of the Elizabeth Phillips Memorial Scholarship (pictured with Dr. Ladrica Menson-Furr)	Aleathea Conner, winner of the ESL Concentration Award (pictured with Dr. Teresa Dalle)

Gul Hos, winner of the William and Martha Donigan Scholarship (pictured with Dr. Katie Fredlund)	Luke Brake, winner of the Dr. Reginald Martin Teaching Award (pictured with Dr. Katie Fredlund)	Christine Guaragno, winner of the Graduate Research Award (pictured with Prof. Alice Bolin)

Sylvia Barnes, winner of the African American Literature Concentration Award and the Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Gattas Scholarship (pictured with Dr. Terrence Tucker)	Nesar Uddin, winner of the Applied Linguistics Concentration Award (pictured with Dr. Evelyn Wright)	Marisa Manuel, winner of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award (pictured with Prof. Cary Holladay)

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Undergraduate Awards

Giem and Collins Awards

1010	1020	2201	2202
1st Place: Agnes Karm	1st Place: Nadia Foster	1st Place:	1st Place: Jon Brantley Smith
2nd Place: Corey Richards	2nd Place: Bethelhem T. Sillassie	2nd Place:	2nd Place: Donnie Gladney
3rd Place: Megan Taylor	3rd Place:	3rd Place:	3rd Place: Rayven Covington

Joseph and June Riley Essay Contest

1st Place: Tobias Hendricks

2nd Place: Sydney Bloodworth

3rd Place: Emily Ray

Awards and Scholarships

English 1020 New Media Writing Award: Alexis Hicks

Children's Literature Award: Dana Christian Kebschull
Elizabeth Phillips Scholarship: Sarah Lim and Ashley T. Mayfield
Emalie Appleton Brooks Memorial Scholarship: Anna Kirby
Charles M. Brooks Scholarship in English: Noor Alshoumali

Department of English Distinguished Scholarship Award: Kevyanna Rawls
Honors Thesis Prize: Julian Rome

Acknowledgement for English Honors with Thesis

Kayla Copeland	The Importance of Social Media and Our Response to Police Brutality (Dr. Donal Harris)
Rachel Guffin	Representation of Non-English Language in Professional Editing (Dr. Will Duffy)
Kevyanna Rawls	Black Women, Social Activism, and Sexual Assault: An Exploration of Civil Rights Activism and the Black Woman's Body (Dr. Shelby Crosby)
Julian Rome	Plato, Emerson, and Thoreau- Inspiration, Interpretation, and the Idea of the Poet (Dr. Donal Harris- English, Dr. Tim Roche- Philosophy)
Reid Russom	One More River to Cross: Locating the Voices of the Memphis Sanitation Workers During the 1968 Strike (Dr. Donal Harris)
Johnda Washington	Communication Across Cultural Boundaries Within Memphis ESL Classrooms (Dr. Rebecca Adams)

Graduate Awards

Concentration Awards

African-American Literature: Sylvia Barnes
Applied Linguistics: Md Nesar Uddin
WRTC: Angela Morris
Creative Writing Fiction: Kalpana Negi
Creative Writing Non-Fiction: Rosalind Guy
Creative Writing Poetry: Sarah Cozort
Creative Writing Service Award: Adela Brito
ESL: Aleathea Conner
Literature: Brennah Hutchison

Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships

Department Service Award: Dena Arendall and Meredith Boulden
Dr. Lawrence and Sarah Wynn Fellowship: Justin Williams

Dr. Lawrence and Sarah Wynn Scholarship: Brennah Hutchison
William and Martha Donigan Graduate Scholarship: Gul Hos
Ruth and Henry Loeb Scharff Scholarship: Othman Alshboul, Mary Cartwright, Jamie Logan, and Emil Ubaldo
Rebecca Argall Award for Graduate Student Teaching Excellence: Angela Morris

Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Gattas Scholarship: Daryl Anderson and Sylvia Barnes
Dr. Reginald Martin Teaching Award: Luke Brake
Graduate Research Award: Christine Guaragno and Crystal Harris
Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Marisa Manuel