The Winners of the 2014 GRCC Social Science Department Student Research Paper Competition have been Announced!
“There were a record number of submissions to this year’s GRCC Social Science Department Student Research Paper Competition, and the selection process was very difficult,” said Dr. Robert Hendershot, chair of the Paper Competition Subcommittee, “but the faculty judges are pleased to be able to name the following winners:
1st Place:
Eyssy Moore
Paper Title: “Banana Incorporated: Corporate Interests, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Perpetual Poverty in Central America”
Class: HS293: Seminar on the History of American Foreign Relations
2nd Place:
Gretchen Robinson
Paper Title: “Israel’s Power to Influence”
Class: HS293: Seminar on the History of American Foreign Relations
3rd Place (tie):
Melissa Foster
Paper Title: “The Criminal Mind: Contributions to Criminal Behavior”
Class: SO270: American Families in Transition
3rd Place (tie):
Carla Villasana-Acosta
Paper Title: “Pablo Escobar: The Influence and Control of a Drug Lord in Colombia”
Class: HS230: The History of Latin America
Please join us in congratulating these scholars for their truly outstanding work!
