Three students from College of Arts and Sciences social science programs are among the six winners of the 2009 Undergraduate Research Awards. The annual competition is sponsored by the UO Libraries and honors outstanding original research and scholarship.
To enter the competition, students submit a research paper or project completed in a UO class the previous calendar year, along with a faculty member's recommendation.
Winners receive a $1,000 scholarship for their efforts from endowments established by Milton C. and Barbara B. Sparks and Jon and Lisa Stine, and gifts from Walter and Gretchen Barger.
The three CAS students who won awards include Katherine Boom, political science; Kiwako Sakamoto, economics; and Mike Lobel, history.
Boom authored her winning paper, "The Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna: Examining State Behavior under Binding and Nonbinding Accords," in a class on "International Environmental Politics," taught by political science professor Ron Mitchell, her sponsor.
Sakamoto developed her entry, "An Examination of the Time Series Evidence on AK-Style Endogenous Growth Models," in associate professor Jeremy Piger's "Econometrics I--Time-Series Econometrics" course.
Lobel garnered the award for his work in a class taught by history professor Peggy Pascoe called "Gender, Race, and Sex in U.S. History." Lobel's paper is titled "Indomitable Spirits: The Interrelationship Between the Women's Suffrage and the Prohibition Movements in Oregon from 1883-1914."
Electronic copies of the winning entries are digitally maintained in Scholars' Bank, an open access archive for UO research, publications and supporting materials. Go to the UO Libraries web page for more information about the Undergraduate Research Awards.
Winners receive a $1,000 scholarship for their efforts from endowments established by Milton C. and Barbara B. Sparks and Jon and Lisa Stine, and gifts from Walter and Gretchen Barger.
The three CAS students who won awards include Katherine Boom, political science; Kiwako Sakamoto, economics; and Mike Lobel, history.
Boom authored her winning paper, "The Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna: Examining State Behavior under Binding and Nonbinding Accords," in a class on "International Environmental Politics," taught by political science professor Ron Mitchell, her sponsor.
Sakamoto developed her entry, "An Examination of the Time Series Evidence on AK-Style Endogenous Growth Models," in associate professor Jeremy Piger's "Econometrics I--Time-Series Econometrics" course.
Lobel garnered the award for his work in a class taught by history professor Peggy Pascoe called "Gender, Race, and Sex in U.S. History." Lobel's paper is titled "Indomitable Spirits: The Interrelationship Between the Women's Suffrage and the Prohibition Movements in Oregon from 1883-1914."
Electronic copies of the winning entries are digitally maintained in Scholars' Bank, an open access archive for UO research, publications and supporting materials. Go to the UO Libraries web page for more information about the Undergraduate Research Awards.