2007 Prize Winners:

• Victoria Federico (International Relations) "The Curse of Natural Resources and Human Development"
• Michael Andreychik (Psychology, graduate) "Social Explanatory Style as a Foundation of Social Orientation"

2006 Prize Winners:

• Amy Rikoon (Psychology) "Oral vs. Written Narrative Memories and Well-Being in Late Adolescence"
• Maria-Cristina Cruza-Guet (Education, graduate) "The Relationship between Social Support and Psychological Distress among Hispanic Elders"

2005 Prize Winners:

• Joanna Steinman (Sociology and Anthropology, graduate) "A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania"
  
• Sheila Clabby (Psychology, undergraduate) "Lay Theories and Intergroup Attitudes: The Role of Theories Concerning Internality-Externality and Stability-Instability"
• additional finalists

2004 Prize Winners:

• Emily Wurth (Sociology and Anthropology, graduate) "The Health of the ‘Forgotten' of Washington, DC: An Analysis of Gentrification, Concentrated Poverty and Health"
  
• Celina Hayes (Psychology, undergraduate) " Dependency and Length as Processing Constraints on Word Order in Particle Constructions"
• additional finalists

2002 Prize Winners:

• Claire Choutka and Patricia Doloughty (College of Education, graduate) "ABA for Children with Autism: The Outcome-Related Factors in the Legal Cases"
  
• Nicholas Kehrwald (Psychology, undergraduate) "Moving Beyond Traits: The Effect of Attributions for Stereotypic Traits on Social Judgment"
  
• Lauren Ercole, Annette Gavigan, Amy Gilbreth, and Katharine Gardner (Sociology and Anthropology, undergraduate) "Perceptions of Feminism: Measuring Feminist Attitudes"

1999 Prize Winners:

• Dorene McNamara (Social Relations, graduate) "Individual Differences in Adult Attachment Styles and their Connection with Representations of Actual and Ideal Love"
  
• Elizabeth Richner (Psychology, graduate) "From Actors to Characters to Persons: The Development of Character Representation in Young Children's Narratives"
  
• Shari Abrams (Psychology, undergraduate) "Gender Differences in Perceptions of Modest and Immodest Presentation of Academic Achievement"

1998 Prize Winners:

• Jamie Lynch (Psychology, undergraduate) "The Effects of Gender and Sex Role on Helping Behavior"
  
• Jill Kinney (History, undergraduate) "The Changing Role of Women in the Seneca Nation of Indians"
  

1997 Prize Winner:

• Yan Ping (Emily) Xin (College of Education, graduate) “Mathematical Word Problem Solving Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities and Those at Risk for Math Failure.”

1996 Prize Winners:

• Bonnie A. Green (Psychology, graduate) "Cognitive Changes following a Carotid Endarterectomy: A Proposal"
  
• Allyson Kambach(History, graduate) "'In Women's Realm': Negotiating Issues of Gender and Class in the Amalgamated Journal"
  
• Laura Greenwald (Psychology, undergraduate)"Psychosocial and Cultural Differences in Latino Americans on Hemodialysis"
• Dara Seybold (Sociology and Anthropolgy, undergraduate)"Choosing Therapies: A Senegalese Woman's Experiences with Infertility"