BUILD研究比赛
海伦M. 詹姆斯·E. Izatt BUILD研究竞赛(更好地利用信息和图书馆数据库)旨在鼓励和支持学生利用图书馆资源进行研究. 该竞赛奖励在图书馆资源应用研究首页中表现出卓越技能和创造力的学生. 它是为了补充森林舞会游戏图书馆的信息素养计划而设计的.
BUILD 图书馆 Research Competition Winners
2021年第一名
卡洛琳Sicbaldi
祝贺你,卡洛琳! Carolyn是2021年Helen and James Izatt BUILD研究竞赛的两位第一名获奖者之一. 卡罗琳的研究论文题为“No Puedes Andar Dando Quejas Al Patrón”:新自由主义对移民农场工人妇女的攻击是HON 206:权力病理学的最后一篇研究论文，由Raúl gutiguerrrez和Vanessa Martínez教授授课. 卡洛琳的论文分析了新自由主义政策对美国经济的关键交叉影响.S.墨西哥边境, 以及这些政策的结果如何影响沙漠的自然景观以及试图穿越沙漠的移民. 具体地说, 环境数据和时间表的行政命令和政策制定进行审查和比较, and the framework of neoliberal policies regarding imported and exported goods, 移民, 移民威慑, 土地保护, and natural resource management are outlined. 除了, 本文还重点介绍了由于边境保护而受到危害的边境周围地区, such as industrial pollution and poor water quality. 通过将穿越索诺兰沙漠的移民的临时性质与在边境附近生活或工作的个人的固定性质并列, 这篇论文的目的是提出一个论点，即反移民政策对环境的影响超出了边境本身的范围.
卡洛琳是一个非传统的学生，她将于今年毕业，获得生物学副学士学位. She will pursue a Bachelor's degree Environmental 科学 & Policy at Smith College this fall. She was the Treasurer of 森林舞会游戏's Student Senate as well as the 阀杆 Club. Carolyn volunteers at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, located in Amherst.
Carolyn要感谢Raúl Gutierrez教授和Vanessa Martínez教授在论文的整个过程中不断的鼓励和激励. She also wishes to thank her 朋友 and family for always believing in her.
Alina Antropova
祝贺你,爱丽娜! Alina是2021年Helen and James Izatt BUILD研究竞赛的另一名冠军. 艾琳娜的论文题为《首页》, Diasporic, 加勒比, Female Coming-of-age Novel" was completed for Spanish 210 taught by Professor Raúl Gutiérrez. The paper argues that the magical, diasporic, 加勒比 female bildungsroman is a revolutionary artform that is feminist and decolonial. The analysis is structured in four sections: (1) The Intersectionality Philosophy, 非殖民化斗争, and Third-World Feminism; (2) The Coming-of-Age Novel in the 加勒比; (3) The Diaspora Positionality; and (4) The Magic/Divinity/精神uality Relationship With Decolonialism and Third-World Feminism. 在每个部分, 本文建立了女权主义和非殖民化论点的理论基础，然后将这些发现应用到小说中, The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson.
Alina Antropova是一名英语专业的学生，她喜欢阅读和分析来自世界各地的故事. After receiving her Associate's degree this June, she will transfer to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to continue her Bachelor's of 艺术 degree in English.她希望再修一个社会思想和政治经济学的双学位，以研究影响我们社会的文化和政治制度. In the future, she aspires to be an 移民 attorney and give back to her community.
2020
First place - Miren Neyra Alcantara
祝贺你,Miren! 米伦是海伦. 詹姆斯·E. Izatt BUILD研究比赛, 2020 first place winner.
Miren的研究论文题为“No Puedes Andar Dando Quejas Al Patrón:新自由主义对移民农场女工的攻击”，已完成了HON 206:由Raúl guti出口额和瓦妮莎Martínez教授教授的权力病理学.
在论文中, 米伦调查了农场工人每天面临的危险工作条件，以收获分发到美国各地的食物.S. Miren特别关注移民妇女，她们不仅面临与男性相同的劳动歧视, but also gender discrimination and sexual harassment which places them at great risk. The paper examines that despite their essential role, im/migrant farm worker women in the U.S. food system under neoliberalism face a greater risk of such dangers as pesticide exposure, 缺乏获得保健的机会, and social injustices such as gender and sexual harassment; however, 这些妇女通过工会和集体等活动组织起来的能力，为更美好的未来提供了一条路线图.
除了 to carrying a full course load every semester, Miren actively engages in both the campus and surrounding communities. She is the recipient of several awards/scholarships: Newman Civic Fellowship, Marion W. Copeland 荣誉 Scholarship and 森林舞会游戏 Scholarship. She was also a finalist in the 业务 West Young Women of Impact.
Second place - Felicia LaPointe
祝贺你,费利西亚! Felicia是Helen M. 詹姆斯·E. Izatt BUILD研究比赛 second place winner.
Her essay "Cells Gone Wild: Neoplasia in Reptiles" was the final project in BIO 107.J .教授教授. 勒纳.
这篇论文考察了生物科学研究中直到最近一直被忽视的一部分:频率, 手机的原因, and treatment methods for neoplasms and cancer in reptiles. Her motivation for paper originated from her twenty-year relationship with her box turtle. 她解释说, "Reptiles are often misunderstood, 担心, or overlooked and underfunded in scientific research,因此，她希望通过讨论哺乳动物和爬行动物如何受到癌症的影响，来强调和了解它们在生物学上的异同. She gives credit to her professors (especially Professor Jeffrey Learner), and 森林舞会游戏 staff (especially her advisor Irma Medina). 她感激家人, 朋友, 感谢她在这次大流行期间参加森林舞会游戏治疗时获得的知识和支持.
Felicia is currently enrolled at 森林舞会游戏 and hopes to graduate with a degree in 文科. 虽然她确定她将攻读生物学或动物科学和行为研究的学士学位, she is yet to select her next school in her academic career.
2019
First place - Elizabeth Busker: "Women Veterans and Intimate Partner Violence"
第二名:娜塔莉·马斯拉克:《首页》
2018
第一名:Armanis Fuentes:《首页》, 1960-1990"
第二名——布兰迪街. 罗曼:“隔离作为健康的社会决定因素:通过卡特里娜飓风和新奥尔良重建实现环境正义”
2017-2018
Kinari Horton:《森林舞会游戏》
2016-2017
第一名- Kiana Estime:《首页》
第二名——伊丽莎白·德洛姆:《森林舞会游戏》
2012-2013
特里斯坦·卡伦:“资本主义, 恐惧, and Worldview: The Motivation of the Climate Control Countermovement."
2011-2012
Shannon Messer: "Alternatives to Incarceration - Saving the American Family"
2010-2011
凯瑟琳·马龙:“胚胎植入前遗传学诊断:在医疗需要的情况下使用的争论。."
2009-2010
Mark Humphrey: "Wal-Mart: How it Hurts Us and Why We Love it Anyway."
2008-2009年度第一名
Judea Beatrice: "Sexism in the Bakkhai and in Modern Critiques."
2008 - 2009年亚军
Adrienne Shelton: "The Evolution of Sweet Corn: In Pursuit of the Perfect Ear."
2007-2008
Nicole Reynolds:“White Pomp, Latino Circumstance: The March Toward Racial Inequity in Northampton's Future."
