Student Essay Contest: 2019 Results

GRAND PRIZE:

• Grand Prize and Grades 9-12 First Place: “How Bees Sting”
  by Dominique Alexander (Douglas High School, Minden, NV)
• Interviewee: Christine Ensign (Douglas High School, Minden, NV)

UNDERGRADUATE:

• First Place: “Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained”
  by Liyaan Maskati (Brown University, Providence, RI)
• Interviewee: Ellie Pavlick (Brown University, Providence, RI)
• Honorable Mention: “Defying Standards and Stereotypes” by Mominah Subhan (UCLA, Los Angeles, CA)
• Interviewee: Sharmila Venugopal (UCLA, Los Angeles, CA)
• Honorable Mention: “Proof: Dr. Hubbard’s Impact Is Continuous” by Ankita Mohapatra (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
• Interviewee: Diana Hubbard (Brooklyn College (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY)

GRADES 9-12:

• 1st Place: Same as Grand Prize Winner
• Honorable Mention: “Related Rate” by Savannah Shoffner (Cienega High School, Vail, AZ)
• Interviewee: Gretchen Stickney (Cienega High School, Vail, AZ)
• Honorable Mention: “Grace in Mathematics” by Lara Zeng (Belmont High School, Belmont, MA)
• Interviewee: Grace Cook (Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ)

GRADES 6-8:

• 1st Place: “My Teacher Makes the Irrational Perfectly Rational” by Farren Stainton (The Sharon Academy, Sharon, VT)
• Interviewee: Sandy Thorne (The Sharon Academy, Sharon, VT)
• Honorable Mention: “Inspired by a Problem: Mapping the Butterfly Effect” by Roxane Park (Crossroads Academy, Lyme, NH)
• Interviewee: Sarah Sellke (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN)

AWM and MfA thank the participating schools in the 2019 contest.

Some essays have been modified for posting on the AWM website