Student Essay Contest: 2021 Results
GRAND PRIZE:
- Grand Prize and Grades 6-8 First Place: “Mathematical Homeruns”
- by: Joy Wilde (Washington Connections Academy)
- Interviewee: Emily Curtis (Seattle Mariners)
UNDERGRADUATE:
- First Place: Keeping It Cool: A Biography of Lori Siegel
- by: Yangyang Li (Dartmouth College)
- Interviewee: Lori Siegel (Climate Interactive)
- Honorable Mention: “Mathematical Wholeness: Sarah’s Journey”
- by: Lucy Conover (Pitzer College)
- Interviewee: Sarah Strong (High Tech High)
- Honorable Mention: “The Poetry of Mathematics”
- by: Ingrid Ren (Brown University)
- Interviewee: JoAnne Growney (Bloomsburg University)
- Honorable Mention: “Asuman Aksoy: Reserving the Right to Think”
- by: Angie Wang (Claremont McKenna College)
- Interviewee: Asuman Güven Aksoy (Claremont McKenna College)
GRADES 9-12:
- 1st Place: “Stepping Outside the Mold to Improv-e Mathematics”
- by: Angela Cai (Stuyvesant High School)
- Interviewee: Ellen Eischen (University of Oregon)
- Honorable Mention: “CDR Meghan Steinhaus: Military Excellence and Mathematical Creativity”
- by: Arielle Frommer (Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut)
- Interviewee: Meghan Steinhaus (United States Coast Guard Academy)
- Honorable Mention: “The Proof is in the Purpose”
- by: Asmi Pareek (Sidwell Friends School)
- Interviewee: Yolanda Rolle (Sidwell Friends School)
GRADES 6-8:
- First Place: same as Grand Prize winner
- Honorable Mention: “The Puzzle” In Life
- by: Ben Hourdequin (Frances C. Richmond Middle School)
- Interviewee: Lori Siegel (Climate Interactive)
- Honorable Mention: “Lighting the Way from Within”
- by: Jada Martin (Westside Neighborhood School)
- Interviewee: Cydney Bodenhamer (Westside Neighborhood School)
- Honorable Mention: “From Mangoes to Math”
- by: Meera Srini (Columbus Academy)
- Interviewee: Padmini Veerapen (Tennessee Tech University)
AWM and MfA thank the participating schools in the 2021 contest.
Some essays have been modified for posting on the AWM website