Announcing the Winners of our 2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Essay Prize! | Spanish & Portuguese Studies

Submitted by Sarah Stroup on June 10, 2025 - 1:35 pm

Mid-century Royal typewriter on a maple and wenge desk.

A mid-century typewriter in the chair's office, to go with those mid-century Padelford vibes (to be fair, she does use it!).

This is the second year of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize, the first undergraduate essay prize on campus to include essays written in languages other than English! Entry into the competition is by faculty nomination of outstanding essays—understood broadly—written during the past calendar year, and prize recipients are chosen by the department's Undergraduate Awards Committee.

Here are the 2024 - 2025 Price winners, and their wonderful essays!

Maria José Elias, nominated by Professor Viana da Silva, for the essay "Tuberculose em Moçambique: Uma Crise Nacional de Saúde"
India Kaz, nominated by Professor Hochberg, for the essay "El Animal Monstruoso y la Crítica Social en las Obras de Quiroga y Emar"
Fatima Pacheco, nominated by Professor Jaffee, for the essay "Creative Paper One — Based on the story of 'Days of Ruin' by Angela Rodríguez"
Mikaela Peizer, nominated by Professor Rueda, for the essay "Persecución y Marginalización Gitana: De la Edad Media al Franquismo y el Tercer Reich"
Jonathon Reyes, nominated by Professor Amezcua, for the poem-essay "¿Qué es el bilingüismo?"

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