Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Senior Thesis Award in Women's Studies
The Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Prize awards $250 each year for a superior senior thesis written by a Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies major or minor. The prize is named in honor of distinguished historian Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, a founder of the Women's Studies Program at Penn.
Deadline for 2025/2026 awards: Friday, March 20th.
Recent Award Recipients
Nicole Hoang, The Picture of Her: Transnational Representations of Vietnamese Women Soldiers
Ellie Grauke, Washwomen, Widows, and Ward Leaders: Benevolent Societies as Instruments of Care by Black Women in Northern Cities, 1830-1840.
Aili Waller, History of Art: Recovering Josephine Walters (1837-1883): Connection and Loss in her Painted Landscape
Jin Byun, Sociology: (Honorable Mention) "If I have to be fiery, I'll be fiery": How Women Respond to Harassment in Online Videogames
Sof Sears, GSWS, English: Hangsawoman
Sarah Finklestein, Health & Societies: (Honorable Mention) Rediscovering a Space for Caregiving in Professional Medicine: A History of Modern Doula Care, Professionalization, and Caregiving
Zarina Iman, History: On the Tails of The Trade: Enslaved Women, Slave Traders, and the Households They Shared
Simran Chand, GSWS & Biology: Familial Sexual Education for South Asian American Undergraduates and its Implications on Sexual Well-being
Catherine Campbell, History and Sociology of Science: “But if you could see the difference the library and a woman has made in that place!”: Taking Care of Men and Books in World War I
Chloe Tan, GSWS: Matters of Heart(land): Housing Kinship, and State Power in Singapore
Lea Eisenstein, History and Sociology of Science: From Icon to Bygone: The Rise and Fall of the Diaphragm in Twentieth-Century America
Alisa Feldman: Be Fruitful and Medicalize: IVF Risk Communication and the Politics of Assisted Reproduction in Israel
Abbie Starker: Sex Education and Sexual Violence Prevention: School-Based Sex Education’s Failure to Teach Students about Healthy and Unhealthy Relationship Behavior
Sheila Shankar: South Asian American Women's Voices: Narratives of Resistance, Isolation, and Belonging
Joanna Kamhi: College Campus Based Women's Centers
Arielle Pardes: The Birds, the Bees, and the Swedes: Exploring the Role of Pleasure in Swedish Sex Education