Carson grantees 2018
- Ilan Palacios Avineri, “Echoes of Silence: An Oral History of the Guatemalan Civil War in Huehuetenango”
- Sponsor: William Smaldone, History
- Nathan Boone, “Exploratory Composition: Multi-Cultural Harmony”
- Sponsor: James Miley, Music
- Kathryn Bordona, “‘Ain’t Nuthin’ But a She Thing:’ Sexuality as Social Liberation in the Medieval Songs of Trobairitz and Contemporary Hip-Hop Feminists”
- Sponsor: Roy Perez, English
- Moira Eaton, “Guardians: A Young Adult Novel to Increase Societal Philosophical Awareness”
- Sponsor: Sammy Basu, Politics
- Peter Fredenberg, “Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Practices in Marion County Parole and Probation in Reducing Recidivism”
- Sponsor: Kyle Stephenson, Psychology
- Jay Hadfield, “Love and its Demons: an Analysis of Love and the Demonic in Lermontov’s ‘Demon’”
- Sponsor: Sarah Bishop, Russian
- Diane Jung, “Emotional Stress and College Life: A Comparative Study between American and South Korean College Students”
- Sponsor: Peter Wogan, Anthropology
- Jonathan Louangrath, “‘Success’ Stories: Dissecting Asian American Immigration Histories and Pan-ethnic Homogenization Under the Model Minority Myth”
- Sponsor: Vincent Pham, CCM
- Zhen Zhen McMahon, “Saving Humanity in the Age of Artificial Intelligenc”
- Sponsor: Andrea Stolowitz, English
- Rebecca Nicholes, “Exploring Philosophical and Divine Unity Through Music”
- Sponsor: Mike Nord, Music
- Estefania Ramos Torres, “On death’s doorstep: Understanding culture to improve end-of-life-care”
- Sponsor: Peter Harmer, Exercise Science
- Maya Roussell, “An Exploration of Filmmaking”
- Sponsor: Jonathan Cole, Theater
- Lydia Savelli, “La Féminisation des Professions de Santé en France: An Exploration of the Trajectory of Female Physicians in France”
- Sponsor: Joyce Millen, Anthropology
- Kyla Shade, “Retrospective analysis of depression treatment in injured workers with chronic pain
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- Sponsor: John Berner, M.D.
- Sydney Sundell, “Culture Through Currency: How Coins Define Antioch”
- Sponsor: Robert Chenault, Classics and History
- Max Turetsky, “Alienation in the ‘One State’: A Marxian Analysis of Zamyatin’s We”
- Sponsor: William Smaldone, History
College Colloquium Student Research Grant awardees
- Benjamin Burton, “Debating The Necessity of Handmade Crafts in America & Europe”
- Sponsor: David Altman, Physics
- Kristianna Drum Bento, “Looking for Support: Identifying Support for Undocumented and Second Generation Immigrant Youth within Public Education”
- Sponsor: Ellen Eisenberg, History
- Samuel Johnston, “Willamette’s Divestment Movement: Unfinished Activism Then and Now”
- Sponsor: Jonneke Koomen, Sociology
- Evan Kohne, “Dignity and Anti-Semitism; How Audiences React to Controversial Theater”
- Sponsor: Jeanne Clark, Rhetoric
Presidential Scholars
- Elizabeth Corpuz, “Reactivity of Anti-Cancer Ruthenium-Based Drugs RAPTA-C and RACAP with Transferrin Protein”
- Sponsor: Karen MacFarlane Holman, Chemistry
- Paige Spradlin, “Drug Policy Tweaking : An Analysis of the Diverging Socio-political Responses to the ‘Crack’ and Opioid Epidemics”
- Sponsor: Sammy Basu, Politics