Recipients of the 2023 Sociology Undergraduate Essay and Theory Essay Award Competition

Kesia Muthuthotatil , BA in Criminology

We wish to congratulate the following 2023 recipients of the Department of Sociology's two annual Undergraduate Essay Award competitions. These are awarded to students who have submitted outstanding papers in fulfillment of the requirements for an undergraduate sociology course.

Also, thank you to those instructors who submitted nominations and to the Undergraduate Teaching Committee for adjudicating these awards.

Sociology Undergraduate Essay Award

1st Place: Kesia Muthuthotatil - BA in Criminology
"Shifting Correctional Interventions to Cultural Interventions"
SOC 499: Advanced Field Placement in Criminology

2nd Place: Kelly Lau - BA Honors in Sociology
"Migrant Sex Work: Policy Brief on PCEPA and Related Policies"
SOC 402: Topics in Sociology - Migration and Public Policy

3rd Place: Melissa Uwagboe - BA in Sociology and Psychology
"What is Black Masculinity?"
SOC 402: Topics in Sociology - Race, Gender and Culture

Theory Undergraduate Essay Award

Anahi Palomec McKenna - BA in English with a Sociology Minor and Native Studies Minor
"Edmonton's Public Secret: Examining "Invisibilization' and Indigeneity Through Edmonton's Urban Iconography"
SOC 445: Cities and Suburbia