Best Paper Prize

The Political Economy Program at Lewis & Clark College is proud to sponsor the Political Economy Program Best Paper Prize. This prize is given annually to the best student paper on any topic related to the field of political economy. Those wishing to enter the competition should submit an essay (electronically) to Martin Hart-Landsberg (Professor of Economics and Director of Political Economy; marty@lclark.edu) no later than noon, April 20th, 2012. A committee of sponsoring faculty will evaluate submissions based on the relevance of the topic, the quality of the analytical reasoning, the persuasiveness of the argument, and the clarity of the prose. The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate for use at a local independent bookstore.

 

Past Winners

The 2011-12 prize was awarded to Ella Antell.  Ella won for her paper “Red, White, and Blue: Anticommunism, Business, and Labor in 1930s Portland,” which was her Fall 2011 History thesis.

The 2010-11 prize was awarded to April Hersey.  April won for her paper “Sustainable Development Through Carbon Trading Markets: An Assessment of the Clean Development Mechanism,” which she wrote for her Fall 2010 Economic Development class.

The 2008-09 prize was awarded to Sarah Grossberg. Sarah won for her paper “When Will the Water Stop? A Study of Water Privatization in Developing Nations,” which she wrote for her Fall 2008 Economic Development class.