Dorothy Berkson Writing Award
This award recognizes written achievement (e.g., scholarly essays, research projects,creative non-fiction, fiction, poetry, or playwriting) focused on gender and authored by a senior. The award winners are traditionally honored at a reception that celebrates Professor Berkson’s contributions to Lewis & Clark College and the excellence of current students who study gender through scholarly analysis and written expression.
Congratulations to this year’s winners Phoenix Bruner and Mie Kumin!
Phoenix Bruner ’21 (English, Gender Studies minor)
“The Persistence and Impossibility of Queer Life: Representations of Queerness in Katherine
Mansfield’s ‘At the Bay’ ” essay
Mie Kumin ’21 (Sociology/Anthropology, Gender Studies and Russian Studies minor)
“Свои/Чужие [Ours/Others]: Sexual Others of the Imaginary Elsewhere” essay
Check out the Dorothy Berkson Archival Page to see past awardees!
Thank you to Dorothy Berkson’s family, friends, and colleagues, whose generous contributions have made this award possible
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