URI Writing Award 2023-2024 Recipients

April 15, 2024

Congratulations to this year’s awardees!

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From left: Bridget Clossick, Dennis Haggerty, Kelly Sullivan, Tatiana Duvanova, Karli Belyea, Nara Wisesa, Ryan Cox, Rafeed Hussain, and Heather Johnson, Director.

In Advocacy

Nara Wisesa ’26

Graduate, Marine Affairs (PhD), for “Hantu Laut: The Ghosts of Colonialism in Indonesia’s Marine Conservation”

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Bridget Clossick ’24

Undergraduate, History, for “A Call to Action: Addressing the Root Causes
of American School Shootings”

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Dennis Haggerty ’25

Undergraduate, History and Political Science, for “Preparing for the Next Pandemic: U.S. and Rhode Island Pandemic Preparedness”

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In Creative

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Tatiana Duvanova ’24

Graduate, English, for “Fatigue”

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Kelly Sullivan ’25

Undergraduate, Psychology, for “Grief in 5 Pages”

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In Scholarly/Research

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Ryan Cox ’27

Graduate, Music, for “‘Command Me to be Well’1: An Exploration of Religious Imagery in Hozier’s Music”

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Karli Belyea ’24

Undergraduate, Philosophy, for “True Virtue and Illusory Virtue in Plato’s Phaedo”

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In Science

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Rafeed Hussain ’24

Graduate, Marine Affairs, for “Northward Bound? How Community Science is Helping Researchers Understand if Climate Change is Causing the Atlantic Blue Crab to Expand its Range”

Thank you to all the students who submitted their work.

Photo credit to Joe Giblin Photography.