Loyola University Chicago

Department of Theology

Undergraduate Paper Prizes



The LUC Department of Theology is pleased to announce the winners of its undergraduate paper prize competition. Three prizes were awarded to encourage publication-level work in the fields of theology and religious studies and to reward talented undergraduates who have engaged in original work in a Theology or Religious Studies class here at LUC. The three prizes were awarded according to whether the paper was submitted from a 100, 200, or 300-level course.
A selection committee appointed by The Theology Department’s Undergraduate Learning Committee (ULC) chose the winners. Each winner receives a check for $50, along with public recognition on the Theology Department’s website, and recognition at our Annual Awards Ceremony.
 
2021 - 22 Annual Undergraduate Paper Prize Competition Winners
 
300-Level Prize Winner
“Divinity and Death: The Connection between Gods and Execution”
Walter McGavran
 
200-Level Prize Winner
“My self before me”
Tess Smith
 
100-Level Prize Winner
“Re-Envisioning the Self”
Asha Berman
 

2021 - 22 Annual Undergraduate Paper Prize Competition Winners

 

300-Level Prize Winner
“Genesis 3:16 : Female Pain, The Fall, and Medicine in the United States Today”
Anastazja Machl
 
200-Level Prize Winner
“The Case for a Western Perspective Adjustment on Aging with Consideration for Jewish Traditions”
Walt McGavran
 
100-Level Prize Winner
“Dismantling Gender in the Eyes of Female Martyrdom”
Morgan Fuksa
 

2019 - 20 Annual Undergraduate Paper Prize Competition Winners

300-Level Prize Winner
“The Christological Performativity of Transgender and Non-Binary Fashion Design”
Maxwell Dziabis 

200-Level Prize Winner
“Rich Ruler Redaction & Economic Exegesis: Mark’s Rich Man (10:17-31) and Luke’s Rich Ruler (18:18-30)”
Gina E. Canavan

100-Level Prize Winner
“Routine and Ritual”
Anisha Jai Kapoor

2019 - 20 Annual Undergraduate Paper Prize Competition Winners

300-Level Prize Winner
“Two Models of Apophatic Theology for Understanding Cataphatic Revelation in Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses and Pseudo-Dionysius’ The Mystical Theology”
Maxwell Dziabis 

200-Level Prize Winner
“A Disability Studies Approach to Mark 5:21-43”
Rachel Groth

100-Level Prize Winner
“Pious Prose: A Proposal to Analyze the Connection Between Religion and Literature in the Late Medieval and Elizabethan Eras”
Angela Vainikos