Pictured from left to right: Youlan Xiu ’15, Andrew McChesney ’15, Catherine Read ’15.
The Public Policy and Law Program is proud to announce that three graduating seniors were awarded prizes for their academic work on Friday, May 1 at Trinity’s Honors Day ceremony. The following prizes were awarded:
The Samuel and Clara Hendel Memorial Book Prize is awarded annually to the undergraduate who is judged to have written the best paper on a topic involving issues of civil liberties or social justice. This year two Public Policy and Law seniors shared the award.
Andrew P. McChesney received the award for his senior honors thesis, “The Case for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: A Study of Online Behavioral Advertising and Mobile Device Tracking,”
Youlan Xiu received the award for her senior honors thesis, “Justice Ginsburg’s Call to Action: The Court, Congress, and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.”
The Public Policy and Law Book Prize was established by the Public Policy and Law Program in 2004. The prize is awarded annually to the student who writes the best paper in the area of public policy and law as judged by the program faculty.
Catherine E. Read received the prize for her senior honors thesis, “Testing the Marshall Hypothesis: The Effect of Information on Death Penalty Opinion.”
Congratulations to all of our 2015 award recipients!