2019 Honors Convocation

| 16 | ACADEMIC AWARDS EDUCATION STUDIES John P. Shepard Prize in Education Studies Established by Virginia Payne Morse ’63 in memory of professor Jack Shepard, faculty member in the Department of Education, 1960–77, and director of the Elementary Education Program, 1960–66, and given to the student who has demonstrated outstanding performance, potential, and commitment to education and working with children, leadership among peers, and superior performance in both academic achievement and field work in education. Lisa Webster Peters ’19 ENGL ISH Edwin Moseley Prize in English Established in honor of Edwin Moseley, provost and dean of the faculty, 1961–78, and awarded to a senior in English who has shown outstanding promise as a literary critic, scholar, or artist, and who intends to pursue graduate studies or a career in writing. Kallan Rose Dana ’19 Denise Marcil ’74 Prize for Fiction Writing Awarded annually to a student for a fiction manuscript or set of manuscripts that reveal sensitivity to theme, structure, characterization, and language found in serious fiction written in English. Nicole Wong ’21 Sara Bennett ’92 Prize for Fiction Established in memory of Sara Bennett ’92, and awarded to a student who has excelled in the writing of fiction. Olivia Rose Lipkin ’19 Sally Chapman Thompson ’48 Prize in Literature Established by Kenneth Thompson in memory of Sally Chapman Thompson ’48, and awarded to the student who has excelled as a critic or scholar during his/her career as an English major. Juni Jeyran Ahari ’19