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Aug. 6, 2021

2021 Barbara Schneider Student Writing Awards

These awards were established to recognize student excellence in CMF across three categories: Communication and Media Studies (Undergraduate), Film Studies (Undergraduate), and Communication and Media Studies (Graduate)
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The Department of Communication, Media and Film is delighted to announce the 2021 Barbara Schneider Student Writing Award winners. Congratulations to Sarah Elliot, Donald Shipton, and Sam Stockton! Honorable Mentions to Drew Miller, Anna Navarro, and Andrew Watts.

These awards were established and made possible through the generosity of former CMF professor and Department Head, Dr. Barbara Schneider.

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The winner of the 2021 Barbara Schneider Student Writing Award (Communication and Media Studies - Undergraduate) is Sarah Elliot, for her essay 鈥淔raming the Anti-Mask Movement鈥檚 Collective Action on Facebook鈥. The award committee was impressed by Sarah鈥檚 skillful navigation of scholarly literature on social movements, her well-executed methodology, and her incisive analysis on the ways the Freedom Unity Alliance Facebook group frames their anti-mask agenda as a community-minded, unifying force. The committee also appreciated the originality of her approach, applying a framework typically used to study progressive social movements to a reactionary one.

The committee would also like to recognize Drew Miller鈥檚 essay with an Honorable Mention for this award category. Drew鈥檚 essay, 鈥淯nderstanding Archer Pechawis鈥 HORSE鈥 deftly situates Pechawis鈥 work within the tradition of Indigenous media-making, and skillfully analyzes the different meanings evoked by his stylistic choices. Drew鈥檚 work shows exceptional promise and we look forward to reading more of it in the future!

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The committee was unanimous in its nomination of Donald Shipton鈥檚 essay, 鈥淭ime to Burn: Elemental Temporality in Andrei Tarkovsky鈥檚 The Passion According to Andrei鈥 for the 2021 Barbara Schneider Student Writing Award (Film Studies - Undergraduate). Focusing on prominent issues related to Andrei Tarkovsky鈥檚 cinema 鈥 the films鈥 use of elemental images, and their relation to temporal flow 鈥 Shipton鈥檚 essay raises new discussion points regarding these issues, forging a genuine contribution to scholarship. The way the paper鈥檚 richness of thinking is matched with superb writing is a special quality of the essay, bringing eloquence to an already acute assessment. This paper comes from a student whose core degree specialization lies outside of film and media studies, making it all the more impressive.

The committee also wishes to recognize Anna Navarro鈥檚 submission with an Honorable Mention for this award category. Anna鈥檚 essay, 鈥淐ultural Nutrients: Origin and Maternal History in Lisa Jack鈥檚 Suckerfish鈥 is an excellent short piece on film topics. Navarro鈥檚 eye for filmic detail is unusually sensitive, finding nuances within Jackson鈥檚 film that are beautifully expressed on the page. We look forward to reading more of Navarro鈥檚 work as she moves forward in her degree!

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Sam Stockton is the winner of the 2021 Barbara Schneider Student Writing Award (Communication and Media Studies - Graduate). Sam鈥檚 essay, 鈥淰ideo Games as Vehicles for Ideology and Power鈥 offers a skillful interpretation of key theoretical works concerned with ideology, illuminating discussion of these works鈥 historical backgrounds, and thoughtful and nuanced application of theory to the critical study of video games. The award committee agreed that Sam鈥檚 essay embodied many of the strengths we hope to see in our graduate students鈥 writing.

The committee would also like to acknowledge Andrew Watts with an Honorable mention for this award category. Andrew鈥檚 essay, 鈥淏ray Studios: Animation and Educational Cinema in the Transitional Period,鈥 traces the studio鈥檚 efforts to use animation techniques for non-fictional purposes. The essay moves seamlessly between film, audience, and discourse, illuminating some of the ways new media techniques (such as animated film) were understood and employed in their early history.