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THE MARIA TAI WOLFF AWARD

Each spring, the Department of Comparative Literature offers the Maria Tai Wolff Award for an Outstanding Undergraduate Essay in Comparative Literature. Early in the spring semester, the Director of Undergraduate Studies will notify majors of the details and deadline for the essay competition. The winner is announced at the annual end-of-the-year departmental party.

Past award winners include:

2006   Colleen Kartheiser for "The Power of Woman in the Search for Truth"
2005   Ian Brunswick for "A Homecoming Without Home"
2004   Brian Conant
2003   Madeline Gallo & Dan Doogan (co-awardees)
2002   Rachel Naylor
2001   Katrina Brink