NU Women’s Studies Program 20th Annual Writing Contest Winners Announced

In Announcements, by , on March 8th, 2022

The winners of the 20th annual Niagara University Women’s Studies Program Writing Contest have been revealed! First-year student Madison Carroll, an English Education and Special Education major, won for her paper, “Critiques of the Patriarchal Home within the American Female Gothic: Analyzing Alice Cary’s ‘Uncle Christopher’s.’” The upper-class student winner was senior History and Political Science major, Adam Kiedrowski, for his paper, “The Dilemma of Somali-American Women Post 9/11: Origins, Life, and the Dichotomy of Identity in the Diaspora.” Kiedrowski also won this contest during his sophomore year. Carroll and Kiedrowski will be presented with their awards in an awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 9, from 6:00-7:15 pm in Dunleavy Hall, Room 127, on the Niagara University campus.

The event is free and open to the public, but masks are required. Contact Dr. Shannon Risk at srisk@niagara.edu for more information.