Senior Thesis Finalists: 2023

In the senior thesis, students are tasked with a true academic challenge--develop a research question on a topic they are interested in, research that question using academic sources and techniques, and report their findings in a 10-20 page paper.

In this paper, students are expected to be writing at the college level or beyond, and they are challenged to think deeply about their topic and critically analyze the evidence and arguments they are using to answer their question.

The papers linked to the right are the best examples of the 2023 papers, and were chosen as finalists for the Senior Thesis Award in that year.  The name that is linked in RED is the paper that was ultimately chosen as the best thesis.

Victor Vega

Julia Earley

Quinn Dunne-Cartier

Nizhoni Benally

Za Barrett

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Senior TED Talk Finalists: 2023

For their TED Talks, students are tasked with transforming their thesis topic into a 15-18 minute presentation in the style of a TED talks.  Talks should be informative, inspiring, and above all, leave the audience wanting to know more about their chosen topic.  Below are the finalists for the TED Talk Award of 2023.  The talk with the title in BLUE is the talk that was ultimately chosen as the best talk of that year.

Roan Harvey

Julia Earley

Nizhoni Benally
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