recognizes an outstanding scholarly poster presented by a graduate student at the annual WAWH conference.
Amount: $100
Deadline: September 30, 2024 -- Poster idea must be submitted in response to Call for Proposals. Click HERE for application procedure and portal.
Eligibility
Posters will be judged on content, clarity, and effectiveness of overall presentation. Conference attendees will select the winner of the competition by secret ballot. The winner will be announced at the awards banquet.
Disqualification: Applicants who do not meet the application deadline, eligibility requirements, or submission guidelines will not be considered.
Questions? Send an email to executivedirector@wawh.org -- subject line: "Question about the Perry Prize"
2024
Emma Masterson, University of New Mexico, “A Sociocultural Analysis of Agricultural Education and Community Values in the American West.”
2023
Samantha Rohman, California State University, East Bay, “Tarnished Bronze in the Gold State: The History of the California Historical Landmarks Program”
Honorable Mention: Lauren Kelly, University of Southern California, “Troubled Waters: A Post-1930 Environmental History of the Owens Valley”
2022
Viola Burlew, University of Colorado, “Wonder Woman, Lois Lane and the Amazing Disappearing Act: Female Representation and Comic Censorship, 1940-1970”
Faith Stackhouse Daly, Pace University, “Crushing Prohibition: Northern California’s Wine, Women, and the Fight for Repeal”
2021
Emily Hawk, Columbia University, “Civic Discourse Embodied: New York City’s Dancemobile Program, 1967–1988”
2020
No prize awarded (conference cancelled due to pandemic).
2019
Katherine Bush & Eden Redmond, Portland State University, “Punching In, Punching Up: The Subversive Spectacle of 1980s Women’s Workplace Comedies”
2018
Kristin C. Howard, University of Arizona, “Reformation & Transformation: From Convent to Hospital in Calvin’s Geneva”
2017
Alexandra Stern, Stanford University, “‘No Law West of St. Lewis’: Lawlessness in Indian Territory and the Road to the Major Crimes Act”
2016
Carrie Streeter, UC San Diego, “Swedish Movement-Cures and American Reform Movements”
2015
Gianna May, University of New Mexico, “Suffrage and Statehood in New Mexico: 1890–1920”
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