McJimsey Student Essay Award Winners

2025 Competition

First Prize
Xinyi Wendy Zheng, Macalester College

“Managing Fertility: A Historical Comparative Study on Population Policy in Singapore and China”
(Advisor: Erik Larson)

2024 Competition

First Prize
Ollie Bowen, Trinity University

“Prevalence and Impact of the Model Minority Stereotype on Asian American Students at a Small Liberal Arts University”
(Advisor: Elaine Wong)

Runner-Up
Natalie Davis, Southwestern University

“Dueling Depictions: Zhang Zhixin and the Politics of Femininity in Chinese Scar Art”
(Advisor: Allison Miller)

Runner-Up
Ashbey Kirkpatrick, Chatham University

“Desolation of the Transnational Woman: A New Historicist Reading of Intersectionality in Eileen Chang’s ‘Schoolmates’”
(Advisor: Karen Kingsbury)