46 Undergraduates Graduate with Environmental Studies Certificates
PEI Awards and Prizes
Peter W. Stroh ’51 Environmental Thesis Prize
The Peter W. Stroh ’51 Environmental Senior Thesis Prize was established in 2003 as a memorial to Peter W. Stroh ’51, an active member of PEI’s Advisory Council and an enthusiastic supporter of the Environmental Studies Program. The prize is awarded annually to the student who is determined to have written the best thesis on an environmental topic. Academic departments are solicited for nominations in the spring with a limit of one student per academic discipline eligible for consideration. All members of the senior class are eligible to be nominated including students participating in the ENV Certificate Program.
David M. Perel, politics
Thesis Title: The Transatlantic Environmental Conflict Explained: How Disparities in Power Distribution have Precluded Environmental Policy Cooperation
Thesis Adviser: Rahul Sagar, assistant professor of politics, Department of Politics
Environmental Studies Senior Thesis Prize
The Environmental Studies Senior Thesis Prize is awarded annually to one or two seniors in the Environmental Studies Certificate Program who wrote an outstanding thesis in the broad area of environmental studies. Student nominations are made by departmental thesis advisers.
Alexandra Deprez, anthropology
Thesis title: Nature Re-Visioned: An Ethnographic Diary from the Peruvian Amazon
Thesis Adviser: Carol Greenhouse, professor and chair, Department of Anthropology
Becky Colvin ’95 Memorial Award
The Colvin Prize, awarded only to juniors in the ENV Program or EEB majors, was established in memory of Becky Colvin ’95, an ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB) major who was strongly committed to field ecology and environmental studies. The award provides an annual grant to support undergraduate environmental field research projects for the senior thesis.
Abigail A. Hewitt ’13, ecology and evolutionary biology/ENV Program
Tara Thean, ecology and evolutionary biology/ENV Program
T.A. Barron Environmental Leadership Prize
The Thomas A. Barron Environmental Leadership Prize recognizes a member of the graduating class who has distinguished himself or herself by showing exceptional dedication to environmental concerns, not only in formal classes and independent academic work, but also by leading and encouraging activities among fellow students and in the community at large. Nominations are limited to one student per academic department. A seconding letter that addresses the student’s contributions to environmental leadership is also required.
Madelon F. Case, ecology and evolutionary biology
Thesis title: Gopher Disturbance and Plant Community Dynamics in Montane Meadows
Thesis adviser: Simon Levin, Moffett Professor of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University Prize
Gregory T. Pope ’80 Prize for Science Writing
Established in 1998 by the Class of 1980 in memory of their classmate Gregory Pope, the prize is awarded annually by the University to graduating seniors who have shown a keen interest in science and demonstrated an outstanding ability to communicate that enthusiasm to a wide audience through journalism or other writings.
Madelon F. Case, ecology and evolutionary biology
Thesis Title: Gopher Disturbance and Plant Community Dynamics in Montane Meadows
Thesis Adviser: Simon Levin, Moffett Professor of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Karen B. Kreib, ecology and evolutionary biology
Thesis title: Can Reforestation Restore Soil Quality? The Effects of Pasture Abandonment on Soil Chemistry in the Azuero Peninsula, Panama
Thesis adviser: Stephen Pacala, Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Director, Princeton Environmental Institute