Amanda Jernigan, a 1996 Shad Valley alumna, has received the prestigious Master’s Thesis Award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools. Amanda was honoured in April of this year at the awards luncheon ceremony in New York City for her thesis in the category of Arts and Humanities. As a recipient, she also received a monetary award of $1,000, from UMI Dissertation Publishing.
The Master's Thesis award rotates, on a four-year schedule, amongst the following subject areas: Arts and Humanities; Agricultural, Biological and Health Sciences; Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering; Social Sciences and Education. The prestigious award is open to students at all leading Eastern Canadian universities (Ontario to Newfoundland) and all Northeastern U.S. universities, including the Ivy League schools. The Arts and Humanities award will be granted again in 2012.
Amanda earned her Bachelors degree in English from Mount Allison University, followed by her Master of Arts from Memorial University in Newfoundland. Her winning dissertation focuses on the work of Canadian poet Richard Outram, specifically on the significance of whole-part structures, in theme and form, in Mr. Outram's oeuvre.
Congratulations to Amanda for this outstanding honour!
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