{"id":1085,"date":"2016-05-16T09:27:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T13:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/?page_id=1085"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:42:52","slug":"sawyer-f-sylvester-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/academics-program\/student-achievement-awards\/sawyer-f-sylvester-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawyer F. Sylvester Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bates College Department of Sociology Annual Sawyer F. Sylvester Award for Outstanding Crime and Law Paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucy Batres Rodriguez ’26<\/td>“Por mi familia: Crimmigration Policies and Family Dynamics Among Latinx Students at Bates College”<\/td><\/tr>
Chase Conrad ’26<\/td>“Consuming Crime: Media Engagement and the Formation of Justice Attitudes”<\/td><\/tr>
Bella Saul ’26<\/td>“Health and Disability Issues in Policing: Synthesizing the Literature”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Graham Spurrell ’26<\/td>“Criminalization of American Students via Protect Policy”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2024<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Lily Houser ’25<\/td>“An Integrated Biopsychosocial Strain Theory Approach to the Gender Crime Gap”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2023<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Becca Zimmerman ’23<\/td>“Diversity and inclusion training: The solution to the current bias in policing”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2022<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Alex Togneri-Jones ’22<\/td>“Biosocial Effects of Pollution on Desistance”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2021<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Mary Corcoran ’21<\/td>“Variation in School Resource Officer Roles: Does Racial Composition of the Student Body Impact SRO role?”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2020<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Madeline Clark ’20<\/td>“Power and Privilege: How Marginalization Impacts the Attainment of Prosocial Identities”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2019<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Abigail Nolan ’19<\/td>“‘Without Education in a Place That is So Literally Boxes In, It’s Easy to Simply Stagnate:’ Student-Inmate Attitudes Towards College Education in a Maine Prison”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2018<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Louisa Woodhouse ’19<\/td>“Mental Illness and Mass Shootings: The Development of Media Framing and Discussion”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2017<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Lisa Slivken ’18<\/td>“Experiences of Residential Rehabilitation among Female Drug Offenders and Sex Workers: A Qualitative Analysis”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Awarded 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Emma Bilodeau ’16<\/td>“Brown v. Board of Education Today: Failed Promises in a Re-Segredated America”<\/td><\/tr>
Ali Rabideau ’17<\/td>“Building Relationships, Building Trust: Crime Patterns and Police Responses in Communities Welcoming Refugees”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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