We’re very pleased to announce that Anushka Basu, Jasper Chen, Yijin Li, Tyler Smith, and Agustin Zelikson are this year’s recipients of the Emory Libraries’ Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award. The Atwood Award recognizes Emory College undergraduates in all disciplines who use the Emory Libraries’ collections and research resources in their original papers, digital projects, or posters and who show evidence of critical analysis and growth in their research skills. All Atwood submissions must have been completed for a class assignment within the past year.
Our spring 2025 Atwood Award recipients and their outstanding research projects are as follows:
Anushka Basu, class of 2026, double major in QSS: Data Science and vocal performance, received an Atwood Award for her paper, “Gender in Opera: How Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne Reflects and Reinforces Enlightenment-Era Roles of Women,” that she completed for History 412W: Music and Politics.
Jasper Chen, class of 2028, classics and computer science major, received an Atwood Award for his paper, “Sardis: A Millennium of Adaptation,” that he completed for Classics 190: Freshman Seminar: Ordinary Romans.
Yijin Li, class of 2025, double major in art history and philosophy and religion, received an Atwood Award for his paper, “Tibetan Bardo Painting as Soteriological Site,” that he completed for his art history honor’s thesis.
Tyler Smith, class of 2027, psychology major, received an Atwood Award for her paper, “Neurobiological Mechanisms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Ketamine’s Potential as a Therapeutic Intervention,” that she completed for Psychology 379R – Directed Study in Psychology with Dr. Jennifer McGee (Emory at Oxford).
Agustin Zelikson, class of 2025, double major in philosophy, politics, and law as well as history, received an honorable mention for his paper, “A National Identity Arises: The Political Origins of Aurora,” that he completed for History 412W: Music and Politics.
We hope that you will join us in celebrating these students’ accomplishments!