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Thomas A. Davis served as Dean of the University of Puget Sound from 1973 until 1994 and was at the forefront of the effort to make Puget Sound a high-quality liberal arts institution. He was also a founding member and avid supporter of the university's Honors Program. In Dean Davis’ name, the Honors Program is able to award two grants each year, each in the amount of $3,250, to support summer research leading either to an Honors Program senior thesis in the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences, or to an Honors Program senior thesis in Mathematics or one of the Natural Sciences.

Past Award Recipients

Natalie Willoughby - Class of 2021 (Pol & Govt (Pol Theory) (BA); Communication Studies (BA)): "Online Activism and Intersectionality as Analysis"

  • Kyra Zapf - Class of 2021(English(BA); Intd Humanities-Globl Mid Ages): "Succession Anxiety through Clothing in the Court of Henry VIII"
  • Katie Grainger - Class of 2020 (Biochemistry (BS); Performance (Orch) (BM)): "Development of a Non-Isotopic Protocol for the Quantification of Both Single and Double-Stranded Plasmid DNA Using an Electrophoretic-Based Assay"
  • Meadow Poplawsky - Class of 2019 (International Political Economy (BA), Global Development Studies, French Studies (MN)): "The Impact of Transboundary Water Management on Human Security in Developing States"
  • Samantha Lilly - Class of 2019 (Philosophy (BA), Bioethics Program): "An Ethnographic Experimental Philosophical Inquiry Into Attitude and Perceptions Toward Suicidality"
  • Andrew Brandt - Class of 2018 (Mathematics (Standard) (BS); Physics (MN)): "Bowing Behavior of Strings with Non-Uniform Mass Density"
  • Carlisle Huntington - Class of 2020 (Undeclared): "Can Poetry Help Save Our Planet: The Romantic Roots of Contemporary Ecocriticism"

Mitchell Carlson - Class of 2018 (Pol & Govt (Pol Theory) (BA); French (MN)) "Who Supports Donald J. Trump?"

  • Taili Ni - Class of 2016 (Chinese (Lang/Culture) (BA); Intl Political Econ (BA))
  • Meredith Shores - Class of 2016 (Intl Political Econ (BA); Environmental Policy & Dec Making (MN))
  • Carolea Casas - Class of 2015 (History (BA); Gender Studies (MN); Chinese (MN))
  • Nichole Lindquist-Kleissler - Class of 2015 (Art History (BA); History (MN))
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