“Wow – Thank you so much for the amazing email. It has made me so happy – There are no words. I am overwhelmed. My dissertation became so much more than the grade for me in the end, I was so shocked and sad at my findings, that I felt compelled to have it read by others….The feedback [from POWES] was phenomenal. I was blown away by it. I can not even begin to tell you what a massive difference this has made to my confidence. I ( and my teacher) are literally bursting with happiness”. ~Tina Franklin, one of this year’s commendations
We had some fantastic submisssions for this year’s awards.
As a reminder, each submission is anonymized before being reviewed independantly by reviewers & judges from POWES. All submissions below that have been commended were commended if both reviewers agreed they should be or more reviewers & judges agreed it should be than should not be. Full details of the reviewing process & our criteria are available here.
As you can see the feminist, anti-racist and intersectional future of psychology is very bright. We would like to thank every student who submitted to our award scheme in these difficult times and to congratulate again each of the commenders and winners below.
PG Gender Inequalities Award (in collaboration with Feminism & Psychology)
- Leola Meynell: ‘Losing our gendered griefs? Women’s postfeminist narratives of higher education and intimate partner relationships’ [Winner]
- Regina Konig: ‘Perceived gendered stereotypes about nurses in terms of competence predict nurses’ well-being and intent to leave the profession: A cross-sectional study in German intensive home care nursing’ [Commended]
- Thiago Bogossian: ‘I have to be at home’: Place and gender among student-mothers in higher education’ [Commended]
- Kayleigh Geyer: ‘Becoming-Maid: Shifting South African domestic subjectivities in New Zealand’ [Commended]
- Yifat Eitan: ‘Oedipal Configurations in Same-Sex Families’ [Commended]
- Amy Kobelt: ‘Women’s Experiences of Healing after Sex Trafficking in Canada’ [Commended]
UG Spotlight on Inequalities Winner & Commendations
- Reem Michael: ‘I Shouldn’t Have to Prove Myself’: The Experiences of Black Women at Russell Group Universities [Winner]
- Kayla Jones: The (Mis)Representation of Black Women in the Media
- Maria Ciocoiu: ‘The rise and fall: A critical discourse analysis of UK media representations of racism, before and after Brexit’ [Commended]
- Millicent Mccumeskey, Elizabeth Amoah & Sarah Essuman: Shades Of Black: Contemporary London Black Women’s Presentation Dilemmas Negotiating Racist Colonial Legacy And Black Affirmation [Commended]
UG Gender Inequalities Winner & Commendations:
- Gillian Ang: ‘Discursive Construction of Sexual Assault: A Qualitative Analysis of News Media Reporting of ‘the Kavanaugh Case’ [Winner]
- Lily Groom: ‘Is the lack of female representation in psychological research an historical issue?’ [Commended]
- Tina Franklin: ‘The Sociology of Housework Revisited: Just a House Wife After All These Years’ [Commended]
We hope you will see this work in its finished form in POWER, Feminism & Psychology or elsewhere. We also want to encourage more to apply next year as we want to recognize as much great work in psychology as we can. In order to offer some motivaiton for this a couple of comments from this year’s students are below:
“I am so happy the panel thought that my submission was worth commendation. ”
“Can you please pass along my sincere thanks to the reviewers- their feedback is incredibly informative and appreciated.”
“Thank you so much. It’s an honour to have my work commended.”
“I am honestly so happy to get this amazing feedback and to know I was a close runner up! it means a lot to me and i’m so grateful for the opportunity :’) very proud – good news at a time i really needed some”.
Psychology of Women and Equalities Section 