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Marleigh Grayer Ryan Student Prize
Competition Winners

2006

Tie--Undergraduate Prize
Maria Marangos, Fordham University - College at Lincoln Center
Modernizing Through Tradition:
Kyoto's Development in the Meiji Period

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Samuel L. Sapirstein, Bard College
Civil Unrest in Contemporary China:
Some Implications for U.S.-China Relations
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Honorable Mention--Undergraduate Prize
Alexander Gordon, Cornell University
The Role of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the Primary Health Care and
Economy of People in Lower Mustang (Nepal)

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NO Graduate Prize Awarded in 2006



2005

Undergraduate Prize
Daniel Schwartz   Binghamton University--SUNY 
Terror and Revolt:
Examining Al Qaeda through the Lens of the Satsuma Rebellion
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Honorable Mention/Undergraduate Prize 
Theresa McNutt   University at Buffalo--SUNY
The Double-Standard of Cross-Genderization in Japanese Theatre

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Graduate Prize
Jeongsuk Joo  University at Buffalo--SUNY 
From Periphery to Center: 
The Rise of the Korean Film Industry
Since the Late 1990s and Ironies of its Success

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2004

Undergraduate Prize
Alexandra Geertz Hamilton College 
Seat Reservation for Women in Local Panchayats: 
An Analysis of Power 
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Honorable Mention/Undergraduate Prize 
Linda Stein   Columbia University
Death for Death:
A Comparison of Three Classic Revenge Dramas

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Graduate Prize
Seo-Hyun Park  Cornell University 
Islands for Cash 
Economic Influence Strategies 
and the Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute 
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Honorable Mention/Graduate Prize
Samuel Yunxiang Liang  Binghamton University
Ephemeral Households, Splintered City:
Be(tween) Tradition and Modernity 
in Flowers of Shanghai



2003

Undergraduate Prize
Renee Karl LeMoyne College
Women in Practice:
A Comparative Analysis
of Gender and Sexuality in India
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Honorable Mention/Undergraduate Prize
Aaron Edelstein  Union College
Abortion and Buddhism

Graduate Prize
FANG Qiang  University at Buffalo
Were Chinese Rulers above the Law
Aspects of the Theory and Practice
of the Rule of Law in Chinese History
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Honorable Mention/Graduate Prize
Nosheen Ali  Cornell University
The Politics of Conservation
in the Khunjerab National Park, Pakistan
Explorations and Insights



2002

Undergraduate Prize
Emily McRae Union College
Gender, Self and Enlightenment:
A Feminist Analysis of Buddhism

Honorable Mention/Undergraduate Prize:
Kevin Carrico Bard College
Chairman Mao's Good Soldier:
The Many Faces of Lei Feng

Graduate Prize
Linda Rui Feng  Columbia University
Snatching the Last Word(s):
Value-driven Suicides and the Role of
 Narrative in Chinese Literary History

Honorable Mention/Graduate Prize:
Heather Fried  University at Buffalo
 A Prismatic Image of Identity



 2001

Undergraduate Prize
J. Andre Foisy University at Buffalo
Free Aceh Movement: A Nosological Problem

Honorable Mention/Undergraduate Prize:
Jane Lim Cornell University
 Alternative Identities:
Anti-Communism and the 'ASEAN' Way

Graduate Prize
Ping Chou New School for Social Research
Imagining Formosa Through Western Writings,
17-19th Century:
A Buddhist Middle Way Discourse Analysis

Honorable Mention/Graduate Prize:
Naveen Zaidi  Cornell Law School
 The Controversies behind the H-1B Visa Program:
Truth or Myth