2022 OkNHD Virtual Showcase and Winners
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Special Prizes
Junior Division Special Prizes
AAUW of Oklahoma Teen Voices Award
“Till Death Do Us Part”: The Bridal Burden That Inspired the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961
Lakshmiprasanna Birasam, Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies
Best Exhibit Design Award
Slavery and the Quakers
Bailee Grigsby, Canton Middle School
Best Use of Family History Prize
Love vs. Hate: The Battle for Interracial Marriage in America
Atticus Couch, Deer Creek Middle School
The George Washington Leadership Prize
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher: Taking Legal Action Against Segregation
Neha Kale, Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies
The Grand River Dam Authority Best Environmental Project Award
The Quapaw Nation: “Lead”ing the Debate Over Environmental Diplomacy
Amasha Samaraweera, Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies
Historic Preservation Award
The Hetch Hetchy Valley Controversy: The Conservation Question
Sreekar Vajjha, Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies
Oklahoma Humanities Crossroads Award
“Kill the Indian, Save the Man”: The Story of Native American Boarding Schools in the 1880s
Milly Greenhaw, All Saints Catholic School
Sweepstakes Winner
Classen School of Advanced Studies
OkNHD Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year
Jennifer Eckel
Senior Division Special Prizes
AAUW of Oklahoma Teen Voices Award
Feminist Art: A Lost History of Women and Struggles
Julie Macedo, Oklahoma School of Science and Math
Best Exhibit Design Award
The Boston Tea Party
Eric Evans, Canton High School
Best Use of Family History Prize
German-Russian Immigration
Kristen Rooney, Oklahoma Christian School
The George Washington Leadership Prize
The Barbary Wars: Piracy, Commerce, and Other Diplomatic Affairs
Tessa Hart, Oklahoma School of Science Aand Mathematics
The Grand River Dam Authority Best Environmental Project Award
The Soil Conservation Service: Debate and Diplomacy in the Dust Bowl
Nicole Xiang, Stillwater Junior High School
John Mark Rhea History Day Prize
Treaties & Tears: The Cherokee Story
Declan Jones, Casady School
League of Women Voters of Oklahoma Award
Activism Surrounding the 19th Amendment
Thrisha Saranya Duggisetty, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
Oklahoma Humanities Crossroads Award
New Farmers of America
Quincy Ragsdale-Craig, Alice Robertson Junior High School
Sweepstakes Winner
Canton Public Schools
OkNHD Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year
Rachel Keeney
Junior Division Winners
Junior Group Documentary
Third Place
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire; The Debate Over Workplace Safety
Harper Johnson
Eleanor Ariyeh
Yaseen Hurrey
Norah Swihart
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Teachers: Nicole Hagans, John Childs
Second Place
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Ty Boechat
Matthew Saumur
All Saints Catholic School, Oklahoma City
Teacher: Pam Brown
First Place
Epperson v. Arkansas: The Debate Over Creation Evolves
Rishi Rathi
Pranav Domakonda
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Teacher: Amanda Freeman
Junior Group Exhibit
Third Place
The Girls that Glowed
Maggie Clark
David Evans
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
Second Place
ADA; Americans with Disabilities Act
Nadia Luna
Camden Lee
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
First Place
Trail of Tears
Hazel Gaines
Chantel Bryant
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
Junior Group Performance
Third Place
Don't Neglect, Focus on the Child Labor Effects!
Sophia Doonkeen
Amani Boulos
Deer Creek Middle School, Edmond
Teacher: Carrie Walker
Second Place
Carrying the Torch
Taya Brown
Jayci Clark
Rebekah Orcutt
Sadler Arts Academy, Fort Gibson
Teacher: Amanda Cumbey
First Place
Earl Grey, Diplomacy, and the Irish Orphan Brides
Brooklyn Green
Allisyn Smith
Harper Jones
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
Junior Group Website
Third Place
The Korean War Armistice Agreement: The Longest Armistice Debate in History
Clinton Hammond
Kayla Hammond
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Midwest City
Teachers: Amanda Freeman, Nicole Hagans
Second Place
Tiananmen Square Massacre: Diplomatic Failure Turns an Army Against Its Citizens
Javier Charneco
Connor Gracey
Will Grayson
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
Teacher: Pam Brown
First Place
Viva La Causa: Cesar Chavez's Debate for Agricultural Equality
Ahmed Rahman
Aidan Orduna
Giancarlo Venegas
Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Teachers: Amanda Freeman, Amanda Herron
Junior Individual Documentary
Third Place
Love vs. Hate: The Battle for Interracial Marriage in America
Atticus Couch
Deer Creek Middle School, Oklahoma City
Teacher: Carrie Walker
Second Place
The Quapaw Nation: "Lead"ing the Debate Over Environmental Diplomacy
Amasha Samaraweera
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Edmond
Teacher: Amanda Freemen
First Place
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher: Taking Legal Action Against Segregation
Neha Kale
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Teacher: Amanda Freeman
Junior Individual Exhibit
Third Place
Slavery and the Quakers
Bailee Grigsby
Canton Elementary School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
Second Place
Marching For the Vote
Ke'Lashia Smith
Sadler Arts Academy, Muskogee
Teacher: Amanda Cumbey
First Place
Weaponizing the Internet
Carl Amaya
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School, Edmond
Teacher: Gina Golshani
Operation Vittles: Saving Democracy From Communism
Khushi Mody
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Edmond
Teacher: Nicole Hagans
Junior Individual Performance
Third Place
The Milgram Shock Experiment
Bekham Rother
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Moore
Teacher: Amanda Freeman
Second Place
King Henry VIII's Reformation Parliament
Gracia Mejia-Jacobson
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Teacher: John Childs
First Place
Madalyn Murray O’Hair: The Most Hated Woman in America
Aaliyah Herron
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Teacher: Amanda Freeman
Junior Individual Website
Third Place
Mother Jones' Role in Transforming America
Rose Miller
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
Teacher: Pam Brown
Second Place
Decades of Debates and Dismisses: The Failure of the 1899 Paris Arbitral Tribunal and Award
Sofia Pico Rodriguez
All Saints Catholic School, Oklahoma City
Teacher: Pam Brown
First Place
THEIR BONES WILL RATTLE THE EARTH: The Debate Over Reparations for the Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Maitreya LaMoreaux
All Saints Catholic School, Norman
Teacher: Pam Brown
Junior Paper
Third Place
The Hetch Hetchy Valley Controversy: The Conservation Question
Sreekar Vajjha
Classen Middle School of Advanced Studies, Edmond
Teacher: John Childs
Second Place
The Debate Around Violence in Video Games and the Current Effectiveness of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) System
Abhi Sukhdial
Stillwater Junior High School, Stillwater
Teacher: Jennifer Eckel
First Place
“The Little Ball Moves the Big Ball”: How a Group of Unlikely Diplomats Brought China and America Together with Ping Pong
Katherine Liu
Stillwater Junior High School, Stillwater
Teacher: Jennifer Eckel
Senior Division
Senior Group Documentary
Second Place
Loving Has No Boundaries
Addisyn Smith
Karington Hawk
Canton High School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
First Place
Separate but Equal Has No Place: Extending the Right to Public Education to Students with Disabilities
Vanesa Bedolla
Toni Williams
Sarah Simons
Morrison High School, Morrison
Teacher: Patty Sanders
Senior Individual Documentary
Third Place
Korean Pop Diplomacy
Tehya Splain
Mingo Valley Christian School, Broken Arrow
Teacher: Rachel Keeney
Second Place
Deemed Unfit
Marci Kopf
Canton High School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
First Place
Treaties & Tears: The Cherokee Story
Declan Jones
Casady School, Oklahoma City
Teacher: Amanda Pardue
Senior Group Exhibit
Third Place
Little Woman, Great War
Caris Cooper
Grace Kendrick
Addison Seefeldt
Allie Ziriax
Oklahoma Christian School, Edmond
Teacher: Christina Osborne
Second Place
The Game That Changed History
Vance Ross
Jaidyn Hulse
Canton High School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
First Place
Mr. & Mrs. Loving vs. Virginia
Kylie Carrasco
McKayla Howerton
Canton High School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
Senior Individual Exhibit
Third Place
The Boston Tea Party
Eric Evans
Canton High School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
Second Place
Diplomacy is Best Seen in Space: International Space Station
Aiden Myers
Oklahoma Christian School, Edmond
Teacher: Christina Osborne
First Place
Debating Equality
Emma Hoffman
Canton High School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
Senior Individual Performance
Third Place
The Cuban Embargo. Fail or success?
Melissa Gilkey
Mingo Valley Christian School
Teacher: Rachel Keeney
Second Place
Miss America
Jane Ray
Mingo Valley Christian School
Teacher: Rachel Keeney
First Place
Bobby Sands and the Irish Hunger Strike of 1981
Noah Ross
Canton High School, Canton
Teacher: Penny Heath
Senior Group Website
Third Place
Mongol Invasion: Story of the Fujin God
Karsen Dollarhide
Taylor Keeton
Morrison High School, Morrison
Teacher: Patty Sanders
Second Place
The Debate Over Mental Health After the Vietnam War
Cait Prough
Addison Todd
Classen High School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City
Teacher: Billy Tilman
First Place
The Russell-Einstein Manifesto: Initiating a Movement Towards Anti-Nuclear Diplomacy
Justin Yang
Renato Giusti
Evan McCrackin
Norman High School, Norman
Teacher: Michael Grubb
Senior Individual Website
Third Place
Into the Unknown
Eon Lim
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Edmond
Teacher: Michelle McCargish
Second Place
Feminist Art: A Lost History of Women and Struggles
Julie Macedo
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Durant
Teacher: Michelle McCargish
First Place
The Barbary Wars: Piracy, Commerce, and Other Diplomatic Affairs
Tessa Hart
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Choctaw
Teacher: Michelle McCargish
Senior Paper
Third Place
Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy is Far-Gone from its Depictions
Jonas Swope
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Durant
Teacher: Michelle McCargish
Second Place
Media, Morality, and Massacre: The Bombing of Dresden
Jinghao Dai
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Ardmore
Teacher: Michelle McCargish
First Place
The Soil Conservation Service: Debate and Diplomacy in the Dust Bowl
Nicole Xiang
Stillwater Junior High School, Stillwater
Teacher: Jennifer Eckel
