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Student Writing Contest

The Texas Center for Working-Class Studies Student Writing Contest Winners


  • Emma Lummus, “Fear and Harassment in Customer Service"
  • Emerald Rhodes, Univeral Basic Income: Is It Needed?"
  • Rachel Foree, "Working-Class Memoir"
  • Caleb Crist, “Impacts of Suburban Sprawl in America (and Solutions)
  • Ellis Jarvis, “Rising Demand and Rising Hunger"
  • Haneen Aurahma, “Money Morals"
  • Angelina Washington, “Confessions of an Exploited Teenage Worker”
  • Isabella Fuentes, “The Rich and The Poor: The New Social Segregation”
  • Laura Stacks, “Income Disparity and the Effects It Has”
  • Amanda Wehrmann, "Time for Money Needs to Change"
  • Kayla Osborn, "Social Class and Female Autonomy in Literature at the Turn of the Century"
  • Nidhi Patel, "Minimum Wage vs. Living Wage"
  • Amani Salama, “American Companies Should Not Move Jobs Overseas to Cut Costs”
  • Christiana Aberle, “A Privilege for Emily: The Role of Social Class in Faulkner’s Short Story”
  • Naravadee McNeely, “Consequences for All: Big Fish Eats Small Fish”
  • Heather Hoffman, “Silence: A Native Language”
  • Nhi Nguyen, “Where Are the Working-Class Students in Top Universities?”
  • Tomaneeca Smith, “Universal Healthcare in the United States”
  • John McGillewie, “A Form of Payment”
  • Kendall Brunworth, “The Changing of the Upper Class”
  • Sobia Ali, “SAT: Surrendering All Time”
  • Bridget Scott-Shupe, “Armina”
  • Mary Ramsey, “Heart and Body Blues”
  • Tyler Freeman, “Heed the Warnings of Classism”
  • Dolunay Kirmizi, “The Shattered Dream of Becoming an American”
  • Joni Jackson, “Old Meets Young: Equals in the Workforce”
  • Jourdan Kile, “Gender Inequality in the Workplace”
  • Austin Parker, “The Health Gap”
  • Kelly Triece, “The Pursuit of Happiness”
  • Shannon Quist, “Mommy Shaming: Gossip or Class Battles”
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