2025 Confluence Writing Award Winners

The AGLSP board and the Editorial Board of Confluence are pleased to announce the 2025 Confluence Writing Award winners!

The Frederick Luis Aldama Excellence in Creative Writing Award winner is Paulina Vieitez from Rice University for her poem, “The Superpower of the Red Hood.”

The Excellence in Interdisciplinary Writing Award winner is Courtney Hagans from Johns Hopkins University for her paper "Witness, Survivor, Scholar: Memory, Narrative, and the Evolving History of the Tulsa Race.”

The winners will each receive $500 and be recognized at the annual conference in October. Their award-winning submissions will be published in the Fall 2025 issue of Confluence. Congratulations to both writers for their excellent work!

Annual Faculty Award

We are very pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 Annual Faculty Award is Dr. Elizabeth Baltes from Coastal Carolina University.  The Annual Faculty Award is one of the AGLSP’s most significant initiatives and an important part of the annual conference.  We look forward to honoring her at the conference in October.

Welcome New Members!

Welcome New Individual Members for 2025!
Carol Powers, Oklahoma State University
Hilary Strang, University of Chicago

Welcome New Honor Society Members for 2025!
Kareem Barbis, Coastal Carolina University
Brandon Baker, University of Pennsylvania
Bryan Faller, University of Pennsylvania
Chun Hing Wong, University of Pennsylvania
Jamie Lee Marandola, University of Pennsylvania
Myrna Blyth, Johns Hopkins University
Lee Casson, Johns Hopkins University
Joshua Chambers, Johns Hopkins University
Deena Deutsch, Johns Hopkins University
Michael Emmet, Johns Hopkins University
Thomas E. Finser, Johns Hopkins University
Eugene T. Luning II, Johns Hopkins University
John Dalton McCarthy, Johns Hopkins University
Chantelle Narh, Johns Hopkins University
Kevin Siegel, Johns Hopkins University
Martha Williams, Johns Hopkins University
Megan Andedo, Indiana University South Bend
Jennifer Ashcraft, Indiana University South Bend
Tavia Campbell, Indiana University South Bend
Hailey Colpitts, Indiana University South Bend
Cayden Koselak, Indiana University South Bend
Katie Randolph, Indiana University South Bend
Rhonda Redman, Indiana University South Bend
Jeffrey Sutter, Indiana University South Bend
Clayton Beasley, Coastal Carolina University
Aidan Sova, University of Pennsylvania
Megan Cuadrado, University of Pennsylvania
Nayeli Nova Fernandez, San Diego State University

Welcome New Student Members for 2025!
Andrea Halpin, Johns Hopkins University

New AGLSP Board Members

Welcome new AGLSP Board Members, Todd French, Director of the Master of Liberal Studies program at Rollins College and Laura Zeintek, Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Reed College. We are delighted to have them join us!