SYNTHESIS Junior Essay Competition

This year, SYNTHESIS, the Undergraduate History of Science publication ran its first ever Junior Essay competition. The winner's paper will be published in our Spring 2024 edition alongside papers from across the nation.  

We are excited to announce the winner and three runners-up for the prize.  

Congratulations to our winner, Izumi Vazquez on her paper:
"Meet Them Where They Are:
The California Prostitutes’ Education Project
and a New Story of HIV/AIDS"

Our three runners-up are: 

Jess Hung,
"You’ll Catch Your Death:
AIDS, the Concept of Disease, and Control through Film"

Audrey Platt,
"Marine Movie Movements:1970s Educational Media
as a Tool in Marine Conservation Efforts"

Katie Burstein, "Boundary-Making, Scientist-Citizens,
and Technological Religions:
The Mondale Hearings and the Refashioning
of Science and the State"

If you are interested in joining Synthesis, please fill out this form. Be part of the team that edits and selects pieces for publication and organizes HistSci community outside of the classroom! 

Synthesis Editorial Board

IG: @synthesisjournal

Email: hsharvardsynthesis@gmail.com