{"id":90,"date":"2012-09-18T15:51:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T20:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T15:42:46","slug":"past-distinction-and-rossing-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/past-distinction-and-rossing-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"The Viola Rossing Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/pages\/womens-studies-awards\/rossing-award\/\">Viola Rossing Prize<\/a>\u00a0is an award intended to recognize excellence in the scholarship and creative work of senior Gender and Sexuality Studies majors or concentrators.<\/p>\n<p>Projects can take a variety of forms. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>a single,<\/b><b>\u00a0scholarly ess<\/b><b>ay<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>a portfolio<\/b>\u00a0of course essays, or a combination of scholarly, creative, and\/or activist artifacts.<\/li>\n<li><b>a digital project<\/b>, which can be a scholarly piece or a creative project.<\/li>\n<li><b>a creative project<\/b>\u00a0(creative writing,\u00a0visual art, performance,\u00a0or an event). If not a written project, submission must include documentation of the creative act, e.g., photographs, invitations and flyers, sample artwork.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More guidelines include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty as well as students may submit senior student papers or projects for Prize consideration.<\/li>\n<li>Concentrators as well as majors are eligible.<\/li>\n<li>Groups as well as individuals may apply.<\/li>\n<li>Submitted projects do not have to be expanded from their original form (though students are welcome to revise and expand).<\/li>\n<li>Faculty do not advise students on these submissions.<\/li>\n<li>There is no GPA requirement for this Prize.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For 2025:<br \/>\nSubmissions are due Monday, April 28.\u00a0 Awards will be announced during the GSS Reception on Wednesday, May 14.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Past winners of the Viola Rossing Prize:<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">2021-22 Viola Rossing Winners<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">2020-21 Viola Rossing Winners<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">2019 &#8211; 2020 Viola Rossing Winners<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/past-distinction-and-rossing-recipients\/braman\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/Braman.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Braman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/Braman-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1196 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/Braman-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Katie Braman\u00a0<\/strong>earned the Rossing Prize with a stellar portfolio of work, including her <a href=\"https:\/\/bramanwgsproject.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaleidoscope of Gender<\/a> website. The website &#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">focuses on the premise that an interdisciplinary approach provides the best lens for examining the relationship between one&#8217;s gender and other identities.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1198\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/past-distinction-and-rossing-recipients\/img_3105\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_3105.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3105\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_3105-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1198 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_3105-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><strong>Danielle Hansen\u00a0<\/strong>wrote a scholarly piece called &#8220;Trauma-Informed Care: Standardization &amp; Implementation in Gynecology,&#8221; which earned her the Rossing Prize. Her review of nursing scholarship finds that &#8220;. . . the use of trauma-informed care in clinical settings improves patient satisfaction levels and increases the likelihood that patients would disclose sensitive information about their health histories (Kenton, 2017).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/past-distinction-and-rossing-recipients\/img-0268\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG-0268.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-0268\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG-0268-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1197 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG-0268-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Britta Koenen\u00a0<\/strong>submitted a portfolio of research on the neuroscience of tonic immobility in sexual assault. Tonic immobility, according to Koenen&#8217;s work, is &#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an involuntary, unlearned physiologic mechanism. . . a state of motor inhibition characterized by muscular rigidity, suppressed vocal behavior, analgesia, lowered heart rate and respiration, tremors, and periods of eye closure.&#8221; Her work is being used to make a PSA video for Title IX resources on campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Steene\u00a0<\/strong>wrote a scholarly piece called \u201cIn Wifhood Wol I Use Myn Instrument\u201d: The Secularization of Biblical Teachings on Female Sexuality in The Wife of Bath\u2019s Prologue.&#8221; In the piece, Christopher analyzes how the Wife of Bath uses religious texts to counter Christian-based misogyny, especially in relation to chastity and virginity. Christopher writes &#8220;&#8230;women\u2019s bodies<br \/>\nare the ultimately authority of women\u2019s sexual conduct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">2014 &#8211; 2015 Viola Rossing Winner<\/h4>\n<p>On May 14th,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/rossing-award\/10522513_10155245854450391_5182539709839747531_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/10522513_10155245854450391_5182539709839747531_o.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10522513_10155245854450391_5182539709839747531_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/10522513_10155245854450391_5182539709839747531_o-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-752 \" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/10522513_10155245854450391_5182539709839747531_o-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"10522513_10155245854450391_5182539709839747531_o\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/> 2015 the Rossing Prize was awarded to Stina Nesbit for her great work assisting with women and gender equality in the St. Olaf Community. Stina is a senior Women and Gender Studies and\u00a0Psychology\u00a0Major from Northfield, Minnesota. After\u00a0graduation Stina plans to move to the West Coast where she will continue being a stellar feminist. Congratulations to Stina and all the Women and Gender Studies Majors and Concentrators from the Class of 2015.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">2012-13 Viola Rossing Winners<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/IMG_2153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/past-distinction-and-rossing-recipients\/img_2153\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/IMG_2153.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1427,974\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A590 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1368713726&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2153\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/IMG_2153-1024x698.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-474 alignleft\" title=\"2012-13 Viola Rossing Awards\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/IMG_2153-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"2012-13 Viola Rossing Awards\" width=\"201\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Rachel Johnson<\/strong> and <strong>Dory Liem<\/strong> received the award for a collaborative study of and presentation about transgender residence options on St. Olaf campus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Monzong Cha<\/strong> received the award for campus leadership through the Women&#8217;s Empowerment house (2011-12) and for two years of critical discourse development as a blogger in senior seminars.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">2011-12 Viola Rossing Awards<\/h4>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Olivia Anderson, <\/strong><strong>Jessica Hitt, <\/strong><strong>Willa Simmett, <\/strong><strong>Josephine LaBua, <\/strong><strong>Katherine Nesbit, and <\/strong><strong>Alexandra Shea Garrett<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">2010-11 Viola Rossing Awards<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"left\"><strong>Karen Hopper<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;Women in Electoral Politics&#8221;<br \/>\nIn her essay, Karen postulates that successful female candidates would emphasize hard political issues in their campaigns, and then shows through her research on campaign ads that this does\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0actually prove true.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Elizabeth Terpstra<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cThe Journey from Ed to Ellen: Fitting into a Binary Gender System\u201d<br \/>\nThis essay skillfully weaves together the biography of Ellen Krug, a post-op male to female and selected themes from gender theory. \u00a0The sensitive and sympathetic treatment of Ellen\u2019s story and the treatment of theory created a fine piece of writing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Catey Jordan<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFreedom of Expression: Gender Diversity at St. Olaf College\u201d<br \/>\nThis project explores the context of gender identity at St. Olaf, informed by contemporary gender theory. Catey explains gender and transgender identity with attention to key issues of naturalization and essentialism, and usefully questions the sex\/gender distinction.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Annika Tohlen<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 align=\"left\">2009-10 Viola Rossing Award<\/h4>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/ChanceVoigtPhoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"103\" border=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Chance Voigt<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/VoigtPaper.doc\">Augustine, Ecofeminism, and Disease<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">My project, \u201cAugustine, Ecofeminism, and Disease: Towards an Ecofeminist Theodicy of Natural Evil\u201d, interrogates the ecofeminist Christian theologies of Sallie McFague, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and J. Michael Clark with the question \u2013 \u201cif God is all-good and all-powerful, why do good people suffer from disease?\u201d\u00a0 I argue that, although theodicy is not explicitly discussed at great lengths by these three theologians, their ecofeminist framework and larger theological ideas have great potential for the Christian journey of reconciling God\u2019s love with the reality of disease.\u00a0 I offer the beginnings of a distinctly ecofeminist theodicy of natural evil and disease that offers comfort, meaning, and value to both human beings and the natural world.<em><br class=\"none\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<h4 align=\"left\">2009-10 Viola Rossing Awards<\/h4>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/MargaretShoemakerPhoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"137\" border=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Margaret Shoemaker<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/ShoemakerPaper.doc\">Gender in Early Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I visited elementary schools and observed how teachers influenced gender in the classroom. Teachers reinforce certain behaviors and I wanted to observe and interview the teachers to see if their personal beliefs about gender were expressed in their teaching methods. I also researched the history of how gender became an issue of debate in the education system and how it currently is included in the definition of diversity.<br class=\"none\" \/><br class=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/SarahDuToitTengbladPhoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"115\" border=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Sarah Tengblad<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/TengbladPaper-1.doc\">Entertaining Knowledge: Trends in Popular Women&#8217;s Magazines 1910 &#8211; 1960<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">My paper was entitled &#8220;Entertaining Knowledge: Trends in Popular Women&#8217;s Magazines 1910-1960.&#8221;\u00a0 I surveyed and researched St. Olaf&#8217;s archives of popular women&#8217;s magazines (primarily Good Housekeeping) using four lenses. The first was a historical overview of women&#8217;s publications during said time period and the following three sections included observations I made from the content of the magazines, titled &#8220;Women and Politics,&#8221; &#8220;Women and Work,&#8221; and &#8220;Women and Domesticity.&#8221;<br class=\"none\" \/><br class=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/KateNesbittPhoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"125\" border=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Katherine Nesbit<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/gender-sexuality-studies\/files\/2012\/09\/Nesbitpaper.doc\">The Wedding Bell Blues: Interpreting Changing Trends in Common Perceptions of Marriage in Recent American History Through Young Women&#8217;s Magazines<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In Jan Hill&#8217;s Intro to Women&#8217;s Studies class, we were required to write a 4-6 page paper discussing trends in magazines from different historical periods that reflect changing attitudes about women in recent United States history. \u00a0I focused on the portrayal of marriage and the &#8220;single woman&#8221; in young women&#8217;s magazines within the last 60 or so years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Viola Rossing Prize\u00a0is an award intended to recognize excellence in the scholarship and creative work of senior Gender and Sexuality Studies majors or concentrators. 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