The Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship is proud to award the Dean Hank Dobin Prize in Community-Engaged Independent Work. This award is presented to students whose outstanding thesis best engages a community audience, whether through extensive research, policy recommendations, or new information and analysis.

Congratulations to the 2024 winners!

First Prize (Tie)

Amy Aririguzoh (Anthropology), Multigenerational Poisoning: Apprehending Lead Exposure in East Trenton, New Jersey 

Paige Silverstein (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Lead Isotopic Fingerprinting: Exploring Applications to Tap Water Lead Contamination in Trenton, New Jersey

Second Prize

Cristina Maldacena (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Pairing Solar Photovoltaics and Agriculture: Recommendations to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on the Dual-Use Solar Pilot Program 

Third Prize

Robert Britt (Spanish and Portuguese), Investigating Health Access, Experience, and Outcome of Latin American Immigrants in Trenton, New Jersey through an Intersectional Lens