Undergraduate Research Award Recipient

Each year the UW-Madison Libraries offer an Undergraduate Research Award to support and celebrate excellence in undergraduate, library-based research. Undergraduate students who intend to make creative and intensive use of library resources as part of a semester or year-long research project (capstone, independent study, thesis, performance, exhibit, etc.) are encouraged to apply. 

We are pleased to announce that Marie Meyer is the recipient of this year’s award. Marie will present on her senior honors thesis Seemingly Secular Public Health Campaigns and Their Appeal to the Broader Moral Authority of Americans: An Analysis of the TB and COVID-19 Pandemics Through a Religious Studies Perspective at the UW-Madison Libraries Undergraduate Research Reception on Thursday, May 7th from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm at College Library, Room 1193. 

As a Religious Studies major, Marie’s honors thesis was overseen by her advisor, Dr. Susan B Ridgely, Professor of Religious Studies. Marie was assisted in her research by Hannah Swan, Beth Harper. and the Undergraduate Research Award Committee (Jessica Newman, Raina Bloom, Ian Benton, and Christopher Perez). We congratulate her on receiving this honor.