The Emerson Prize
2019 Winners [from Volume 29]

The Emerson Prize is awarded annually to students published in The Concord Review during the previous academic year who have shown outstanding promise in history at the high school level. Since 1995, 177 students have won an Emerson Prize. The laureates this year are from several states, India and South Korea. The eleven 2019 Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize laureates are:

Victoria Claire Walton, of The Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati, Ohio, had published a history research paper on Operation Valkyrie.

David Oks, of The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, had published a history research paper on the Election of 1916.

Tiantian Fang, of The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, had published a history research paper on the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Lindsay Wu, of Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, California, had published a history research paper on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.

Shivni Patel, of Pine View School in Osprey, Florida, had published a history research paper on John Wilkes.

Mallika Saxena, of San Francisco University High School in San Francisco, California, had published a history research paper on The Caste System.

Devika Madgavkar, of Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Mumbai Maharashtra, India, had published a history research paper on the Plague in British India.

Theodore Damiani, of Owen J Roberts High School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, had published a history research paper on the Dakota Sioux.

Joy Ding, of Commonwealth School in Boston, Massachusetts, had published a history research paper on Disney and the Depression.

Gopi Hiren Patel, of Pine View School in Osprey, Florida, had published a history research paper on Soviet-Afghan War.

Dong Hyeop Shin, of Phillips Academy Andover in Andover, Massachusetts, had published a history research paper on Cryptography and Privacy.