2022 Award Winners

Debate & Diplomacy in History
Successes, Failures and Consequences

Congratulations to all participants in this year's virtual competition! On behalf of the Arthur T. Fathauer Endowment and UAF History Department, our judges and supporters, we wish to congratulate you on your efforts and success. Please scroll down to view a selection of this year's award-winning projects. Click on each image to be directed to the project. To download a full list of award winners, please click here.

1st Place Senior Group Exhibit

Am I Not a Man?:
The Memphis Sanitation Workers & Human Dignity

Dai Sheena Wiltz & Eugene Wiltz

Effie Kokrine Charter School

1st Place Senior Individual Exhibit

Screaming to be Heard:
The HIV AIDS Epidemic

Ella Parks

West Valley High School

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1st Place Senior Individual Website

Kids Voting, Inc. Award for Best Project on a voting-related topic

Women's Suffrage

Cianne McCaleb

North Pole High School

1st Place Senior Group Performance

The Romanovs

Samantha Bristor, Jordanne Godzina, Elinor Johns & Aria Peña

West Valley High School

1st Place Senior Research Paper

Silent Spring: The Beginning of the End of Diplomacy

Lillian Downing

West Valley High School

1st Place Junior Group Exhibit

Tanana Chiefs Meet to Protect Burial Grounds

Shyann Bartley & Savannah Opferman

Effie Kokrine Charter School

1st Place Junior Group Website

Arthur T. Fathauer Award for best project overall

The Debate of CFCs:
How the Threat of Ozone Depletion led to the First Successful Global Environmental Agreement

Dara Bird & Daria Mantei

Homeschool

Tanana Yukon Historical Society Award: For best project on an Alaska topic

Tanana Chiefs Meet to Protect Burial Grounds

Shyann Bartley & Savannah Opferman

Effie Kokrine Charter School

Top finalists are eligible to compete in the Alaska State History Day competition.
For details on the next level of competition, please visit the Alaska Humanities Forum website at https://www.akhf.org/ahd.