2020 New Jersey History Day National Qualifiers Junior Paper Qualifier: Entry 10001 Cointelpro: The FBI’s Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States Sargam Mondal, Woodrow Wilson Middle School Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 10008 Rebel in a Dress: How Belva Lockwood Made the Case for Women Grace McMahan, H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Maggie Manning, Teacher

Junior Individual Performance Qualifier: Entry 13003 Dorothy Pearl Butler Gilliam: The Pearl of the Post Emily Thall, Woodglen School Kate Spann, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 13004 The Triangle Tragedy: Opening Doors to a Safer Workplace Anjali Harish, Community Middle School Rebecca McLelland-Crawley, Teacher

Junior Group Performance Qualifier: Entry 14002 Concealed in the Shadows; Breaking Principles: Washington's Hidden Army that Won America's Freedom Gia Gupta, Jiwoo Lee, and Karina Gupta, Rosa International Middle School Christy Marrella-Davis, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 14005 Rappin’ Away Injustice Rachel Lipsky, Saidy Bober, Sanaa Mahajan, and Shreya Nara, Terrill Middle School Phillip Yap, Teacher

Junior Individual Documentary Qualifier: Entry 11003 Breaking Barriers: The Impact of the Tank Aidan Palmer, Palmer Prep Academy Brandy Palmer, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 11006 Eugene Bullard: The Barrier Breaking African American War Hero America Didn’t Want Riley Perna, Saints Philip and James School Mary O’Sullivan, Teacher

Junior Group Documentary Qualifier: Entry 12001 Alan Turing: The Enigma Who Deciphered the Future Nitin Balajikannan, Pranav Kurra, Rohit Karthickeyan, and Sushanth Balaraman, Woodrow Wilson Middle School Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher Qualifier: Entry 12014 The Atomic Bomb: Breaking Barriers in Science and Morality Abhiram Tallapragada, Aniketh Bukka, Sai Voruganti, Samar Munagala, and Shardul Krishnakumar, Woodrow Wilson Middle School Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher

Junior Individual Website Qualifier: Entry 17001 Creation of American Sign Language: Breaking Communication Barriers Natalie Marlow, BRIGHT Homeschool Co-Op Michelle Marlow, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 17003 Constance Baker Motley: Breaking Barriers in History Nicholas Socci, Saints Philip and James School Mary O’Sullivan, Teacher

Junior Group Website Qualifier: Entry 18002 Savitribai Phule: How One Woman Defied Societal Standards to Uplift the Oppressed Aarnika Gharse and Lilian Wang, Woodrow Wilson Middle School Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 18004 Little Rock Nine: The Racial Barriers Broken in 1957 Judy Barbour and Angie Mingo, Robinson Community School John Hall, Teacher

Junior Individual Exhibit Qualifier: Entry 15001 Panama Canal: A Path Between the Seas Riya Nimkar, Woodrow Wilson Middle School Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 15013 Andy Warhol: A Pop of Change, Breaking Barriers Through Art Alexa Barkman, Woodglen School Kate Spann, Teacher

Junior Group Exhibit Qualifier: Entry 16002 Billie Jean King: Breaking Through Barriers For Equality in Sports Gauri Kshettry and Archana Maryada, Woodrow Wilson Middle School Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 16005 Silencing DDT: The Book that Changed the World Forever Celina Brown, Shavonne Farley, Trisha Reddy, and Taylor Tuttle, Valley Middle School Jena Boomhower, Teacher

Senior Paper Qualifier: Entry 20004 George Washington and The Culper Spy Ring Breaking Barriers to Establish an Independent Nation Natalie Ramos, Bayonne High School Martin Kashmer, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 20001 Volunteers for Freedom: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War Omar Al-Zaman, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North Chris Bond, Teacher

Senior Individual Performance Qualifier: Entry 23001 Justice Louis Brandeis: Breaking Economic, Religious, and Political Barriers Jack Granahan, Lawrence High School Priscilla Taylor, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 23002 "No Name Woman": Anna May Wong's Struggle for Asian Representation in Yellow Faced Hollywood Karen Yang, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Mike Garzio, Teacher

Senior Group Performance Qualifier: Entry 24002 C0DE OR D1E. Alan Turing’s Bombe Isabella Catto, Isabelle Duddie, and Jacquelyn Dal Bon, Montville Township High School Stefanie San Filippo, Teacher

Senior Individual Documentary Qualifier: Entry 21002 Winning the Physicist's War: Shaping a Generation of Scientific Research through Civilian- Military Collaboration Melinda Chen, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Mike Garzio, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 21004 Evolution on Trial: The Science v. Religion Debate and the Censorship of American Education Carol Sun, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Mike Garzio, Teacher

Senior Group Documentary Qualifier: Entry 22010 Billie Jean King: The Rise of Gender Equality On and Off the Court Paraj Goyal and Akash Kura, Lawrence High School Priscilla Taylor, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 22008 Yuri Gagarin and the Soviet Space Program: Humanity’s First Steps Towards a Future in the Stars Kyle Rakovitsky and Michael Tepperman, Marlboro High School Julie Mauritzen, Teacher Senior Individual Website Qualifier: Entry 27001 Nuremburg Trials: Breaking Barriers in International Law Ishva Mehta, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Chris, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 27003 Nellie Bly: Giving Voices to the Unheard and Pioneering a New Style of Journalism Kiko Yoshihira, West Windosr-Plainsboro High School Nortg Mike Garzio, Teacher

Senior Group Website Qualifier: Entry 28001 Dr. Alice Hamilton: Breaking Barriers in Workplace Safety Dessy Dusichka and Amritha Sypereddi, Lawrence High School Priscilla Taylor, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 28003 Breaking Barriers in History: The Printing Press Marc Angelo Gumangan, Damon Lin, and Kareem Saad, Bayonne High School James Murphy, Teacher

Senior Individual Exhibit Qualifier: Entry 25006 Jazz Diplomacy: Breaking Cultural Barriers During the Cold War Era Brandon Hwang, Ramsey High School Ann Alcaide, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 25008 Filippo Brunelleschi and His Impact on the Renaissance and Beyond Jake Shenkman, Montville Township High School Stefanie San Filippo, Teacher

Senior Group Exhibit Qualifier: Entry 26006 Radium Girls: The Glowing Women who Reformed the Workplace Charlotte Weinstein, Hannah Mikelis, Hayley Kirk, Isabella Kruger, and Megan Kirk, Montville Township High School Stefanie San Filippo, Teacher

Qualifier: Entry 26013 The End of Being Quiet: The Stonewall Riots Nisha Patel, Olivia Chou, and Sanjana Ramaswamy, Parsippany High School Mackenzie Hestevold, Teacher 2020 Special Prizes

New Jersey History, sponsored by the New Jersey Historical Commission Junior Division: Entry 15015, Whatever Happened to Mount Laurel? Laura Weintraub, Auten Road Intermediate School, Pat Sellar, Teacher

Senior Division: Entry 26003, Corsets and Courses: Mabel Smith Douglass and New Jersey’s First Public Women’s College, Diana Narvaez Vazquez, Jennyfer Robles, and Maria Reyes Gaspar, New Brunswick High School, Yesenia Infante, Teacher

Best Use of Newspaper Junior Division: Entry 12015 The Unfolding of Truths: DNA Evolution Nicole Jacob and Lina Kim, Honiss Elementary\Middle School Laurie Band, Teacher

Senior Division: Entry 20007, Racing the Clock, Will Critchfield, Eastern Christian High School, Jane Okma, Teacher

Women’s Suffrage, sponsored by the Women’s Centennial Voting Initiative Junior Division: Entry 16007, The Activist and Suffragette That Never Backed Down: Carrie Chapman Catt, Divya Loganathan, Deeksha Rajiv, and Priya Savani, Central Middle School, Maria Elisa Glatz, Teacher

Senior Division: Entry 26009, Unbought & Unbossed: How Shirley Chisholm Dominated United States Congress, Christna Reid and Muhra Youssef, Bayonne High School, Craig Mellows, Teacher

Revolutionary War History, sponsored by the Morristown DAR Entry 11011, Washington’s Spies - Revolutionizing Espionage, Saorla Rafferty, Learning Community Charter School, Irisis Morales-Larsen, Teacher Maritime History, sponsored by the National Maritime Historical Society Junior Division: Second Place: Entry 15001, Panama Canal: A Path Between the Seas, Riya Nimkar, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher

First Place: Entry 18005, Portugal’s Trade Route to India, William Pertsemlidis and Campbell Abbott, The Peck School, Jason Guss, Teacher

Senior Division: Second Place: Entry 25007, Charles Darwin: The Theories of Evolution and Natural Selection, Brendon Glennon, Montville Township High School, Stefanie San Filippo, Teacher

First Place: Entry 27005, The Matriarch of the Information Age: Grace Hopper, Ernest Tyler Pagaduan, High Technology High School, Diane Mannion, Teacher

John T. Cunningham Award in Civil War History, sponsored by the North Jersey Civil War Roundtable Entry 12019, Dividing the Land of Bondage from the Land of Freedom: William Still and the Underground Railroad, Stav Butbul, Eloise Kipnis, Kyle Lehrfeld, and Lindsay Newcomb, Rosa International Middle School, Christy Marrella-Davis, Teacher