New Jersey History Day State Contest National Qualifiers and Alternates
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New Jersey History Day State Contest National Qualifiers and Alternates JUNIOR DIVISION Junior Paper Qualifiers Lithuanian Awakening: How a Book Ban Re-birthed a National Identity Elise Williams Ms. Kathryn Spann, Teacher Woodglen School Lebanon Township School District Cigarette Advertising: Sacrificing Ethics in the Pursuit of Profit Sargum Mondal Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher Woodrow Wilson Middle School Edison Township Public School District Alternative: The Diary of Elsa Binder: Communicating the Reality of Life in the Ghettos Betsy Kizhakkepuram Wendy Hurwitz -Kushner, Teacher Woodrow Wilson Middle School Edison Township Public School District Junior Individual Documentary Qualifiers The Greensboro Sit-ins: A Revolutionary Communication of the Power of Self-Driven Change Sobhika Sampath Justin Dolcimascolo, Teacher Thomas R. Grover Middle School West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District 13 Days on the Threshold of War: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Letters that Pulled the World from the Brink Navya Somula Justin Dolcimascolo, Teacher Thomas R. Grover Middle School West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Alternate: The Songs of Slavery: Music as a Communication Platform Syra Batt Teresa Leary, Teacher Cranbury School Cranbury Township Schools Junior Group Documentary Qualifiers Liberating Language; Fighting for Freedom: The Hidden Exchange of African American Literary Societies Mikee Alvarez, Krishna Patel, Rinnah Segovia, Felicity Zhou Christy Marrella, Teacher Rosa International Middle School Cherry Hills Public School District Humanity Before Diplomacy; The Documents That Saved Thousands: Carl Lutz’s Rescue Erin Li, Amanda Yu, Kaiyan Ling, and Madison Johnson Christy Marrella, Teacher Rosa International Middle School Cherry Hills Public School District Alternate: The Navajo Code Talkers: Fighting a World War With a Native Language Pragna Kurra, Avanthika Balaraman Wendy Kushner, Teacher Woodrow Wilson Middle School Edison Township Public School District Junior Individual Exhibit Qualifiers Deciphering A War: The Use of Cipher Technology and its Impact on Warfare Communication Dheeraj Menon Rebecca McLelland-Crawley, Teacher Community Middle School West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Miguel Grau: Knight of the Seas Matias Stevenson Sue Longenecker, Teacher The Peck School Alternate: The "Rite" Way for Music Max Kim Alex Soudah, Teacher The Peck School Junior Group Exhibit Qualifiers Marching through Change with One Man’s Mission to Communicate Peace: Bayard Rustin Elizabeth Linker, Alexa Jordan, Phoebe Wu Christy Marella, Teacher Rosa International Middle School Cherry Hill Public School District Cuneiform Louise Carroll and Angela Chen Teresa Leary, Teacher Cranbury School Cranbury Township Schools Alternate: Cher Ami, The Winged Warrior Shreyas Mendikar and Pranav Pallapotu Wendy Kushner, Teacher Woodrow Wilson Middle School Edison Township Public School District Junior Individual Performance Qualifiers Ella Fitzgerald: A Communication of Many Messages Throughout A Career Lizbeth He Teresa Leary, Teacher Cranbury School Cranbury Public Schools Flappers: The Key to Understanding Women’s Independence in the 1920s Jasmine Marlow Michelle Marlow, Teacher BRIGHT Co-Op Alternate: The Power of Propaganda: How the Perpetration of Paranoia Permanently Shaped the American Mind Anjali Harish Rebecca McLelland-Crawley, Teacher Community Middle School West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Junior Group Performance Qualifiers Beauty and Brains: Hedy Lamarr's Key to Unlocking Modern Telecommunications Melinda Wu, Sarah Cohen, Jessica Lazaroiu, and Danielle Borsutsky Christy Marrella, Teacher Rosa International Middle School Cherry Hill Public School District Silence is Louder than 100 Voices Katherine Blair, Adriana Saco, Arianna Crum, and Emily Smith Maria Glatz, Teacher Central Middle School Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Public Schools Junior Individual Website Qualifiers Enigma Code: How Understanding the Secret German Communication Code Won World War II Kerri Falvey Mary O’Sullivan, Teacher Saints Philip and James School Communications that Formed America: The Federalist Papers Julia Sauers Rosa Sauers, Advisor Hillsborough Township Middle Hillsborough Township Public School District Alternate: Alan Turing: Breaking the Enigma Janell Gui Lorrie Daccurso, Teacher Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Junior Group Website Qualifiers Navajo Code Talkers: Communicators of a Secret Language Nuha Choudhury and Christina Salazar Lizandaa Alburg, Teacher School # 28 Paterson Public Schools The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse: A Miscommunication that Changed the Field of Structural Engineering Archana Maryada and Gauri Kshettry Wendy Kushner, Teacher Woodrow Wilson Middle School Edison Township Public School District Alternate: The White Rose: A Fight Against Falsity Nishka Maheshwari, Aditi Athreyas, Sucheta Pansare, and Harshita Mutukulloju Maria Glatz, Teacher Central Middle School Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Public Schools SENIOR DIVISION Senior Paper Qualifiers The Communication Pen: Averroes' Communication Through Philosophy Omar Al-Zaman Chris Bond, Teacher West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Hit Them in Their Stomachs: Upton Sinclair and the Accidental Communication that Transformed FoodSafety Regulation in the U.S. Mahathi Somula Michael Garzio, Teacher West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Alternate: Washington’s Spies: How the Culper Spy Ring Covertly Revolutionized the American Revolution Robert Bush Kory Loyola, Teacher High Point Regional High High Point Regional High School District Senior Individual Documentary Qualifiers Oklahoma! The Dawn of A Beautiful Morning for Storytelling in Musical Theatre Melinda Chen Michael Garzio, Teacher West-Windsor Plainsboro High School South West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Margaret Bourke-White: Communication through the Lens of Photojournalism Arya Shukla Chris Bond, Teacher West-Windsor Plainsboro High School North West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Alternate: Hedy Lamarr: A Beautiful Secret to Modern Communications Danielle Lirov Thomas Ross, Teacher Communications High School Monmouth County Vocational School District Senior Group Documentary Qualifiers Propaganda of the Third Reich: The Weaponization of Humanity’s Greatest Asset Kieran McLean and Peter Gertsenshteyn Karim McLean, Advisor Colts Neck High School and Freehold Borough High School A Voice for the Oppressed: Sir Harold Evans and the Sunday Times Campaign Isabella Harelick, Isabel Lee, Paul Nasr, and Alice Zhang Corrina Moss-Keller, Teacher Ridgewood High School Ridgewood Village School District Alternate: America’s Fight Against Communism: Communicating through Propaganda in Radio and Film During the Cold War Abhiram Tallapragada, Sai Voruganti, Shardul Krishnakumar, Samar Munagala, and Aniketh Bukka Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher John P. Stevens High School Edison Township Public School District Senior Individual Exhibit Qualifiers Thomas Nast and Boss Tweed: Communications through Cartoons Natalie Marlow Michelle Marlow, Teacher BRIGHT-Co-Op Orwell’s 1984: Warning Readers About Dangers of Authoritarianism Meghana Akella Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher John P. Stevens High School Edison Township Public School District Alternate: The Dawn of Casual Photograph: Queen Alexandra Hannah Allphin Michelle Marlow, Teacher BRIGHT-Co-Op Senior Group Exhibit Qualifiers Jacob Riis: The Key to Understanding "How the Other Half Lives" Miduna Rishindran and Akshaya Shivaparan Priscilla Taylor, Teacher Lawrence High School Lawrence Township Public Schools Marsha P. Johnson: Advocating for Gay and Transgender Equality and Protection Bhavya Sahay and Adithi Ponakampalli Priscilla Taylor, Teacher Lawrence High School Lawrence Township Public Schools Alternate: Progression Following the Depression: The Fireside Chats Nisha Patel, Olivia Chou, and Sanjana Ramaswamy Mackenzie Hestevold, Teacher Parsippany High School Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Public Schools Senior Individual Performance Qualifiers Texas v. Johnson: Communication Through Controversial Means Jack Granahan Priscilla Taylor, Teacher Lawrence High School Lawrence Township Public Schools Waiting for the Sunrise: The Satisfaction of Escapist Ideals During the Great Depression Transitions into Mass Media Max Xu Michael Garzio, Teacher West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Alternate: Going “Chop Suey Mad”, How Chinese Immigrants Used Chop Suey to Communicate a Sense of Belonging in American Society Karen Yang Michael Garzio, Teacher West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Senior Group Performance Qualifiers Lewis Hine: Pioneer Photographer Communicating the Struggles of Child Labor Ishani Mhatre, Dhruv Rungta, and Katherine Fallon Reusch Wendy Hurwitz-Kushner, Teacher John P. Stevens High School SOMEONE IS WATCHING: Edward Snowden and the NSA’s Hidden Data Consumption Jacquelyn Dal Bon, Isabella Catto, Sophia Kuznetsova, and Isabelle Duddie Stefanie San Filippo, Teacher Montville Township High School Montville Township School District Alternate: The Witch that Enchanted Odysseus: The Legend of Circe and its Impact on Ancient and Modern Society Priyal Gupta, Harshini Lakshminarayanan, and Srinidhi Lakshminarayanan Michael Garzio, Teacher West Windsor-Plainsboro