Prize Recipients

2025–Conner Huey, Harvard University

Abstract & Paper: Conner Huey,  “The Progressive Paradox: How the Democratic Party Won Rural Western Washington, 1976 to 2024”

Honorable Mention Abstract & Paper: Ethan Chiu, “The Human Circuit:A Comparative Study of the Semiconductor Industry’s Labor Conditions inthe US and Taiwan”

2024–Logan Torres, Brown University.

Abstract & Paper: Logan Torres, “Solar Development in Municipalities: Impacts of Transparency on Implementation” .

Citation: Torres, Logan (2024) “Solar Development in Municipalities: Impacts of Transparency on Implementation.” The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates.

Honorable Mention 2024: Shayla Trowbridge, Colorado Mesa University, for the paper entitled “Genius Playboy Billionaire Philanthropists: How Human Security Became a Tool for American Hegemony,” and Dipakshi Sarma, Macalester College, for the paper entitled “The Problems of Ineffective Deradicalization: Innovating Southeast Asian Counterterrorism Mechanisms.”

2023–Two students were selected to receive the Lamb Prize in 2023:

Nadine Al Annabi, Albany University, SUNY

Abstract & Paper: Nadine Al Annabi, “Comparative Analysis of America’s and Germany’s Higher Education System

Citation: Al Annabi, Nadine (2023) “Comparative Analysis of America’s and Germany’s Higher Education System. The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates.

Samuel Ransley, University of Maine

Abstract & Paper: Samuel Ransley, Mechanisms of Totalitarian Development

Citation: Ransley, Samuel (2023) “Mechanisms of Totalitarian Development.” The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates.

Honorable Mention: Aidan Harn-Flood, Santa Clara University, for the paper entitled “Synthetic and Segregated: Political Effects of Nationalism in South Africa and China.”


2021Andrew G. Steinberg, Brown University

Video  “Knowledge with a Purpose”

Citation: Steinberg, Andrew G. (2021) “No Home for the Brave: Understanding America’s Veteran Deportation System.” The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates.

Honorable Mention: Andrew Hinckley, Bryant University, for his paper entitled ““Ending Partisan Gerrymandering.”


2020Sandra Carrillo Rodriguez, Idaho State University

Citation: Carrillo Rodriguez, S. (2020). “Nuestro Destino (Our Destiny): An Analysis on Latina/o/x Linked Fate.” The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates. 


2019–Paul F. Weisser, Saint Vincent College

Citation: Weisser, P. F. (2019). “‘I Believe We are Lost:’ The Worst Casualties of the Great War.” The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates.


2018Zachariah A. Levitan, University at Albany, SUNY

Citation: Levitan, Z. A. (2018). “The YouTube Apocalypse and Adcquisition: Proposing a Change in YouTube’s Political Content Monetization Methodology.” The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates. 

Honorable Mention: Joshua Lindell, Colorado State University, for the paper entitled “Carbon Tax.” and Anthony Taylor, Colorado State University, for the paper entitled “Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technology in Contemporary Society.”


2017–Claire McMorris, Oregon State University

Citation: McMorris, C. (2017). “Corporate Oregon: A Narrative Study of Measure 97.” The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates. 


2016–Quinn Massaroni, Bryant University

Citation: Massaroni, Q. (2016). “A United States Sustainable Energy Transition Based on Successful International Models. The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates.


2015–David A. Belcher, University of California, Davis

Citation: Belcher, D.A. (2015). “An Efficient Electoral Method to Reduce Voter Ignorance.” The Lamb Prize/Negotiation Guidance Associates.