# May 2025 News

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### [Grace Ellis Awarded 2025 Norman Holmes Pearson and Walter McClintock Prizes](https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news/grace-ellis-awarded-2025-norman-holmes-pearson-and-walter-mcclintock-prizes)

May 29, 2025

Congratulations to Grace Ellis ‘25, winner of the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize and the Walter McClintock Prize for her essay, “Revising the Nation: Tribal Sovereignty and the...

### [Natalie Keating Awarded 2025 Norman Holmes Pearson Prize](https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news/natalie-keating-awarded-2025-norman-holmes-pearson-prize)

May 29, 2025

Congratulations to Natalie Keating ‘25, winner of the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for her essay, “Kara Walker and Sally Mann’s Transgressive Memorials to the Civil War...

### [Molly Weiner Awarded 2025 Percival W. Clement Prize](https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news/molly-weiner-awarded-2025-percival-w-clement-prize)

May 29, 2025

Congratulations to Molly Weiner, winner of the Percival W. Clement Prize. The Clement Prize is an American Studies prize awarded for the best senior thesis in support of the...

### [AMST senior Grace Ellis wins Library Map Prize Honorable Mention](https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news/amst-senior-grace-ellis-wins-library-map-prize-honorable-mention)

May 19, 2025

Graduating AMST senior Grace R. Ellis (Class of 2025) has won honorable mention for the 2025 Yale University Library Map Prize, in recognition of her skillful and...

### [AMST Senior Kavya Jain wins the Diane Kaplan Senior Essay Prize](https://americanstudies.yale.edu/news/amst-senior-kavya-jain-wins-diane-kaplan-senior-essay-prize)

May 2, 2025

American Studies senior Kavya Jain has won the Diane Kaplan Senior Essay Prize for her essay, CONFESSIONS OF A FAILED REVOLUTIONARY SUBJECT: TOI DERRICOTTE AND THE BLACK...