ABQ Times

The University of New Mexico's Libraries have announced the recipients of the 2025 Jim and Mary Lois Friday Hulsman Undergraduate Library Research Awards. University Libraries supports the recognition of student and faculty research initiatives.

The awards spotlight both emerging and advanced research conducted by undergraduates. Eligible for submission are original research projects in various formats, such as research papers, design portfolios, compositions, posters, and digital projects.

This year, the committee received entries from students majoring in disciplines including American studies, environmental planning and design, civil engineering, sociology, and East Asian studies. The winners will each receive a cash prize and have their research added to the UNM Digital Repository. A ceremony will be held in April to honor their achievements.

Recipients in the Emerging Researcher Category include:

- First Place: Susan D. Perrone with "Editing the largest online encyclopedia one article at a time"

- Second Place: Polly Elizabeth Bungum for "Emergency Food Access Relative to Household Incomes in ABQ"

- Third Place: Maria Clara Pedroza Santos for "Inside the Margins: Favelas Beyond the Tourist Lens"

- Third Place: Dimitri E. Kittrell with "Christ-Like Deaths in Nineteenth-Century Gothic Literature"

In the Advanced Researcher Category:

- First Place: Sara Dent with "From Inside the House: Alumni Depictions of Homeschooling, Family, and Childhood"

- Second Place: Charles Aguirre for "Family Hopes and Dreams: The Predestined Path of Nursing for second-generation Filipino Americans"

- Third Place: Simon P. Doane for "Naturalizing Dispossession: How Bosque Del Apache Wildlife Refuge Reproduces Settler Colonialism"

"The Jim and Mary Lois Friday Hulsman Undergraduate Library Research Award program recognizes excellence in undergraduate research that incorporates the use of the University Libraries resources and demonstrates sophisticated information literacy skills." The College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences expresses gratitude to the judges, committee members, and the Hulsman family for their support of the program.