2024-2025 Best Paper Prizes

Congratulations to the two papers selected as “Best Papers” published in the USURJ journal this year!  

Abigail Clemente’s paper “The Conversational Functions and Effects of Tagalog-English Code-Switching on Filipino Television” is an expertly written and novel linguistic analysis examining the context of Tagalog and English switching on a Filipino television program.

Nathan Baillie’s paper “Monstrous Lessons: Peter Stumpp, the Werewolf of Bedburg” presents a comprehensive and fascinating deep dive into the historical record regarding history’s most infamous werewolf.

Two additional papers were nominated for the prize: "Dance and Make Revels": Cross-Dressing Prostitutes and Gendered Performance as a Method of Accessing Agency in Medieval London” by Fionnuala Braun and “Perceptions of Canadian Radiology Residents Regarding Competence by Design” by Brent Burbridge and Sunam Jassar.

Congratulations to all the authors!

The panel thanks the senior editors for nominating papers for the Best Papers Award. Thank you to the University of Saskatchewan Office of the Vice-President Research for funding the prize.  

2024-2025 USURJ Best Papers Award Judges Panel: 
Helen Power, Panel Chair, Faculty, University Library, USURJ Faculty Advisor 
Harold Bull, Faculty, Department of Microbiology and Immunology 
Jennifer Sedgewick, PhD Candidate, York University