Margaret R. Yocom Student Paper Prize -- Undergraduate English

2026 Awardee

Christopher Vitello

Christopher Vitello

"To Hold and Be Held"

A multimedia project created within the ArcGIS program, To Hold and Be Held is a centering of primary source settler and Indigenous sensoriums as tied to foodways, reciprocity, and collective memory and as a lens for understanding threats to resilience of salmon and North Coast/Salish culture.