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Student Ethics Essay Award Recipients

The Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA) program is conducted as part of ASHA's efforts to create awareness of the importance of ethical decision making as individuals prepare to start careers in audiology, speech-language pathology, or speech, language, and hearing sciences. Recipents of the 2006-2008 awards are listed below. Watch for the announcement of the 2009 SEEA competition early in 2009.

2008 SEEA Recipients

The following students received the 2008 Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA):

  • 1st Place: Heather S. Petrusa 
                   University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                   Chapel Hill, North Carolina
                   Essay Title: A Framework for Care That Encompasses Our Professional Characteristics
                   NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Lisa Domby
  • 2nd Place: Kimberly S. Judlin
                   Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 
                   Shreveport, Louisiana 
                   Essay Title: Principle of Ethics III
                   NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Merrie Pendergrass
  • 3rd Place: Melinda J. Simon 
                   Longwood University 
                   Farmville, Virginia
                   Essay Title: Professional Integrity of Student Clinicians 
                   NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Peggy C. Agee

Participants were asked to write on the meaning and importance of the following statement from Principle III of ASHA's Code of Ethics: "Individuals shall honor their responsibility to the public by promoting public understanding of the professions, by supporting the development of services designed to fulfill the unmet needs of the public, and by providing accurate information in all communications involving any aspect of the professions, including dissemination of research findings and scholarly activities." Winning essays may be accessed by clicking on the titles above.

2007 SEEA Recipients

The following students received the 2007 Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA):

  • 1st Place: Carolyn Stephenson Gosse
                   University of Virginia
                   Charlottesville, Virginia
                   Essay Title: Developing Professional Competence During the Clinical Fellowship
                   NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Jessica J. Norton
  • 2nd Place: Sarenne Sutton
                   Teachers College-Columbia University
                   New York, New York
                   Essay Title: Principle of Ethics II
                   NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Elise M. Wagner
  • 3rd Place: Elissa M. Larkin
                   Arizona State University
                   Tempe, Arizona 
                   Essay Title: The Ethic of Competence
                   NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Catherine Bacon

Participants were asked to write on the meaning and importance of the following statement from Principle II of ASHA's Code of Ethics: "Individuals shall honor their responsibility to achieve and maintain the highest level of professional competence." Select the titles above to read the winning essays.

2006 SEEA Recipients

The following individuals received the 2006 Student Ethics Essay Awards (SEEA):

  • 1st Place: Victoria Carlson-Casaregola
                   Saint Louis University
                   St.Louis, Missouri
                   Essay Title: Doing Well by Others: Thoughts on Idealism and the ASHA Code of Ethics in Practice
                   NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Carol L. Ackerson
  • 2nd  Place: Laura Guengerich
                    Northwestern University
                    Evanston, Illinois
                    Essay Title: ASHA's Principle of Ethics I in Action
                    NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Tracy Cafferty
  • 3rd Place:  Sarah Reid
                    University of North Carolina-Greensboro
                    Greensboro, North Carolina
                    Essay Title: Ethics: Holding the Person Paramount
                    NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Perry Flynn

Participants were asked to write on the meaning and importance of the following statement from Principle I of ASHA's Code of Ethics: "Individuals shall honor their responsibility to hold paramount the welfare of persons they serve professionally." To read the winning essays, select the essay titles above.


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