Kimberly Mines Wins Library Research Award

2017 May 17

Three Eastern Connecticut State University students received Library Research Awards at the conclusion of the 2016-17 academic year. The sixth annual awards program recognizes exemplary research projects that demonstrate the ability to locate, evaluate and apply information from the physical collections and online databases of Eastern's J. Eugene Smith Library.

Among the winners was Kimberly Mines '17 of Cheshire who majors in Labor Relatns/Human Resour Mgt.

Kimberly's research project was titled "Framing Arab Americans in the Detroit News Press" and her abstract reads: "A significant proportion of today's Arab Americans descended from Christian immigrants, though they are often conflated with Muslims and 'unhinged' caricatures who do not contribute to society. This study examines the post-911 evolution of Arab-American representations within mainstream Detroit news press-a city known as 'the capital of Arab America.'"

A committee of faculty and library staff, led by librarian Janice Wilson, read and selected the award winners based on how well the papers document the effective use of library resources.