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US politics student wins international essay prize
21 July 2010
What began as an assignment for the Introduction to US Politics course taught by the Centre’s Associate Professor Brendon O’Connor, has won Arts/Law student Josh Marks a prestigious international essay prize.
Marks’ work on what the long battle to enact healthcare reform signified about the state of politics in Obama’s America was awarded second prize in the 2010 Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) Undergraduate Essay Prize Competition this month. The ISA is part of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study.
Marks, a third-year student enrolled at ANU, receives 150 pounds and an invitation to consider postgraduate study at the ISA as part of the prize.
He says he’s now enthusiastic to continue studying US politics and is already planning to look into applying for an internship in Washington DC.
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