Winners of the 2011 Boe Awards are, from left: Tricia Lestarjette, Lee College ("Caught in the Cave"); David Bulger, Oral Roberts University ("Biodiversity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Past and Present"); Cheryl Dabny, Lee College ("A Betrayal of Self: Sylvia's Journey in 'A White Heron'"); Kimberly Sams, The University of Texas at Arlington ("Claiming Power and Agency: Medieval Women's Self-Perceptions in Fifteenth-Century Family Letters"); Rebekah Samaniego-Kopsky, University of North Texas ("Death Row Days: Factors Affecting the Rate of Execution in the State of Texas"); Alex Leme, University of Arkansas at Little Rock ("The Myth of Demeter and Persephone as Metaphor for Sexual Initiation").