2002-2003 NPEC State Level Winners

Indexed by state

Go to the List of NPEC Honorable Mentions

Alabama
Ms. Celeste Fortenberry
"A Breach of Peace"
Mountain View Baptist School
Pinson, AL
Coordinator: Ms. Cathy Fortenberry

Alaska
Ms. Alicia Lane
"An Examination of the Justification of Two Wars"
A.J. Dimond High School
Anchorage, AK
Coordinator: Mr. Greg Brown

Arizona
Ms. Krista A. Sarin
"The Reality of War: A Manipulation of Justifications"
Xavier College Prep
Phoenix, AZ
Coordinator: Ms. Christine Weglarz

Arkansas
Mr. Will Schmidley
"The Afghan Conflict and the Spanish American War: A Study in Just War Contrasts"
Pulaski Academy
Little Rock, AR
Coordinator: Ms. Ginger Kidd and Mr. Bill Topich

California
Mr. Kevin Kiley
"Kuwait and Kosovo: The Harm Principle and Humanitarian War"
Granite Bay High School
Granite Bay, CA
Coordinator: Ms. Rita Prichard

Colorado
Ms. Michelle Box
"When Is War Justified?"
Gateway High School
Aurora, CO
Coordinator: Ms. Mary Lou Iverson

Connecticut
Ms. Katelyn Jennings
"Justice and War: A Lasting Dilemma"
Windsor High School
Windsor, CT
Coordinator: Ms. Diane Van Ausdall

Delaware
Ms. Meghan Pasricha
"The Marketing of a 'Just War': The Second World War and Desert Storm"
Sanford School
Hockessin, DE
Coordinator: Ms. Sadhana Pasricha

District of Columbia
Ms. Ryan Amari Tabb
"The Senseless Feuds"
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington, DC
Coordinator: Mr. Jeffrey A. Schultz

Florida
Ms. Ali Glisson
"The Justification of War"
Academy of the Holy Names
Tampa, FL
Coordinator: Sis. Mary Patricia Plumb

Georgia
Ms. Susan Davis
"War: What Is It Good For?"
Davidson Fine Arts School
Augusta, GA
Coordinator: Ms. Aletha Y. Snowberger

Hawaii
Mr. Owen Martel
"The Justness of War"
Punahou School
Honolulu, HI
Coordinator: Ms. Hope Staab

Illinois
Ms. Bryn R. Pallesen
"The Absence of Just War"
Naperville North High School
Naperville, IL
Coordinator: Ms. Cherie Beckman

Indiana
Ms. Kelly E. Dietz
"The Justification of the Spanish-American and Gulf Wars"
North Central High School
Indianapolis, IN
Coordinator: Mr. William Broderick

Iowa
Mr. Matthew E. Mead
"Justification of War in the Vietnam and Gulf Wars"
Marshalltown High School
Marshalltown, IA
Coordinator: Mr. Brian L. Johnson

Kansas
Ms. Paula Burke
"Just War Theory in the Modern Age: Conflict in the Falklands and Iraq"
Salina High School South
Salina, KS
Coordinator: Ms. Karen Bastin

Kentucky
Ms. Katie Grogan
"The Futility of Just War Idealism"
Notre Dame Academy
Lakeside Park, KY
Coordinator: Ms. Diana Timmerding

Louisiana
Mr. Michael B. Hathorn
"Kosovo and World War I: Liberty By Force"
Pineville High School
Pineville, LA
Coordinator: Mrs. Jane Bacot Texada

Maine
Ms. Laila Sholtz-Ames
"Africa's Forgotten Wars: Angola, Ethiopia, and Eritrea"
Alternative Education Services
Exeter, ME
Coordinator: Dr. Laura Sholtz

Maryland
Ms. Sarah Calderone
"Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War."
Walter Johnson High School
Bethesda, MD
Coordinator: Mr. Theisen Healey

Massachusetts
Mr. Aaron Souza
"Justifying War: The United States in World War II and the Persian Gulf"
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Williamstown, MA
Coordinator: Mr. Tom Murray

Michigan
Ms. Zahreen Ghaznavi
"Israel and NATO: Balancing the Morality of War"
Community High School
Ann Arbor, MI
Coordinator: Ms. Judith DeWoskin

Minnesota
Mr. Nedim Durakovic
"War in Pursuit of a Greater Peace"
The Blake School
Minneapolis, MN

Mississippi
Mr. Bryan Norwood
"Just War and a Christian Worldview"
Madison Central High School
Madison, MS
Coordinator: Ms. Susan Shivers

Missouri
Ms. Marjorie Harrington
"Justifying War"
Metro Academic and Classical High School
St Louis, MO
Coordinator: Mr. Wade Mayham

Montana
Ms. Alicia Warden
"The Definition of a 'Just War' Needs Re-evaluation: Peaceful Solutions Can Be Achieved"
Sentinel High School
Missoula, MT
Coordinator: Ms. Sue Babcock

Nebraska
Ms. Katie Scott
"The Justification of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars"
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
Omaha, NE
Coordinator: Ms. Terri Anania

Nevada
Mr. Christopher M. Jackson
"The Path to War: A Conservative Utilitarian Analysis of International Conflict"
Reno High School
Reno, NV
Coordinator: Ms. Cathy Retterer

New Hampshire
Mr. Nate Lavey
"From California to Srebrenica: Rejection of a Just War"
The Derryfield School
Manchester, NH
Coordinator: Ms. Roberta Lavey

New Jersey
Mr. Andrew Colbert
"The Just War: Last Resort and Self-Defense in the Falklands and Afghanistan"
Home School
Lindenwold, NJ
Coordinator: Mr. Jay Colbert

New Mexico
Mr. Terence M. Merritt
"Justum Bellum"
Los Alamos High School
Los Alamos, NM
Coordinator: Ms. Nancy Schick

New York
Ms. Julie Cooper
"Just War Doctrine: East Timor versus the Al-Aqsa Intifada"
Hunter College High School
New York, NY
Coordinator: Mr. Irving Kagan

North Carolina
Mr. Edward Su
"Just War Thinking for the Twenty-First Century: A Globalist Perspective"
NC EFC Church Youth Group
Cary, NC
Coordinator: Ms. JoAnn Su

North Dakota
Mr. Ryan R. Thoreson
"World War II and Chechnya: The Past and Future of Just War Doctrine"
Shanley High School
Fargo, ND
Coordinator: Ms. Cathy Schwinden

Ohio
Ms. Jacqueline Grassi
"The Conditions and the Conduct: Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello in the Vietnam War and the War on Terrorism"
Hawken School
Kirtland, OH
Coordinator: Mr. Peter Golding

Oklahoma
Ms. Sarah Singletary
"Examining Motives: Tajikistan and Haiti"
Jenks High School
Tulsa, OK
Coordinator: Mr. Eric Fox

Oregon
Mr. Kent Saitoh
"The Just Use of Military Force: The Progression of U.S. Foreign Intervention"
Oregon Episcopal School
Portland, OR
Coordinator: Ms. Hope B. Stevens

Pennsylvania
Ms. Mira Shastry
"War for Peace: Justifications of the American Civil War and Persian Gulf War"
Freedom High School
Bethlehem, PA
Coordinator: Ms. Mangala Shastry

Puerto Rico
Ms. Viviana Gonzalez Irizarry
"World War I and the Persian Gulf War: Unjustifiable Wars"
Academia del Perpetuo Socorro
San Juan, PR
Coordinator: Prof. Marie Gillette

Rhode Island
Ms. Kaitlin J. McGovern
"Opposite Poles on a 'Just War' Spectrum: WWII and the Imminent Hypothetical Nuclear War"
St. Mary Academy - Bay View
Cranston, RI
Coordinator: Ms. Marion Wrye

South Carolina
Ms. Maura E. Cordial
"Is There Such a Thing as a 'Just War'?"
Beaufort High School
Beaufort, SC
Coordinator: Ms. Shirley Tuttle

South Dakota
Ms. Collette Roberts
"Justification of War: The Anglo-Zulu and Kosovo Wars"
St. Thomas More High School
Rapid City, SD
Coordinator: Ms. Marian V. Reed

Tennessee
Ms. Elizabeth Thomas
"Comparison of Justified and Unjustified Wars"
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Kingsport, TN
Coordinator: Mr. Kevin Fielden

Texas
Mr. Jeffrey Schonert
"Did We Kill For a Reason?"
Jesuit College Prep School
Dallas, TX
Coordinator: Mr. David Oglesby

Utah
Mr. Brandon Hopkins
"Extradition and the Justification of Two Wars: The War on Terrorism and the Pequot War"
The Waterford School
Salt Lake City, UT
Coordinator: Mr. James L. Hopkins

Vermont
Ms. Jennifer Richards
"Defining Justice: An Examination of the Persian Gulf and Spanish-American Wars"
Champlain Valley Union High School
Charlotte, VT
Coordinator: Mr. William Mares

Virginia
Ms. Suyeon Khim
"A Doctrine for Peace: Dismissing Violence as a Just Means"
The Madeira School
McLean, VA
Coordinator: Ms. Sheila Reilly

Washington
Mr. Josh Dzieza
"From World War II to the War on Terrorism: The Evolution of Morality and Warfare"
Charles Wright Academy
Olympia, WA
Coordinator: Dr. B.J. Smith

West Virginia
Mr. Mateusz Plucinski
"Peace and Stability in Two Wars"
The Linsly School
Glen Dale, WV
Coordinator: Mr. William L. Brubaker

Wisconsin
Ms. Amelia Hintzen
"In Search of Perfect War"
Homestead High School
Mequon, WI
Coordinator: Ms. Ann Reible-Cook

Wyoming
Ms. Madeline Caldwell
"War for Peace: Justifying Conflict in Kosovo and Northern Ireland"
Jackson Hole High School
Jackson, WY
Coordinator: Ms. Samantha Smith

International/Italy
Mr. Ryan Felix
"The Justification of War: Past and Present"
Naples American High School
FPO, AE, Italy
Coordinator: Ms. Elaine Gallant

Honorable Mention Winners

Arkansas
Honorable Mention
Mr. John Jumper
"Limiting Agression and Just War Doctrine"
Pulaski Academy
Little Rock, AR
Coordinator: Ms. Ginger Kidd and Mr. Bill Topich

Arkansas
Honorable Mention
Mr. Robin Singh
"Aggression and Indifference"
Pulaski Academy
Little Rock, AR
Coordinator: Ms. Ginger Kidd and Mr. Bill Topich

California
Honorable Mention
Mr. Seth Frankel
"The Justification of War: Consequentialist Pacifism"
Venice High School
Los Angeles, CA
Coordinator: Mr. John Brierley

California
Honorable Mention
Ms. Paris Spies-Gans
"War: Sometimes Necessary, Never Just"
Windward School
Pacific Palisades, CA
Coordinator: Mr. Gary E. Gans

Colorado
Honorable Mention
Ms. Alice Gerkin
"A Just War"
Gateway High School
Aurora, CO
Coordinator: Ms. Mary Lou Iverson

Colorado
Honorable Mention
Mr. Jeff Barnes
"The Exploration of a Just War"
Gateway High School
Aurora, CO
Coordinator: Ms. Mary Lou Iverson

Connecticut
Honorable Mention
Mr. David J. Mattern
"The Justification of Armed Conflict"
East Lyme High School
East Lyme, CT
Coordinator: Ms. Rose Ann Hardy

Connecticut
Honorable Mention
Ms. Sarah Wettenstein
"The Search for a Lasting Peace"
Windsor High School
Windsor, CT
Coordinator: Ms. Diane Van Ausdall

Florida
Honorable Mention
Ms. Jacquelyn Banas
"Just War Theory: America and Chechnya"
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Lauderdale Lakes, FL
Coordinator: Ms. Elizabeth Sharp

Florida
Honorable Mention
Mr. Nicholas Davod Karlovich
"Bosnia and World War II: Morality in War"
Bartram Trail High School
Jacksonville, FL
Coordinator: Mr. James A. Lee

Hawaii
Honorable Mention
Mr. Cameron Taketa
"Justifying War: A Study of the Vietnam War and Persian Gulf War"
Hawaii Baptist Academy
Honolulu, HI
Coordinator: Ms. Diane Hom

Hawaii
Honorable Mention
Ms. Laura Li Ching Quek
"Containing Communism and Cruelty: The Wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan"
Hawaii Baptist Academy
Honolulu, HI
Coordinator: Ms. Diane Hom

Illinois
Honorable Mention
Mr. Stan Dai
"The Necessary Evil"
Naperville North High School
Lisle, IL
Coordinator: Ms. Cherie Beckman

Illinois
Honorable Mention
Ms. Jessica Bolack
"The Justification of War"
Immaculate Heart of Mary High School
Westchester, IL
Coordinator: Ms. Marianne B. Lynch

Indiana
Honorable Mention
Ms. Hillary Stanley
"Justification of War"
North Central High School
Carmel, IN
Coordinator: Mr. William Broderick

Indiana
Honorable Mention
Mr. Joshua Caplan
"Who is Left"
North High School
Evansville, IN

Iowa
Honorable Mention
Ms. Danielle Johnson
"War vs. Peace"
New Hampton High School
New Hampton, IA
Coordinator: Ms. Laura Reicks

Iowa
Honorable Mention
Mr. Lukas Christenson
"A Viewpoint of Morality"
Marshalltown Sr. High School
Marshalltown, IA
Coordinator: Mr. Brian L. Johnson

Kansas
Honorable Mention
Ms. Sarah Jean Mealiff
"Friends and Foes"
Beloit Jr. - Sr. High
Beloit, KS
Coordinator: Ms. Jo Dean

Kansas
Honorable Mention
Ms. Kacie Rene Barnes
"Steps of Justification"
Pleasant Ridge High School
Atchison, KS
Coordinator: Ms. Donna Writt

Kentucky
Honorable Mention
Ms. Kristen Frommeyer
"...And Justice for All"
Notre Dame Academy
Cold Spring, KY
Coordinator: Ms. Diana Timmerding

Kentucky
Honorable Mention
Ms. Kate Ann Brueggemann
"When War is the Only Way"
Notre Dame Academy
Crestview Hills, KY
Coordinator: Ms. Diana Timmerding

Louisiana
Honorable Mention
Ms. Monika Roy
"Justification of Wars Rest Within the Eyes of the Offender"
East Jefferson High School
Metairie, LA
Coordinator: Mr. John W. Lott

Massachusetts
Honorable Mention
Ms. Vanessa Stevens
"A Pursuit for Peace: A Comparison of Vietnam and Kosovo"
Swampscott, MA

Michigan
Honorable Mention
Ms. Kelsey Kowalewski
"Exploring the Theory of Just War"
Catholic Central High School
Grand Rapids, MI
Coordinator: Ms. Deborah R. Coyle

Michigan
Honorable Mention
Mr. Arun Gupta
"East Timor and Iraq: Justifying War"
Mona Shores High School
Muskegon, MI
Coordinator: Mr. Vinod Gupta

Minnesota
Honorable Mention
Mr. Craig Maupins Lindahl
"The New World Order: Same as it Ever Was"
The Blake School
Minneapolis, MN

Nebraska
Honorable Mention
Ms. Catherine Wiehl
"The United States and Just War"
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
Omaha, NE
Coordinator: Ms. Annie Loring

Nebraska
Honorable Mention
Ms. Megan Bowen
"Just War"
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
Omaha, NE
Coordinator: Ms. Annie Loring

New Hampshire
Honorable Mention
Ms. Kim Hatfield
"Justifiable War"
Pelham High School
Pelham, NH
Coordinator: Mr. Roger Lyder

New York
Honorable Mention
Mr. Sean A. Colenso
"Just Wars?: America in Korea and the Persian Gulf"
Hunter College High School
New York, NY
Coordinator: Mr. Irving Kagan

New York
Honorable Mention
Mr. Vivek Viswanathan
"When is War Justified? A Study of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars"
Herricks High School
New Hyde Park, NY
Coordinator: Mr. Anthony Cillis

North Carolina
Honorable Mention
Ms. Ann Gaul
"Israel and Iraq: Do Justified Beginnings Translate to Justified Ends?"
Charlotte, NC
Coordinator: Ms. Alicia Gaul

North Dakota
Honorable Mention
Ms. Alicia Haich
"The Justification of a War"
Our Lady of the Rosary School Home School
Gladstoe, ND
Coordinator: Ms. Debbie Haich

Ohio
Honorable Mention
Mr. Steven Bohinc
"The Justification of War: An Examination of the Persian Gulf War and the Vietnam War"
Hawken School
Gates Mills, OH
Coordinator: Mr. Peter Golding

Ohio
Honorable Mention
Mr. Matthew W. Dietz
"The Conceivable Just War"
Hawken School
Twinsburg, OH
Coordinator: Mr. Peter Golding

Oklahoma
Honorable Mention
Ms. Lauren Greve
"The Vietnam Conflict and the Persian Gulf War: Just or Unjust Wars"
Jenks High School
Tulsa, OK
Coordinator: Mr. Eric Fox

Oklahoma
Honorable Mention
Mr. Shichao Liang
"Just War and Realist Politics: Two Competing Ideals"
Jenks High School
Tulsa, OK
Coordinator: Mr. Eric Fox

Oregon
Honorable Mention
Ms. Nadia Nguyen
"A Close Examination of the Bombing of Hiroshima and the War on Terrorism"
Oregon Episcopal School
Portland, OR
Coordinator: Ms. Hope B. Stevens

Overseas Schools
Honorable Mention
Ms. Joyce Kwok
"Then Intervene We Must, When Our Cause is Just"
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinator: Dr. Yue-Kuen Kwok

Puerto Rico
Honorable Mention
Ms. Frances Raquel Peoquera
"Just Wars are a Necessary Evil"
Academia del Perpetuo Socorro
Guaynabo, PR
Coordinator: Prof. Marie Gillette

Puerto Rico
Honorable Mention
Ms. Maritere Escobar
"War: A Painful Choice"
Academia del Perpetuo Socorro
San Juan, PR
Coordinator: Prof. Marie Gillette

Rhode Island
Honorable Mention
Ms. Kristin Del Ponte
"The Justification of War"
Warwick Veterans Memorial High School
Warwick, RI
Coordinator: Mr. Michael Kozusko

South Carolina
Honorable Mention
Ms. Catherine Rebecca Pearson
"The Case of the Just War in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf"
Lexington High School
Lexington, SC
Coordinator: Ms. Ann White

South Carolina
Honorable Mention
Mr. Jamie R. McSpadden
"Just Wars? Case Studies of Kosovo and East Timor"
Rock Hill, SC
Coordinator: Ms. Kay D. McSpadden

Tennessee
Honorable Mention
Mr. Soumyo Dutta
"Justice: A Facade for War-Mongering"
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Kingsport, TN
Coordinator: Mr. Kevin Fielden

Texas
Honorable Mention
Ms. Meghana Gandhi
"The Quest for Peace: America, World War II, and the Persian Gulf War"
St John's School
Houston, TX
Coordinator: Dr. Orson Cook

Texas
Honorable Mention
Mr. Ryan Guerrero
"The Justification of War"
Austin High School
Sugar Land, TX
Coordinator: Ms. Marlene Slobin

Virginia
Honorable Mention
Mr. Derrick W. Sutter
"Just War as a Vehicle for Preserving International Order"
Wakefield School
Waterford, VA
Coordinator: Ms. Carolyn Wyrsch

Virginia
Honorable Mention
Ms. Sarah Elizabeth Gross
"Just a Just War?"
Maggie Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies
Midlothian, VA
Coordinator: Ms. Tinsley Pollard

Washington
Honorable Mention
Mr. Lee Pickett
"Shades of Gray: Just and Unjust War in Kuwait and Spain"
Olympia, WA
Coordinator: Mr. Paul Pickett

Washington
Honorable Mention
Mr. Kyle Kunkler
"The Paradox of a Just War"
Hanford High School
Richland, WA
Coordinator: Mr. James Wilson

West Virginia
Honorable Mention
Mr. Joshua Cook
"Bosnia and Rwanda: Genocide and War"
The Linsly School
Wheeling, WV
Coordinator: Mr. William L. Brubaker

Wisconsin
Honorable Mention
Ms. Sara Siegmann
"The Just War: Case Studies of Yugoslavia and the Persian Gulf War"
McFarland High School
McFarland, WI
Coordinator: Ms. Audrey Damon-Wynne

Wisconsin
Honorable Mention
Mr. James McBride
"World War II and the Gulf War: A Rebuke of Just War Theory"
LaCrosse Central High School
Stoddard, WI
Coordinator: Mr. Kurt Strainis

Wyoming
Honorable Mention
Mr. Mathew Crichton
"Morality Ends Where a Gun Begins"
Worland High School
Worland, WY
Coordinator: Mr. Tim McGee

Wyoming
Honorable Mention
Mr. Samrat Amin
"Conflict in World War II and Russia"
Laramie High School
Laramie, WY
Coordinator: Mr. Peter Kilbride