Christine Norris
June 1953 - September 1998

Dr. Norris was Assistant Director of the Humanities Program. She received her Ph.D. from the Literature Department at UCSD in 1982, and was appointed a Lecturer in Humanities that same year. While her principal research interest was the Danish writer Isak Dinesen, her teaching ranged from women's studies to the entirety of the Western Humanities tradition. Her energy and enthusiasm for teaching inspired both her undergraduate students and the graduate students whom she trained and advised. The Revelle College student body honored her with numerous teaching awards and invitations to address the college commencement.
Christine passed away on September 24, 1998, after a three-year fight against cancer.
Begun in 1999, the Revelle Humanities Christine Norris Award is given annually to the best Humanities student completing the five-quarter sequence.
Award Criteria
The Criteria
The selection committee looks for a student who best exemplifies what Humanities appreciated about Chris Norris: an enthusiasm for learning; the ability and desire to explore ideas and issues for their own sake; careful scholarship; and a concern for a clear and forceful articulation of ideas. We look for someone who is not only a conscientious student with strong academic achievement, but someone who might sit with Chris in her office for an hour discussing the meaning of a passage or the structure of a paragraph -- someone, in sum, who best embodies the humanity that Chris Norris gave to Humanities.
The Process
We solicit nominations from teaching assistants and faculty familiar with the above criteria. We tabulate grades plus speak to pertinent teaching assistants and faculty about the nominations. Finally, we look at the students' Humanities essays, again not only looking for good writing skills and scholarship, but for originality, style, and a personal voice.
Award Winners
Current Award Winners |
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2023 - Sharon Lee & Yash Shah |
Previous Award Winners |
2022 - Ashley Samaan & Khanh Nguyen |
2021 - Ruoqi Wei & Saisri Ravi |
2020 - Brady Goodell & Siddhartha Krishnan |
2019 - Erika Barrall & Benjamin Finander |
2018 - Anser Abbas & Chandni Kapoor |
2017 - Ashley Gabrielle Manlapaz-Pineda & Rosemary Elliott Smith |
2016 - Janine Sobers |
2015 - Komal Kapoor & Syed Amaan Abidi |
2014 - Amy Johns |
2013 - Arvin Wali |
2012 - James Lee |
2011 - Grace Victorine |
2010 - Daniel Friedman |
2009 - Lissette Wilensky |
2008 - Daniel Feldman |
2007 - Jennifer Timmons |
2006 - Liam Vavasour |
2005 - Yue Wan |
2004 - Jan Melom |
2003 - Grace Hsiao & Judy Hsiao |
2002 - John Peter Rickgauer |
2001 - Vishal Patel |
2000 - Andrea Mann |
1999 - Charae Marie Gibbs |
Make a Contribution to the Christine Norris Scholarship Fund
If you wish to contribute to the Christine Norris Scholarship Fund, please make checks payable to: "UCSD Foundation in Memory of Christine Norris." Donations may be mailed or delivered to:
Humanities Program
Galbraith Hall 180
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0306
Humanities Program
Galbraith Hall 180
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0306