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The Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA) program is conducted as part of ASHA's efforts to create awareness of the importance of ethical decision making as individuals prepare to start careers in audiology, speech-language pathology, or speech, language, and hearing sciences. Recipients of the 2006–2009 awards are listed below. Select the titles below to read the winning essays. Information about the 2010 SEEA competition will be available later this year.
2009 SEEA Recipients
The following students received the 2009 Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA):
1st Place
Megan Thurber
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Essay Title: The Importance of Collaboration and Character: Principle of Ethics IV
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Emily E. Tyson
2nd Place
Jennifer Wallace Knapp
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Essay Title: Principle IV
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Kimberly Crawford
3rd Place
Victoria Hatzelis
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, New York
Essay Title: Overcoming Professional Challenges in the Field of Speech-Language Pathology: A Lifelong Commitment
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Elise M. Wagner
Participants were asked to write on the meaning and importance of the Principle IV of ASHA's Code of Ethics: "Individuals shall honor their responsibilities to the professions and their relationships with colleagues, students, and members of allied professions. Individuals shall uphold the dignity and autonomy of the professions, maintain harmonious interprofessional and intraprofessional relationships, and accept the professions' self-imposed standards." Select the titles above to read the winning essays.
2008 SEEA Recipients
The following students received the 2008 Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA):
1st Place
Heather S. Petrusa
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Essay Title: A Framework for Care That Encompasses Our Professional Characteristics
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Lisa Domby
2nd Place
Kimberly S. Judlin
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Shreveport, Louisiana
Essay Title: Principle of Ethics III
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Merrie Pendergrass
3rd Place
Melinda J. Simon
Longwood University
Farmville, Virginia
Essay Title: Professional Integrity of Student Clinicians
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Peggy C. Agee
Participants were asked to write on the meaning and importance of the following statement from Principle III of ASHA's Code of Ethics: "Individuals shall honor their responsibility to the public by promoting public understanding of the professions, by supporting the development of services designed to fulfill the unmet needs of the public, and by providing accurate information in all communications involving any aspect of the professions, including dissemination of research findings and scholarly activities." Winning essays may be accessed by selecting the titles above.
2007 SEEA Recipients
The following students received the 2007 Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA):
1st Place
Carolyn Stephenson Gosse
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Essay Title: Developing Professional Competence During the Clinical Fellowship
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Jessica J. Norton
2nd Place
Sarenne Sutton
Teachers College-Columbia University
New York, New York
Essay Title: Principle of Ethics II
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Elise M. Wagner
3rd Place
Elissa M. Larkin
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Essay Title: The Ethic of Competence
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Catherine Bacon
Participants were asked to write on the meaning and importance of the following statement from Principle II of ASHA's Code of Ethics: "Individuals shall honor their responsibility to achieve and maintain the highest level of professional competence." Select the titles above to read the winning essays.
2006 SEEA Recipients
The following individuals received the 2006 Student Ethics Essay Awards (SEEA):
1st Place
Victoria Carlson-Casaregola
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri
Essay Title: Doing Well by Others: Thoughts on Idealism and the ASHA Code of Ethics in Practice
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Carol L. Ackerson
2nd Place
Laura Guengerich
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Essay Title: ASHA's Principle of Ethics I in Action
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Tracy Cafferty
3rd Place
Sarah Reid
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina
Essay Title: Ethics: Holding the Person Paramount
NSSLHA Chapter Advisor: Perry Flynn
Participants were asked to write on the meaning and importance of the following statement from Principle I of ASHA's Code of Ethics: "Individuals shall honor their responsibility to hold paramount the welfare of persons they serve professionally." To read the winning essays, select the essay titles above.
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