John Rooney ’14 Wins Prize for Essay on John Dewey and American Democracy

Political Science major and Center for Political Participation (CPP) Fellow John Rooney ’14 has received the 2014 Walter Jacobson Memorial Prize for his essay on John Dewey and American democracy. The essay, titled “Democracy: The Task before Us in the 21st Century,” was presented at the Allegheny College Democracy Realized? Legacies of Civil Rights Movement conference on March 28-29. The prize, established by Walter O. Jacobson ’37, supports undergraduate students in research and writing projects related to the American electoral process.