May 3, 2018

Janine Bower, MS in science, technology and society '18, is the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize. This is the third year that the Center for STS has offered this annual prize. Nominated and voted on by STS-affiliated faculty, the prize is presented to a STS graduate student who has demonstrated exemplary performance in research, academics and service to the STS program.

Janine is a valuable, visible, contributing member of STS @ Drexel. Her research interests take up issues of surveillance and power, and she has followed this broader interest into a variety of case studies including Stuxnet and cyberwarfare. She has helped make STS a community by mentoring new students, and by participating in STGlobal and Drexel STS events. Janine served as the vice president of the STS Collective, which is the STS graduate student association, in 17-18.