Jaya Nayar Wins 2024 Hoopes Prize for Senior Thesis

Jaya Nayar, a concentrator in Philosophy and Government, has been awarded the Hoopes prize for her thesis "Deliberative Disagreement: Learning to Appreciate Pluralism in Practice through Disagreement" supervised by professors Eric Beerbohm and Edward Hall.

The Hoopes Prize — awarded to 73 Harvard College seniors this year — is annually conferred in recognition of outstanding scholarly research from undergraduate students. The prize is funded by the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes, Class of 1919, for the purpose of “promoting, improving, and enhancing the quality of education.”

Student winners are awarded $5,000, and the faculty advisers of winning projects are awarded $2,000 for supporting students. Each winning thesis is bound and available in Lamont Library for two years before being shipped to the student.

Please see the full list of prize winners here.