The Department of History is pleased to announce the winners of our 2024-2025 annual awards. These awards celebrate our faculty, staff, lecturers, undergraduate, and graduate students to thank them for their dedicated service to our department. They also provide funding and scholarships for their research and education and honor the excellence of their work. We are grateful to the support of our donors for making these awards possible.
Undergraduate Awards
John & Judith Steinberg-Alfonsi Scholarship for Outstanding History Undergraduate & Academic Excellence
- Sonny Steinhauer
- LiAn Barclay
Martha Belle Barrett Scholarship for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Chris Chong
- Justin Wytmar
Walter N. Breymann Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduate History Majors
- Katelyn Barbour
- Jenissie Jamison
- Dylan Rapp
- Sonny Steinhauer
Jayne and Richard Burkhardt Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement
- Mariah Cade
- Anastasia Krevchenko
- Jai O'Dell
C. Ernest Dawn Undergraduate Research Travel Award
- Victoria Siek
History Distinguished Service Award
- Katelyn Barbour
- Will Doty
Robert W. Johannsen Undergraduate US History Scholarship
- Rosette Pavkov
Thomas A. Manning Memorial Scholarship
- David Ju
Michael Scher Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Paper
- LiAn Barclay:"Beyond Tradition: Twentieth-Century LGBTQ History in Chinatown,San Francisco"
- Bridget Ulbert: "Migrants and the National Health Service"
Winton U. Solberg Family Scholarship
- Coralyn Johnson
Winton U. Solberg Memorial Scholarship
- Grace Denton
Winton U. Solberg History Award
- Rosette Povkov
William and Virginia Waterman Scholarship in Academic Excellence
- Marica Szczybura
Graduate Awards
Irene B. Katele Research Travel Fund
- Lance Pederson
Frederick S. Rodkey Prize in Russian History
- Mariana Kellis
Winton U Solberg Family Scholarship
- Andy Stec
Winton U Solberg Memorial Scholarship
- Sophia Warner
Winton U Solberg History Award
- Albert Lopez
Chester G. Starr Dissertation Research Travel Award
- Ganiyat Alli
- Haiyi Li
Teaching Awards
George S. & Gladys W. Queen Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in History
- Dr. Yuri Ramirez
George S. & Gladys W. Queen Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award in History
- Dr. David Sepkoski
Dr. Charles DeBenedetti Award for Teaching Excellence by a Teaching Assistant
- Ruth Mandala
Other Awards
Chair's Award
- Heather Gernenz
Adele Mazurek Suslick Award for Excellence in Research
- Gabriel Foster
- Brendan Gallian