Student Awards and Honors

Recipients for 2022-23

Student prizes are selected by a faculty Honors Committee and awarded at the department's annual commencement ceremony. Prizes are supported, in part, by gifts to the History Annual Fund.


Ph.D. Student Prizes

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize

Kimberly Killion

Best Graduate Seminar Paper Prize

Julie Frankenbach

Michael I. Gurevich Memorial Prize in Russian History

Jacob Smiley

George T. Guttridge Prize for British or American Colonial History

Russell L. Weber
Claire Wrigley

David Hollinger Prize for Intellectual History

Jonathan Andrew Lear

Fred J. Martin American Political History Award

Cameron Black

Leon Litwack Graduate Essay Prize for African-American History

Mario Burrus

Leon Litwack Dissertation Prize for African-American History

Nicole Viglini

Leo Lowenthal Memorial Prize

Sean Cronan

Undergraduate Prizes

Matilda Morrison Miller Award for the History of the Western United States

Aaron Perry Hill

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation

Xinyi (Amy) Chen

Leon Litwack Prize for African-American History

Tiger Schenkman

2022-2023 Proposed Honors List

Requirements for graduating with Honors in History

Highest Honors

Katherine Booksa
Amy Chen
Tiger Schenkman

High Honors

Aaron Perry Hill
Yongkang Li
Tessa Mouw

Honors

Phi Beta Kappa Members

2022-2023 Members

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest academic honor society, founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Election to Phi Beta Kappa is a recognition of academic achievement, especially in the acquisition of knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences.


Xinyi (Amy) Chen
Aaron Perry Hill
Claire Laurel Horsley
Reva Shakun Kale
Jenny Somin Lee
Julian Anand Daniel Sanghvi
Jona Sandy Wool-Baum

Past Prize Recipients

2022

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
Elena Kempf

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Sean Cronan

George Guttridge Prize for British or American Colonial History
Annabel LaBrecque
Eva Vaillancourt

David Hollinger Prize for Intellectual History
Craig Johnson

Fred J. Martin American Political History Award
Grace Goudiss

Matilda Morrison Miller Award for the History of the Western United States
Zahra Bokhari Hasanian

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation
Dorian Cole

2021

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
Joy Neumeyer

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Sean Cronan

George Guttridge Prize for British or American Colonial History
John Handel
Brendan Mackie

David Hollinger Prize for Intellectual History
Gloria Yu

Leo Lowenthal Memorial Prize
Paulina Hartono

Fred J. Martin American Political History Award
Xavier Buck

Matilda Morrison Miller Award for the History of the Western United States
Tara Madhav

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation
Duncan Wanless

2020

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize

Joel Pattison

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize

Samuel Stubblefield


Michael I. Gurevich Prize for Russian History

Valentina Viktorovskaia


George Guttridge Prize for British or American Colonial History

Simon Brown
Sophie Fitzmaurice

David Hollinger Prize for Intellectual History

David Delano

Fred J. Martin American Political History Award

Anthony Gregory


Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize for Undergraduate Research

Nicholas Pingitore


Matilda Morrison Miller Award for the History of the Western United States

Fallon Burner

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation

 Nicholas Pingitore

2019

Friends of Cal Dissertation
Julia Shatz

Graduate Seminar Paper
Christene Stratman

George Guttridge Prize for British or American Colonial History
Chrsitopher Lawson

Leo Lowenthal Memorial Prize
Nicole Viglini

Fred J. Martin American Political History Award
Julia Lewandoski

David Hollinger Prize for Intellectual History
Shoufu Yin

Matilda Morrison Miller Award for the History of the Western United States
Efran Moradi

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation
Emily Breay

2018

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Samuel Stubblefield

Michael I. Gurevich Prize
Jillian Forsyth & Harrison King

George Guttridge Prize
Franklin Sammons & Sarah Stoller

David Hollinger Prize
Timothy C. Wright

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
Christopher Casey

Fred J. Martin American Political History Award
Robert Nelson

Matilda Morrison Miller Award
Brittney Nareau

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation
Camille Jetta

2017

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Benjamin Daniels

Michael I. Gurevich Prize
Emily Hoge

George Guttridge Prize
Trevor Jackson
Jason Ross Rozumalski

David Hollinger Prize
Anthony Gregory

Leo Lowenthal Memorial Prize
Sophie FitzMaurice

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
Bathsheba Demuth

Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize
Justin Germain
Michelaina Johnson

Matilda Morrison Miller Award
Henry Clay Carter

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation
Ryan L. Culpeper

2016

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Sophie FitzMaurice

Michael I. Gurevich Prize
Michael Coates
Hillary Lynd

George Guttridge Prize
Julia Lewandoski
Ivana Mirkovic

David Hollinger Prize
Jenni Allen

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
Sarah Hines

Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize
James Bradley
Charlotte Hull

Matilda Morrison Miller Award
Erin Shoshana Faigin

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation
Conner Kenneth Grubaugh

2015

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Sheer Ganor

Michael I. Gurevich Prize
Jesus Madrigal
Joy Emma Neumeyer

George Guttridge Prize
Sam Wetherell

Leo Lowenthal Memorial Prize
Robert Lee

David Hollinger Prize
Samantha Iyer

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
David Beecher

Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize
Michelaina Johnson

Matilda Morrison Miller Award
Bernard Remollino

Department Citation
John Williams

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize
Luther Cenci
John Williams

2014

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Aaron Hall

Michael I. Gurevich Prize
Thomas Lowish

George Guttridge Prize
India Mandelkern
Tehila Sasson

David Hollinger Prize
Grahame Foreman
Robert Lee

Colin Miller Prize
Alice Main

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
Albert Wu

Matilda Morrison Miller Award
Rachel Lynne Cadman

Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize
Rachel Lynne Cadman
Matthew William Enger

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation
Adrian Butler

2013

Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Joseph Kellner
Brendan Shanahan

Michael I. Gurevich Prize
Mirjam Voerkelius

George Guttridge Prize
Robert Lee
Radhika Anita Natarajan

Leo Lowenthal Memorial Prize
Sarah Gold McBride

Colin Miller Prize
Elena Kempf

Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
Ariel Ron

Matilda Morrison Miller Award
Madeleine Seiwald

Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize & Department Citation
Amelia Lincoln