Recipients for 2021-22
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 Friends of Cal History Fund.
Ph.D. Student Prizes
Elena Kempf
Sean Cronan
Eva Vaillancourt
Craig Johnson
Grace Goudiss
Undergraduate Prizes
Zahra Bokhari Hasanian
Dorian Cole
2021-2022 Proposed Honors List
Requirements for graduating with Honors in History
Highest Honors
Dorian Cole
Annabelle Long
Emily Rose Mantaro
Ronit Yael Sholkoff
Duncan Wanless
High Honors
Mollie Appel-Turner
Randy Cantz
Morgan Filgas
Karah Elise Giesecke
Zahra Bokhari Hasanain
Geraint Hughes
Abraham Jellinek
Miranda Jiang
Jonah Lounds
Sidney Neil Schlafman
Honors
Chai Won (Bella) Ahn
Sage Alexander
Jennifer Nicole Anderson
Ammar Abdul-Mateen Ansari
Tate Archibald
Poojitha Bale
Kylie Renee Bazinet
Noah Bendell
Parker Jackson Bovée
Meghan Cameron
Ryan Dong Ki Chae
Brianna Nicole Chavez
Ivan Chavez
Kayla Harris Cohen
Derek Joseph B. Cross
Diana Crow
Olivia Dulai
Will Edgar
Amelia Farmer
Cindy Feng
Gabriela Fernandez
Zoe Forest
Justin Gartner
Samuel Godfrey
Dominic Gutierrez
Cole Heires
Clarisa Huang
Trisha Iley
Andrew Kim
Alex Kleinman
Joseph Michael Lerdal
Kaitlyn Lizzarago
Kiley Lockett
Mikala Lord
Lily Catherine Lucero
Amita Mahajan
Harpreet Mahi
Nicole Ana Manssourian
Wyatt Mauk
Grace Moore
Lillian Merri Morgenthaler
Sarah Mosley
Nina Narahari
Madison Sterling Necochea
Colin Nguyen
Rhiannon West Patapoff
Jacob Prager
Emily Profitt
Joshua Ralston
Anna Remler
Clavey Ali Robertson
Victoria Sanchez
Sepanta Sarraf
Eleanor Tang Savas
Andrew Selvo
Lauren Sheehan-Clark
Nishitha Shetty
Isabel Shiao
Savanna Slaughter
Amber Soto
Emily Su
Julia Swan
Juliana Torres
Bryn Treloar-Ballard
Michael Tufenkchian
Lauren Tyler
Jean-Luc Votichenko
Katheryn Walk
Alessandro DeFonte Weiss
Jackson Woods
Jocelyn Yang
Daria Yerofeyava
Shenqxin Yu
Zhenhao Yu
Zixi Peter Zhang
Phi Beta Kappa Members
2022-2022 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.
Annabelle Kathryn Long
Lillian M Morgenthaler
Ammar Abdul-Mateen Ansari
Parker Jackson Bovee
Kayla Harris Cohen
Sara E (Dorian) Cole
Olivia Elizabeth Dulai
Alexander Scott Kleinman
Madison Sterling Necochea
Joshua Drake Ralston
Eleanor Tang Savas
Bryn Terese Treloar-Ballard
Past Prize Recipients
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