Recipients for 2024-25
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
Noah Ramage
Kate Kuisel
Annabel LaBrecque
Maria Likhinina
Matthew Kovac
Coleman Mahler
Tara Madhav
Amar Zaidi
Kyle Jackson
Undergraduate Prizes
Cindy Jiang
Cindy Jiang
Robert Frederick Lietzow III
Alexander Miguel Kosoff
2024-2025 Proposed Honors List
NOTE: The list for general honors is currently pending, and will be processed during the summer after degrees have been finalized.
Requirements for graduating with Honors in History
Highest Honors
Sadie Baldwin
Cindy Jiang
Yasmine Kaki
Alexander Kosoff
Peregrine Lang
Robert Frederick Lietzow III
Benjamin Salop
Jacob Webster Thompson
Marisa Uribe
High Honors
Kienan Aguado
Sebastian Dalvand
Belen Gonzalez
Ryan Gottschalk
Sam Hirshberg
Xiaorui Liu
CJ Nicolas Lu Sing
Yingying Rao
Max Suckley
Peri Wilby
Honors
Tina Xue
Ava Escobedo
Phi Beta Kappa Members
2024-2025 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.
Gia Day
Jeremy David French
Ryan Christopher Gottschalk
Justin Jhun
Zahra Jaitun Nisha Khan
Alex Miguel Kosoff
Xiaorui Liu
Eleanor Frances Nold
Yingying Rao
Andrew Robbins White
Past Prize Recipients
2024
Ph.D. Student Prizes
Friends of Cal History Dissertation Prize
Hayley Rucker
Best Graduate Seminar Paper Prize
Carlotta Wright de La Cal
George T. Guttridge Prize for British or American Colonial History
Calvin Paulson
David Hollinger Prize for Intellectual History
Hu Hsu
Leon Litwack Graduate Essay Prize for African-American History
Kate Kuisel
Fred J. Martin American Political History Award
Russell L. Weber
Undergraduate Prizes
Friends of Cal History Thesis Prize
David Villani
Department Citation
David Villani
Leon Litwack Undergraduate Prize for African-American History
Alex Ayala
Matilda Morrison Miller Award for the History of the Western United States
Ariana Elizabeth Perry Kretz
2023
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
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
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