Recipients for 2023-24
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
Hayley Rucker
Carlotta Wright De La Cal
Calvin Paulson
Hu Hsu
Kate Kuisel
Russell L. Weber
Undergraduate Prizes
David Villani
David Villani
Alex Ayala
2023-2024 Proposed Honors List
Requirements for graduating with Honors in History
Highest Honors
Alejandro Alvarez
Brendan Goodwin
Ariana Elizabeth Perry Kretz
Rosa Bradley Murphy
David Villani
High Honors
Zalea A. Bjorgum
Clara De Goldsmith-Rothschild
Jonah Max Gottlieb
Agustin de Jesus
Andrey Antonovich Kapustin
Hrag Kyle Kassabian
Emily Lai
Fiona McMahon
Hannah Peebles
Kara Smale
Madeline Vea
Timothy Yue
Honors
Luis Mario Allen
Sabrina Arambula
Numas Ayala
Haneeboy Matais Barlis
Mia Barnard
Bianca Marguerite Bibolet
Tori L. Borges
Charyl Hannah Bowens
William Brandt
Nix Nicole Bukus
Sarah Caso
Mariana Chavez-Aleman
Wyatt Clay
Kacie Lia Cosgrove
Angel Garcia Cuevas
Athena Davis
Delaney Degner
Olivia Helena DiNappoli
Conor Ethan Elerding
Chloe Susanne Frank
Rahael Shosha George
Andrew Green
Jenny Hernandez Delgadillo
Nan Elizabeth Watkins Jorgensen
Naomi Ho
Nathan Alexander Kayas
Samantha Aura Lim
Tino Jirapat Limkhaewprasert
Anthony Zhantao Lin
Jennifer Lopez Martin
Sherry Lyu
Thais Muriel Macias
Steven Alexander Maisnik
Brandon Mak
Lia Mimun
Diana Mondragon
Ronan Morrill
Maria Juliana Newman
Solomon Eliot Heuermann Nichols
HannahLeah Nikohl Oeding
Joshua Ophir
Mackenzie Perez
Samuel Oliver
Luis Ramirez Reynoso
Brayan Ramos
Adirah Yecholyah Rodriguez
Vasiliki Rousakis
Mariam Sabawi
Alisa Erin Steel
Toby Merlin Taylor
Taylor J. Valci
Kayla E. Veloz
Tyler Harrison Wolfe
Emma D. Younger
Phi Beta Kappa Members
2023-2024 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.
Alejandro Manuel Alvarez
Kacie Lia Cosgrove
Ariana Elizabeth Perry Kretz
Rosa Bradley Murphy
William Brandt
Sarah Caso
Solomon Eliot Heurmann Nichols
Kara Smale
Past Prize Recipients
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