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Past Graduate Awardees
The Graduate Awards celebrates the remarkable achievements of our graduate students, faculty, and staff who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to their academic departments. Each year, we honor individuals who have demonstrated excellence in areas such as leadership, teaching, research and service to graduate education.
- 2024
- Julia BrownEnglishAlumni Association's Dean's Choice Award for Leadership
- Erin ChavezHistoryAlumni Association Doctoral Summer Fellowship
- Benjamin TausigMusicDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a Faculty Member
- Kevin HoltMusicDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by a Faculty Member
- Joshua RestEcology and EvolutionDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director
- Chantalle McKimElectrical and Computer EngineeringDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Coordinator
- Diana SalomonArtDorothy G. Pieper Award
- Xiaohui WangStudio ArtDorothy G. Pieper Award (Honorable Mention)
- Clare FlynnEcology and EvolutionFaculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship
- Waltraut KnopPhysics and AstronomyJohn Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
- Rosa BermejoSocial and Health PsychologyJoyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship
- Rebecca MirhashemPsychology/ClinicalMadeline Fusco Fellowship
- Anastasia IorgaInterdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological ScienceMildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
- Gino EliaPhilosophyPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Giselle FergusonSocial and Health PsychologyPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Felix Fonseca QuesadaLinguisticsPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Lauren RaguetteChemistryPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Beatriz Solla VilasHispanic Languages and LiteraturePresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Lizbeth ZúñigaWomen’s, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Ashley BarryWomen's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Yichul ChoiPhysics and AstronomyPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Marina FandarosBiomedical EngineeringPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Alexandra F. OrtmannPsychology/Cognitive SciencePresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Amanda RoweInterdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological SciencesPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Alexander BeylAnatomical SciencesStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Alejandro Gil GomezEcology and EvolutionStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Michelle MayroLinguisticsStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Maggie McDonnellPolitical ScienceStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Emily RehbeinPsychology/Social and Health PsychologyStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Julia Brown
- 2023
- Daphne HudsonInterdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences Alumni Association’s Dean’s Choice Award for Leadership
- Robert WuagneuxMusicAlumni Association Doctoral Summer Fellowship
- Daniel O’LearyPsychologyDean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a Faculty Member
- Brenda AndersonChair of the Graduate Council Special Recognition
- Jackie CollierMarine, Atmospheric and Sustainability SciencesDean’s Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Director
- Lisa-Beth PlataniaPhilosophyDean’s Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Coordinator
- Urmi PoddarEcology and EvolutionThe Madeline Fusco Fellowship
- Annu DaftuarWomen’s Gender and Sexuality StudiesThe Mildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
- Donal ThomasHistoryThe Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Emma Fiona JonesArtDorothy G. Pieper Memorial Purchase Prize
- Sehee KimArtHonorable Mention as part of the Dorothy G. Pieper Memorial Purchase Prize
- Veena KrishComputer Science The John Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
- Chelsie BurchettPsychology/Social HealthJoyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Brianna GonzalezPsychology/Integrative NeurosciencePresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Danielle LuckstedSociologyPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Scott NelsonLinguisticsPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Anna ThonisEcology and EvolutionPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Hannah WatermanMusicPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Zhihengyu ChenChemistryPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Marcy Ekanayke-WeberAnthropological SciencesPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Michael MartinezMolecular and Cellular PharmacologyPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Tori PeñaPsychology/Cognitive SciencePresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Yiming WanBiomedical EngineeringPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Jose Moscoso NunezEcology and EvolutionStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Lindsey PelucacciEnglishStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Jamilah SilverClinical Psychology Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Carlos VicénsHispanic Languages and LiteratureStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Nicolás WiggenhauserAnthropological SciencesStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Daphne Hudson
- 2022
- Yiyang JiaPhysics and AstronomyPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Calvin QuiltyChemistryPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Josue NassarElectrical and Computer Engineering President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Dakotah LambertLinguisticsPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Taylor (Medwig) KinneyGeneticsPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Logan GrahamApplied Mathematics and StatisticsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Stephanie StrublePhilosophyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Jason Loprete Mechanical EngineeringPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Andrija PetrovicLinguisticsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Ida NikouSociologyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Anna MelnikovaLinguisticsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Alyssa StansfieldSchool of Marine and Atmospheric SciencesAlumni Association's Dean's Choice Award for Leadership
- Gabriella ShypulaArt/Art HistoryAlumni Association Doctoral Summer Fellowship
- Amanda RoweInterdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological SciencesFaculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship
- Marina FandarosBiomedical EngineeringJohn Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
- Willie MackHistoryJoyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship
- Allison RugilaEcology & EvolutionMadeline Fusco Fellowship
- Jessica KimSociologyMildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
- Lauren FultonArtStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Brianna GonzalezPsychology: Integrative NeuroscienceStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Aishani GuptaHistoryStony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
- Thomas GrafLinguisticsDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate MENTORING by a Faculty Member
- Yanna KrupnikovPolitical ScienceDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate MENTORING by a Faculty Member
- August SheehyMusicDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate TEACHING by a Faculty Member
- Monica WinchellMusicDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC)
- Christine RotaApplied Mathematics and StatisticsDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC)
- Aurelie VialetteHispanic Languages and LiteratureDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director (GPD)
- Dilge DilsizArtDorothy G. Pieper Award
- Katie X. (Xiaohui Wang)ArtHonorable Mention, Dorothy G. Pieper Award
- Yiyang Jia
- 2021
- Meghan BuckleyEnglishPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Xujia ChenMathPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Sebastian DickPhysicsPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Sindhuja Tirumalai GovindarajanBiomedical EngineeringPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Jonathan Rawski LinguisticsPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Marybeth ApricenoPsychologyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Jack BurkartMathPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Moisés HassanHispanic Languages and LiteraturePresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Delicia KaminsPhilosophyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Bernard KrummEnglishPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Emma TalisApplied Math & StatisticsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Jessica KimSociologyStony Brook Foundation Trustees Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Katharine ThompsonInterdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological SciencesStony Brook Foundation Trustees Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Stephanie BonvissutoWomen's, Gender and Sexuality StudiesMadeline Fusco Fellowship Award
- Annu DaftuarWomen's, Gender and Sexuality StudiesFaculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Adelle MolinaMarine and Atmospheric SciencesJohn Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
- Kenneth DavidsonEcology & EvolutionJohn Dunn Excellence Award in Life Sciences
- Dedi YangEcology & EvolutionJohn Dunn Excellence Award in Life Sciences
- Zared ShawverPsychologyDean's Alumni Association Leadership Award
- Kathleen VernonHispanic Languages and LiteratureDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a Faculty Member
- John BailynLinguisticsDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by a Faculty Member
- Mary RawlinsonPhilosophyDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director (GPD)
- Theresa SpadolaEnglishDean's Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC)
- Heather WestonArtDorothy G. Pieper Award
- Meghan Buckley
- 2020
- Xinzhong ChenPhysicsPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Michael Tyler GuinnBiomedical EngineeringPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Adrian HowanskyBiomedical EngineeringPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Erin KangPsychologyPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Avi SrivastavaComputer SciencePresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Alena AksenovaLinguisticsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Caitlin DuffyEnglishPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Christopher FremauxPhilosophyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Sara Martinez NavarroHispanic LanguagesPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- James SaresPhilosophyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Hong-Lun YeungLinguisticsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Meghan BuckleyEnglishMildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
- Ji Yea KimLinguisticsMadeline Fusco Fellowship Award
- Rachael Herman Ecology and EvolutionFaculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Sindhuja Tirumalai GovindarajanBiomedical EngineeringJohn Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
- Ximena Lopez-CarrilloHistoryJoyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Spencer Austin HistoryDean's Alumni Association Leadership Award
- Stephen PallasEnglish Alumni Association Doctoral Summer Fellowship
- Richard GerrigPsychologyDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a Faculty Member
- David RubensteinBiomedical EngineeringDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director (GPD)
- Jackie DonnellyWomen's, Gender, Sexuality StudiesDean's Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC)
- Daniel DonatoArtDorothy G. Pieper Award
- Xinzhong Chen
- 2019
- Aleksander DoanMathematicsPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Brain HartwigEnglishPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Caleb WardPhilosophyJoyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Carrie MongleAnthropologyPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Connor BehanPhysics and AstronomyPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Craig Rodriguez-SeijasPsychologyPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Donald Sheehan IIIPhysicsDean's Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Coordinator
- Hyunah BaekLinguisticsMildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
- Jennifer McCauleyIACSDean's Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Coordinator
- Ju Hyeon HanMusicPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Kaitlyn Koenig ThompsonPharmacological SciencesPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Kate CorbinAnatomical SciencesPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Katharine ThompsonAnthropologyMadeline Fusco Fellowship Award
- Kathleen FallonSociologyDean's Award for Excellence in Service as a Graduate Program Director
- Liz MontegaryWomen's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a faculty member
- Matt BrounleyMusic History and TheoryPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Michael KrylukPhilosophyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Russell TanenbaumLinguisticsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Shruti MukherjeeWomen's, Gender and Sexuality StudiesFaculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Thomas GrafLinguisticsDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by a Faculty
- Xujia ChenMathematicsJohn Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
- Yalile SurielHistoryDean's Alumni Association Leadership Award
- Yifei ChengDepartment of ArtDorothy G. Pieper Award
- Aleksander Doan
- 2018
- Helana DarwinSociologyJoyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Jamie M. SommerSociologyMildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
- Chang Kee JungPhysics and AstronomyDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a faculty member
- Scott ZukowskiEnglishPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Chikako TakahashiLinguisticsFaculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award
- John Frederick BailynLinguisticsDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director (GPD)
- Cynthia Santa Cruz-ScalzoComputer ScienceDean's Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC)
- Joseph SantarpiaDepartment of ArtDorothy G. Pieper Award
- Jianping HuangChemistryPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Michael SchrimpfEcology and EvolutionPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Ingrid SolanoPsychologyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Xiaofei LiBiomedical EngineeringMadeline Fusco Fellowship Award
- Hans NiederhausenPhysics and AstronomyPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Camilo RubbiniEconomicsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Vihitaben PatelBiomedical EngineeringJohn Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
- Joelle MannEnglishPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Clinton RubinBiomedical EngineeringDean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by a faculty member
- Jianqiu GuoMaterials Science and Chemical EngineeringPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Wali KarzaiMCB Graduate ProgramDean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director (GPD)
- Molly GraffamSchool of Marine and Atmospheric SciencesDean's Alumni Association Leadership Award
- Jamie MacdonaldPsychologyPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Jennifer CarterPhilosophyPresident's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Paola CepedaLinguisticsPresident's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Helana Darwin
- 2017
- Taylor D. AckleyDepartment of MusicPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Audrey Lane EllisDepartment of PhilosophyPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Laura JamesDepartment of EnglishPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Chatham LovetteDepartment of Philosophy, Women's, Gender and Sexuality StudiesPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Jennifer Nicoloro-SantaBarbaraDepartment of PsychologyPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Lisa RobisonDepartment of PsychologyPresident’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
- Francisco DelgadoDepartment of EnglishPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Han FangDepartment of Applied Mathematics and StatisticsPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Daphne MezaDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Saul S. SillerDepartment of Pharmacological SciencesPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Laurel YoheDepartment of Ecology & EvolutionPresident’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
- Jasna BoudardDepartment of ArtDorothy G. Pieper Award
- Paola CépedaDepartment of LinguisticsMadeline Fusco Fellowship
- Vahideh RasekhiDepartment of LinguisticsDean’s Alumni Association Leadership Award
- Vanessa LynnDepartment of SociologyJoyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Shikha SinghDepartment of Computer ScienceJohn Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
- Suzan M. WaltersDepartment of SociologyMildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
- David YeeDepartment of HistoryFaculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award
- Melissa CohenDepartment of Ecology & EvolutionDean’s Award for Excellence in Service as a Graduate Program Coordinator
- Adrienne MunichDepartment of English; Cultural Analysis and Theory; ArtDean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a Faculty Member
- David TalmageDepartment of Molecular and Cellular PharmacologyDean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by a Faculty Member
- Taylor D. Ackley
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