2018 History awards announced

Undergraduate award winners

Mark and Linee Diem Endowed Scholarship

  • William Weis
  • Professor Effie K. Ambler Memorial Endowed Scholarship in History

  • Megan Eisenstein
  • Adeline Walsh
  • Baiardi Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship

  • Aya Beydoun
  • Kenneth Alyass
  • Sterne-Lion Research Scholarship in History

  • Kenneth Alyass, "Detroit's Ivory Tower: A Historical Study of Development Around Wayne State University and the Influence of the Public Research University in Detroit"
  • F. Richard Place Endowed Memorial Award

  • Ryan Stevenson, "Solitudes into Cities: A 19th Century Nationalist's Conception of Nature"
  • Benjamin Thomason, "The Funhouse: The Life of The Freezer Theater and the Rise and Fall of Early Hardcore Punk in Detroit"
  • Place Gateway Award

  • Dwjuan Frazier, "Gold Coinage and Social Mobility in the late Roman Empire"
  • David Webb, "'The things you National Guardsmen do now will live in people's memory forever': Reexamining the Michigan National Guard in the 1967 Detroit Uprising"
  • Rolf and Jennie Johannesen Endowed Memorial Award

  • William Weis, "Factional Politics in the Late Roman Empire: A Case Study of Aetius' Court"
  • Dr. Gerald R. Dreslinski Award

  • Matthew Ashford, "A Tale of Two Thinkers: A Comparative Analysis of the Evolution of the Political Thought of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson"
  • Mayer-Oakes Memorial Award in Japanese Studies

    Undergraduate

  • Mary Krusz
  • Graduate

  • Sean O'Brien, "Comics and Manga: Transforming Gender Identity"
  • Phi Alpha Theta Inductees

  • Megan Eisenstein
  • Kyra Goeller
  • Ibrahim Hassan
  • Ardian Ivezaj
  • Jacob Jones
  • Abigail Leedom
  • Andrea Ozanich
  • Diane Roy
  • Aimee Shulman
  • Daniel Smith
  • Adam Steffes
  • Daniel Weed William Weis
  • Phi Alpha Theta 2018 inductees

    Graduate award winners

    Merit awards

    Dr. Gerald Dreslinski Award

  • Erik Noren, "Anglo Masculine Identity in the British Caribbean: Planters and Writers"
  • Rolf and Jennie Johannesen Endowed Memorial Award

  • Jim Dwyer, "Principate of Augustus: Legitimization and Memory"
  • Joe L Norris Endowed Award

  • Branden McEuen, "Can We Control Our Lakes? Eurasian Watermilfoil, Invasive Alien Species, and the Politics Behind Lake Management Projects"
  • Richard D. Miles Endowed Award

  • Matt Hoerauf, "Challenging Alternatives Across Borders: Comparative Analysis of White Earth and Pic River Ojibway Alternative Energy Implementation"
  • Department of History Faculty Award in Gender Studies

  • Aimee Shulman
  • Research Awards

    Dr. Gerald Dreslinski Research Award

  • Kevin Nichols, for research at Western Michigan University
  • Michael D. Patterson Memorial Award

  • Sean O'Brien, for research at Gardner Fox Archives
  • Charles F. Otis and Dr. Jeffrey L. Reider Scholarship in the History of Gender and Sexuality
  • Alexandra Penn, for research at university archives in Georgia, North Carolina, and Maryland
  • Kruman-Lion Endowed History Graduate Student Award

  • Miriam Mora, for research at American Jewish Archives
  • Alfred H. Kelly Memorial Research Award

  • Christine Cook, for research at Army Heritage Education Center and the Women's Memorial and Museum
  • Thomas H. Bonner Graduate Research Grants

  • Rochelle Danquah, for research at Duke University
  • Matt Hoerauf, for research at Indiana University at Bloomington
  • Katie Parks, for research in Munich
  • Service awards

    Joseph Gelinas Drouillard and Elizabeth Lesperance History Award

  • Christine Cook
  • Louis Jones History Graduate Student Association (HGSA) Award

  • Amanda Walter
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