Valerie French & Robert Beisner History Education Fund

This student support is provided to an undergraduate student to attend a conference or conduct research for a project. Established in honor of the late AU History Professor, Valerie French.

• 2022: Alex Zaremba

• 2021: Mark Episkopos

• 2020: Katherine Kerekes

• 2019: Nathan Moore

Dorothy Gondos-Beers Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded annually to honor excellent work produced by a student in the department. This award was made possible through the generosity of AU History Professors Dorothy and Victor Gondos Jr.

• 2022: Julia Cronin

• 2021: Yael Isaacs and Jonah Kaufman Cohen

• 2020: Gabriella Folsom

• 2019: Isabella Parrotta
• 2018: Isabella Parrotta
• 2016: Emily Peikin, Katilyn Ros
• 2015: Toby McCarroll
• 2014: Ariel Mond and Willim Oldham
• 2012: Sarah Adler and Kathryn O'Dwyer
• 2010: Kurt Karandy
• 2009: Abigail Kret

Honors in History (Graduating)

2020: Gabriella Folsom, Kathryn Morgan

Janet Oppenheim History Prize (Capstone)

This prize is awarded annually to honor excellent work produced in a capstone research seminar for undergraduate students.

This prize was established in memory of AU History Professor Janet Oppenheim.

• 2022: Ryan Fernandez-Hom

• 2021: Austin Bartola

• 2019–2020: William Helfrich

• 2018: Nathaniel Edenfield

• 2017: Alexander Friedman, Kaitlyn Ross

• 2016: India Pasiuk

• 2015: Ariel Mond, William Oldham

• 2014: Caitlyn Stellar

• 2013: Madeline Steiner, Matthew Skie, Zach Kopin

History Single-Semester Capstone Prize

This prize honors excellent work produced in a single-semester capstone research seminar for undergraduate students.

This prize was established in memory of AU History Professor Valerie French.

2022: Andrew Klabnik

2021: Silvi Grodstein 

2019–2020: Elizabeth Raymakers, Raymond Roesler

• 2018–2019: Emily Surman

Anna Kasten Nelson Award for Excellence in History

This award is given annually to senior History majors, who have earned at least a 3.5 in the major, and provides recipients with a one-year membership to the American Historical Association. 

The award was named in memory of Distinguished-Historian-in-Residence Anna Kasten Nelson. 

2019–2020

• Marita Anastasi
• Sarah Canfield 
• Andrew Decarolis 
• Gabriella Folsom 
• Hannah Gelband 
• Caroline Hannum 
• Margaret Hudak 
• Katherine Kerekes 
• Alexandra Kommel 
• Sarah Levin 
• Jessica Levin 
• Timothy Madigan 
• Betty Mfalingundi 
• Kathryn Morgan 
• Dana Stevenson 
• Katie Wong 

2018–2019:

• Matthew Adams
• Sierra Apaliski
• Faith Asmore
• August Atencio
• Shaan Chilukuri
• Dan Dupuis
• Gabriella Folsom
• Melissa Galvin
• Susana Gude
• William Helfrich
• Amanda Laughead
• Tomasso Piccirilli
• Elizabeth Raymakers
• Raymond Roesler
• Silvana Scott
• Connor Whitson