Achievements

2024 SIS Awards

A list of 2024 SIS Faculty, Staff, and Student Awardees

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Congratulations to our SIS awardees of 2024!

SIS Winners of University Awards

Outstanding Service Award
Jehane Djedro
Kyle Ta-ay
Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level
Hehewutei “Cody” Amakali
Carlton Savage Award
Yohan Moon
Charles Van Way Award
Emily Brignand
Charles C. Glover Award
Gabrielle MacKay
Harold Johnson Award
Amira Tripp Folsom
Bruce Hughes Award
Chaitanya Venkateswaran

SIS Winners of University Faculty Awards

Outstanding Service to the Community Award
Garret Martin

SIS Faculty Awards

SIS Distinguished Service Award
Michael Schroeder
SIS Scholar/Teacher of the Year
Rachel Sullivan Robinson
SIS Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity & Other Professional Contributions
Jordanna Matlon
Guy Ziv
SIS Outstanding Contributions to Fostering Collaborative Scholarship
Michelle Egan
Simon Nicholson
William Cromwell Award for Outstanding Teaching
Lou Goodman
Toni Tileva
Darrell Randall Award for Outstanding Service to the University Community
Tammi Gutner
Vicky Kiechel
Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod
F. Gunther Eyck Award
Sarah Cleeland Knight
Outstanding SIS Teaching in an Adjunct Faculty Position
Johanna Mendelson-Forman
SIS Outstanding Contribution to Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Nina Yamanis
SIS Outstanding Faculty Administrator
Claudia Hofmann
SIS Outstanding Faculty Mentor
Susan Shepler
Gina Lambright
SIS Collaborative Research Award
Samantha Bradshaw
Trey Herr
William Akoto
SIS High Performing Scholar Award
Claire Brunel
Anthony Fontes
SIS Innovative Teaching Fellow Award
Maria De Jesus
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace

SIS Staff Awards

Outstanding Service to Students
Mary Curby
Outstanding Team Player
Nilufar Gylyjova
Heidi Holland
Outstanding New Team Member
Olivia Klimko
Alice Peretti
Outstanding Service to the SIS Community
Sara Jones
Outstanding Performance
Nora Thompson
Outstanding Service to the University Community
Claudia Blount
SIS Special Recognition
Nicholas DeMayo

SIS Undergraduate Student Awards

Inspire the Professor
Schuman Team: Josh Elliot, Kevin Farmer, Gabby McKay, Grace Roundcoat
Outstanding Academic Achievement
Thomas Goldstein
Chaitanya Venkateswaran
Creative Work in International Studies Research
Lynlee Derrick
Exemplary Original Research
Allison Hastings-Wottowa
Lead, Serve, Make a Difference
Emily Brignand
Frank Willis Scotton Award
Francesca Gill
Pittman B. Potter Award
Rohan Singh
Bronwyn Warnock
Charles H. Heimsath Award
Jack Tapay-Cueva
Thematic Area Award: Peace, Global Security, and Conflict Resolution
Grace Roundcoat
Thematic Area Award: Justice, Ethics, and Human Rights
Lucia Fishel
Thematic Area Award: Global & Comparative Governance
Kathleen Snyder
Thematic Area Award: Global Economy
Lucas Reveco Tardio
Thematic Area Award: Environmental Sustainability and Global Health
Arielle Hershkowitz
Thematic Area Award: Foreign Policy and National Security
Bailey Schiff
David Brostoff
Thematic Area Award: Global Inequality and Development
Johnee Wilson
Thematic Area Award: Identity, Race, Gender, and Culture
Chloe Moss
Regional Focus Award: East Asia and Pacific
Sophia Isaacson
Regional Focus Award: Europe and Eurasia
Diana Gertsenshteyn
Regional Focus Award: MENA
Cleo Engle
Regional Focus Award: Sub-Saharan Africa
Sascha Shroff
Fatima Elsheikh
Regional Focus Award: Western Hemisphere
Natalie Turkington
Regional Focus Award: South and Central Asia
April Kim

SIS Graduate Student Awards

Goodman Award for Outstanding Academic and/or Scholarly Performance, SIS-Wide
Calvin Elison
Outstanding Professional and/or Policy Contribution, SIS-Wide
Katherine Bartuska
Award for Outstanding Service On-Campus, SIS-Wide
Mateo Maya
Award for Outstanding Voluntary Service Off-Campus, SIS-Wide
Diana Garay
Goodman Award for Outstanding Academic and/or Scholarly Performance
John Michaud
Jordan George
Ann Kathrin Luerssen
Josiah Gottfried
Yuefeng Shi
Alyssa Durnil
Caroline Akaralji
Abdullah El-Oraby
Courtney Levine
Ellicia Myles
Dorothy Lamina
Stacey Zintgraff
Sara Nix
Outstanding Professional and/or Policy Contribution
Siobhan Powers
Desiree Terriquez
Bernae Dysart
Nathaniel Schochet
Bhargav Prajapati
Julius Ogayo
Kathryn Fogleman
Stephanie Mazur
Ariana Lippi
Outstanding Voluntary Service and/or Activism On-Campus
Kashvi Chandok
Leah Shiferaw
Matea Stanisic
Tess Herdman
Jessica Hill
Shubhankar Agarwal
Mahmoud Hamid Award
Lindsay Bacurin
Outstanding Student Leadership 
Jared Rutherford
Michael Cruz
Edgar Aguilar
Excellence in Quantitative Research 
Helen Souki Reyes

SIS Doctoral Student Awards

Samuel Sharp Memorial Prize for Creative Work in International Relations at the Graduate Level
Grace Benson
William C. Olson Award for Outstanding Teaching by a PhD Student
Matthew Hartwell
Award for Excellence in Research Assistance
Monzima Haque
The Mentor Award
Yang Zhang

SIS Winners of External Awards

Boren Fellowship
Sofiya Cole
Lindsay Bacurin
Ariana Lippi
Morgan Levengood
Caitlin Wiley
Priscilla Ibrahim
CLS Program, In-Person Institutes
Hannah Carnes
Flynn Gray
Rachel Satoh
Asena Johnson
Sarah Holston
Elana Caparco
CLS Spark Virtual Institutes
Peri Bies
Fulbright Study/Research
Ethan Wong
Fulbright Open Study/Research
Lily Wojtowicz
Gilman Scholarship
Ella Lucabaugh
USTA Austria
Katie Hausman
Sanaa Phinizy
Rangel Fellowship
Khalil Ibrahim
Presidential Management Fellowship
Irina Bukharin