Graduate

Recent Graduate Awards

Fellowships and Awards and Grants

Competitive Fellowships

2008-2009

  • Crystal Sanders: Mellon-Mays Dissertation Year Fellowship and Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship.

2007-2008

  • Gergely Baics: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship and Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Emily Callaci: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad.
  • Shawn Clybor: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Stefka Hadjiandonova: ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in East European Studies.
  • Bettina Hessler: German Historical Institute Fellowship in the Horner Library in Philadelphia.
  • Jason Johnson: Fulbright IIE Fellowship for dissertation research in Germany.
  • F. Courtney Kneupper: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Stephen Mak: Josephine De Kármán Fellowship.
  • Celeste McNamara: Jacob K. Javits Fellowship.
  • Stephanie Nadalo: Fulbright IIE Fellowship for dissertation research in Italy.
  • Lonnie Robbins: IHR Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities.
  • Strother Roberts: Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship.
  • Crystal Sanders: Mellon Mays University Fellows Travel and Research Grant.
  • David Sellers Smith: Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship.
  • Jane Silloway Smith: Weinberg Dissertation Research Fellowship (WDRF).
  • Andrew Wehrman: American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies/Boston Athenaeum Joint Fellowship.
  • Zachary Wright: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad.

2006-2007

  • Shannon Grady Blaha: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Tristan Cabello: Piros Fellowship.
  • Elizabeth Casteen: AAUW Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Beth Condie-Pugh: Weinberg Dissertation Research Fellowship (WDRF).
  • David Davidson: Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship.
  • Kathryn de Luna: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Stefka Hadjiandonova: IREX Fellowship for dissertation research in Bulgaria and Northwestern's Research Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Darcy Hughes Heuring: Northwestern's Presidential Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • F. Courtney Kneupper: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Graduate Fellowship for research in Germany.
  • Erin-Marie Legacey: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship and Northwestern's Research Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Elise Lipkowitz: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Richard Lutjens Jr.: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Graduate Fellowship for research in Germany.
  • Brian Maxson: Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship.
  • Andreana Prichard: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad and Weinberg Dissertation Research Fellowship (WDRF) for research in Tanzania.
  • Meghan Cunningham Roberts: Jacob K. Javits Fellowship.
  • Jane Silloway Smith: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.

2005-2006

  • Gergely Baics: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Nicholas Baker: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Jeremy Berndt: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Year Fellowship.
  • Charlotte Cahill: Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential Studies from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Foundation.
  • Emily Callaci: Jacob K. Javits Fellowship.
  • Elizabeth Casteen: Fulbright Fellowship for dissertation research in France.
  • Shawn Clybor: Fulbright-Hays, Fulbright IIE, and IREX Fellowships for dissertation research in the Czech Republic.
  • Beth Condie-Pugh: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship.
  • David Davidson: Coffelt Fellowship from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
  • Michael Green: Janet Mead and Thomas E. Unterman Dissertation Fellowship in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Science.
  • Darcy Hughes Heuring: IHR Mellon Fellowship for dissertation research in Great Britain.
  • Suzanne LaVere: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Elise Lipkowitz: NSF Grant and Northwestern's Research Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Peter Mazur: American Academy in Rome Exchange Fellowship at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.
  • Meghann Pytka: Fulbright IIE and IREX Fellowships for dissertation research in Poland.
  • Tobin Miller Shearer: Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship and Northwestern's Presidential Fellowship in The Graduate School.

2004-2005

  • Aaron Astor: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Nicholas Baker: Northwestern's Research Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Justin Behrend: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Jeremy Berndt: Helen O. Piros Fellowship in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Science.
  • Beth Condie-Pugh: American Academy of Rome Prize and Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant.
  • Kathryn de Luna: Fulbright Institute of International Education Fellowship and Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad.
  • Erik Gellman: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Christopher Hodson: Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, McNeill Center for Early American Studies.
  • Suzanne LaVere: Chateaubriand Scholarship and Ecole des Chartes Exchange Fellowship.
  • Bradford Martin: National Science Foundation: Arctic Social Sciences Doctoral Fellowship.
  • Brian Maxson: Fulbright Institute of International Education Fellowship.
  • Peter Mazur: American Academy of Rome Prize.
  • Godwin Murunga: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Crystal Sanders: Mellon Fellowship.
  • David Sellers Smith: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Travel Fellowship, Harvard Business School.
  • Rhiannon Stephens: Northwestern's Presidential Fellowship in The Graduate School.

2003-2004

  • Aaron Astor: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Justin Behrend: Janet Mead and Thomas E. Unterman Dissertation Fellowship in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Science.
  • Carole Emberton: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Michael Green: Helen O. Piros Fellowship in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Science.
  • Michael Guenther: Thomas G. and Mary Ayers Fellowship in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Science.
  • Karl Gunther: Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship and Northwestern's Research Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Neil Kodesh: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Year Fellowship.
  • Bradford Martin: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Michael Pelletier: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Jarod Roll: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Sarah Ross: Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant and Andrew Mellon Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship.
  • Owen Stanwood: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Rhiannon Stephens: Northwestern's Research Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Matthew Sterenberg: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Rachel Wahlig: Mellon Fellowship.

2002-2003

  • Jeremy Berndt: Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship, NSEP Doctoral Research Grant, and Fulbright Hays Doctoral Research Fellowship.
  • Erik Gellman: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Christopher Hodson: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Neil Kodesh: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Bradford Martin: Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship.
  • Michael McCoyer: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Jana Measells: German Marshall Fund Fellowship and Social Science Research Council Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies Research Fellowship.
  • Karen O'Brien: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Guy Ortolano: Northwestern's Presidential Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Michael Pelletier: Helen O. Piros Fellowship in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Elizabeth Prevost: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Jarod Roll: Janet Mead and Thomas E. Unterman Dissertation Fellowship from Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Owen Stanwood: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Matthew Sterenberg: Northwestern's Science in Human Culture Program Initiative Fellowship.

2001-2002

  • Michael Allen: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Jeremy Berndt: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • David Collins: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Year Fellowship.
  • Carole Emberton: Northwestern's Research Fellowship in The Graduate School and Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Sarah Fenton: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Christopher Hodson: Janet Mead and Thomas E. Unterman Dissertation Fellowship in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Karen Leroux: Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship and Josephine de Karman Fellowship.
  • Bradford Martin: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Michael McCoyer: Janet Mead and Thomas E. Unterman Dissertation Fellowship in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Karen O'Brien: Center for Religion and American Life Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University.
  • Guy Ortolano: Josephine de Karman Fellowship.
  • Jeremy Prestholdt: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Year Fellowship.
  • Elizabeth Prevost: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Scott Rohrer: Truman Library Dissertation Year Fellowship.
  • Frank Rzeczkowski: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Amy Whipple: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship.

2000-2001

  • Jeremy Berndt: Social Science Research Council International Pre-dissertation Fellowship.
  • Charlotte Brooks: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • David Collins: DAAD Grant for research in Germany.
  • Sean Field: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Christopher Hayden: Camargo Foundation Fellowship.
  • David Johnson: CLAGS Fellowship from the center for Lesbian and Gay Studies.
  • Mark Jurdjevic: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Neil Kodesh: Fulbright IIE Scholarship for research in Uganda, NSEP Fellowship, and SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship.
  • Karen Leroux: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Guy Ortolano: Evan Frankel Foundation Fellowship.
  • Jeremy Prestholdt: Northwestern's Dissertation Year Fellowship in The Graduate School.
  • Sarah Ross: Jacob K. Javits Fellowship.

Awards and Grants

2008-2009

  • William Cavert: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Suzanne LaVere: Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize from the Medieval Academy of America.
  • Richard Lutjens Jr.: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.

2007-2008

  • Gergely Baics: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Tristan Cabello: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Genevieve Landis Carlton: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Teri Chettiar: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Shawn Clybor: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • James Coltrain: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Ronnie Grinberg: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Bettina Hessler: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Terri Keeley: TGS Summer Language Grant.
  • Pamela Khanakwa: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Anne Koenig: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Stephanie Nadalo: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Austin Parks: TGS Summer Language Grant.
  • Britt Petersen: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Jim Pieterse: TGS Summer Language Grant.
  • Andreana Prichard: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Recognition Award.
  • Meghann Pytka: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Meghan Cunningham Roberts: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Strother Roberts: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Thomas Rudczynski: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Crystal Sanders: Huggins-Quarles Award from the Organization of American Historians.
  • Andrea Felber Seligman: TGS Summer Language Grant.
  • Andrew Wehrman: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Zachary Wright: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.

2006-2007

  • Gergely Baics: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Emily Callaci: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Teri Chettiar: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Ronnie Grinberg: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Stefka Hadjiandonova: TGS Summer Language Grant.
  • Erin-Marie Legacey: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Matthew Miller: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Britt Petersen: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Andreana Prichard: TGS Summer Language Grant.
  • Meghann Pytka: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Thomas Rudczynski: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Jane Silloway Smith: Northwestern's Alumnae Dissertation Recognition Award and Northwestern Graduate Research Grant.
  • Zachary Wright: Northwestern Graduate Research Grant and TGS Summer Language Grant.

2005-2006

  • Sarah Fenton: WCAS Award for Special Achievement in Undergraduate Teaching.
  • Anne Koenig: NIH/Ruth L. Kirchstein Individual National Research Service Award.

2004-2005

  • Justin Behrend: Deep South Regional Humanities Center Summer Research Fellowship at Tulane University.
  • David Brodnax: State Historical Society of Iowa Research Grant.
  • Charlotte Cahill: Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation Moody Grant.
  • Erik Gellman: Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Graduate Student in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Victor Padilla: Northwestern's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Summer Research Grant.
  • Andreana Prichard: National Collegiate Athletic Association Post-graduate Scholarship.
  • Tobin Shearer: Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Graduate Student in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
  • David Smith: Harvard University Alfred D. Chandler Travel Fellowship.
  • Dana Weiner: Bentley Historical Library Fellowship, University of Michigan, Clemens Library Price Fellowship, University of Michigan, and Artz Research Fellowship, Oberlin College.

2003-2004

  • Karl Gunther: English-Speaking Union (Chicago Branch) Dissertation Grant.
  • Jana Measells: Northwestern's Humanities Center Grant.
  • Jarod Roll: Albert Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association.
  • Dana Weiner: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency King V. Hostick Award.

2002-2003

  • Aaron Astor: Filson Historical Society Fellowship.
  • Justin Behrend: Northwestern's Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities Travel Grant.
  • Deborah Cane: Outstanding Student Teacher Award from Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Gregory Downs: J. Carlyle Sitterson Research Grant and John Hope Franklin Travel Grant from Duke University.
  • Carole Emberton: Albert Beveridge Grant from the AHA, Deep South Regional Dissertation Summer Research Fellowship, Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellowship from the Huntington Library, John Hope Franklin Travel Grant from Duke University, Northwestern's Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities Fellowship, and Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship.
  • Brett Gadsden: Littlelton-Giswold Research Grant from the AHA, Northwestern's Center for Legal Studies Research Grant, Predoctoral fellowship from the Smithsonian Institution, Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship.
  • Bradford Martin: La Pietra Fellowship in Transnational History from the OAH and Northwestern's Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities Fellowship.
  • Karen O'Brien: Northwestern University 18th-century Initiative Prize for her essay "American Brethren: Religious Culture and the Creation of a Revolutionary People."
  • Shuji Otsuka: Grant from Center for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University.
  • Jarod Roll: Beeke-Levy Research Fellowship from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and Most Distinguished Article Prize of the Missouri Conference on History for "Gideon's Band: From Socialism to Vigilantism in Southeast Missouri, 1907-1916," and Phi Alpha Theta Award.
  • Jim Wolfinger: OAH Merrill Award.