Achievements

SIS Awards 2023

Congratulations to our SIS awardees of 2023!

SIS Winners of University Awards

Outstanding Community Engagement Award: Nina Yamanis
Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions Award: Maria De Jesus

SIS Distinguished Service Award: Carole Gallaher
SIS Scholar/Teacher of the Year: Jennifer Poole
SIS Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity & Other Professional Contributions: Jeff Bachman; Joseph Torigian
SIS Outstanding Contributions to Fostering Collaborative Scholarship: Jonathan Fox
William Cromwell Award for Outstanding Teaching: Keith Darden; Mirjana Morosini
Darrell Randall Award for Outstanding Service to the University Community: Matthew Taylor; Robert Adcock
F. Gunther Eyck Award: Michelle Egan
Outstanding SIS Teaching in an Adjunct Faculty Position: John Heath
SIS Outstanding Contribution to Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Naomi Moland
SIS Outstanding Faculty Administrator: David Simpson

Outstanding Service to Students: Marley Crutcher, Director of Graduate Academic Advising
Outstanding Team Player: Christine Gettings, Director of International Programs and Partnerships
Outstanding Team Player: Claudia Coscia, Assistant Director of Career Outreach and Programming
Outstanding Service to the SIS Community: Kay Agostan, Associate Director of Research
Outstanding Performance: Kathryn Fogleman, Senior Coordinator of SIS Undergraduate Programs
Outstanding Service to the University Community: Suzanne Fils-Aime, Study Abroad Advisor
SIS Special Recognition: Paul Oh, Office of the Registrar

Inspire the Professor: Anna Berkowitz
Outstanding Academic Achievement: Ethan Wong
Creative Work in International Studies Research: Emily Brignand
Exemplary Original Research: Michael Lewis
Lead, Serve, Make a Difference: Matthew Low
Frank Willis Scotton Award: Marissa Harrold
Pittman B. Potter Award: Louis Savoia
Charles H. Heimsath Award: Atticus Crow
Thematic Area Award: Peace, Global Security, and Conflict Resolution: Maya Tobin
Thematic Area Award: Justice, Ethics, and Human Rights: Rozhina Amini
Thematic Area Award: Global & Comparative Governance: Annika H. Falta
Thematic Area Award: Global Economy: Isaac Fifelski
Thematic Area Award: Environmental Sustainability and Global Health: Elana Caparco
Thematic Area Award: Foreign Policy and National Security: Henry Sprouse
Thematic Area Award: Global Inequality and Development: Chloe Bohn
Thematic Area Award: Identity, Race, Gender, and Culture: Onuchi Ndee
Regional Focus Award: East Asia and Pacific: Dorothy Condon
Regional Focus Award: Europe and Eurasia: Eduardo Castellet Nogues
Regional Focus Award: MENA: Alicia Talamas
Regional Focus Award: Sub-Saharan Africa: Rebekah Chikuni
Regional Focus Award: Western Hemisphere: Jack Tapay-Cueva

Goodman Award for Outstanding Academic and/or Scholarly Performance, SIS-Wide: Lauren Moser
Outstanding Professional and/or Policy Contribution, SIS-Wide: David Traugott
Award for Outstanding Service On-Campus, SIS-Wide: Adam Ropizar
Award for Outstanding Voluntary Service and/or Activism Off-Campus, SIS-Wide: James Chan
Goodman Award for Outstanding Academic and/or Scholarly Performance: Alison Adams; Stephen Borelli; Samantha Friedman; Jan Trick; Damien Baskin; Lauren Higgs; Nick Pettross; Lilah Wilder; Madeline Moreno; Karma Dulal; Luma Younes; Leslie Perez; Eric Lies
Outstanding Professional and/or Policy Contribution: Kenji Nagayoshi; Bob Greenbaum; Curtis Hansen; Vada Garcia; Bhamini Jain; Jessica Plenz; Melissa Cho; Jordan Smith; Evan Maslin; James Chan; Stephen Sobonya; Samuel Gitlitz; Kayla Berg
Outstanding Voluntary Service and/or Activism Off-Campus: Ryan Roden; Gillian Hotchkiss; Emily Daroga; Ayanna Dawkins; Deborah Ullmer; Adam Leslie
Outstanding Voluntary Service and/or Activism On-Campus: Hunter Vaughn; Saadi Al-Saadi Bulaq; Jackson Wu-Pong; Fatoumata Zahara Fofana; Jeremy Downey; David Manning; Adam Ropizar; Thomas Cortez
Mahmoud Hamid Award for Professional Service: Jacqueline Krikorian
Pittman B. Potter Award: Amy Lyons

Samuel Sharp Memorial Prize for Creative Work in International Relations at the Graduate Level: Shagun Gupta
William C. Olson Award for Outstanding Teaching by a PhD Student: Jeff Hallock
Award for Excellence in Research Assistance: Andrew Hagopian
The Mentor Award: Jeff Bachman

Boren Fellowship: Kyle Ballard; Evan Barnard; Nicolas Burch; Nicholas Lemon; Rachel Ricciardi; Talia Soorenko; Frank Spathanas; Daniela Suarez; Benjamin Willis
Boren Scholarship: Matthew Schopmeyer
Carnegie Gaithers Juniors Fellowship: Ethan Wong (Finalist); Louis Savoia (Finalist)
CLS Program, In-Person Institutes: Keon Neghabat; Geoffrey Box; Madison Ianniello; Jessica Hill; Marissa Harold; Camryn Allen; Riley Phoenix; Momal Rizvi; Julia Norman
CLS Spark Virtual Institutes: Juan Villasmil
Fulbright Study/Research: Abrehet Gebremedhin
Fulbright Teaching Assistantship: Xavier Ibrahim; James Kwon; Joelle Clautilde Ngoko Takoukam; Momal Rizvi
Fund for Education Abroad: Dalia Haymov
Gilman Scholarship, Fall 2022: Dalia Haymov
Payne Scholarship: Xavier Ibrahim
Rangel Fellowship: Janelle Gray; Asim Siddiq