Departmental Awards for Graduate Students

Thomas Pleasant Vincent Sr. Award
Presented annually to a distinguished student of history with a special interest in the history of Georgia
2009: Christopher Lawton, sponsored by Dr. Inscoe
2008: Keri Leigh Merritt, sponsored by Dr. Moreton
2007: Chris Manganiello, sponsored by Dr. Sutter
2006: Duncan Maysilles, sponsored by Drs. Hoffer and Inscoe
2005: Ichiro Miyata, sponsored by Dr. Bryant Simon

Warner-Fite Award
Presented annually to an outstanding student in American/U.S. history
2009: Jim Gigantino, sponsored by Drs. Inscoe and Kulikoff
2008: Darren Grem, sponsored by Professors Bethany Moreton and Pamela Voekel
2007: Barton Myers, sponsored by Dr. Inscoe
2006: Albert Way, sponsored by Dr. Sutter
2005: Judkin Browning, sponsored by Dr. Inscoe

Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Awards
Presented annually by the Department of History to outstanding teaching assistants
2009: Jen Malto, Cat Holmes, and Jennifer Schwartzberg
2008: Christopher Lawton, Christopher Manganiello, and Kathleen Nehls
2007: La Shonda Mims, Tore Olsson, and Lesley-Anne Reed
2006: Margaret Dykes, J. D. Jordan, and Drew Swanson
2005: Ken Shefsiek, Christopher Huff, and Michelle McLachlan

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
Presented annually by the Graduate School to outstanding teaching assistants
2008: Christopher Lawton, Jennifer Malto, and Tore Olson
2007: Daleah Goodwin, Alejandro Gomez-del-Moral, and Drew Swanson
2006: James Gigantino, Robert Luckett, and Barton Myers
2005: Darren Grem

Encouragement to Teach Award
Presented annually to a history graduate student or undergraduate history major who will teach history at a state college, junior college, or high school
2009: Elizabeth Summerlin, sponsored by Professor Clark
2008: Daleah Goodwin, sponsored by Professors Bethany Moreton and Pamela Voekel
2007: Robert Luckett
2006: Ivy Holliman

Linda Piper Award
Presented for study abroad
2006: Christina Davis, sponsored by Dr. Friday

William Jennings Bryan Award
Presented to a graduate student for the best history paper of the year
2009: Tore Olsson, sponsored by Professors Sutter and Hamilton
2008: Mao Lin and Drew Swanson, sponsored by Professors Paul Sutter and Bill Stueck

History Department Award
Presented to an outstanding graduate student in a field other than American history
2009: Jessica Fowler, sponsored by Professors Ehlers and Voekel
2008: Blake Scott, sponsored by Professors Bethany Moreton, Reinaldo Román, and Pamela Voekel

All Recent Awards Won by UGA Graduate Students

Christopher Lawton, Gilder Lehrman Dissertation Fellowship, Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Summer 2009)

Tom Okie, Dissertation Proposal Development Workshop in Critical Agrarian Studies, Social Science Research Council (Summer 2009)

Christopher Lawton, Cleanth Brooks Dissertation Forum, The St. George Tucker Society (August 2009)

James Gigantino, Phelps-Stokes Graduate Fellowship, University of Georgia (2009-2010)

James Gigantino, Samuel Smith Fellowship, New Jersey Historical Commission (2009-2010)

Christopher Lawton, John Eugene and Barbara Hilton Cay Visting Scholar Grant, Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill (2009-2010)

Jennifer Malto, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award, UGA History Department (2009)

Drew Swanson, J. Carlyle Sitterson Visiting Scholar Grant, Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library (2009)

John Paul Hill, American History District Scholarship, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (2009)

Keri Leigh Merritt, James C. Bonner Master's Thesis Award, Georgia Historical Society (2009)

Drew Swanson, Graduate School Dean's Award, UGA Graduate School (2009)

Daleah Goodwin, Excellence in Teaching Award, Univerisity of Georgia Graduate School (2009)

Elizabeth Summerlin, Encouragement to Teach Award, UGA History Department (2009)

Drew Swanson, Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship, Virginia Historical Society (2009)

Christina L. Davis, Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education, Spencer Foundation (2009)

Drew Swanson, Janelle Padgett Knight Graduate Award, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts (2009)

Cat Holmes, American History Regional Scholarship, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (2009)

James Gigantino, Warner-Fite Award, UGA History Department, outstanding student in American/U.S. history (2009)

Christopher Lawton, Thomas Pleasant Vincent Sr. Award, UGA History Department (2009)

Barton Myers, Jules and Frances Landry Award, LSU Press, Best book on a southern topic (2009)

Cat Holmes, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award, UGA History Department (2009)

Drew Swanson, Graduate Student Research and Performance Grant, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts (2009)

Jennifer Schwartzberg, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award, UGA History Department (2009)

Jason Manthorne, Edward Everetts Award for Best Graduate Essay, Agricultural History Society (2009)

Jennifer Schwartzberg, Graduate Research Assistantship, United States Holocaust Museum (2009)

Jennifer Malto, Archival Summer Seminar, German Historical Institute (2009)

Jessica Fowler, History Department Award, UGA History Department, Presented to an outstanding graduate student in a field other than American history (2009)

Tore Olsson, William Jennings Bryan Award, UGA History Department, Best History Paper of the Year (2009)

Drew Swanson, Wormsloe Scholar in Environmental History, Wormsloe Institute of Environmental History (2008-2010)

Christopher Manganiello, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (2008-2009)

Christopher Lawton, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow, American Philosophical Society (2008-2009)

Steve Nash, Archie K. Davis Fellowship, The North Caroliniana Society, Research Fellowship (2008-2009)

Kathi Nehls, Grant-In-Aid, Rockefeller Archives Center (2008-2009)

Tore Olsson, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia (2008)

Keri Leigh Merritt, Thomas Pleasant Vincent Sr. Award, Department of History, University of Georgia, to a distinguished student with interest in Georgia history (2008)

Min Song, Dissertation Improvement Grant, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (2008)

Min Song, Dissertation Travel Grant, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (2008)

Yu Dong, Wan Xin-hui Prize, American Historical Association in China, Best M.A. Thesis in American History (2008)

John Hayes, Excellence in Research by Graduate Student, University of Georgia (2008)

Christopher Lawton, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award, UGA Department of History, Presented annually by the Department of History to outstanding teaching assistants (2008)

Drew Swanson, William Jennings Bryan Award, UGA History Department (2008)

Christopher Manganiello, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistant Scholarship, Department of History, University of Georgia (2008)

Drew Swanson, William Jennings Bryan Award, UGA History Department, Presented to a graduate student for the best history paper of the year (2008)

Mao Lin, William Jennings Bryan Award, UGA History Department, Presented to a graduate student for the best history paper of the year (2008)

Darren Grem, Warner-Fite Award, UGA History Department, Presented annually to an outstanding student in American/U.S. history (2008)

Kathi Nehls, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award, UGA Department of History, Presented annually by the Department of History to outstanding teaching assistants (2008)

Blake Scott, Outstanding Graduate Student in a Field other than American History, UGA History Department (2008)

Christopher Lawton, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, The Graduate School Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Georgia (2008)

Darren Grem, Numan V. Bartley Dissertation Research Award, UGA History Department, Granted annually to fund dissertation research for graduate students of American/U.S. history (2008)

Jason Manthorne, 'Memphis State Eight' First Place Paper Prize, Graduate Association of African American History (2008)

John Paul Hill, Student Life Faculty Member of the Year, Andrew College, Awarded annually to the faculty member who most encourages student involvement in campus organizations and other extracurricluar activities (2008)

Edward A. Hatfield, James C. Bonner Prize, Georgia Historical Society, for the best MA thesis on Georgia history produced in 2006 or 2007 (2008)

Robert Luckett, William F. Holmes Award, Southern Historical Association, Best Graduate Student/Junior Faculty Paper (2008)

Jason Kirby, Ellison Durant Smith Research Award, South Caroliniana Library, Supported research in the General William C. Westmoreland Papers (2008)

Daleah Goodwin, Encouragement to Teach Award, UGA Department of History (2008)

Derek Bentley, Tinker Travel Award, Tinker Foundation (2008)

John Hayes, Runner-Up, C.Vann Woodward Dissertation Prize, Southern Historical Association, for the best dissertation on a southern history topic completed in 2007 (2008)

Derek Bentley, Fellowship, Oaxaca Summer Institute, Summer research seminar (2008)

Tom Okie, Presidential Graduate Fellows Award, UGA Graduate School, Given annually to 12-14 graduate students university wide (2007-2012)

Christopher Manganiello, Graduate Student Research and Performance Grant, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Georgia (2007-2008)

Drew Swanson, Graduate School Outstanding Teaching Award, UGA Graduate School (2007)

Tore Olsson, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistant Award, UGA History Department (2007)

Barton Myers, Warner-Fite Award, UGA History Department, Presented annually to an outstanding student in American/U.S. history (2007)

Christopher Manganiello, Thomas Pleasant Vincent, Sr. Scholarship Award, Department of History, University of Georgia (2007)

Darren Grem, American History Dissertation Research Award, Colonial Dames of America, Granted annually to fund dissertation research for students of American/U.S. history (2007)

Robert Luckett, Encouragement to Teach Award, UGA History Department, Presented annually to a history graduate student or undergraduate history major who will teach history at a state college, junior college, or high school (2007)

Keri Leigh Merritt, Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Graduate Level, The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB), for MA thesis (2007)

Daleah Goodwin, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UGA Graduate School and Department of History (2007)

LaShonda Mims, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award, UGA Department of History, Presented annually by the Department of History to outstanding teaching assistants (2007)

Ivy Holliman, Encouragement to Teach Award, UGA History Department, Presented annually to a history graduate student or undergraduate history major who will teach history at a state college, junior college, or high school (2006)

Robert Luckett, Research Grant, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library (2006)

Bruce E. Stewart, Dean's Award for Research, UGA Graduate School (2006)

Bruce E. Stewart, American History Scholarship, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia (2006)

Robert Luckett, Dean's Award for Research, UGA Graduate School (2006)

Christina L. Davis, Linda Piper Award, UGA History Department, Presented for study abroad in Ghana (2006)

Robert Luckett, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UGA Graduate School, Presented annually by the Graduate School to outstanding teaching assistants (2006)

James Gigantino, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UGA Graduate School, Presented annually by the Graduate School to outstanding teaching assistants (2006)

Christina L. Davis, Award for Study Abroad in Ghana, UGA Franklin College (2006)

Tore Olsson, Best Paper at the History and Power Across American Borders Conference, Graduate History Association of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (2006)

Drew Swanson, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistant Award, UGA History Department (2006)

Michele Lansdown, Atherton Prize, State Historical Society of Missouri, For her master's thesis, "The Defeat of the 1914 Missouri Woman Suffrage Initiative." (2006)

Mary Ella Engel, American History Scholarship, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia (2005-2006)

John Hayes, Fellow, Baylor University's Institute of Oral History (2005-2006)

Albert Way, Dissertation Grant, Joseph W. Jones Center for Ecological Research (2005-2006)

Ivy Holliman, Memphis Eight Award for Best Conference Paper, Association of African and African American Historians (2005)

Darren Grem, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UGA Graduate School, Presented annually by the Graduate School to outstanding teaching assistants (2005)

Jason Kirby, Ellison Durant Smith Research Award, South Caroliniana Library, Supported research in the General William C. Westmoreland Papers (2005)

Christopher Lawton, Best Paper, Southern American Studies Association Conference (2005)

Christopher Huff, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award, UGA Department of History, Presented annually by the Department of History to outstanding teaching assistants (2005)

Kenneth Shefsiek, Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Award, UGA Department of History, Presented annually by the Department of History to outstanding teaching assistants (2005)

Christopher Manganiello, Thomas Pleasant Vincent, Jr. Fellowship, Department of History, University of Georgia (2004-2006)

Judkin Browning, J. Carlyle Sitterson Visiting Scholar Grant, Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2004-2005)

Jason Kirby, Ellison Durant Smith Research Award, South Caroliniana Library, Supported research in the General William C. Westmoreland Papers (2004)

Steve Nash, Carl V. Vipperman Prize, UGA History Dept., Departmental award given to outstanding teaching assistants (2003, 2006)

Christopher Lawton, John and Barbara Nau Graduate Fellow, The Stonewall Jackson Foundation and Washington and Lee University (2001)