The 2022 Graduate Student Awards Ceremony was held on Thursday, April 21, 2022 in person and on Zoom. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

Award Categories

Graduate Student Teaching Award

2021–2022 Winners:

  • Humanities: Amani Aloufi          
  • Social Science: Kathryn Berluti      
  • Science: Khuyen Mai                 

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Kathryn Adams
  • Leah Adelson
  • Amani Aloufi
  • Erin Fell
  • Karli Gilbert
  • Chen Jin
  • Khuyen Mai
  • Fernanda Martinez
  • Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo
  • Martina Thorne
  • Chutong Wang
  • Linxi Zhang
  • Weipeng Zhang

The Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award

2021–2022 Winners:

  • Humanities: George Clay           
  • Social Science: Shea Minter      
  • Science: Shabnam Behzad                 
  • At-Large: Felipe de Jesus 
  • Special Recognition: Darren Hall, Vanessa Jarnes and Christopher Mohr              

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Misha Ahmad
  • Amani Aloufi
  • Shabnam Behzad
  • George Clay
  • Xueying Duan
  • Sara Fischer
  • Alexandra Isabell Gehrke
  • Darren Hall, Vanessa Jarnes and Christopher Mohr
  • Felipe de Jesus
  • Caroline Johnson
  • Casey Ling
  • Zhuosi Luo
  • Jordan Mackenzie
  • Anwita Mahajan
  • Andrii Marchak
  • Juan Carlos Martinez Cervantes
  • Yagmur Menzilcioglu
  • Shea Minter
  • Gabrielle Panzo
  • Muhammad Saad Rashidullah Yacoob
  • Nayeli Riano
  • Sachith Roch De Silva
  • Xinglan Shi
  • Samantha Steimle
  • Howard Tai
  • Brady Thexton
  • Cesar Velez-Penaloza
  • Shira Wein

Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Award

2021–2022 Winner:   

  • Georgetown Graduate Consulting Club

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Bengali Hoyas
  • East Asian Policy Association
  • Georgetown Graduate Consulting Club
  • Georgetown Real Estate Society
  • Graduate Investment Fund
  • Latin America Policy Association
  • Medical Center Graduate Student Organization
  • Migration & Refugee Policy Initiative
  • National Defense Policy Initiative
  • Women in Public Policy Initiative

Graduate Global Citizen Award

2021–2022 Winner:

  • Pedro Casas Alatriste

2021-2022 Nominees:

  • Pedro Casas Alatriste
  • Betsy Byrne
  • Emilie la Cour
  • Khalid Halloumi
  • Yi Han
  • Samuel Hymes
  • Irene Kim
  • Daniel Schoolenberg

Dr. Karen Gale Exceptional Ph.D. Student Award

2021–2022 Winners:

  • Humanities: Peter Caradonna           
  • Social Science: Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo     
  • Science: Ismary Blanco               
  • At-Large: Shawn Rhoads             

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Ismary Blanco
  • Paige Brooks
  • Peter Caradonna
  • Beba Cibralic
  • Rodimiro Rodrigo Flores
  • Diandra Hassan
  • Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo
  • Kelly Martin
  • Dale Luis Menezes
  • Alexandra Mira
  • Shawn Rhoads
  • Ayşenur Sağdıç
  • Gorka Basterretxea Santiso
  • Nadia Sarfraz
  • Suzie Stephenson
  • Weipeng Zhang

Exceptional Masters Student Award

2021–2022 Winners:

  • Humanities: Rawan Chaker            
  • Social Science: Jimson Mathew     
  • Science: Anam Khan                
  • At-Large: AnnMaria Luciano                

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Heather Adams
  • Kristine Baekgaard
  • Lotus Belle-Glover
  • Jermaine Brown
  • Betsy Byrne
  • Rawan Chaker
  • Lesley Chinery
  • Samantha Deasy
  • Sadia Ehsan
  • Amelia Espinosa
  • Ryan Fedasiuk
  • Matthew Gnanadass
  • Jonathan E Guelzo
  • Adam Horey
  • Samuel Hymes
  • Scott Johnson
  • Anam Khan
  • Brian Kirk
  • Junlin Liu
  • Yihui Liu
  • AnnaMaria Luciano
  • Ercong Luo
  • Jimson Mathew
  • Kristin McKenzie
  • Maria Montgomery
  • Thomas Ohno-Machado
  • Madeleine Olson
  • Yanliang Pan
  • Sam Pastoriza
  • Eva Rest
  • Savannah Grace Riddles
  • Levon Shmavonyan
  • Kenneth Syring
  • James Venslauskas
  • Megan Wright
  • Laurie Zabala

Outstanding Student Leader in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Service Award

2021–2022 Winner:

  • Jasmine Ashby

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Jasmine Ashby
  • Rio Dennis
  • Sara Dyslin
  • DaVonne Henry
  • Eleni Papoulias Hughes
  • Samuel Hymes
  • Irene Kim
  • Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo
  • Paula Mercado
  • Kailyn (Kai) Stuckey
  • Shirin Vetry
  • Lisa T. Wright
  • Jinli Wu

Three Minute Thesis Competition

2021–2022 Winners:

Thesis

  • Winners: Declan Murphy and Lily Nagengast

Dissertation

  • Winner: George Clay
  • First Runner-Up: Tahiyna Khan
  • Second Runner-Up: Jakob Prange

Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization

2021–2022 Winner:

  • Anne-Cecilia Byrne

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Pedro Casas Alatriste
  • Alexander Alba
  • Takuya Amagai
  • Nicholas Azzolini
  • Anne-Cecilia Byrne
  • Megan Fleming
  • Emma Heiken
  • Samuel Hymes
  • Irene Kim
  • Chris Matturri
  • Molly McEntee
  • Nadia Sarfraz
  • Mindy J. Shaw
  • Tatiana Shnagina

Distinguished Staff Award

2021–2022 Winner:

  • Christina Ruby

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Derek Anderson
  • Scott D. Applegate
  • Pete Bockelman
  • Rebecca Caro
  • Amy Chidester
  • Heather Connor
  • Michelle Errandi
  • Judy Feder
  • Erin Fell
  • Sarah Flowers
  • Brian Grindall
  • Cornelia Gustafson
  • Janice Hilliard
  • Peter Jaworski
  • Juliana Katinas
  • Carolina Madinaveitia
  • Julie Walsh McMurtry
  • Matt Myers
  • John Ndiritu
  • Erin Esch Pereira
  • Christina Ruby
  • Xiaopeng (Paul) Wang
  • Yao Williams
  • Taylor Winkleman

The Gerald M. Mara Faculty Mentoring Award 

2021–2022 Winner:

  • Karah Knope

2021–2022 Nominees:

  • Belkacem Baccouche
  • Raphael Calel
  • Katharine Donato
  • Purna Gamage
  • Bobby Goldwater
  • Theresa Sabonis Helf
  • Toshihiro Higuchi
  • Janice Hilliard
  • Karah Knope
  • Regina LaBelle
  • Gregory Lyon
  • Alfonso Morales-Front
  • Phuong Nguyen
  • Zainab Okolo
  • Lee Pinkowitz
  • Cristina Sanz
  • Lahra Smith
  • Charles Skuba
  • Carol Taylor
  • Adam Thomas
  • Erwin Tiongson
  • Vincent Turbat
  • Peter Turkeltaub
  • Jeanine Turner
  • Heidi Urben
  • Taylor Winkleman

Please contact gradteachingawards@georgetown.edu with any questions about the awards or the nomination process!