The 2017 Graduate Student Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, March 24 in the Healey Family Student Center Great Room. Congratulations to all nominees and winners!
Graduate Student Teaching Award
Winners:
Humanities: Alfredo Poggi
Social Science: Janire Zalbidea
Science: Nour Al-Muhtasib
Nominees:
| Nominee | Program |
|---|---|
| Abel Cruz Flores | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Alfredo Poggi | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Allison Stashko | Economics |
| Brandon Tullock | Linguistics |
| Cassie Herbert | Philosophy |
| Christine Bistline-Bonilla | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Clark Donley | Philosophy |
| Dan Threet | Philosophy |
| Emily Sieg | German |
| Francisco Gallegos | Philosophy |
| Gabriela DeRobles | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Inés Corujo Martín | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Jafte Dilean Robles Lomeli | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Janire Zalbidea | Spanish Linguistics |
| Jorge Mendez Seijas | Spanish Linguistics |
| Joseph Jebari | Philosophy |
| Maria Monica Vallin | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Matthew Shields | Philosophy |
| McKay Holland | Philosophy |
| Michael Barnes | Philosophy |
| Nabina Liebow | Philosophy |
| Nour Al-Muhtasib | Pharmacology and Physiology |
| Oscar Amaya-Ortega | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Paula Ganga | Government |
| Will Travers | Spanish & Portuguese |
Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award
Winners:
Humanities: Karen Rice
Social Science: Margarita Ramirez
Science: Tanaporn (Gift) Wangsanut
At-Large: Daniel Atherton
| Nominee | Program |
|---|---|
| Akitaka Yamada | Linguistics |
| Alyssa Adcock | Chemistry |
| Andy Marshall | Government |
| Anna-Lena Nadler | McCourt School of Public Policy |
| Ariya Hagh | Government |
| Becka Brolinson | Economics |
| Carlos Delgado | McCourt School of Public POlicy |
| Claire Lee | Asian Studies |
| Daniel Atherton | English |
| Faisal Husain | History |
| Filip Savatic | Government |
| Gaurav Bagwe | Economics |
| Hannah Sullivan | Linguistics |
| Karen Rice | Philosophy |
| Kenneth French | McCourt School of Public Policy |
| Kevin Kleber | Security Studies |
| Laura Goffman | History |
| Laura Ryals | Linguistics |
| Lihui Bai | Chemistry |
| Louis Poon | Chemistry |
| Madhulika Khanna | Economics |
| Margarita Ramirez | Government |
| Omar Talhouk | Philosophy |
| Safia Jilani | Chemistry |
| Shiri Yadlin | McCourt School of Public Policy |
| Sylvia Rusnak | Psychology |
| Tanaporn (Gift) Wangsanut | Biology |
| Tesneem Alkiek | Arabic & Islamic Studies |
| Victoria Morissette | Biology |
| Yuxin Hao | Chemistry |
Dr. Karen Gale Exceptional Ph.D. Student Award
Winners:
Humanities: Faisal Husain
Social Science: Janire Zalbidea
Science: Theodore Turesky
At-Large: Erika Raven
Nominees:
| Nominee | Program |
|---|---|
| Akitaka Yamada | Linguistics |
| Alfredo Ignacio Poggi | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Arman Cohan | Computer Science |
| Caitlin Karniski | Biology |
| Elizabeth Lee | Global Infectious Disease |
| Erika Raven | Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience |
| Faisal Husain | History |
| Janire Zalbidea | Spanish Linguistics |
| Jorge Mendez-Seijas | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Khalid Garman | Pharmacology |
| Kimbell Duncan | Pharmacology & Physiology |
| Monica Javidnia | Pharmacology |
| Pratha Sah | Biology |
| Stephen DeVito | Tumor Biology |
| Theodore Turesky | Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience |
| Valerie Darcey | Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience |
| Volodymyr Ryzhkovskyi | History |
| Zeus Allen De los Santos | Chemistry |
| Zhongyu Mou | Chemistry |
Exceptional Masters Student Award
Winners:
Humanities: John James
Social Science: Jack Fazzino
Science: Agentha Serrame
At-Large: Christopher Huebner
Nominees:
| Nominee | Program |
|---|---|
| Adaku Ume | Pharmacology |
| Agentha Serrame | Biohazard Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Alexandra Memmott | Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies |
| Amy Corrine Richards | Public Policy |
| Ashley Geleta | Biohazard Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Chaz Hinzman | Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Christopher Huebner | English |
| Daniel Atherton | English |
| Daniel Dammann | Security Studies |
| Hall H. Wang | Public Policy |
| Jack Fazzino | Government |
| Jacqueline Russell | Physiology |
| Jennifer Ten Eyck | Physiology |
| John James | English |
| Joseph Schartz | Economics |
| Julian Koschorke | Public Policy |
| Katharine Parham | Public Policy |
| Kelly Coyne | English |
| Matthew Gasparich | Foreign Service |
| Mirham Kalle | Conflict Resolution |
| Ping-Hsuan Wang | Sociolinguistics |
| Robert Yates | English |
| Sandra Goldlust | Biohazard Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Yufei Zhang | Democracy & Governance |
Graduate Global Citizen Award
Winner:
Ping-Hsuan Wang
Nominees:
| Nominee | Program |
|---|---|
| Dana Al Dairani | Arab Studies |
| Lina Zdruli | German and European Studies |
| M. Selin Aksoy | Conflict Resolution |
| Ping-Hsuan Wang | Sociolinguistics |
| Rohan Israni | Business Administration |
| Sana Ginawi | Pharmacology |
| Yuhao Du | Asian Studies |
Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization Award
Winner:
Erin Wenzel – Medical Center Graduate Student Organization
Nominees:
| Nominee | Organization |
|---|---|
| Adrienne Isaac | Graduate Linguistics Student Association |
| Alfredo Rivera | Out@MSB |
| Briana Thompson | GU Politics – Student Strategy Team |
| Clare Burnham | StartupHoyas MBA |
| Emily Coccia | English Graduate Student Organization |
| Erin Wenzel | Medical Center Graduate Student Organization |
| Hall Wang | McCourt Policy Conference |
| Jacob Earl | Doctoral Students Coalition |
| Justin Goss | Georgetown Public Policy Review |
| Kevin Kleber | Georgetown University Student Veterans Association |
| Sunydip Gill | SMP – Masters in Biophysics and Physiology |
Distinguished Staff Award
Winner:
Leslie Evertz, Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs – McCourt School of Public Policy
Nominees:
| Nominee | Title/Department |
|---|---|
| Amy Dorsey | MBA Program Advisor |
| Elizabeth Sloss | Clinical Nurse Leader Instructor |
| Erin Esch Pereira | Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Linguistics |
| Janice Hoggs | Program Administrator, Global Human Development Program |
| Jennifer Whitney | Associate Professor and Director of the M.S. in Physiology and Biophysics |
| Jessica Marr | Academic Administrator, Department of English |
| Judie Kuo | Program Coordinator, Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
| Katie Galvin | Educational Coordinator |
| Katie Helgeson | Program Coordinator, M.S. in Physiology and M.S. & Ph.D. in Pharmacology |
| Leslie Evertz | Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, McCourt School of Public Policy |
| Lucy Kotlyanskaya | Academic Program Coordinator, GUMC |
| Maria Snyder | Director of External Fellowships, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences |
| Nirmala Fernandes | Director of Academic Affairs, McCourt School of Public Policy |
| Robert Lyons | Assistant Director for Academic Programs, Asian Studies Program |
| Sarah Krauss | Director of Academic Affairs, M.S. in Foreign Service |