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 Anchor

Graduate Student Teaching Award

2016-2017 Winners:

  • Humanities: Alfredo Poggi
  • Social Science: Janire Zalbidea
  • Science: Nour Al-muhtasib
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 Linguistics
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
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Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award Anchor

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award

2016-2017 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 and Islamic Studies
Victoria Morissette Biology
Yuxin Hao  Chemistry
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Dr. Karen Gale Exceptional PhD Student Award Anchor

Dr. Karen Gale Exceptional PhD Student Award

2016-2017 Winners:

 
Nominee Program
Akitaka Yamada Linguistics
Alfredo Ignacio Poggi Spanish & Portuguese
Arman Cohan  Computer Science
Caitlin Karniski Biology
Elizabeth Lee  Global Infectious Diseases
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
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Exceptional Masters Student Award Anchor

Exceptional Masters Student Award

2016-2017 Winners:

 
Nominee Program
Adaku Ume Pharmacology
Agnetha 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
Chris 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
Mirjam Kalle Conflict Resolution
Ping-Hsuan Wang  Socio-linguistics
Robert Yates  English
Sandra Goldlust  Biohazard Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases
Yufei Zhang  Democracy & Governance
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Graduate Global Citizen Award Anchor

Graduate Global Citizen Award

2016-2017 Winner:

 
Nominee Program
Dana Al Dairani  Arab Studies
Lina Zdruli  German and European Studies
M. Selin Aksoy  Conflict Resolution
Ping-Hsuan Wang  Socio-linguistics
Rohan Israni  Business Administration
Sana Ginawi  Pharmacology
Yuhao Du  Asian Studies
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Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Award Anchor

Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Award

2016-2017 Winner:

  • Georgetown University Graduate Association of Mexican Students

Nominees

  • Doctoral Students Coalition
  • English Graduate Student Association
  • Georgetown Consulting Club
  • Georgetown Public Policy Review
  • Georgetown University Graduate Association of Mexican Students
  • Graduate Linguistics Student Association
  • Graduate Marketing Association
  • Latin American Policy Association
  • Medical Center Graduate Student Organization
  • StartUp Hoyas MBA
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Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization Award Anchor

Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization Award

2016-2017 Winner:

  • Erin Wenzel– Medical Center Graduate Student Organization
 
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 Association
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
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Gerald M. Mara Faculty Mentoring Award Anchor

Gerald M. Mara Faculty Mentoring Award

2016-2017 Winner:

  • Professor Patrick O’Malley, Associate Professor of English
Gerald M. Mara Faculty Mentoring Award Nominees
Nominee Department
Adam Thomas McCourt School of Public Policy
Alan Moghissi Biomedical Science Policy & Advocacy
Alison Mackey Linguistics
Angelo Rivero-Santos Latin American Studies
Ariane Tabatabai  School of Foreign Service
Barbara Schone McCourt School of Public Policy
Cynthia Gordon Linguistics
David Caraballo Mathematics and Statistics
Elisa Newport Neurology and Linguistics
Erwin Tiongson School of Foreign Service
Heidi E Hamilton Linguistics
Jennifer Whitney Physiology and Biophysics
Joanne Rappaport Spanish and Portuguese
Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Lee Pinkowitz Finance
Lena Orlin  English
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca School of Foreign Service
Patrick O’Malley English
Rebecca Boylan English
Rebecca Riggins Tumor Biology
Rebecca Ryan Psychology
Richard Kuisel German and European Studies
Ronald Leow Spanish and Portuguese
Steven Radelet Global Human Development
Veronica Salles Reese Spanish and Portuguese
Yvonne Haddad History and School of Foreign Service
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Distinguished Staff Award Anchor

Distinguished Staff Award

2016-2017 Winner:

  • Leslie Evertz, Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, McCourt School of Public Policy
 
Nominee Title/ Department
Amy Dorsey MBA Program Advisor
Elizabeth Sloss  Clinical Nurse Leader Instructor
Erin Esch Pereira  Department of Linguistics Graduate Program Coordinator
Janice Hoggs Program Administrator, Global Human Development Program
Jennifer Whitney  Associate Professor and Director of the MS in Physiology and Biophysics program
Jessica Marr Academic Administrator, English Department
Judie Kuo Department of Microbiology and Immunology Program Coordinator
Katie Galvin  Educational Coordinator
Katie Helgeson  Program Coordinator MS Physiology, MS & PhD Pharmacology
Leslie Evertz  Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
Lucy Kotlyanskaya Academic Program Coordinator, Georgetown University Medical Center
Maria Snyder  Director, 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, Master of Science in Foreign Service Program
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