The 2020 Graduate Student Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, April 17, 2020 over zoom. Congratulations to all nominees and winners!


Graduate Student Teaching Award

2019-2020 Winners:

2019-2020 Nominees


The Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award

2019-2020 Winners:

2019-2020 Nominees:

  • Ali Cebeci – Islamic Studies
  • Alyssa Mikytuck – Human Development & Public Policy
  • Alyssa Thornton – Chemistry
  • Amani Aloufi – Linguistics
  • Amy Chau – Chemistry
  • Andreas Willems – Chemistry
  • Andrew Gibson – Government
  • Andrew Kelly – Chemistry
  • Arturo Romero Yanez – Economics
  • Ayşenur Sağdıç Applied – Linguistics
  • Beba Cibralic – Philosophy
  • Bradford Salen – Linguistics
  • Brennan Steed – Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
  • Brian Thorn – Government
  • Christian Allen – Foreign Service
  • Christine Steele – MBA
  • Ciaran Lynch – Chemistry
  • Claire Lee – Government
  • Daniel Solomon – Government
  • David Bennett – English
  • David Kane – Chemistry
  • Dylan Proctor – Environmental History
  • Emily (Norweg) Bierman – History
  • Greg Beaman – History
  • Helen Dominic – Linguistics
  • Jeffrey Ngo – History
  • Jenna Sartucci – Chemistry
  • Ji Hyun Oh – Economics
  • Ji Min Kim – Government
  • Josalyne Beringer – Chemistry
  • Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo – Psychology
  • Joshua Kim – English
  • Justin Casey – Government
  • Katherine Ward – Philosophy
  • Kelly Rolfes-Haase – Political Science & Government
  • Lihui Bai – Chemistry
  • Louis Poon – Chemistry
  • Margarita Ramirez – Government
  • Michael Lawrence – English
  • Molly McEntree – Biology
  • Muhammad El Fiky – Islamic Studies
  • Natalie Donnell – History
  • Naveen Kumar Reddy Mallidi – MBA
  • Patrick McSweeney – Government
  • Proma Huq – Communication, Culture & Technology
  • Rajesh Jaiprashad – Chemistry
  • Rebecca Andrews – History
  • Rongfeng Zheng – Chemistry
  • Roslyn Murray – Public Policy
  • Sean MacAvaney – Computer Science
  • Simon Ballesteros – Government
  • Thijs Kleinpaste – Government
  • Tong Li – Mathematics & Statistics
  • Victoria Broadus – History
  • Weipeng Zhang – Economics

Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Award

2019-2020 Winner:     Georgetown University Graduate Association of Mexican Students

Nominees:

  • AfriKa: African Policy Student Association at McCourt
  • Black MBA
  • Diversity & Inclusion @ Georgetown (DiG)
  • Georgetown Collaborative Diplomacy Initiative (GCDI)
  • Georgetown Methods Lab
  • Georgetown University Graduate Association of Mexican Students
  • Georgetown WISE (Women in Science and Education)
  • Graduate Spanish & Portuguese Student Organization (GSPSO)
  • HoyAlytics
  • Latin American Policy Association
  • MBA Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Club
  • Middle East and North Africa Forum
  • Neuroscience Student Society
  • Security Studies Program Student Council
  • Student Government Association of McDonough School of Business

Graduate Global Citizen Award

2019-2020 Winner:    Maputi Botlhole

2019-2020 Nominees:

  • Jeffrey Ngo – History
  • Maria Laura Rodriguez – German & European Studies
  • Maputi Botlhole – Global Human Development

Dr. Karen Gale Exceptional PhD Student Award

2019-2020 Winners:

  • Humanities:           Matthew Johnson
  • Social Science:     Adam Weinberger
  • Science:               Thuan H Nguyen
  • At-Large:               J. Vivian Dickens

2019-2020 Nominees

  • Adam Caccavano – Neuroscience
  • Adam Weinberger – Psychology
  • Ayşenur Sağdıç – Applied Linguistics
  • J. Vivian Dickens – Neuroscience
  • Jen Werner – Chemistry
  • Matthew Johnson – History
  • Sylvia Rusnak – Psychology
  • Taylor Watts – Chemistry
  • Thuan H Nguyen – Microbiology & Immunology
  • Valeria Meiller – Spanish Literature

Exceptional Masters Student Award

2019-2020 Winners:

2019-2020 Nominees:

  • Aaron Joya – Learning, Design, and Technology
  • Benjamin Monticello – Public Policy
  • Charlotte Carstens – German and European Studies
  • Christina Huntzinger – Latin American Studies
  • Elizabeth Blakeley – Global Health
  • Elizabeth George – English
  • Filura Tosheva – Learning, Design and Technology
  • Ido Levy – Public Policy
  • Joshua Chang – Security Studies
  • Junru Shi – Communication, Culture & Technology
  • Jade Hachem – Foreign Service
  • Kalen Breland – English
  • Kamakshi Bhargava – Foreign Service
  • Katherine (Kate) Arnold-Murray – Sociolinguistics
  • Lauren Dam – Biotechnology
  • Michael Lawrence – English
  • Nick DeMayo – English Literature
  • Nevil Khurana – Biochemistry
  • Shannon Meyer-Johanson – Public Policy
  • Sile Chen – Foreign Service
  • Sara Gomez Trillos – Global Health
  • Samuel Malech – Applied Economics
  • Veronica Hoyer – Public Policy & Foreign Service
  • Victor Mohan – Global Health
  • Ye Chen – Learning, Design & Technology

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

2019-2020 Winner:    Muzna Abbas

2019-2020 Nominees:

  • Michael Lawrence – English
  • Muzna Abbas – MBA & International Development
  • Nicholas Mararac – Linguistics
  • Renu Singh – Government
  • Safia Jilani – Chemistry

Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization

2019-2020 Winner:   Jack Ryan

2019-2020 Nominees:

  • Alistair Somerville – German and European Studies, European Horizons
  • Allison Fitzgerald – Immuno-Oncology, Women in Science and Education
  • Anna Liu – Securities Studies, Security Studies Program Student Council
  • Callie Wilkinson – MBA, Full Time MBA Student Government Association
  • Delphi Cleaveland – German and European Studies, SFS Graduate Student Council
  • Jack Ryan – Public Policy, McCourt Student Association
  • Jennifer Runion – Foreign Studies, MSFS Student Representative
  • Jordana Bickel – Linguistics, Hoyarn
  • Kamron Zand – Physiology, Program Representative
  • Karli Gilbert – Neuroscience, Medical Campus Graduate Students Organization
  • Lewis May – Foreign Service, GradGov
  • Safia Jilani – Chemistry, Women in Science and Education
  • Zack Albert – MBA, Graduate Real Estate Society

Distinguished Staff Award

2019-2020 Winner:   Michael Nelson

2019-2020 Nominees:

  • Caleb McKinney – Medical Center
  • Carolina Madinaveitia – History
  • Jeffery Bertke – Chemistry
  • Jessica Marr – English
  • Juliana Katinas – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Katie Li – Global Human Development
  • Kerry J Pace – MBA
  • Maria Snyder – Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Michael Nelson – Physiology
  • Nuku Ofori – Public Policy
  • Richard Pera – International Health
  • Robert Lyons – Asian Studies
  • Rosaelena O’Neil – International Business Diplomacy
  • Stephanie Gage – Asian Studies

The Gerald M. Mara Faculty Mentoring Award 

2019-2020 Winner:   Lourdes Ortega

2019-2020 Nominees:

  • Adriana Kugler – Public Policy
  • Amir Zeldes – Linguistics
  • Chandra Manning – History
  • Cynthia Gordon – Linguistics
  • Desha Girod – Government
  • Hakima Amri – Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
  • John Rust – Economics
  • Karen Ross – Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
  • Khuyen Mai – Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
  • Kristin Sinclair – Educational Transformation
  • Lourdes Ortega – Applied Linguistics
  • Lutz Sager – Public Policy
  • Nathan Edwards – Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
  • Nicole Bibbins-Sedaca – Foreign Service
  • Sona Vasudevan – Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
  • Tim Warren – Chemistry

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