2023 Graduate Student Awards

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Bettina Gorriceta, Integrated Marketing Communications

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Aaron Minster

  • Abrar Omeish

  • Bettina Gorriceta

  • Brittany Fried

  • Candace Van der Stelt

  • Desi Isaacson

  • Drew Whitmoyer

  • Eleni Orfanos

  • Erin Reeves

  • Margarita Narvasa

  • Maria Catalina Pajarito

  • Nadia Sarfraz

  • Rachel Curtis

  • Siyabulela Ziyanda Mtshontshi

  • Swami Venkateswaran

  • Tyler Vail

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Ashley Stowe, Communications & Events Coordinator for the M.S. in Data Science & Analytics
  • Alexey Ostroumov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Pharmacology/ Neuroscience

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Alexey Ostroumov

  • Ashley Stowe

  • Brian Evans

  • Carolina Madinaveitia

  • Chandra Manning

  • Courtney A. Peterson

  • Daniel Shore

  • David Ebenbach

  • Dexter Sharp

  • Donna Tanenbaum

  • Friederike Eigler

  • Garance Genicot

  • Jeanne Jacobwitz

  • Jeff Bertke

  • Joseph Billy

  • Keith Guerrant

  • Kelly Schoepke

  • Kyra Green

  • Lee Pinkwoitz

  • Lewis J. Watson

  • Linda Dunn

  • Martin Reed

  • Nakul Padalkar

  • Nathan Hensley

  • Paul Treacy

  • Purna Gamage

  • Regina LaBelle

  • Richard Marianos

  • Ruth Kramer

  • Sona Vasudevan

  • Tomoko Steen

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Carolina Madinaveitia, Graduate Programs Manager for the Department of History

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Ashley Stowe

  • Brian Evans

  • Carolina Madinaveitia

  • David Ebenbach

  • Jeff Bertke

  • Joseph Billy

  • Keith Guerrant

  • Linda Dunn

  • Martin Reed

  • Paul Treacy

  • Regina LaBelle

  • Sona Vasudevan

  • Tomoko Steen

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Chandra Manning, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of History

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Alexey Ostroumov, Ph.D.

  • Brian Evans

  • Chandra Manning, , Ph.D.

  • Courtney A. Peterson

  • Daniel Shore, Ph.D.

  • Donna Tanenbaum

  • Friederike Eigler, Ph.D.

  • Garance Genicot, Ph.D.

  • Jeanne Jacobwitz

  • Lee Pinkwitz, Ph.D.

  • Lewis J. Watson, Ph.D.

  • Nakul Padalkar, Ph.D.

  • Nathan Hensley, Ph.D.

  • Purna Gamage, Ph.D.

  • Richard Marianos

  • Ruth Kramer, Ph.D.

  • Tomoko Steen, Ph.D.

2022–2023 Winners:

• • At-Large: Zeeba Manavi, Biology
  • Humanities: Umar Shareef, Arabic & Islamic Studies
  • Science: Amy Yen Phung Ngo, Chemistry
  • Social Science: Tsolomon Otgon, Economics

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Abhishek Dutt

  • Amy Ngo

  • Anwita Mahajan

  • Ceyda Guleryuz

  • Christopher Wolf

  • Douglas Piper

  • Fernanda Martinez Varela

  • Halle Trang

  • Hanming Li

  • Jeetwan Tripathy

  • João Rabello Sodre

  • Leigh Stephens

  • Lucienne Julian

  • Martina Thorne

2022–2023 Winners:

• • At-Large: Shira Wein, Computer Science
  • Humanities: Claire Bents, Transregional History
  • Social Science: Matthew Leitao, Human Development and Public Policy

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Ángeles Ortega-Luque

  • Anwita Mahajan

  • Claire Bents

  • J.B Potter

  • Joseph Gurr

  • Kriti Kapur

  • Leigh Stephens

  • Matthew Leitao

  • Nico Durand

  • Patrick McSweeney

  • Rabea Kirmani

  • Rin Baker

  • Saagarika Thanvi

  • Shira Wein

  • Vincent Turbat

  • Zeeba Manavi

  • Zhuosi Luo

2022–2023 Winners:

• • At-Large: Ellie Taylor, Educational Transformation
  • Humanities: Sebastian Grajeles, Emergency & Disaster Management
  • Science: Ralf Martz Sulague, Global Health
  • Social Science: Sojung Ha, Security Studies

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Abrar Omeish

  • Addisalem Gebrekidan

  • Aika Wojt

  • Alexis Young

  • Autumn Knox

  • Benjamin Shefner

  • Bergite Musaj

  • Carolyn Nice

  • Danei Stephenson

  • Drew Whitmoyer

  • Ellie Taylor

  • Jarryd Delaney

  • Jonathan Guelzo

  • Kara Scarangella

  • Lanika Tucker

  • MacKenzie King

  • Mae Gleeson

  • Matthew Gnanadass

  • Michaela Fisher

  • Natalie Smith

  • Nikisha Kotwal

  • Niklas Emond

  • Pulkit Goyal

  • Ralf Martz Sulague

  • Robin Calleja

  • Ryan Remmel

  • Sabrina Mohan

  • Sean Stielow

  • Sebastian Granjales

  • Sofia Martinez

  • Sojung Ha

  • Stuart Cundiff III

  • Vanessa Barnes

  • Wahiduzzaman Noor

  • Yuming Wang

  • Zev Burton

  • Zonghong Yu

2022–2023 Winners:

• • At-Large: Diogo Bercito, History
  • Humanities: Jakob Burnham, History
  • Science: Nadia Sarfraz, Chemistry
  • Social Science: Robert Cortes, Psychology

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Alison Schug

  • Alyssa Thornton

  • Carolina Concha-Arriagada

  • Christopher Turansick

  • Cooper Wingert

  • Diogo Bercito

  • Emily Norweg

  • Jakob Burnham

  • Joyce Woo

  • Nadia Sarfraz

  • Pamela Bolton

  • Robert Cortes

  • Tahiyana Khan

  • Umar Shareef

  • Victoria Broadus

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Brittany Fried, Public Policy

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Abby Reyes

  • Brittany Fried

  • Dale Luis Menezes

  • Diogo Bercito

  • Jacob Selig

  • Nii Adamah Annan

  • Oluwafikayo Odugbemi

  • Salomón Flamenco

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Jeffery Votaw, Security Studies

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Aaron Minister

  • Abrar Omeish

  • Brittany Fried

  • Christopher Keller

  • Dale Menezes

  • Jeffrey Votaw

  • Lanika Tucker

  • Malgorzata Vuong

  • Mia Coutinho

  • Rebecca Contreras

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Georgetown Anti-Poverty Society

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Africa Forum
  • Black Graduate Student Alliance
  • Democracy and Society
  • East Asian Policy Association
  • Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees
  • Georgetown Anti-Poverty Society
  • Hoyas For Recovery
  • Migration and Refugee Policy Initiative
  • Point of Care Ultra Sounds
  • The IMC Network

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Sara Dyslin, Neuroscience

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Abrar Omeish

  • Denise Morris

  • Eric Saldanha

  • Jordan Davis

  • Luz Ruiz

  • Nadia Sarfraz

  • Rio Dennis

  • Robin Calleja

  • Sara Dyslin

2022–2023 Winners:

• • Arundhati Joshi, Public Policy

2022–2023 Nominees:

• • Anamar Blanes

  • Arundhati Joshi

  • Cripen Beyogle

  • Daniel Cisek

  • David Seaman

  • Gaurav Amin

  • Hailey Wellenstein

  • Kerren Katembo

  • Mallika Iyer

  • Maria Beatty

  • Micaila Curtis

  • Nadia Sarfraz

  • Rawan Chaker

  • Vassilis (Bill) Koutsoumpas

2022–2023 Winners:

Thesis

• • Winner: Olivia Schieber, Security Studies

• • First Runner-Up: Paige Amormino, Psychology

• • Second Runner-Up: Hannah Hill, Public Policy

Dissertation

• • Winner: Alison Schug, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

• • First Runner-Up: Henry Watson, Government

• • Second Runner-Up: Ke Lin, Linguistics