Departmental Awards for Graduate Students

Each year the Awards Committee of the Department of History recognizes outstanding students for achievements in historical scholarship and teaching excellence.

William Jennings Bryan Award

Presented to a graduate student for the best history paper of the year

2025: Tracy Barnett
2024: Benjamin Prostine
2023: Andrew Craig
2022: Steven Krug
2020: Bryant Barnes
2019: Terrell Orr
2018: Tracy Barnett
2017: Matthew Burkhalter
2016: Victoria Berkow
2015: Ruth Davis
2014: Luke Manget
2013: Catherine Ariail
2012: Angela Elder
2011: Kevin W. Young
2010: Kevin M. Krause
2009: Tore Olsson
2008: Mao Lin and Drew Swanson

Encouragement to Teach Award

Presented annually to a history graduate student or undergraduate history major who will teach history at a state college, junior college, or high school

2025: Taylor Howard
2024: Elyse Elyaman
2023: Louise Milone
2018: Paloma Carroll
2015: Laura Briscoe
2014: Ruth Davis
2010: Margaret Brearley
2008: Daleah Goodwin
2007: Robert Luckett
2006: Ivy Holliman

History Department Award (Graduate)

Presented to an outstanding graduate student in a field other than American history

2025: Josenildo Paulino
2024: Maya Peters-Greno
2022: Rolando Rodriguez
2021: Morgan Geiser
2020: Amrish Nair
2019: Jeffrey Jones
2018: Lauren Titley
2017: Caitlin O'Grady
2016: Alexander Stephens
2015: Kenneth Roundy
2014: Evan Johnson
2013: Ashley Roseberry
2012: McNeill Smart
2011: Erika Mosteller
2010: Derek Bentley
2008: Blake Scott

LeConte Memorial Prize

This award honors a current master’s student for outstanding dedication to the department, its programs, and its student community

2025: Shayla Manwill and Maya Peters-Greno
2023: Sachen Pillay
2021: H. Christian Choe
2020: Thomas McShea
2019: Nellie Brunson
2018: Isabel Mann
2017: Michele Johnson

Manthorne Memorial Award

This award honors the dedication of a beloved UGA graduate and teacher, and recognizes a current graduate student in the Department of History who exhibits his passion and spirit. Preference shall be given to students who have passed the Ph.D. qualifying exams, have established a record of academic excellence, and are active participants in the Department’s academic and social community. Special consideration shall be given to students whose dissertations focus primarily on the American South or explore the history of marginalized groups.

2025: Maya Brooks
2024: Margaret (Maggie) Neel
2023: Erica Whitney Priest
2022: Terrell Orr
2021: Bryant Barnes
2020: Tracy Barnett
2019: Jonathan Hepworth
2018: Andrew Fialka
2017: Katharine Dahlstrand
2016: Kurt Windisch
2015: Timothy Johnson
2014: Ashton Ellett

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards

Presented annually by the Graduate School to outstanding teaching assistants

2025: Taylor Howard, Terrell Orr, Jamie Weiss
2024: Elyse Elyaman, Devin Jerome, Maggie Neel, W Cole Wicker
2023: Jared Asser, Bryant Barnes, Louise Milone
2019: Kate Dahlstrand, Jonathan Hepworth
2018: Angela Alexander, Jonathan Hepworth, James Owen
2017: Andrew Fialka, Katharine Dahlstrand, T. Luke Manget
2016: Katherine Brackett Fialka, Lizette Busquets, Kaylynn Washnock
2015: Derrick Angermeier, Leah Richier, Ashley Roseberry
2014: Alisha Cromwell, Angela Elder, Robert Poister
2013: Catherine Ariail, Samuel McGuire, Kurt Windisch
2011: Laura J. Davis, Ashton G. Ellett, Kylie A. Horney
2010: Derek A. Bentley, Lesley-Anne S. Reed, James H. Welborn III
2009: Joshua Haynes, Steven Nash, Hannah Waits
2008: Christopher Lawton, Jennifer Malto, Tore Olsson
2007: Alejandro Gomez-del-Moral, Daleah Goodwin, Drew Swanson
2006: James Gigantino, Robert Luckett, Barton Myers
2005: Darren Grem

Linda Piper Award

Presented for study abroad

2016: Bill Kelson
2014: Ken Roundy
2012: Derek Bentley
2010: Jennifer Wunn Malto
2006: Christina Davis

Thomas Pleasant Vincent Sr. Award

Presented annually to a distinguished student of history with a special interest in the history of Georgia

2025: Maya Brooks
2024: Hannah Hamrick
2023: W. Cole Wicker
2022: Patrick Sheridan
2021: Valerie McLaurin
2019: Victoria Do
2018: Laura Nelson
2017: Bryant Barnes
2016 James Owen
2014: Laura Briscoe
2012: Joshua Haynes
2011: Tom Okie
2010: Hannah R. Waits
2009: Christopher Lawton
2008: Keri Leigh Merritt
2007: Chris Manganiello
2006: Duncan Maysilles
2005: Ichiro Miyata

Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistantship Awards

Presented annually by the Department of History to outstanding teaching assistants

2025: Margaret (Maggie) Neel, David Kells Parker, Joshua Waddell
2024: Gisell Fuentes, Taylor Howard, Shayla Manwill
2023: Erica Whitney Priest, Jamie Weiss, Rory Oates
2022: Karyna Hlyvynska, Valerie McLaurin
2021: Bryant Barnes, Louise Milone, Jared Asser
2020: Victoria Do, Matthew O'Neal, Tracy Barnett
2019: Annelle Brunson, Matthew Burkhalter, Matthew Gordon
2018: Alexa Greco, Jonathan Hepworth, Matthew Gordon
2017: Victoria Berkow, Lizette Busquets, Katie Brackett Fialka
2016: Andrew Fialka, Nicole Gallucci, Katherine Korth
2015: Dan Du, Leah Richier, Katherine Rohrer
2014: Derrick Angermeier, David Thomson, Kaylynn Washnock
2013: Katherine Brackett, Ashton Ellett, Kevin Young
2012: Roberto Arguedas, Andrew Epstein, Timothy Johnson
2011: Samuel McGuire, Tom Okie, Hannah Waits
2010: Angela E. Elder, Kylie A. Horney, Tyler E. Suggs
2009: Cat Holmes, Jen Malto, Jennifer Schwartzberg
2008: Christopher Lawton, Christopher Manganiello, Kathleen Nehls
2007: La Shonda Mims, Tore Olsson, Lesley-Anne Reed
2006: Margaret Dykes, J. D. Jordan, Drew Swanson
2005: Christopher Huff, Michelle McLachlan, Ken ShefsiekWarner-Fite Award

Warner-Fite Award

Presented annually to an outstanding student in American/U.S. history

2025: Margaret (Maggie) Neel
2024: David Kells Parker
2023: Christine Combs
2022: Theodora Light and Robert Ferguson
2021: Devin Jerome
2020: Louise Milone
2018: Hunter Hellwig
2016: Nicole Gallucci
2015: Alisha Cromwell
2015: Katie Brackett Fialka
2014: Timothy Johnson
2013: Matthew Hulbert
2012: Tore Olsson
2011: Kathi Nehls
2009: Jim Gigantino
2008: Darren Grem
2007: Barton Myers
2006: Albert Way
2005: Judkin Browning

Departmental Awards for Graduate Students