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SIS Awards 2021

Congratulations to our SIS awardees of 2021!
- SIS Winners of University Awards
- SIS Undergraduate Student Awards
- SIS Faculty Awards
- SIS Staff Awards
- SIS Graduate Student Awards
- SIS Doctoral Student Awards
- SIS Winners of External Awards
SIS Winners of University Awards
- President's Award
- Dayana Sarova
- Outstanding Service Award
- Saliho Toure
- Bruce Hughes Award
- Lori Younissess
- Charles Van Way Award
- Clifford Young
- Kinsman-Hurst Award
- Inuri Abeysekara
SIS Faculty Awards
- SIS Distinguished Service Award
- Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
- SIS Scholar/Teacher of the Year
- Lauren Carruth
- SIS Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity & Other Professional Contributions
- Megan Stewart
- Naomi Moland
- SIS Outstanding Contributions to Fostering Collaborative Scholarship
- Judith Shapiro
- Matthew Taylor
- William Cromwell Award for Outstanding Teaching
- Yang Zhang
- Eric Novotny
- Darrell Randall Award for Outstanding Service to the University Community
- Elizabeth Thompson
- Aaron Boesenecker
- F. Gunther Eyck Award
- Rachel Sullivan Robinson
- Outstanding SIS Faculty Mentor Award
- Elizabeth Cohn
- SIS Outstanding Faculty Mentor and SIS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
- Randolph Persaud
- Outstanding SIS Faculty Administrator
- Boaz Atzili
- Outstanding SIS Teaching in an Adjunct Faculty Position
- Melissa Sinclair
SIS Staff Awards
- Outstanding Service to Students
- David Fletcher, Senior Career Advisor
- Sofia White, Assistant Director of Career Outreach and Programming
- Outstanding Team Player
- Amy Newell, Assistant Director of Operations and Academic Services for Online Programs
- Julia Ziegler, Assistant Director of Operations and Student Engagement for Online Programs
- Outstanding Service to the University Community
- Rebecca Coughlin, Associate Director of SIS Graduate Enrollment Management
- Outstanding Service to the SIS Community
- Christine Gettings, Director of International Programs and Partnerships
- Outstanding Performance
- Delaney Ward, Academic Program Coordinator for GEP, ID, and IER
- SIS Special Recognition
- Donna M. Femenella, Reserves Coordinator at the University Library
SIS Undergraduate Student Awards
- Inspire the Professor
- Alexander Mezzetti
- Outstanding Academic Achievement
- Jordan Park
- Creative Work in International Studies
- Dhanya Rao
- Exemplary Original Research
- Evan Margiotta
- Lead, Serve, Make a Difference
- Colby Vine
- Frank Willis Scotton Award
- Fareha Abid
- Pittman B. Potter Award
- Griffin Diven
- Charles H. Heimsath Award
- Claire Mills
- Thematic Area Award: Peace, Global Security, and Conflict Resolution
- Pablo Molina Asensi
- Thematic Area Award: Justice, Ethics, and Human Rights
- Syeda Bokhari
- Thematic Area Award: Global & Comparative Governance
- Andrew Morgan
- Thematic Area Award: Global Economy
- Yusuf Benmira
- Thematic Area Award: Environmental Sustainability and Global Health
- Caroline Grossman
- Thematic Area Award: Foreign Policy and National Security
- Isabella Baker
- Thematic Area Award: Global Inequality and Development
- Grace Guber
- Thematic Area Award: Identity, Race, Gender, and Culture
- Janelle Gray
- Regional Focus Award: South and Central Asia
- Aarushi Sahejpal
- Regional Focus Award: East Asia and Pacific
- Jennifer Fei
- Regional Focus Award: Europe and Eurasia
- Chann Austine Cortes
- Regional Focus Award: MENA
- Benjamin Holtzman
- Regional Focus Award: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Isabella Dixon
- Regional Focus Award: Western Hemisphere
- Jeremy McLane
SIS Graduate Student Awards
- Goodman Award for Outstanding Academic and/or Scholarly Performance, SIS-Wide
- Marie Fares
- Outstanding Professional and/or Policy Contribution, SIS-Wide
- Megan DeTura
- Award for Outstanding Service On-Campus, SIS-Wide
- Katherine Lee
- Award for Outstanding Service Off-Campus, SIS-Wide
- Tova Gold
- Goodman Award for Outstanding Academic and/or Scholarly Performance
- Ihechiluru Ezuruonye
- Valery Valdez Pinto
- Shakhlo Khasanova
- Philip Butler
- Tiffany Schwartz
- Lisa Johnson
- Marilluly Peraza
- Nicola Rampino
- Tyler Dewey
- John Williams II
- Jamie Curtis
- Benjamin Harbaugh
- Award for Outstanding Professional and/or Policy Contribution
- Wazim Mowla
- Jamie Fortin
- Lia Cheek
- Eric Kim
- Jeffrey Simmons
- Ximena Zepeda McCollum
- Cameron Wheeler
- Alexis Rossetti
- Ashleigh Kong
- Yohanis Lamere
- Astrid Price
- Award for Outstanding Service On-Campus
- Katherine Vera
- Sandra Asieduah
- Jasmine Porter
- Danya Hamad
- Tong Hour Ou
- Robert Smith
- Award for Outstanding Service Off-Campus
- Madeline Olden
- Lethaniel Norton-Pickney
- Carlos Urmeneta
- Mahmoud Hamid Award for Professional Contribution
- Emma Marks
- Pittman Potter Award for Outstanding Academic and/or Scholarly Performance
- Amanda Grau
SIS Doctoral Student Awards
- Samuel Sharp Memorial Prize for Creative Work in International Relations at the Graduate Level
- Brandon Sims
- William C. Olson Award for Outstanding Teaching by a PhD Student
- Anastassiya Perevezentseva
- Award for Excellence in Research Assistance
- Nichole Grossman
SIS Winners of External Awards
- Anna Sobol Levy Fellowship
- Heidi Caisachana
- CBYX for Young Professionals
- Andrew Morgan
- Taylor Smith
- Jo Desmone (Alternate)
- Cosmos Scholars
- Matthew Timmerman
- Critical Language Scholarship
- Kayla Berg
- Ihechiluru Ezuruonye
- Mackenzie Hale
- Benjamin Holtzman
- Kate Jasenski
- Alexander Kuehl
- Isabel Miramontes
- Edgar Palomino
- Natasha Riegle
- Chloe Bohn (Alternate)
- Milena Bozovic (Alternate)
- Evan Gertler (Alternate)
- James Kwon (Alternate)
- Sarah Velez (Alternate)
- Sarkis Zoubian (Alternate)
- Cultural Vistas Virtual Internship
- Caroline Baker
- Fund for Education Abroad Scholarship
- Dalia Haymov
- Gaither Junior Fellows Program
- Alex Csanadi
- Corwin Dark (Finalist)
- Gilman Scholarship - Spring 2020 Application
- Victoria Blymier
- Chantalle Garcia
- Martha Kamioner
- Ricardo Negron
- Reese Phillips
- Eduarda Serafim
- Gilman Scholarship - Fall 2020 Application
- Sage Coates-Farley
- Colby Vine
- Samantha Smith (Alternate)
- Killam Fellowship
- Brian Johnson
- Marshall Scholarship
- Ornella Baganizi (Alternate)
- Morgenthau Followship
- Matthew Hartwell
- National Military Intelligence Foundation Scholarship
- Madeline Olden
- Pickering Fellowship
- Samantha Keller (Finalist)
- Karanina Bhattacharjee (Alternate)
- PPIA Fellowship
- Ricardo Vergel Negron
- Winaly Simpson
- Ana Pereyra Baron
- Tara Rao (Alternate)
- Rangel Fellowship
- Zizhan "Azua" Luo
- Dan "Tammy" Nguyen
- Rhodes Scholarship - Global
- Dayana Sarova (Finalist)
- Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize
- Manaswini Ramkumar
- Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship
- Matthew Hartwell
- Summer Seminar in History and Statecraft
- Manaswini Ramkumar
- Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations and Strategies
- Manaswini Ramkumar
- USIP Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship
- Yumna Fatima
- Visiting Scholar at Institute for Security and Conflict Studies
- Min Jung Kim
- Wenner-Green Dissertation Field Grant
- Julie Radoski