Awards

External Awards and Honors

2023

Sam Turley: Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Alex Korsunsky: Public Outreach Award
James Zimmer-Dauphinee: Research Excellence Award
Barbara Navaza: Engaged Anthropology Award
Sylvia Cheever: Excellence in Transdisciplinary Research Award

2022

Katie McCormak: Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Miguel Cuj: Public Outreach Award
Alex Korsunksy: Research Excellence Award
Allie Reichert: Engaged Anthropology Award
Taiye Winful: Excellence in Transdisciplinary Research Award
Phyllis Johnson: Teaching Award

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Funds

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Funds are awarded to graduate students by invitation-only and are used to extend a PGF/UGF for up to an additional two years. These important awards recognize the continued success of our PGF/UGF recipients and reward new recipients for their excellent scholarly accomplishments.

Catherine McCormack
Samantha Turley

Tarkington Family Scholarship

The $5,000 Tarkington Family Scholarship provides financial support based on need or merit for deserving students at the Graduate School. Preference in awarding will be for a doctoral candidate or graduate student studying for a degree in archaeology or bioarchaeology.

2024

Silvia Cheever
Maria Corado

2023

Samantha Turley

2022

James Zimmer-Dauphinee
Rebecca Estrada Aguila

Sidney P. Colowick Graduate Student Scholarship

The Sidney P. Colowick Graduate Student Scholarship was established to provide financial support for a deserving student at the Graduate School. The awardee will bear the title: Sidney P. Colowick Graduate Scholar and be recorded in the Bulletin of the Graduate School and Commencement and Investiture programs.

2021

Gabriela Oré Menéndez: NSF-DDIG, Legacies of Colonial Dislocation and Resettlement in Peru. Inaugural Rising Scholar, Seminars for the Society for American Archaeology.
Gloria Perez: Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Award. Dissertation Fellowship, Centre for Ethnography, University of Toronto.
Kathryn Peters: Fulbright IIE for research in Paraguay.
Maya Krause: Fulbright IIE for research in Peru.
Sylvia Cheever: NSF-GRFP three-year Fellowship.

College of Arts and Science Awards and Honors

2021

Taiye Winful: College of Arts and Science Summer Research Award
Terren Proctor: College of Arts and Science Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award

Departmental Awards and Honors

2021

EU Zavaleta: Engaged Anthropology Award.
Gabriela Oré Menéndez: Public Outreach Award.
Maya Krause: Teaching Assistant Award.
Miguel Cuj: Research Excellence Award.
Terren Proctor: Transdisciplinary Award.