Past Graduate Awardees
The Graduate Awards celebrates the remarkable achievements of our graduate students, faculty, and staff who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to their academic departments. Each year, we honor individuals who have demonstrated excellence in areas such as leadership, teaching, research and service to graduate education.
Donal Thomas
History
Alumni Association's Dean's Choice Award for Leadership
Genevieve Ruzicka
Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Alumni Association Doctoral Summer Fellowship
Marie Huffman
Linguistics
Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a Faculty Member
Simone Brioni
English
Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by a Faculty Member
Rebekah Burroway
Sociology
Dean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director
Ria Rajan
Art
Dorothy G. Pieper Award
Danielle Henneborn
Studio Art
Dorothy G. Pieper Award (Honorable Mention)
Kate Blackwell
Ecology and Evolution
Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship
Felix Fonseca Quesada
Linguistics
Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship
Megan Helen McDuffie
Physics and Astronomy
John Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Lauren Morrison
Social and Health Psychology
Joyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship
Grace Wivell
Linguistics
Madeline Fusco Fellowship
Kenneth Hanson
Linguistics
Mildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
Miriam Ambrosino
Philosophy
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Santiago Cordero Misteli
Mathematics
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Hannah Judson
Sociology
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Maria Medin-Doce
Hispanic Languages and Literature
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
John David Storment
Linguistics
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Imogene Welles
Ecology and Evolution
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Julia Brown
English
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Dylan Galt
Mathematics
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Ian Outhwaite
Biochemistry and Structural Biology
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Jason Michael Withorn
Chemistry
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Shuting Xiang
Materials Science
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Danielle Luckstead
Sociology
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Magdalena Markowska
Linguistics
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Ariek Norford
Ecology and Evolution
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Kaya Turan
Art History and Criticism
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Kristin Walker
Clinical Psychology
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Julia Brown
English
Alumni Association's Dean's Choice Award for Leadership
Erin Chavez
History
Alumni Association Doctoral Summer Fellowship
Benjamin Tausig
Music
Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a Faculty Member
Kevin Holt
Music
Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by a Faculty Member
Joshua Rest
Ecology and Evolution
Dean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director
Chantalle McKim
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Coordinator
Diana Salomon
Art
Dorothy G. Pieper Award
Xiaohui Wang
Studio Art
Dorothy G. Pieper Award (Honorable Mention)
Clare Flynn
Ecology and Evolution
Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship
Waltraut Knop
Physics and Astronomy
John Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Rosa Bermejo
Social and Health Psychology
Joyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship
Rebecca Mirhashem
Psychology/Clinical
Madeline Fusco Fellowship
Anastasia Iorga
Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Science
Mildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
Gino Elia
Philosophy
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Giselle Ferguson
Social and Health Psychology
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Felix Fonseca Quesada
Linguistics
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Lauren Raguette
Chemistry
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Beatriz Solla Vilas
Hispanic Languages and Literature
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Lizbeth Zuniga
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Ashley Barry
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Yichul Choi
Physics and Astronomy
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Marina Fandaros
Biomedical Engineering
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Alexandra F. Ortmann
Psychology/Cognitive Science
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Amanda Rowe
Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Alexander Beyl
Anatomical Sciences
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Alejandro Gil Gomez
Ecology and Evolution
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Michelle Mayro
Linguistics
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Maggie McDonnell
Political Science
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Emily Rehbein
Psychology/Social and Health Psychology
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Daphe Hudson
Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences
Alumni Association's Dean's Choice Award for Leadership
Robert Wuagneux
Music
Alumni Association Doctoral Summer Fellowship
Daniel O'Leary
Psychology
Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a Faculty Member
Brenda Anderson
Chair of the Graduate Council Special Recognition
Jackie Collier
Marine, Atmospheric and Sustainability Sciences
Dean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director
Lisa-Beth Platania
Philosophy
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Coordinator
Urmi Poddar
Ecology and Evolution
The Madeline Fusco Fellowship
Annu Daftuar
Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
The Mildred and Herbert Weisinger Dissertation Fellowship
Donal Thomas
History
Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship
Emma Fiona Jones
Art
Dorothy G. Pieper Memorial Purchase Prize (Honorable Mention)
Sehee Kim
Art
Dorothy G. Pieper Memorial Purchase Prize (Honorable Mention)
Veena Krish
Computer Science
The John Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Chelsie Burchett
Psychology/Social Health
Joyce Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award
Brianna Gonzalez
Psychology/Integrative Neuroscience
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Danielle Lucksted
Sociology
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Scott Nelson
Linguistics
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Anna Thonis
Ecology and Evolution
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Hannah Waterman
Music
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Zhihengyu Chen
Chemistry
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Marcy Ekanayke-Weber
Anthropological Sciences
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Michael Martinez
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Tori Pena
Psychology/Cognitive Science
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Yiming Wan
Biomedical Engineering
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Jose Moscoso Nunez
Ecology and Evolution
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Lindsey Pelucacci
English
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Jamilah Silver
Clinical Psychology
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Carlos Vicens
Hispanic Languages and Literature
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship
Nicolas Wiggenhauser
Anthropological Sciences
Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship