Graduate School Annual Awards
The Graduate School recognizes the following students, nominated by faculty, for their achievements.
2025
Jami Ecklund, MA in Anthropology
Ana Jara Valenzuela, MA in Spanish
2024
Cindy Santillan, MA in English
2023
Rachel Sutton, PhD in Psychology
Allison Boutte, PhD in Psychology
2022
Dominic Canare, PhD in Psychology
2021
Carina Gutierrez, Physician Associate
2020
Keyondra Brooks, PhD in Psychology
2025
Eizabeth Eckrote, MA in English
2024
Abbie Hutton, PhD in Psychology
2023
Kaitlyn Hemberger, MA in English
2022
Elissa Failes, PhD in Psychology
2021
Kimmy Tran, MS in Biology
Gayani Wijegunawardena, Chemistry
2020
Shivani Nagrecha, PhD in Psychology
2025
Adrian Arustei, PhD Aerospace Engineering
Thomas Babcock, MA in Communication
Touseef Hasan , PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Md Zawad Hossain, PhD Electrical and Computer Science
Varsha Jakkula, Master's Exercise Science,
Seyedsahameddin Razavi, PhD Biomedical Engineering
Kaitlyn Reis, MA Anthropology
Saurabh Singh, PhD industrial Engineering
2024
Fatih Altun, Mechanical Engineering
Sarah Smith, PhD in Psychology
Nida Abbas Md, Masters in Exercise Science
Madison Mullen, Masters of Fine Arts in Studio Art
Brittany Spires, MFA Program in Creative Writing
Seyedsahameddin Razavi, PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Aynsley Paterson, MA in English
2023
Jorge de la Hoz, MA in Spanish
Kaitlyn Carter, MA in Anthropology
Grace Lyons, PhD in Psychology
Sara Ijaz, EdD in Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology track
2022
Dillon Cullinan, MA in English
Rachel Klausmeyer, Chemistry
Tina Busenitz, Masters in Communication
Ramanan Sritharan, Mechanical Engineering
Aditya Pandey, ISME
Fuji Yan, PhD in Electrical Enginering and Computer Science
2021
Blake Overman, MA in English
Jacob Synek, Physician Associate
Jennifer Banks, MA in Anthropology
Chamandi Dampalla, Chemistry
Arun-Kaarthick Manoharan, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Huan Quan, PhD in Psychology
Cory Borsdorf, MA in Social Work
2020
Shelby Barnhardt, PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Elissa Failes, PhD in Psychology
Ramanan Sritharan, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Jon Pinkerton, MA in English
Hayley Hansford, Physician Associate
Cheyenne Johnson, MA in Criminal Justice
Huan Quan, MA in Psychology
Emily Guthrie, School of Computing