2025 AwardsHistory and Art History
Graduate Awards
Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship
To provide funding for a graduate fellowship in history.
- Nicole Penn
Joseph and Dorothy Censer Graduate Endowed Fellowship
Awarded to a graduate student doing digital scholarship with the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
- Timmia King
Josephine Pacheco Award for Best History M.A. Research Paper
Presented to the graduate history student who submits the best paper during the previous calendar year.
- Katherine Kania, for “Provincial Publishing: The Bluestocking Society’s Literary Patronage Network in Eighteenth Century Britain.”
Kurt Andrew Dodd Endowed Scholarship in History
Awarded to an exceptional fulltime graduate student in History.
- Rachel Bayler
Randy Beth Clarke Endowed Fellowship in U.S. History
Awarded to a graduate student who has an excellent academic record and has an interest in the Civil war era and/or women's history.
- Odessa Lamborn
Rudolph and Louise Fishel Endowed Scholarship
Supports work at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
- Rachel Whyte
C. W. Bright Pixel Prize for Best History and New Media Project
- Alexandra Miller, for ““Dante’s Not Dead: New York Women’s Clubs and the Local, 1910-1922.”
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating MA Art History major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Julie Goforth
- Nicola MacDonald
Outstanding Art History Project
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Gloria Jiaying Dai
Art History Graduate Student Leadership Award
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Alice Farinhas
Historic City of Fairfax Scholarship Fund
Awarded to an outstanding history student who is a resident of the City of Fairfax or Fairfax County.
- Rebecca West
Friends of Historic Huntley Award
Awarded for the most outstanding research paper relating to the history of the Mason family.
- David Armstrong
- Odessa Lamborn
Undergraduate Awards
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating art history major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Emma Paskey
Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI) in Art History
Presented to the undergraduate student whose written projects throughout his or her undergraduate career in Art History have consistently shown high achievement in original research and writing.
- Sarah Kone
Best Senior Seminar Paper
Presented for the best paper from all sections of the capstone course, History 499: Senior Seminar during the previous calendar year.
- Andrew Snowman
Charles and Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to rising juniors and seniors pursuing degrees in American History.
- Jerusha French
Donald R. Barr Memorial Endowed Scholarship
To provide scholarships for history majors.
- Alexa Koeckritz
Gary and Eleanor Shumaker Endowed Scholarship for a High School History Instructor/Scholar
Awarded an undergraduate History major who intends to pursue graduate work in history at Mason in order to obtain certification as a secondary school social studies teacher.
- Elisabeth Bodin
George Mason Memorial Society Endowed Scholarship
Presented to an outstanding history major whose work and interests reflect the legacy of George Mason and the nature of human rights in society.
- Jessica Ferrell
Page-Nelson Award in History
Awarded to an outstanding history major intending to pursue history as a career.
- Catherine Landry
Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI)
Presented to outstanding history majors.
- Cricia Machado-Medrano
Outstanding Public and Digital History Project Award
Presented for the best digital or public history project by a history major during the previous calendar year.
- Bailey Wheless
Robert K. Hedrick, Jr. and Walter F. Huxley Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to a fulltime undergraduate history major.
- Cesar Cordova
Alumni Awards
Outstanding Alum Award
Presented annually to a student who has achieved distinction after graduating with a George Mason degree in History or Art History.
- Jay Trainer
Additional Awards
Alan & Gwen Nelson Lifetime Student Award
Given to auditors of history/art history classes
- Veronica Kayne