2020 AwardsHistory and Art History
Graduate Awards
Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship
To provide funding for a graduate fellowship in history.
- Lee (Jerry) Stewart
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.
- Greta Swain
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.
- Chelsea Loane
Kurt Andrew Dodd Endowed Scholarship in History
Awarded to an exceptional fulltime graduate student in History.
- Georgia Ferrell
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.
- Chester Pelsang
Rudolph and Louise Fishel Endowed Scholarship
Supports work at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
- Brandan Buck
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating MA Art History major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Elizabeth Denholm
- Kelsey Roberts
- Alexandra Rusyniak
Outstanding Art History Project
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Kelsey Roberts
Art History Graduate Student Leadership Award
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Adriana Baker
Historic City of Fairfax Scholarship Fund
Awarded to an outstanding history student who is a resident of the City of Fairfax or Fairfax County.
- Nancy Murray
Friends of Historic Huntley Award
Awarded for the most outstanding research paper relating to the history of the Mason family.
- Stephen Barr
Charles & Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Kristofer Stinson
Larry Levine Outstanding M.A. Thesis Award
Awarded for the best master’s thesis written in the previous calendar year in the M.A. program in History.
- John Hanebuth