2022 AwardsHistory and Art History
Graduate Awards
Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship
To provide funding for a graduate fellowship in history.
- Elizabeth Paynter
- Melissa Velez Nazario
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.
- Daniel Howlett
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.
- Melanie Laird
Kurt Andrew Dodd Endowed Scholarship in History
Awarded to an exceptional fulltime graduate student in History.
- Jayme Kurland
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.
- Rebecca Schgallis
Rudolph and Louise Fishel Endowed Scholarship
Supports work at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
- LaQuanda Walters Cooper
C. W. Bright Pixel Prize for Best History and New Media Project
- Laura Brannan Fretwell
- Janine Hubai
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating MA Art History major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Julia Wheeler
- Laura White
Outstanding Art History Project
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Roser Boltes Beard
- Catherine Ellie Canning
- Laura White
Art History Graduate Student Leadership Award
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Catherine Ellie Canning
- Kathleen Klingenberg
Historic City of Fairfax Scholarship Fund
Awarded to an outstanding history student who is a resident of the City of Fairfax or Fairfax County.
- Aleksandra Chernyak
Charles & Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Cassandra Farrell
Undergraduate Awards
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating art history major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Sandra Aparecida Rubianes Teijelo Sampaio
- Irena Dragas Jansen
- Tenni Littlewhiteman
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.
- Gabrielle Walker
Undergraduate Student Leadership Award in Art History
- Tenni Littlewhiteman
- Irena Dragas Jansen
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.
- Skyler David Hodell
Charles and Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to rising juniors and seniors pursuing degrees in American History.
- Katherine Kania
- Elizabeth Powers
Donald R. Barr Memorial Endowed Scholarship
To provide scholarships for history majors.
- Roseann Eldardiri
- Sean Simmons
Friends of Historic Huntley (FOHH) Award
Awarded for the most outstanding research paper relating to the history of the Mason family.
- Andrew-David Herrera
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.
- Hunter Shenk
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.
- James Wells
HFCI Scholarship Fund (Historic Fairfax City, Inc.)
Awarded to a student pursuing a history degree who is a resident of the City of Fairfax or Fairfax County.
- Joseph Moore
Page-Nelson Award in History
Awarded to an outstanding history major intending to pursue history as a career.
- Shahir Mohsenyan
Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI)
Presented to outstanding history majors.
- Sarah Bokaee
- Michael Steven Daughtry
Robert K. Hedrick, Jr. and Walter F. Huxley Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to a fulltime undergraduate history major.
- Theresa N. Johnson
- Nathan E. Walton
Outstanding Undergraduate Award
Presented to an outstanding junior or senior woman history major who has completed a minimum of 15 hours in history at George Mason.
- Regina Keil
Additional Awards
Alan & Gwen Nelson Lifetime Student Award
Given to auditors of history/art history classes
- Gary Garrison