2024 AwardsHistory and Art History
Graduate Awards
Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship
To provide funding for a graduate fellowship in history.
- David Armstrong
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.
- Katherine Kania
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.
- Annabelle Spencer, for “Motherhood On the Run: Enslaved and Enslaving Women in Antebellum Virginia.”
Kurt Andrew Dodd Endowed Scholarship in History
Awarded to an exceptional fulltime graduate student in History.
- Tom Seabrook
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.
- Rachel Birch
Rudolph and Louise Fishel Endowed Scholarship
Supports work at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
- Hernán Adasme
C. W. Bright Pixel Prize for Best History and New Media Project
- Hannah LeComte, for “Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA.”
- Alexandra Miller, for “Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA.”
- Savannah Scott, for “Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA.”
- Ashleigh Williams, for “Out and About in Old Town: Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA.”
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating MA Art History major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Lina Zikas
Outstanding Art History Project
Presented to an outstanding graduate student nominated by the faculty.
- Julie Goforth
Undergraduate Awards
Academic Excellence in Art History
Presented to the graduating art history major with the highest cumulative and major G.P.A.
- Haley White
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.
- Emory Kasdorf
- Hayden Michael Moore
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.
- Shawna Carmody
Charles and Polly Webber American History Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to rising juniors and seniors pursuing degrees in American History.
- Jacob Wright
Donald R. Barr Memorial Endowed Scholarship
To provide scholarships for history majors.
- Mackenzie Hool
Friends of Historic Huntley (FOHH) Award
Awarded for the most outstanding research paper relating to the history of the Mason family.
- Odessa Lamborn
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.
- Gregory Oler
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.
- Andrew Snowman
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.
- Gregory Oler
Page-Nelson Award in History
Awarded to an outstanding history major intending to pursue history as a career.
- Mackenzie Hool
Osher Lifelong Learning Award (OLLI)
Presented to outstanding history majors.
- Sinead Monaghan
- Colin James Wilson
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.
- Elisabeth Bodin
Robert K. Hedrick, Jr. and Walter F. Huxley Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to a fulltime undergraduate history major.
- Tera Wyman Hulse
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.
- Miriam Enriquez