Since 2008, Ph.D. students have the opportunity to receive one of four awards. These
awards are limited to those students who are enrolled currently in the program and
are based on their performance for the preceding academic year. Listed below
are the recipients of each award.
Judee K. Burgoon Doctoral Student Research Award
2010 Brandi Frisby
2011 No award
2012 Colleen Malachowski
2013 Jessalyn I. Vallade
2014 Sara LaBelle
2015 Gregory A. Cranmer
2016 Hannah Ball
2017 No award
2018 Joe A. Wasserman
2019 Cathlin Clark-Gordon
2020 Stephen M. Kromka
2021 Kevin C. Knoster
2022 Matt Shin
2023 Alysse Baker
2024 Rebekah Chiasson
2025 Hailey Scherer
Patricia Kearney Doctoral Student Teaching Award
2010 Kerry Byrnes-Loinette
2011 Shannon Maki
2012 Christopher J. Claus
2013 Zac D. Johnson
2014 Kelly G. Odenweller
2015 Zachary W. Goldman
2016 Jordan Atkinson
2017 Mary Donato
2018 Cathlin Clark-Gordon
2019 James Baker
2020 Kevin Knoster
2021 Nora E. Radway
2022 Katie Armstrong and Lauren Fellers
2023 Samantha Leggett-Bradley
2024 Thomas Bobbitt
2025 April Wright
Renee Kisner Doctoral Student Collegiality Award
2013 Michael Sollitto
2014 Zachary W. Goldman
2015 Jordan Atkinson
2016 Dana Borzea
2017 Cathlin Clark-Gordon
2018 James Baker
2019 Sara Pitts
2020 Stephen M. Kromka
2021 Matt Shin
2022 Rachael Purtell
2023 Samantha Leggett-Bradley
2024 Madison Martin
2025 April Wright
ECAS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
2010 Kerry Byrnes-Loinette
2011 Sydney Staggers
2012 Stephanie Shimotsu
2014 Sara LaBelle
2015 Shannon T. Carton
2016 Melissa F. Tindage
2017 Dana Borzea
2018 James Baker
2019 Sara Pitts
2020 Kylie Wilson
2021 Lauren E. Fellers
2022 Casey Stratton
2023 Lauren Fellers
2024 Samantha Leggett-Bradley
2025 Thomas Bobbitt