2026 Student Awards for Exceptional Achievement
| ARCHAEOLOGY |
Gaia Gray |
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | Presley Brewer & Lena Rasch |
| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM | Caroline Kelleher & Gwen Ramsey |
| GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH | Nico Julia |
| GLOBAL STUDIES & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Julian Lehto |
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHY |
Althea Byrne & Sophie Lyn |
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PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY & MUSEUMS |
Meredith Richards & Madeleine Rubendall |
| COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | Regina Broomall & Emma Booker-Dodd |
| CRIMINAL JUSTICE | Isabella Veran Sanchez |
| FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY | Georgia McClure & Lois Pistili |
| ORGANIZATIONS | Riley McCartney & Adriana Colón |
| POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY | Luisa Cortinez Hernandez |
| PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY | Jesus Serrano Osuna |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | Zoe Harrison & Madiyn Arreola |
| SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH | Aamalia Vialpando, Liz Heaton, Whitt Ridge & Paityn McGarvey |
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SOCIOLOGY |
Aamalia Vialpando |
2025
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH |
Savanna Goodpaster |
| ARCHAEOLOGY | Emma Bowman, Jesse Horsley, Lacey May & Annie Pagel |
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | Julia Heckey |
| ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY | Caiden Hartrich |
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | Henry Connolly |
| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
Ethan Linley |
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OUTSTANDING SENIOR OF THE YEAR FOR ANTHROPOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY |
Alexander Nicolson |
| COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | Manisha Thind & Carly Whitaker |
| CRIMINAL JUSTICE | Lila Clementson |
| FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY | Lisa Robertson |
| ORGANIZATIONS | Ellie Little |
| OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES | Gabrielle Gerken, Katherine Judy, Casey Brandt, Deyanara Ortiz, Ellen Manning & Lindsy Viayra |
| POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY | Preston Mann |
| PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY | Ashton Castro & Yrenia Leyson |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | Mya Littlefield & Elizabeth Zeller |
| SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH | Alina Stanley & Kaelen Twomey |
|
SOCIOLOGY |
Sylvia Francesca Barbush |
2024
| ARCHAEOLOGY | Alex Amundson & Elliot Waters |
| BIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | Cecilia Lozano |
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | Jack Tierney |
| EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY |
Ashley Pearce |
| GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES | Lexxie Crocker & Griffen Guizan |
| GLOBAL STUDIES & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Libbie Stone |
| ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY | Sara Arnold & Nate Howard |
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | Amanda Arendt & Madeline Crawford |
| CRIMINOLOGY | Madeline Smith |
| FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY | Paige Ackerman |
| ORGANIZATIONS | Claire Snowden |
| POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY | Sami Greisdorf |
| PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY | Lily Rafanan |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | Jessica Lerena Zarate |
| SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH | Sasha Birk-Stachon |
|
SOCIOLOGY |
Ellie Scholes |
|
TERESA DOWNING AWARD for COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
Mikaela Santiago & Josie Bohannon |
2023
| ARCHAEOLOGY | Zoe Levit & John Vilarino |
| BIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | Ava Lazarov |
| COMMUNITY SERVICE IN ANTHROPOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY | Dalilah Osakoda |
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | Miguel Del Real |
| ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY | Sadie Calhoun & Emily Thayer |
| EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY |
Elizabeth Zell |
| FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY | Erin McDaniel |
| GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES | Cameron Gonsalves & Jack Walsh |
| GLOBAL STUDIES & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Drew Pagtakhan |
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | Jackie Deng |
| CRIMINOLOGY | Desert Rose |
| FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY | Claire McCord |
| ORGANIZATIONS | Hailey Fletcher & Lauryn La Duc |
| POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY | Brianna Laranjo |
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PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY |
Romy Dahl & Iman Laique |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | Elena Scarr & Victoria Escamilla |
|
SOCIOLOGY |
Eric Hightower & Juliet Costell |
| SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH | Julia Seaver & Anna Cohen |
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TERESA DOWNING AWARD for COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT |
Kyle Scott & Eddie Reyes |
2022
| SOCIOLOGY | Jessica Thompson |
| SOCIAL SERVICES | Esme Vasquez & Jennifer Dubowsky |
| CRIMINOLOGY | Tomas La Plante & Ciara Lowth |
| ORGANIZATIONS | Jasleena Herrera & Hannah Haas |
| SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH | Mackenzie Croxdale & Shannon McDermott |
| FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY | Elizabeth Dodge |
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | Siena da Costa Pinto & Madison Green |
| GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES | Carli Henderson & Milo Honsberger |
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | Emilio Espinal & Eduardo Villanueva-Gonzalez |
| GLOBAL STUDIES & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Madison Green |
| ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY | Makenna Phillips |
| ARCHAEOLOGY | Christina Hornbaker & Jacob Wanzenried |
| MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | Roslyn Jo Copeland |
| EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY | Sophie Klitgaard & Isabel Ditzler |
| TERESA DOWNING AWARD for COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | Sophia de Boer & Daniel Ibarra Nunez |
2021
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY - Alena Andrews
ARCHAEOLOGY - Rachel Burgess & MacKennah Tweedt
BIO-ANTHROPOLOGY - Emily Darlington
COMMUNITY SERVICE in Anthropology & Geography - Jamie Robbins
CRIMINOLOGY - Carlin Hardy & Santana Courtwright
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Ashley Kate Tignino
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Julia Kratz & Lois Good
FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY - Sophia Bonk
GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - Grace Tortorina & Belen Fierros
HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY - Fiona Papile
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Sean Regelman
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Qyen Sample
ORGANIZATIONS - Haily Bohmaker & Savannah Blake
SOCIAL SERVICE - Erika Izumi Ervoes
SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH - Clarissa Gallo
TERESA DOWNING MEMORIAL AWARD for COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Ethan Lee & Keekee Senkier
2020
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY - Sequoia Wade-Dunleavy
ARCHAEOLOGY - Bridget Perry & Claire Tatlow
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Matt Sapien
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Alli Machacek
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Emily Cook
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Katherine Condino
FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY - Gabriela Guillen
GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - Fred Marquez & Justin Tidd
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Kyle Lynch
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Katie Isaacson
ORGANIZATIONS - Cameron Choya
SOCIAL SERVICES - Christine Okimura
SOCIOLOGY - Giselle Gutierrez-Maron
2019
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY - Kendra Rode & Natalya Sutmiller
ARCHAEOLOGY - Alessia Isolani & Madeleine Noet
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Jennifer Mizuki
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Brittney Brewer
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Katherine Romero
CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - Alisha Hannah
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Torrey Sanseverino
FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY - Meghan Dieckmann
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - Rebecca Harding & Mallorie Honey
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Aliza Herzberg
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Sophia Pina-McMahon
ORGANIZATIONS - Noah Krigel
SOCIAL SERVICES - Ashley Romero
SOCIOLOGY - Ashley Erden & Ashlee Hernandez
2018
ARCHAEOLOGY - Hannah Ehrlich & Jack Webb
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Kaitlyn Johnke & Peyton Cherry
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Christian Salyer
FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY - Mira Brown
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Joanna Phillips
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Milton Black
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - Cortney Ziegler
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Sophia Pina-McMahon & Nathan Dagley
ORGANIZATIONS - Antoinette Diaz
SOCIAL SERVICES - Patricia Rios
SOCIOLOGY - Isabella Chayet, Alexis Franks & Taylor Shershenovich
2017
ARCHAEOLOGY - Paige Liss
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY - Olivia Sakai
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Leslie Santos
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Kelsey Watson
FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY - Christopher Basurto
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Violet Diana Nguyen
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Megan Loomis
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - Benjamin Nauman & Austin Van Brasch
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Ashley Kuhn, Nicholas Russell & Madison Hames
ORGANIZATIONS - Allison Aggarwal
SOCIAL SERVICES - Julie Cagle
SOCIOLOGY - Amie Bachand & Robin Morton
2016
ARCHAEOLOGY - Emma Cook & Kaya Wiggins
BIO/CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Alexis Hahn
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Stefan Weidemann
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Florence Butcher
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Frances Griffey
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Alejandra Camacho & Katherine Love
FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY - Mackenzie Parker
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - Nina Farentinos
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Tanya McCaw & Jackie Grealish
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Ashley Becker
ORGANIZATIONS - Kasmira Burki
2015
ARCHAEOLOGY - David Knight
BIO/CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Lia Randazzo
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Maritza Yanez
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Trevor Brady
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Mila Feldsher
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Andrea Disbrow
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES - Jamie Ceja
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Lillian Bussell, Stephen Ferrel & Elena Teare
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Kelsey Molidor
ORGANIZATIONS - Daniel Prichard
SOCIAL SERVICES - Christina Tlatilpa
SOCIOLOGY - Sarah Dornish, Dylan Fukai & Alysha Pietz
2014
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Ellie Gertler
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Noya Kansky
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Lauren Kuvakos, Emily Nevit & Erika Nielsen
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Desiree Rodriguez & Julia Estrada
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY - Jacob Lerner
HUMAN/BIOCULTURAL ECOLOGY - Collyn McCarty, Melissa Anderson, Mikaela Vournas & Tess Wianecki
SOCIOLOGY - Chelsea Duffy, Duskin Hobbs & Maria Torres de Ayala
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Joseph Andino
ORGANIZATIONS - Georgia O'Farrell
GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY - Camilla Greenbach
2013
ARCHAEOLOGY - Roshanne Bakhtiary & Samantha Law
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Rachel Lorber
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Sophia Heick
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Jenna Mendes, Kallie Ridgeway & Jennifer Stangland
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Carl Gustaf, Hanna Panno & Amanda Shere
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY - Jeff Niklas
HUMAN/BIOCULTURAL ECOLOGY - Kendall Loggins
SOCIOLOGY - Sierra Ensign, Celia Ford & Marisa Wishart
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Justin Rivas
ORGANIZATIONS - Michael Euphrat
2012
ARCHAEOLOGY - Ying-Ying Chow & Darin S. Schmicking
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Camille Crenshaw & Daniel Galvan
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Anna Clauson & Carly Fox
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Rebecca Costanza
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Danielle Caziarc, Diana Gustafson & Amanda Shere
HUMAN ECOLOGY - Leah Sloan
SOCIOLOGY - Andrea Garibay, Nicole Huag & Kayla Kirkpatrick
2011
ARCHAEOLOGY - Kacey Hadick & Danielle Krause
COMMUNITY SERVICE - Michelle Fox & Paige Wopschall
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - McKenna Friend & Torie Robinson
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - Kelly Scheuer & Chelsea Vaughan
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY - Lisa Templeton & Heidi Van Campen
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY - Samantha Kuri
HUMAN ECOLOGY - Emily Vernizzi
SOCIOLOGY - Yule Cervantes, Colby Kuvara, Reid Meadows & Daniel Tennant