Award and Prize Recipients

Bancroft Award

The Bancroft Awards recognize excellence in doctoral dissertations in the areas of American history (including biography), diplomacy, or international relations.

2020
Stephen Koeth, “The Suburban Church: Catholic Parishes and Politics in Metropolitan New York, 1945-1985"

2019
David Allen, “Every citizen a statesman: Building a democracy for foreign policy in the American century"

2018
Michael Kideckel, "Fresh from the Factory: Breakfast Cereal, Natural Food, and the Marketing of Reform, 1890-1920"

2017
George Charles Halvorson, “Valuing the Air: The Politics of Environmental Governance from the Clean Air Act to Carbon Trading”

Allison Powers, “Settlement Colonialism: Compensatory Justice in United States Expansion, 1903-1941”

2016
Cristina Camille Pérez Jiménez, "Here to Stay: New York Puerto Ricans and the Consolidation of Latino New York, 1931-1951"

2015
Keith Orejel, "Factories in the Fallows: The Political Economy of America's Rural Heartland, 1945-1980"

2014
Nicholas Osborne, "Little Capitalists: The Social Economy of Saving in the United States, 1816-1914.

2013
Jessica Adler, “Paying the Price of War: United States Soldiers, Veterans, and Health Policy, 1917-1924”
John Hay, “The Post-Apocalyptic American Frontier: Uncanny Historicism in the Nineteenth Century”

2012
Mason Williams, “City of Ambition: Franklin Roosevelt, Fiorello La Guardia, and the Making of New Deal New York”
Michael Woodsworth, “The Forgotten Fight: Waging War on Poverty in New York City, 1945-1980”

2011
Rachel Tamar Van, "Free Trade and Family Values: Free Trade and the Development of American Capitalism in the 19th Century"

2010
Ansley T. Erickson, "Schooling the Metropolis: Economic Growth and Educational Inequality, Nashville, TN, 1945-1985"
Benjamin Soskis, "The Problem of Charity in Industrial America, 1873-1915"

2009
Russell J. Rickford, "A Struggle in the Arena of Ideas: Black Independent Schools and the Quest for Nationhood, 1966-1979"
Theresa Marie Ventura, "American Empire, Agrarian Reform and the Problem of Tropical Nature in the Philippines, 1898-1916"

2008
Hannah Gurman, "The Dissent Papers: The Voice of Diplomats in the Cold War and Beyond"
Joshua D. Wolff, "'The Great Monopoly': Western Union and the American Telegraph, 1845-1893"

2007
Lisa M. Ford, "Settler Sovereignty: Jurisdiction and Indigenous People in Georgia and New South Wales, 1788-1836"

2006
Shannan Clark, "White Collar Workers Organize! Class Consciousness and the Transformation of the American Culture Industry, 1925-1955"

2005
Kim Phillips-Fein, "Top-Down Revolution: Businessmen, Intellectuals and Politicians against the New Deal"

2004
Beverly Gage, “The Wall Street Explosion: Capitalism, Terrorism, and the 1920 Bombing in New York”

2004
Roosevelt Montas, “Rethinking America: Abolitionism and the Antebellum Transformation of the Discourse of National Identity”

2003
Ashli White, ‘“A Flood of Impure Lava:’ Saint Dominguan Refugees in the United States, 1791-1820.”

2002
David Suisman, "The Sound of Money: Music, Machines, and Markets, 1890-1925"

2001
David Greenberg, "Nixon's Shadow: Democracy and Authenticity in Postwar American Political Culture"

2000
Adam Rothman, "The Expansion of Slavery in the Deep South, 1790- 1820" (HUP) (Joyce Seltzer of Harvard University Press, 2002)

1999
Rebecca McLennan, “Citizens and Criminals: The Rise of the American Carceral, 1890-1935”

1998
Michael Zakim, " Ready-Made Democracy: Dressing the Republic for Commercial Success, 1760-1860" (Robert Devens of University of Chicago Press)

1997
Cyrus Veeser, "Remapping the Caribbean: European Capital and U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic" (Anne Routon of Columbia University Press)

1996
Jeffrey P. Sklansky, “The Fall of Political Economy and the Rise of Social Psychology in the U.S., 1865-1920” (Sian Hunter of University of North Carolina Press, 2001)

1994
Kevin Kenny, "Making Sense of the Molly Maguires"

1993
Joshua Brown, "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper: The Pictorial Press and the Representations of America: 1855-1899" (Monica McCormick of The Associates of the University of California Press, 2000)

1992
Michael W. Kaufmann, "The Work of John Cotton: The Rhetoric of Conversion and the Politics of Reform"

1991
Eric William Lott, "The Seeming Counterfeit: Blackface Minstrelsy and Working Class Culture in America"

1990
Deborah V. McCauley, "Appalachian Mountain Religion: A History" (Judith McCulloh of University of Illinois Press, 1995)

1987
Randolf Emil Bergstrom, "Courting Danger: The Evolution of Tort Liability in New York, 1870-1910"

1986
Peter Alan Antelyes, "Tales of Adventurous Enterprise: Western Economic Expansion as Narrative in the Age of Irving"

1985
Eugenia Georges, "The Causes and Consequences of International Labor Migration from a Rural Dominican Sending Community"

1983
James D. Wallace, "Early Cooper and His Audience"

1981
Thomas Brown, "Politics and Statesmanship: A Study of the American Whig Party"

1980
Catherine Ann Barnes, "Journey from Jim Crow: The Desegregation of Southern Transit, 1937-65"

1979
Jonathan Haas, "The Evaluation of the Prehistoric State Toward an Archaeological Analysis of Political Organization"

1978
Daniel M. Hausman, "A Philosophical Inquiry into Capital Theory"

1977
Viviana A. Zelizer, "The Development of Life Insurance in the U.S.: A Sociological Analysis"

1976
Elizabeth P. McCaughy, "Wm. Samuel Johnson: Loyalist & Founding Father"

1975
Thomas Dublin, "Women at Work: The Transformation of Work & Community, Lowell, Mass 1826-60"

1974
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, "Revolt Against Chivalry: Jessie Ames & the Women's Campaign vs. Lynching"

1973
Paul Edmund Beard, "Bureaucratic Politics and Weapons Innovation: A Study of Development of the ICBM"

1972
Carol Berkin, "Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an Anglo-American Conservative"

Note: No Bancroft Awards were given in 1982, 1984, 1988-89, and 1995.

GSAS International Travel Fellowship

GSAS International Travel Fellowships (including the Lurcy, Mellon, Thompson, and Wollemborg Fellowships) are awarded to select PhD students in the Arts and Sciences who will have completed all of the requirements for the PhD degree except the dissertation; the fellowship provides funding for international travel necessary for completion of the dissertation.

Due to the COVID-19 global health crisis and subsequent travel restrictions, GSAS has not yet been permitted to award International Travel Fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year.

2019-2020

Amnah Almukhtar, History
Iria Ameixeiras-Cundins, Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Elif Irem Az, Anthropology
Rana Baker, Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
Marta Ferrer Gomez, Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Rebecca Glade, History
Anja Kilibarda, Political Science
Yanchen Liu, Religion
Maho Miyazaki, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Aseel Najib, Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
Barton Qian, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Natalie Reinhart, Anthropology
Shaunna Rodrigues, Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
Ameya Tripathi, English and Comparative Literature
Yingchuan Yang, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Cathy Zhu, Art History and Archaeology
Thomas Zuber, History

2018-2019

Celia Abele, French and Romance Philology
Roy Bar Sadeh, History
Raphaelle Burns, French and Romance Philology
Mario Cancel-Bigay, Music
Danielle Carr, Anthropology
Nile Davies, Anthropology
Maria Fantinato Geo de Siqueira, Music
Tiffany Floyd, Art History and Archaeology
Andres Garcia Molina, Music
Aaron Glasserman, History
Lotte Houwink ten Cate, History
Evan Jewell, Classical Studies
Qingfan Jiang, Music
Ani Kodzhabasheva, Art History and Archaeology
Ling-Wei Kung, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Verena Meyer, Religion
Max Shmookler, Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
Guy St Amant, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Noelle Turtur, History
Alexis Wang, Art History and Archaeology
Michael Weinstein-Reiman, Music
Wenrui Zhao, History

2017-2018

Mohammad Sadegh Ansari, Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
Zeinab Alsadat Azarbadegan, History
Emily Hansell Clark, Music
Allison Marie DeWitt, Italian
Ayse Ercan, Art History and Archaeology
Rose Esther Gardner, French and Romance Philology
Benjamin Joseph Kindler, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Deneb Kozikoski Valereto, Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Margaux Lantz Kristjansson, Anthropology
Jasmine Pisapia, Anthropology
Tristan Edward Revells, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Emily Margaret Rutherford, History
Aviroop Sengupta, Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
Siddhartha Vibhakar Shah, Art History and Archaeology
Max Robert Shmookler, Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies
Charlotte Anne Silverman, Anthropology
Julianna Van Visco, Italian
Alex Weintraub, Art History and Archaeology
Madeline Woker, History

2016-2017

Kalinka Alvarez, French and Romance Philology
Hadeel Assali, Anthropology
Sarah Beckhart, History
Margot Bernstein, Art History and Archaeology
Raymond Carlson, Art History and Archaeology
Luciana Chamorro Elizondo, Anthropology
Alicia Cooperman, Political Science
Carrie Cushman, Art History and Archaeology
Grace Delmolino, Italian
Yasmine Espert, Art History and Archaeology
Chloe Estep, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Susanna Ferguson, History
Sofia Gans, Art History and Archaeology
Devon Golaszewski, History
Paul Katz, History
Zachary Levine, History
Natasha Llorens, Art History and Archaeology
Tommaso Manfredini, French and Romance Philology
Anais Maurer, French and Romance Philology
Carolyn Pang, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Anna Provitola, French and Romance Philology
Tristan Revells, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Pieter Vanhove, Italian
Mariana Velazquez, Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Dessislava Vendova, Religion
Ethan Yee, History
Yuan Yi, East Asian Languages and Cultures

2015-2016

Mary Albanese, English and Comparative Literature
Laure Astourian, French and Romance Philology
Katherine Balkoski, French and Romance Philology
Allison Bernard, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Elliott Cairns, Music
Eunsung Cho, History
Agnese Codebo, Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Sonia Coman, Art History and Archaeology
Emily Cook, Art History and Archaeology
Lindsay Cook, Art History and Archaeology
Amanda Culp, Theatre
Max Hayward, Philosophy
Nicole Hughes, Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Marina Kaganova, Anthropology
Clare Kobasa, Art History and Archaeology
Peter Lagerqvist, Anthropology
Lei Lei, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Alvaro Luis Lima, Art History and Archaeology
Wendell Marsh, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Fernando Montero, Anthropology
Patrick Nason, Anthropology
Sean O’Neil, History
Christopher Peacock, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Allison Powers, History
Julia Vazquez, Art History and Archaeology
Dominic Vendell, History

2014-2015

Nasser Abourahme, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Laure Astourian, French and Romance Philology
Rachel Boyd, Art History and Archaeology
Irene Bulla, Italian
John Chen, History
Sophia D’Addio, Art History and Archaeology
Alison Damick, Anthropology
Ahmed Dardir, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Deniz Duruiz, Anthropology
Matthieu Felt, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Noga Ganany, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Vincent Hessling, Germanic Languages
Changduk Kang, Art History and Archaeology
Peng Liu, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Max McGuinness, French and Romance Philology
Maggie Mustard, Art History and Archaeology
Brittany Pheiffer, Slavic Languages
Natalia Rossi, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, History
Deborah Shulevitz, History
Vivian Valencia, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Lorenzo Vigotti, Art History and Archaeology
Lauren Young, Political Science

2013-2014

Hasan Azad, Religion
Marta Becherini, Art History and Archaeology
Joseph Brown, Political Science
Sandrine Colard, Art History and Archaeology
Sarah Cook, History
Clay Eaton, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Romeo Guzman, History
Katherine Johnston, History
Jessica Lee, History
Johanna Magin, French and Romance Philology
Max McGuinness, French and Romance Philology
Daniel Morales, History
Natacha Nsabimana, Anthropology
Tzu-Chi Ou, Anthropology
Alexis Radisoglou, Germanic Languages
Elizabeth Schwall, History
Rafal Stepien, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Pavithra Suryanarayan, Political Science
Vivian Valencia, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Brigid Von Preussen, Art History and Archaeology
Maddalena Vaglio Tanet, Italian
Li Zhang, East Asian Languages and Cultures

2012-2013

Talia Andrei, Art History and Archaeology
Samuel Biagetti, History
Neda Bolourchi, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Stephen Brusatte, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Nicole Griggs, Art History and Archaeology
Jennifer Guest, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Brian Lander, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Weiwei Luo, History
Justin Jackson, History
Shing-Ting Lin, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Francesca Marzullo, Art History and Archaeology
Fatima Mojaddedi, Anthropology
Sixiang Wang, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Maria Paula Saffon Sanin, Political Science
Rebecca Sopchik, French and Romance Philology
Zachary Stewart, Art History and Archaeology
Gabriella Szalay, Art History and Archaeology
Yvonne Zivkovic, Germanic Languages
Carlos Zuniga Nieto, History

2011-2012

Seth Anziska, History
Alessandra Di Croce, Art History and Archaeology
Isabel Gabel, History
Gal Gvili, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Katharine Holt, Slavic Languages
Anne Hunnell, Art History and Archaeology
Jang Wook Huh, English and Comparative Literature
Meha Priyadarshin, History
Simon Stevens, History
Matthias Thiemann, French and Romance Philology
Natasha Wheatley, History

2010-2011

Shannon Garland, Music
Arunabh Ghosh, History
Seema Golestaneh, Anthropology
Andrej Tusicisny, Political Science

2009-2010

Amy Balanoff, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rosie Bsheer, History
Jun Hee Cho, History
Jessamyn Conrad, Art History and Archaeology
Jess Fenn, English and Comparative Literature
Daniel Larlham, English and Comparative Literature
Brian Tsui, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Paul Vogt, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Darryl Wilkinson, Anthropology
Carolyn Yerkes, Art History and Archaeology

Presidential Teaching Award

Established in 1996, the Presidential Teaching Awards honor the best of Columbia's teachers, both faculty and graduate students, for the influence they have on the development of their students and their part in maintaining the university's longstanding reputation for educational excellence. Graduate student recipients are listed below.

2018
Nicole Marie Gervasio, English and Comparative Literature
Jihui Lee, Biostatistics
Mariana Beatriz Noé, Classical Studies

2017
Sahar Ishtiaque Ullah, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Jason Chun Yu Wong, International and Public Affairs
Xingye Wu, Economics

2016
Melissa L. Ball, Chemistry
Margot Bernstein, Art History & Archaeology
Charles McNamera, Classics

2015
Spencer Brucks, Chemistry
Elham Seyedsayamdost, Political Science
Christine Webb, Psychology

2014
Royden Jay Kadyschuk, English and Comparative Literature
Roberto Pesenti, Art History and Archaeology
Aya Wallwater, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

2013
Christopher Crew, Psychology
Simran Singh, Religion
Neelanjan Sircar, Political Science

2012
Anjuli Kolb, English and Comparative Literature
Carlos Montes-Galdon, Economics
Joseph Woo, Chemical Engineering

2011
Katherine Ann Allen, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tyler Bickford, Music
Jae Woo Lee, Computer Science

2010
Karen R. Emmerich, English and Comparative Literature
Alvan A. Ikoku, English and Comparative Literature
Lindsay C. Piechnik, Mathematics

2009
Raicho B. Bojilov, Economics
David K. Elson, Computer Science
Sonja A. Mapes, Mathematics

2008
Ivy Chen, Biostatistics
Annie E. Falk, Germanic Languages
Abigail Anne Scholer, Psychology

2007
Corbett D. Bazler, Music
Denise Milstein, Sociology
Christian Murphy, Computer Science

2006
Marijeta Bozovic, Slavic Languages
Rebecca Grossman, Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College
Dafna Hochman, Political Science

2005
Bonita E. London, Psychology
Peter Park, Chemistry
Robert S. Weston, Germanic Languages

2004
Timothy M. Casey, School of Law
Gabriel E. Perez-Giz, Physics
Nader K.Uthman, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures

2003
Jacob Noel-Storr, Astronomy
Erin Soros, English and Comparative Literature
Priya Wadhera, French and Romance Philology

2002
Tara E. Brendle, Mathematics
Joseph C. McAlhany, Classics
Sophia Yinchee Wong, Philosophy

2001
Chad B. Finley, Physics
Jacqueline M. Elliott, Classics
Barbara A. Szlanic, French and Romance Philology

2000
David de la Nuez, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Jai Kasturi, Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Roosevelt Montas, English and Comparative Literature

1999
Ritu Birla, History
Manuele Gragnolati, Italian
Donald McVinney, School of Social Work

1998
Paul Christesen, Classics
Michael Larkin, Physics
Adam Rothman, History

1997
Elizabeth Brannon, Psychology
Polly Duke, French and Romance Philology
Richard Kernaghan, Anthropology

1996
Adrianne D. Slyz, Astronomy
Moustafa M. Bayoumi, English and Comparative Literature
Elizabeth Chamberlain, Spanish and Portuguese

Summer Language Fellowship for International Students

The Summer Language Fellowship for International Students supports international PhD students in the humanities and social sciences who need to study a foreign language abroad during the summer.

Due to the COVID-19 global health crisis and subsequent travel restrictions, GSAS was not permitted to award the Summer Language Fellowship for Summer 2021.