Recipients for 2020-2021 Graduate Awards & Fellowships announced, recognized

The Office of Graduate Studies congratulates recipients of the annual Folsom Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis awards, the Graduate Teaching and Research awards, and the Excellence in Graduate Education awards.
The Office of Graduate Studies congratulates recipients of the annual Folsom Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis awards, the Graduate Teaching and Research awards, and the Excellence in Graduate Education awards.

The Office of Graduate Studies congratulates recipients of the annual Folsom Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis awards, the Graduate Teaching and Research awards, and the Excellence in Graduate Education awards.

Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in mentoring undergraduate and other graduate students in research and creative activities.

  • Sarah Eagan | Psychology
  • Jordan Charlton | English
  • Ziyad Smoqi | Materials Engineering
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recognizes graduate teaching assistants who have demonstrated special effectiveness in teaching undergraduates at Nebraska.
  • Claire Jimenez | English
  • Haolin Fu | Business
Outstanding Research & Creative Activities Award recognizes excellence in graduate student research and creativity at Nebraska.
  • Reagan Myers | English
  • Jessica Lingenfelter | Materials Engineering
  • Ashley Mulcahy Toney | Nutrition & Health Sciences
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Education honors faculty members whose dedication to graduate students and commitment to excellence in graduate mentoring have made a significant contribution to graduate education at Nebraska.
  • Eric Weaver | Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
  • Dawn Braithwaite | Willa Cather Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes the outstanding research and creative accomplishments of the university's doctoral students.
  • Amanda Prokasky | Ph.D
    Dissertation Title: A Longitudinal Examination of Bedtime Routines and Sleep in Toddlers
  • Harrouna Malgouri | Ph.D HistoryDissertation Title: We Have the Power to Combat Imperialism”: Francophone West African, International and Pan-African Solidarity, and American Cold War Politics, 1946-1987
Folsom Distinguished Master's Thesis Award recognizes the outstanding research and creative accomplishments of the university's doctoral students.
  • Clayton Malone | M.S. in Civil Engineering
    Thesis Title: Quantitative Assessment of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Small and Large-scale Concrete Specimens Utilizing Nonlinear Acoustic Techniques
  • Maria Cecilia Hall | M.S. in Environmental Engineering
    Thesis Title: Influence of Swine Manure Storage and Land Application Practices on Mitigating the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment
The Presidential Fellowship is awarded to advanced doctoral or MFA students.
  • Reilly Cooper | Biological Sciences, specialization in Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior
The Fling Fellowship is awarded to advanced masters or doctoral students.
  • Terry Ratzlaff | Art, specialization in Photography
  • Mashael Altwijri | Human Sciences, specialization in Child, Youth, & Family Studies
  • Robert Hall | Communication Studies
The Dean's Fellowship will be awarded to advanced masters or doctoral students.
  • Joshua Zosky | Psychology
  • Donna Chen | Psychological Studies in Education
  • Alfonso Bartolome | Modern Languages & Literatures
  • Kelsey McCoy | Psychology
  • Renae Sieck | Animal Science
  • Ashley Cypher | Music
  • Rosalind Kichler | Sociology
  • M. Khalid Saifullah | Civil Engineering
  • Katelyn Hepworth | Human Sciences
  • Neida Tornel | Modern Languages & Literatures
  • Ethan Davis | Mechanical Engineering

The Graduate Report Wed. June 30, 2021