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Congratulations to the 2021 – 2022 Award Recipients
Excellence in the Visual Arts Awards
Sena Karatas Ozturk, Art Education
Donald Guevara, Studio Art
Chayse Sampy, Studio Art
Andrew Turner, Studio Art
Graduate Faculty Mentor Awards
Jonathan H. Dennis, Biological Sciences
Nora Underwood, Biological Sciences
Hedi Mattoussi, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Elizabeth Slate, Statistics
Graduate Student Leadership Award
Landus Anderson, Law
John F. Liseno PIE Graduate Award
Hannah Fazio, Theater Studies
Master’s in Four Competition Winners
First Place: Vincenzo Olivett, Psychology
Second Place: Catherine Broshek, Psychology
Third Place: Anxhelo Agastra, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science
People’s Choice: Hannah Smith, Interior Design
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
Alexis Finet, Modern Languages and Linguistics
Rebekah Gordon, Religion
Sunshine Jacobs, Sociology
Melissa Ludke, Classics
Sarah Mathiesen, Art History
Aaron Ridall, Biological Science
PIE Teaching Associates
Yashika Garg, Biology
Cera Hsu, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Amory Orchard, English
John Maguschak, Modern Languages and Linguistics
Robert Bishop, Philosophy
James Waters, Religion
Darius Robinson, Higher Education
John Pension, Art Education
Hannah Fazio, Theater Studies
Emmanuel Manhiri, Family and Child Sciences
Jordan Lenchitz, Music Theory and Composition
Emily Eubanks, Musicology
Britney Cotton, Sociology
Research & Creativity Awards
Cecilia Bouaichi, Neuroscience (Biology)
Caitlyn Edwards, Neurosciences (Psychology)
Rebecca Peters, Religion
Three Minute Thesis Competition Winners
First Place: Chris Omni, Art Education
Second Place: Daryn Sagel, Scientific Computing
Third Place: Nidhi Walia, Biological Science
People’s Choice: Ana Sanchez Solarte, Teacher Education
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Graduate Mentor Award
Bobbie Renfro, Arts and Sciences
Graduate External Award Recipients
Ximena Smith, Anthropology
Society for American Archaeology HUGS Scholarship
Abigail Engleman, Biological Science
John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Ashley Dawdy, Biological Science
Florida Sea Grant Guy Harvey Scholarship
Save Our Seas Foundation Small Grant
Blake Hamilton, Biological Science
Florida Sea Grant Guy Harvey Scholarship
Blake Hamilton, Biological Science
Save Our Seas Foundation Small Grant
Joshua Manning, Biological Science
Chateaubriand Fellowship Program
Annais Muschett-Bonilla, Biological Science
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Pearl Rivers, Biological Science
PEO Scholar Award
Teresa Simone, Biological Science
PEO Scholar Award
Courtney Whitcher, Biological Science
Society of Systematic Biologists - Graduate Student Research Award
Sandugash Yergeshbayeva, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chateaubriand Fellowship Program
Dorianis Perez, Computer Science
GEM Fellowship
Megan Behnke, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science
PEO Scholar Award
Renee Richardson, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science
John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Aaron Rodriguez, English
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant
NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant
Nerea Delgado, Modern Languages & Linguistics
Chateaubriand Fellowship Program
Caitlyn Edwards, Neuroscience
PEO Scholar Award
Ryan Kim, Physics
Fermilab LHC Physics Center Graduate Scholars Program
Ashley Edwards, Psychology
PEO Scholar Award
Rachelle Johnson, Psychology
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Miguel Salas, Psychology
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Dana Santangelo, Psychology
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Christine White, Psychology
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Marah Litchford, Religion
Fulbright Open Study/Research
Musab Alamoudi, Statistics
Government of Saudi Arabia Scholarship
Myeonguk Yeo, Statistics
Korean Financial Supervisory Service Overseas Academic Training Program Scholarship
Sarah Suber, Accounting
FICPA Scholarship Foundation Scholarship
Mark Buckwalter, Finance
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Omar Nooh, Information Technology
Government of Saudi Arabia Scholarship
Antonia Manzella, School of Communication
MAIP Fellowship
Denisha Campbell, School of Communication Science and Disorders
Cindy Edelmen Excellence in Teaching Fellowship
Kiana Hines, School of Communication Science and Disorders
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Shaylyn King, School of Communication Science and Disorders
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Shaylyn King, School of Communication Science and Disorders
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Anne Reed, School of Communication Science and Disorders
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Austin Thompson, School of Communication Science and Disorders
NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
Alexandra Brooks, Criminology
Southern States and Fischer Family Scholarship
Courtney Francis, Education
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
Conner Oswald, Education Policy and Evaluation
AERA NSF Dissertation Grant Fellowship
Keturah Young, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Lexi Bandemer, Educational Psychology & Learning Systems
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Gabriela Caviedes, Educational Psychology & Learning Systems
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Yiting Yao, Educational Psychology & Learning Systems
Florida-China Linkage Scholarship
Zhihong Chen, Instructional Systems
Singapore Ministry of Defence/Singapore Air Force Post-graduate Specialist Development Award
Mika Low, Instructional Systems
Singapore Ministry of Defence/Singapore Air Force Post-graduate Specialist Development Award
Desmond Wong, Instructional Systems
Singapore Ministry of Defence/Singapore Air Force Post-graduate Specialist Development Award
Min Wang, International and Multicultural Education
China Times Cultural Foundation Young Scholar Award
Yiting Yao, Learning and Cognition
Florida-China Linkage Scholarship
Brittany Brewster, School of Teacher Education
McKnight Dissertation Fellowship
Victor Kasper, School of Teacher Education
McKnight Dissertation Fellowship
Debbie Slik, School of Teacher Education
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Victor Kasper, Science Education
Sandra K. Abell Institute for for Doctoral Students (SKAIDS) - SKAID Fellow
Dionne Wilson, Science Education
Sandra K. Abell Institute for for Doctoral Students (SKAIDS) - SKAID Fellow
Abdulaziz Alenezi, Sport Management
Embassy of the State of Kuwait Scholarship
Trey Cunningham, Sport Management
ACC Post Graduate Scholarship
Elif Erdem, Sport Psychology
Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Salem Aldawsari, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Slag Cement Research Award
Fazliddin Mirsoatov, Electrical and Computer Engineering
E-Yurt Umidi Foundation Scholarship
Sophia Owais, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Foreign Scholarship
Mohammed Sumayli, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Government of Saudi Arabia Scholarship
Stephen Newbold, Art Education
NMAAHC Center for the Study of Global Slavery Internship
Zida Wang, Art Education
NAEA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) Scholarship
Rachel Carlisle, Art History
Dr. Günther Findel-Stiftung/Rolf und Ursula Schneider-Stiftung Doctoral Fellowship
Hannah Smith, Interior Architecture and Design
NEWH Sunshine Chapter Scholarship
Ajiththa Suganthan, Museum & Cultral Heritage Studies
Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Cheylynn Randolph, Family & Child Sciences
McKnight Dissertation Fellowship
Nakita Carroll, Marriage and Family Therapy
AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program - Doctoral Fellowship
Fatou Calixte, International Law
Florida Legislative Fellows Program
Julia Canady, Law
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
Shannon Duncanson, Law
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
Davis Johnson, Law
Florida Legislative Fellows Program
Zachary Loyed, Law
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
Margaret McCormick, Law
Florida Legislative Fellows Program
Rebecca Neuffer, Law
Florida Legislative Fellows Program
Elizabeth Pearce, Law
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
Christen Petruzzelli, Law
Florida Legislative Fellows Program
Shaina Ruth, Law
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
Keeley Smith, Law
Florida Legislative Fellows Program
Alberto Garcia Marrero, Laws
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
David Melito, Urban and Regional Planning and Law
Florida Legislative Fellows Program
Daniel Betancourt, Biomedical Sciences
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Jeremy George, Music Education
McKnight Dissertation Fellowship
Devan Moore, Music Education
Future of Music Faculty Fellowship
Alaba I Ilesanmi, Musicology
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Gene Waldron III, Strings Performance
Nancy F. Walker Memorial Scholarship Encouragement Award
Zenani Johnson, Askew School of Public Administration & Policy
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
Elizabeth Ruff, Geography
PEO Scholar Award
Shayna Cohen, MAAPP
Florida Legislative Fellows Program
Stephen Marante, Political Science
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program
Soonwoo Choi, Public Administration
Republic of Korea Air Force Sponsorship/Scholarship
Junseok Heo, Public Administration
Daegu Metropolitan City Fellowship
Jae eun Kim, Public Administration
Korean Government Long-Term Fellowship for Overseas Studies
Dulat Latypov, Public Administration
Bolashak International Scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Yongik Lee, Public Administration
Korean Government Long-Term Fellowship for Overseas Studies
Jaeyoung Park, Public Administration
Korean Government Long-Term Fellowship for Overseas Studies
Sung-chang Park, Public Administration
Korean Government Long-Term Fellowship for Overseas Studies
Andrae Silburn, Public Administration
Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Alaa Alamoudi, Public Health
Government of Saudi Arabia Scholarship
Anas Alghamdi, Public Health
Government of Saudi Arabia Scholarship
Rose Archer, Sociology
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship
Shayna Harris, Social Work
FIREFLIES Doctoral Training Program
Nelson Jean Francois, Social Work
Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Yaquelin Montes de Oca, Social Work
Amherst Memorial Fellowship
Postdoctoral scholars
Diana Lopez, Biological Science
NSF Ocean Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
Leticia R. Rodriguez, Classics
Norma and Reuben Kershaw Lecturer in Near East Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America
Joshua Cullen, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science
NSF Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Cathrine Hancock, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
NSF Physical Oceanography; Antarctic Ocean and Atmos Sciences
Patrick Heslin, Mathematics
Dr. Eamon de Valera Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences
Mohammed Nooranidoost, Mathematics
Travel Award
Ignat Soroko, Mathematics
Early-career AMS NSF Simons ICM Travel Grant, $1500, AMS, Providence, RI, 2022; Kovalevskaya Grant, $2000, ICM Organizing Committee, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2022.
Anthony Gruber, Scientific Computing
John von Neumann Fellowship at Sandia National Labs
Hollie Daniels, Education Leadership and Policy Studies
Travel Award
Shannon Davidson, Teacher Education
Travel Award
Sejin Kim, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Travel award
Amanda Sesker, Health Sciences Interdisciplinary
Butler-Williams Scholar
Xianghe Zhu, Medicine
Travel scholarship to attend the 3rd Workshop on Research Definitions for Reserve and Resilience in Cognitive Aging and Dementia
Daniel Dunleavy, Translational Behavioral Research
Postdoctoral Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Iris Davis, Medicine
1st Place Five Minute Research Competition
Holly Nowell, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science
2nd Place Five Minute Research Competition
Derrick Vaughn, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science
People's Choice Five Minute Research Competition
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