Awards

The Outstanding Senior Award

Established to recognize a graduating major who is outstanding in academic achievement, potential, and service to the Department. Previous winners of the award are:

1986          Anthony Guneratne
1987          Margaret Diaz-Padilla
1988          Joyce Owens
1989          Susannah Koerber
1990          Jane Matthison
1991          Paul Dever
1992          Andrea Eitsert, Doug Meyer
1993          Michelle Brown
1994          Dorothea Rovner
1995          Stephanie Mohler
1996          Denise Dorman
1997          James Stevens
1998          Elizabeth Skomp
1999          Ben Peled
2000          John Easter & Christina Dulude
2001          Jennifer Holt & Joe Pusateri
2003          Kimberly Lux & Erin Plunkett
2004          Raina Polivka
2005          Kathryn Bullerdick, Luke Winnikates, & Emory Zink
2006          Daniel Bulla
2007          Anna Piontek
2009          Alison Howard
2010          Rebecca Westall
2011          Tiffany Li

The Annie Geduld Memorial Prize

In 1992, Harry M. Geduld established this award in memory of Annie Geduld. The prize is given in alternate years to an outstanding graduate or undergraduate student in the Comparative Arts component of the Comparative Literature Program. Past undergraduate student winners of the Geduld Prize have been:

1995          Brian Doan, Charity Rolfes
1996          Marcet Townsend
1997          Eric Cox
1998          Ryan Haley
1999          Angelia Haro
2000          Jane Cronkhite
2001          Oliver Hildebrandt & Erik Gibson
2003          Megan Glass
2004          Courtney Burke
2005          John Heather
2006          Luke Winnikates
2007          Meredith Morgan
2009          Nick Stange
2010          Nick Jeffries
For a list of graduate winners of this award, please see the Graduate Awards Page.

The Ilinca Zarifopol Johnston Award

The Ilinca Zarifopol Johnston Award is given in honor of the life of Professor Johnston, an accomplished translator, scholar, and teacher who earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and then taught in the Department from the 1990’s until her death in 2005. The award is given in alternate years to a graduate or an undergraduate student, chosen on the basis of GPA, breadth of interests, originality, academic and/or creative achievement, and overall promise. Faculty will bring to the attention of the Director of Undergraduate Studies or the Director of Graduate Studies their nominees for the award. Nominations will include a letter and any other relevant materials. Past undergraduate student winners of the Ilinca Zarifopol Johnston Award have been:

2008 Alison Howard
2011 Sarah Williams
For a list of graduate winners of this award, please see the Graduate Awards Page.