This spring, the UMass Amherst History Department awarded numerous scholarships, fellowships and awards to undergraduate and graduate students. The awards celebrate exemplary academic achievements, including writing and graduate student teaching. They make possible a range of invaluable student activities, including summer internships, research travel, language learning, hands-on skill building, dissertation research, and more. We are grateful for our donors who make these vital gifts possible.
Undergraduate Awards
Frederic Gilbert Bauer Award / Oxford Summer Scholarship
Charlotte Healy
Josy Hunter
Sabrina Ishanyan
Hayley Logan
Ryan Richards
Richard W. Bauer Scholarship
Shannon Ohannessian
Emma Schlegel
Hannah Whalen
Nicholas Carr Bergstein Scholarship
Jenna Boyer
Harold W. Cary Prize
Marina Amicizia
Anthony Colace
William Huntington
Jake Leone
Aidan Levangie
Department of History Summer Internship Award
Joshua Reis
Simon & Satenig Ermonian Memorial Scholarship
Marina Amicizia
Anthony Colace
Seamus Cusack
Ruslan Gutierrez
Michael Holmes
William Huntington
Alex Kurlan
Jake Leone
Aidan Levangie
Katelyn Maskell
Shannon Ohannessian
Sevil Usmanova
Leo Weinburg
Farrelly History Fund
Matthew Velzis
Paul E. Giguere Scholarship
Andrew Bielecki
Long Essay
Bret Hackenson
Short Essay
Mae Whaley
Short Essay Honorable Mention
Jake Leone
Greenbaum History Honors Scholarship
Claire Gagnon
The History Opportunity Award
Caitlyn Foster
Hannah Whalen
Robert H. McNeal Scholarship
William Huntington
James and Cynthia Redman Scholarship
Andrew Bielecki
Jenna Boyer
New Phi Alpha Theta Members
Rose Dearborn
Claire Foster
Riley Gregoire
William O’Dwyer
Andersson Perry
Graduate Awards
Richard Gassan Memorial Scholarship
Alison Russell
Brian Whetstone
History Department Travel Grant
Sheher Bano
Seth Kershner
Guanhua Tan
Robert & Jeanne Potash Latin American Travel Grant
Yuri Kieling Gama
Maria Belen Portilla Moya
Frederic Gilbert Bauer Research Fellowship
Kimberly Enderle
Sean Hough
Anthony Repucci
Hands-On Grant
Nicholas Anderson
Melanie Meadors
Jumpstart Grant
Marwa Amer
Anotida Chikumbu
Marvin Ogilvie Memorial Award for Foreign Language Study
Carina Dreyer
Maya Gonzalez
Jaehee Seol
Dr. Charles K. Hyde Intern Fellowship
Marisa Budlong
Maya Gonzalez
Melanie Meadors
Nicole O’Connell
Guanhua Tan
Dr. Judith Barter Fellowship
Katlyn Durand
Devinne Melicki
Joyce A. Berkman Endowed Fund in Women's History and Women's Studies
Emily Whitted
Caldwell Writing Prize
Edward Ofilada
Allison Smith
Simon and Satenig Ermonian Graduate Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Nicholas Anderson
Carina Dreyer
Katlyn Durand
Seth Kershner
External Awards, Grants and Fellowships
Anotida Chikumbu, Jenny Craig Fellow, Institute for the Study of Democracy
Kimberly Enderle, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2022-23 Boscov Fellowship
Seth Kershner, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Graduate School Pre- Dissertation Grant
Alison Russell, Henry F. May Award, Society for US Intellectual Historians
Guanhua Tan, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Graduate School Fieldwork Grant
Emily Whitted, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Graduate School Pre- Dissertation Grant