May 12, 2022

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