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Undergraduate Departmental Award Recipients, 2022-2023

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Awards listed on this page have been submitted by academic departments, centers, and organizations within Stanford.

American Studies

George M. Fredrickson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Honors Research 

Sol Martinez, 2023

Richard Gillam Prize for Outstanding Service to the Program in American Studies

Camryn Uyen Pak, 2023

Anthropology

James Lowell Gibbs, Jr. Award for Outstanding Service to the Department of Anthropology

Aurora Feng, 2024     
Yuer Liu, 2024     
Ilina Rughoobur, 2023     
Caroline Skwara, 2024

Joseph H. Greenberg Prize for Undergraduate Academic Excellence

Victoria Chiek, 2023

Nancy Ogden Ortiz Memorial Prize for Outstanding Performance in Anthropology 90B Theory

Lola McAllister, 2024

Robert Bayard Textor Award for Outstanding Creativity in Anthropology

Draven Rane, 2023

Art & Art History

Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award in Painting

Claudia Nmai, 2023     
Elana Begay, 2023

Raina Giese Award in Painting

  • Regina Kong
  • Michelle Ibarra

Biology

Angela Lee Undergraduate Research Award

Amaris Lewis, 2023

Stephen Fox Award

Theo Gress, 2023

Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Albert M. Camarillo Senior Paper Prize

Jayden Ashley Lim, 2023

Arturo Islas, Jr. Prize

Ximena Sanchez Martinez, 2023

Dorothy Steele Award for Community Outreach, Engagement, and Social Justice

Elsie DuBray, 2023

George M. Fredrickson Award for Excellence in Honors Research

Evan Kanji, 2023

Margarita Ibarra CSRE Community Building Award

Maya Castillo, 2023
Gema Quetzal, 2023

Center for International Security & Cooperation

William J. Perry Prize

Chase Small, 2023

John Holland Slusser World Peace Price

Ethan Lee, 2023

Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law

Outstanding Thesis Award

Sean Michael, 2023

Chemistry

Marsden Memorial Prize in Chemistry

Alan Tong, 2023

Chemical Engineering

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Chapter Most Distinguished Service Award

Roulince Dukuly, 2023     
Jennifer Wang, 2023

Channing Robertson Outstanding Junior Award

Gradie Ngaruka, 2024     
Melanie Rodriguez, 2024

Faculty Award in Chemical Engineering

Chloe Laguna, 2023

Honors Research Award in Chemical Engineering

Roulince Dukuly, 2023

Mason/Marsden Prize in Chemical Engineering

Roulince Dukuly, 2023     
Winnie Huang, 2023

Michel Boudart Scholarship for Academic Excellence in Chemical Engineering

Annie Homer, 2023     
Christopher Latham, 2023

Communication

Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Internship

Anastasiia Malenko 2023

Harry Press Stanford Daily Award

Mark Allen Cu, 2026

Mary and Jacquelyn Edmonds Prize in Communication

Jada Hallman, 2023

Rowland Rebele Internships

Kyla Figueroa, 2024     
Victoria Hsieh, 2024     
Uche Ochuba, 2024     
Ron Rocky Coloma, 2024     
Anna-Luisa Brakman, 2023     
Anastasiia Malenko, 2023     
Christina MacIntosh, 2023     
Mark Allen Cu, 2026     
Kate Selig, 2024     
Jean Yi, 2023     
Tara Hein, 2023     
Lana Tleimat, 2024     
Sarah Raza, 2023     
Diya Sabharwal, 2025     
Dana Chiueh, 2023     
Caroline Reinhart, 2023     
Keeley Akagi, 2023     
Greta Reich, 2026     
Surya Hendry, 2023     
Ramon Salado Romo, 2026     
Gabriela Reitz, 2025     
Timothy Karoff, 2023     
Helena Getahun-Hawkins, 2025     
Camryn Pak, 2023     
Abigail Neely, 2023     
Kaushik Sampath, 2025     
Grace Scullion, 2023     
Lydia Wei, 2024

Steve Steinberg Reporting Award

Xavier Martinez, 2023     
Chloe Shrager, 2024

Comparative Literature

Herbert Lindenberger Prize for an Essay in Comparative Literature

Alexander Huang, 2023     
Penelope Quetzal Wright-Cotera, 2024

Computer Science

Ben Wegbreit Prize for Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Computer Science

Bryan Dev Gopal, 2023

Creative Writing Program

Clarence Urmy-Irene Hardy Prize for Poetry

Lora Supandi, 2023 (1st place)     
Kate Li , 2025 (2nd place)     
Malia Maxwell, 2023 (3rd place)

Creative Non-Fiction Prize

Ian Partman, 2024 (1st place)     
Rellie Liu, 2023 (2nd place)     
Max Du, 2024 (3rd place)

Creative Writing Program Service Award

Katherine Ho. 2023     
Griffin Somaratne, 2023

Maclin Bocock-Albert Guerard Prize in Fiction

Jared Klegar, 2024 (1st place)     
Nandita Naik, 2023 (2nd place)     
Harry Katz, 2024 (3rd place)

Mary Steinbeck Dekker Award

Grace Carroll, 2024

Planet Earth Arts Creative Writing Prize

Huali Kim-O'Sullivan, 2023 (1st place)     
Valerie Trapp, 2023 (2nd place)     
Isabella Nguyễn Tilley, 2023 (3rd place)

Wiley Birkhofer Poetry Prize

Ruba Ahmed, 2026

Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school)

Robert H. McKim Product Design Achievement Award

Max Harris 2023     
Elena Kamas, 2023     
Enya Lu, 2023     
Breanna Sandoval, 2023

Earth Systems

Dean's Award - Doerr School of Sustainability

Lizzie Avila, 2023     
Tierra Baird, 2023      
McKenna Beck, 2023      
Kate Bradley, 2023      
Trevor Cambron, 2023      
Alan Cuevas, 2023      
Molly Glickman, 2023      
Xavier Gomez, 2023      
Megan King, 2023      
Mehdi Lacombe, 2023      
Henry Lai, 2023      
Lily Laugharn, 2023      
Justina Lee, 2023      
Emily Liu, 2023      
Luke Molbak, 2023      
Maya Passmore, 2023      
Drive Rojrachsombat, 2024     
Mikaela Salvador, 2023      
Dylan Schuler, 2023      
Sydney Schmitter, 2023      
Kavya Varkey, 2023      
Abigail Varney, 2023      
Katherine Zhang, 2023

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Heidi Chou Award for Summer Chinese Language Learning

Tyler Abernethy, 2026     
Michael Alisky, 2024     
Matias Benitez, 2025     
Wyatt Johnson, 2024     
Camille Luong, 2024     
Stelle Meier, 2025     
Deven Reddy, 2024     
Max Solberg, 2025

James Liu Prize for an Outstanding Essay on Asian Language

Adam Scott Cohen, 2023     
Darren Alan Hall, 2023

Kung-Yi Kao Prize for Outstanding Progress in the Study of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Language

Darren Alan Hall, 2023     
Brandon Kenery, 2023     
Jiahui Vivian Zhu, 2023

Economics

Anna Laura Meyers Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis

Drakos Huaka Gregory Brown, 2023     
Pratham Soni, 2023     
Julia Park, 2023

John G. Sobieski Prize for Creative Thinking in Economics

Sean Patrick Casey, 2023     
Natalie Grace Hildebrand, 2023     
Jackson Smith Parell, 2023

Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation

Alexander  Augustine Finan, 2023

Energy Resources Engineering

Frank G. Miller Fellowship Award

Marshall Hartung, 2023     
Patrick Vaughan, 2023

Energy Science & Engineering

Robert G. Lindblom Memorial Award

Phillip Chacon, 2024

English

Marie Louise Rosenberg Honors Prize

Damian Drue Marlow, 2023     
Malia Maxwell, 2023     
Sam Waddoups, 2023     
Ellie Y Wong, 2023

Ethics in Society

Ethics in Society Award

Liana Keesing, 2023

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Francisco Lopes Prize for Essay in Humanities

Malavika Kannan, 2024

Francisco Lopes Prize for Thesis in Humanities 

Julia Lindsay Milani, 2022

Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo Prize for Essay in the Social Sciences

Solange Melissa Severino de Oliveira, 2024

Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo Prize for Thesis in the Social Sciences

Luke Babbitt, 2023

French & Italian

Paul Roberts and Nina Marton Prize for Italian Literature – First

Alexander Huang, 2023

German Studies

Best Freshman Essay on German Studies Topic

Marguerite Vasy, 2024

German Club of Stanford Essay Award

Alex Lee, 2023     
Nicholas Rosenbaum, 2024

German Language Prize

Marguerite Vasy, 2025

Human Biology

Albert H. Hastorf Award for Outstanding Service to the Program in Human Biology

Darryl Thompson, 2023

Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award for Excellence in Research Related to Families and Children

Zakaria Doueiri, 2023

Bingham Fund for Student Innovation in Human Biology

Aiden Choi, 2023     
Jennifer John, 2023     
Michelle Li, 2023     
Jasmine Nevarez, 2024     
Sawye Raygani, 2023     
Libby Rouffy, 2024     
Tianna Trepte, 2023     
Audrey Xu, 2023

Joshua Lederberg Award for Academic Excellence

Abraham Alatorre, 2023     
Madison Ambroise, 2023     
Ashlyn Callan, 2023     
Jack Christian, 2023     
Esha Dhawan, 2023     
Gabriela Escobar, 2023     
Ella Gray, 2023     
Jennifer John, 2023     
Nicole Jehl, 2023     
Michelle Li, 2023     
Madeleine McGlynn, 2023     
Sherry Mestan, 2023     
Isabel Michel, 2023     
Sydney Nagy, 2023     
Sophia Nesamoney, 2023     
Nicholas Rouillard, 2023     
Elizabeth Shah, 2023     
Andrew Shin, 2023     
Andrew Song, 2023     
Alexis Straube, 2023     
Brooke Swain, 2023     
Kellen Vu, 2023     
Alexandra Westley, 2023

Kirsten Frohnmayer Research Prize for Juniors in Human Biology

Harrison Konsker, 2023     
Sawyer Lucas-Griffin, 2023     
Alina Wilson, 2023

Mary and Jacquelyn Edmonds Prize for Outstanding Junior in Human Biology

Grace Adebogun, 2024     
Lingarbel Brempong, 2024

Merton & Audrey Bernfield Director's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Human  Biology

Sydney Nagy, 2023

Iberian and Latin American Cultures

ILAC Outstanding Undergraduate Essay Prize

Alexander Huang, 2023

ILAC Department Spanish Language Essay Prize

Eban Ebssa, 2024

International Relations

IR Honors Program Thesis Prize

Ana Chen, 2023

Jewish Studies

Donald and Robin Kennedy Jewish Studies Undergraduate Award

Chana Lanter, 2025

Dr. Bernard Kaufman Undergraduate Research Award in Jewish Studies

Lily Forman, 2025     
Jonathan Cosgrove, 2025

Jewish Studies Short Story Contest

Maya Waleria Czeneszew, 2024

Nelee Langmuir Award

Willow Herz, 2025

Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Honor of John Rickford

Calico Ducheneaux, 2022

Music

Blew-Culley-Lafollette Prize in Piano

Jason Guo, 2024     
Alexander Perry, 2026

Carol and Peter Polk Undergraduate Music Award

Michelle Fu, 2024

Costanza Prize for Cello Performance

Maya Benyas, 2025

Daniel V. Robinson Prize in Performance

Zachary Lin, 2026

Friends of Music Undergraduate Composition Award

Jenny S. Xiong, 2024

Marie Gibson Prize in Vocal Performance

John Rabe, 2023      
Danny Ritz, 2023

Patrick Butler Prize in Piano Performance

Charles Li, 2025

Rita Taylor Prize for Undergraduate Performance

Flora Yuan, 2026

Physics

David S. Levine Award

Dylan Mahoney, 2024     
Tirth Surti, 2024     
Julia Zhu, 2024

Jeff Willick Memorial Award

Celia Tandon, 2023     
David Wendt, 2023

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Special Recognition for Outstanding Psychiatric Research

Sepehr Asgari, 2023     
Radhika Shah, 2024

Public Policy

Nathan Rosenberg Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis

Liam Anderson, 2023

Roger G. Noll Award for Outstanding Public Policy Undergraduate Student

Anna Chavez, 2023

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Galina Leytes Prize in Slavic Studies

Aidan Josiah Spector Delgass, 2024

Sociology

Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Sociology Major

Claudia Nmai, 2023

Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award for Outstanding Sociology Honors Thesis

Elana Begay, 2023     
Claudia Nmai, 2023

Symbolic Systems

K. Jon Barwise Award for Distinguished Contributions to the SymSys Program

Erica Yoon, 2019

Robert Glushko Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Symbolic Systems

Fernanda Kramer, 2023

Symbolic Systems Distinguished Teaching Award

Danya Adib, 2023     
Evan Wisner, 2023     
David Gottlieb, 2023

Theater and Performance Studies

Alex Stewart Prize for Contribution to Production

Kiki Hood, 2023

Department of Theater & Performance Studies Award for Contribution to Acting

Paloma Aisenberg, 2023     
Finn Slingerland, 2023

Department of Theater & Performance Studies Award for Contribution to Dance

Julia Leal, 2023

Department of Theater & Performance Studies Award for Excellence in Scholarship

Katie Dragone, 2023

Sherifa Omade Edoga Prize for Work Addressing Social Issues

Chloe Chow, 2023

 

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