The Guy Stevenson Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies (Previous Winners)
December 2023
Olalekan Tunde Adepoju
Ph.D. English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentor: Professor Bronwyn Williams
May 2023
Sarah LeAnn Price
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology
Mentor: Associate Professor Matthew Lawrenz
December 2022
Claire Elizabeth Westcott
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology
Mentor: Associate Professor Kevin Sokoloski
May 2022
Trinidad Jackson
Ph.D. Public Health Sciences
Mentor: Professor Monica Wendel
December 2021
Irina Alexandrovna Vanzhula
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Mentor: Associate Professor Cheri Levinson
May 2021
Nichole Claire Jackson
Ph.D. English Rhetoric and Composition
Mentor: Associate Professor Andrea Olinger
December 2020
Jamie Lynn Young
Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mentor: Professor Lu Cai
May 2020
Dylan MacGregor Johnson
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology
Mentor: Professor Igor Lukashevich
December 2019
Bridget Kathleen Cauley
Ph.D. Counseling and Personnel Services
Professor Patrick Pössel
May 2019
Lisa Christine Smith
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Karen Kayser
December 2018
Evan Matthew Gora
Ph.D. Biology
Professor Stephen Yanoviak
May 2018
Sara del Pilar López-Amézquita (Álvarez)
Ph.D. English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentor: Professor Bruce Horner
December 2017
Yvette Z. Szabo
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Mentor: Professor Tamara Newton
May 2017
Mahsa Badami
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering
Mentor: Assistant Professor Olfa Nasaroui
December 2016
Stephanie Winkeljohn Black
Ph.D. Counseling and Personnel Services
Mentor: Professor Patrick Pössel
May 2016
Ashley D. Miller
Nursing
Professor Marianne Hutti
December 2015
Marvin “Lee” Schmidt, Jr.
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Associate Professor Geoffrey Clark
May 2015
Amy J. Lueck
Ph.D. English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentors: Co-Chairs Associate Professor Karen Kopelson and Associate Professor Susan Ryan
December 2014
Ahmed Reda Amin EL-Barkouky
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Professor Aly Farag
May 2014
Damien Beau Wilburn
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Professor Robert Feldhoff
December 2013
Rachel Nicole Waford
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Mentor: Professor Richard Lewine
May 2013
Robert James Loomis III
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Associate Professor Balaji Panchapakesan
December 2012
Akshata Moghe
Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mentor: Professor Shirish Barve
May 2012
Tara Jean Schapmire
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Anna Faul
December 2011
Jianting Wang
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Professor Kyung Kang
May 2011
Crystal A. Day
Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Professor Barbara Burns
December 2010
Juhi Bagaitkar
Microbiology and Immunology
Mentor: Co-Chair Associate Professor David Scott
Co-Chair Associate Professor Thomas Mitchell
May 2010
Stacy Marie Deck
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Associate Professor Anna Faul
December 2009
Jose C. Aponte
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Gerald B. Hammond
May 2009
Theodore Lawrence Druffel
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Professor Mahendra Sunkara
December 2008
Jenifer Lorena Gamble
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Anita Barbee
May 2008
Bo Xu
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Gerald B. Hammond
December 2020
Jamie Lynn Young
Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mentor: Professor Lu Cai
May 2020
Dylan MacGregor Johnson
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology
Mentor: Professor Igor Lukashevich
December 2019
Bridget Kathleen Cauley
Ph.D. Counseling and Personnel Services
Professor Patrick Pössel
May 2019
Lisa Christine Smith
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Karen Kayser
December 2018
Evan Matthew Gora
Ph.D. Biology
Professor Stephen Yanoviak
May 2018
Sara del Pilar López-Amézquita (Álvarez)
Ph.D. English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentor: Professor Bruce Horner
December 2017
Yvette Z. Szabo
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Mentor: Professor Tamara Newton
May 2017
Mahsa Badami
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering
Mentor: Assistant Professor Olfa Nasaroui
December 2016
Stephanie Winkeljohn Black
Ph.D. Counseling and Personnel Services
Mentor: Professor Patrick Pössel
May 2016
Ashley D. Miller
Nursing
Professor Marianne Hutti
December 2015
Marvin “Lee” Schmidt, Jr.
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Associate Professor Geoffrey Clark
May 2015
Amy J. Lueck
Ph.D. English/Rhetoric and Composition
Mentors: Co-Chairs Associate Professor Karen Kopelson and Associate Professor Susan Ryan
December 2014
Ahmed Reda Amin EL-Barkouky
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Professor Aly Farag
May 2014
Damien Beau Wilburn
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Professor Robert Feldhoff
December 2013
Rachel Nicole Waford
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Mentor: Professor Richard Lewine
May 2013
Robert James Loomis III
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Associate Professor Balaji Panchapakesan
December 2012
Akshata Moghe
Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mentor: Professor Shirish Barve
May 2012
Tara Jean Schapmire
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Anna Faul
December 2011
Jianting Wang
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Professor Kyung Kang
May 2011
Crystal A. Day
Experimental Psychology
Mentor: Professor Barbara Burns
December 2010
Juhi Bagaitkar
Microbiology and Immunology
Mentor: Co-Chair Associate Professor David Scott
Co-Chair Associate Professor Thomas Mitchell
May 2010
Stacy Marie Deck
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Associate Professor Anna Faul
December 2009
Jose C. Aponte
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Gerald B. Hammond
May 2009
Theodore Lawrence Druffel
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Professor Mahendra Sunkara
December 2008
Jenifer Lorena Gamble
Ph.D. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Anita Barbee
May 2008
Bo Xu
Ph.D. Chemistry
Mentor: Professor Gerald B. Hammond