Congratulations to all awardees
Betty Foster McCue Fellowship | David E. Easly Memorial Award | Deans First Year Merit | Eric Englund Fellowship | First-Year Fellowship | Future Stewards | Gary E. Smith Summer Professional Development Award | Graduate Teaching Excellence Award | Kimble First Year Teaching Award | Lokey Graduate Science Fellowships | Lokey Graduate Science Award | Margaret McBride Lehrman Fellowship | Margaret Wiese | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program | Promising Scholar Award | Raymund First-Year Fellowship | Sandra Morgen Public Impact Fellowship | Southeast Asian Studies Fellowship | UO Dissertation Fellowship | UO Doctoral Research Fellowship | UO Oregon Sylff Fellowships for International Research
Betty Foster McCue Fellowship
In honor of the lifetime of teaching and administrative service by Professor Emerita Betty Foster McCue, the Betty Foster McCue Fellowship award supports doctoral students with interests related to human development and performance.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Akhila Nekkanti | Prevention Science | Lola Loustaunau | Sociology |
David S. Easly Memorial Award
The David S Easly award is designed to support outstanding masters and doctoral students pursuing degrees related to environmental conservation and preservation. Funds are to be used to assist with the academic costs associated with attending the university, such as tuition, fees, books, miscellaneous supplies, travel, and research.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Alison Deak | Nonprofit Management | Briana Meier | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy |
Geoffrey Johnson | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy | Herve Memiaghe | Landscape Architecture |
Jamie Wright | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy | Kellum Tate | Earth Sciences |
Lina Batas | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy | T.J. Fiorelli | Landscape Architecture |
Deans First Year Merit
These awards are distributed by the Division of Graduate Studies to programs with high completion rates, low time-to-degree, high selectivity and yield to enrolled students, increasing diversity, and positive student experience reports. Programs then award these fellowships to their top incoming PhD students.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Adria Mankute | Marketing | Alex Rosen | Chemistry |
Emily Dennis | Chemistry | Emily Karolidis | Human Physiology |
Ethan Kimmett | Chemistry | Ethan Carlson | Chemistry |
Haley Smith | Chemistry | Hannah Hazel | Chemistry |
Haojie Yang | Accounting | Hunter Pearson | Accounting |
Kayd Meldrum | Chemistry | Kyra Brakefield | Chemistry |
Liza Briody-Pavlik | Chemistry | Mackenzie Kehmeier | Human Physiology |
Matthew Bucher | Human Physiology | Samuel Eger | Chemistry |
Samuel Park | Marketing | Veronica Spaulding | Chemistry |
Yuwen Yuan | Finance |
Eric Englund Fellowship
The Eric Englund Fellowship is designed for students in any UO Ph.D. program whose dissertation project is focused on research in American literature, history, philosophy or other related fields.
Name | Department |
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Maggie Newton | Philosophy |
First-Year Fellowship
These awards are distributed by the Division of Graduate Studies to programs with high completion rates, low time-to-degree, high selectivity and yield to enrolled students, increasing diversity, and positive student experience reports. Programs then award these fellowships to their top incoming PhD students.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Aaron Honn | Counseling Psychology/Prevention Science | Agustina Schiano | Philosophy |
Angela Allmendinger | Counseling Psychology/Prevention Science | Daschel Franz | Counseling Psychology/Prevention Science |
Hannah Zeller | English | Jennifer Lue | Physics |
Jensen Wainwright | Anthropology | Lauren Berny | Counseling Psychology/Prevention Science |
Madison Cook | School Psycholgy | Megan Betts | Sociology |
Meredith Jacobson | Environmental Sciences, Studies and Policy | Susana Marquez Rosales | Physics |
Future Stewards
The Future Stewards program will provide an opportunity to work with the nine federally recognized tribes of Oregon and Native American tribes that had traditional and customary tribal boundaries in parts of the state of Oregon or that ceded or reserved lands within the state of Oregon to help to make graduate education more accessible for their members.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Mercedez Paschal | Curriculum & Teaching | Nicole Barney | Special Education |
Stephanie Wright | Curriculum & Teaching |
Gary E. Smith Summer Professional Development Award
The Gary E. Smith award is designed to support outstanding graduate and law students pursuing academic, professional development, or training enrichment opportunities during the summer. The activity would provide unique opportunities not normally available as part of the degree program.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Alexana Hickmott | Anthropology | Jane Nam | Philosophy |
Jayden Wang | Mathematics | John Montani | Philosophy |
Joshua Kerr | Philosophy | Keenan Greyslak | Human Physiology |
Lidia Huerta | Communications Disorders | Mary McLevey | Philosophy |
Rachael Lee | English | Tamara Niella | Psychology |
Graduate Teaching Excellence Award
The Graduate Teaching Excellence Award is jointly sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Division of Graduate Studies, and the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success. It is designed to recognize outstanding teaching performance by experienced graduate employees (GEs) who have demonstrated a commitment to developing their instructional skills, while at the same time excelling in their academic degree program.
Name | Department |
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Iida Pollanen | Comparative Literature |
Kimble First Year Teaching Award
The Kimble First-Year Teaching Award, named in honor of professor emeritus Dan Kimble, is jointly sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Division of Graduate Studies, and the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success, and administered by the Teaching Engagement Program. The award recognizes outstanding teaching by graduate student instructors who have demonstrated a commitment to inclusive, engaged, and research-led practice. The annual prizes typically are awarded to one first-time lab or discussion section leader and to one first-time sole instructor.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Kiana Nadonza | Anthropology | Sydney Leverett | Human Physiology |
Lokey Graduate Science Fellowships
Made possible by a generous donation of Mr. Lorry I. Lokey, the Lokey Doctoral Science Fellowships support students during their final year of doctoral study to allow them to focus on their research endeavors and to prepare for the next steps in their academic career.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Theresa Cheng | Psychology | Matthew Napolitano | Anthropology |
Amanda Steinhebel | Physics | Kirsten Vinyeta | Environmental Sciences, Studies & Policy |
Lokey Graduate Science Award
Made possible by a generous donation of Mr. Lorry I. Lokey, the Lokey Graduate Science Award aims to help doctoral programs compete with AAU benchmark institutions in the recruitment of the top students into their programs.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Dara Craig | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy | Elaina Barker | Political Science |
Emma Mazzuchi | Linguistics | Gifty Tetteh | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy |
Godfrey Jaxen | Physics | Grace Boyd-Bigby | Political Science |
Jacob Hass | Physics | Jenna Kishinevsky | Physics |
Megan Hayes | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy | Meredith Jacobson | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy |
Nick Sky | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy | Oriana Chafe | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy |
Troy Brundidge | Geography |
Margaret McBride Lehrman Fellowship
The Margaret McBride Lehrman Fellowship derives from an endowment created to provide support for graduate students with financial need who are pursuing studies that emphasize communication, especially writing skills.
Name | Department |
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Daniel Daly | Music |
Margaret Wiese
The Margaret Wiese Graduate Research Award was designed to support graduate student research related to preserving the culture, language, or artifacts of northwestern Native Americans. These awards have been established through the Margaret J. Wiese Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Name | Department |
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Annie Reiva | History |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Alejandro Brambila | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy | Alison Chang | Chemistry |
Andrew Morris | Biology | Annalise Gardella | Anthropology |
Annie Gilbert | Chemistry | Brendan Cullen | Psychology |
David Small | Earth Sciences | Eliza Hernandez | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy |
Estelle Berger | Psychology | James Hunter | Chemistry |
Jonny Saunders | Psychology | Katie Fisher | Biology |
Kayla Evens | Biology | Khoa Le | Chemistry |
Kiana Kawamura | Chemistry | Marc Foster | Chemistry |
Michelle Muth | Earth Sciences | Reyn Yoshioka | Biology |
Ross Whippo | Biology | Ruth Maust | Chemistry |
Trevor Shear | Chemistry |
Promising Scholar
The purpose of the Promising Scholar Award is to recruit highly qualified incoming graduate students from diverse backgrounds who add to the academic and scholarly excellence of the university. The award is administered by theDivision of Graduate Studies in partnership with departments, schools and colleges, the Office of the Vice President for Research & Innovation, the Division of Equity and Inclusion, and the Office of the Provost to leverage our collective resources in support of our shared goals to increase the number of outstanding UO graduate students of diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Aakanksha Lahoti | Counseling Psychology | Alehandra Pedraza | International Studies |
Amanda Davis | Chemistry | Andres Guerrero | Chemistry |
Anisha Babu | Psychology | Anwesha Guha | Quantitative Research Methods in Education |
Apoorva Karekal | Human Physiology | Aubrey Green | Prevention Science |
Avery Conner | Earth Sciences | Christina Cauley | Earth Sciences |
Collin Robinson | Media Studies | Daniel Quintero Plata | German |
Donna Zehner | Human Physiology | Edder Fernando Martinez Lazo | Economics |
Emalydia Flenory | English | Emily Arnesen | Economics |
Emma Reed | Human Physiology | Erika Arias | Sociology |
Esmeralda Castro | Prevention Science | Gifty Tetteh | Environmental Sciences, Studies & Policy |
Hanna Hoffman | Mathematics | Haven Warwick | Psychology |
Holly Jones | English | Jasmine Ramirez-Miranda | Counseling Psychology |
Jazmynn Garcia | School Psychology | Jennifer Lue | Physics |
Jessica Johnson | Art History | Jessica Atencio | Human Physiology |
Kathryn Scholz | Earth Sciences | Lindsay Terlikowski | Creative Writing |
Mahindra Mohan Kumar | Sociology | Malvya Chintakindi | Anthropology |
Maria Coronado Cabrera | Architecture | Marissa Dierkes | Physics |
Megan Betts | Sociology | Micah Michelle Mendoza | Counseling Psychology |
Naomi Wilson | Chemistry | Nathan Young | Psychology |
Richard Davies | English | Robyn Naidoo | Human Physiology |
Rosa Smith | English | Sarah Rich | Chemistry |
Sarah McDougald | Psychology | Savanah Bird | Biology |
Servio Marin | Romance Languages | Troy Brundidge | Geography |
Zacharias Silvas | Chemistry |
Raymund First-Year Fellowship
Thanks to a generous gift from Oregon alumnus Steve Raymund, the Division of Graduate Studies is proud to support a number of high-achieving Ph.D. students throughout their studies. Raymund Fellows are chosen on the basis of their outstanding academic achievement, while also considering educational, geographic, gender, racial/ethnic, and other forms of diversity.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Avery Conner | Earth Sciences | Daniel Quintero Plata | German & Scandinavian |
Elizabeth McGuire | Anthropology | Emma Mazzuchi | Linguistics |
Heather Leonard | Counseling Psychology & Human Services | Justin Szasz | Sociology |
Sergio Marin | Romance Languages | Mariam Nadeem | Comparative Literature |
Sandra Morgen Public Impact Fellowship
The purpose of the Sandra Morgen Public Impact Fellowship (formally known as the UO Public Impact Fellowship) award is to recognize and support the work of up to two graduate students whose research has the potential to have a significant impact on society.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Johnathan Lichtenstein | School Psychology | Kirsten Vinyeta | Environmental Science, Studies & Policy |
Southeast Asian Studies Fellowship
The Southeast Asian Studies Fellowship award is designed to encourage graduate research about Southeast Asia. Awards may be requested for educational expenses, including tuition supplements, travel, equipment purchase, books, and supplies, or other educational needs. The award is made possible by an endowment from Norman Sundberg, Professor Emeritus, Psychology, and Donna Sundberg.
Name | Department |
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Elio Garcia | English |
UO Dissertation Fellowship
Co-sponsored by the schools and colleges at the UO, the UO Dissertation Research Fellowship is awarded to the most outstanding doctoral student in their unit.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Beyene Gubae | Media Studies | Cameron Johnson | Physics |
Chandler Lester | Economics | Devin Lea | Geography |
Elisabeth Goldman | Anthropology | Rachel Guldin | Media Studies |
Jon Aycock | Mathematics | Jonathan Lichtenstein | School Psychology |
Jonathan Wright | Linguistics | Kate Spitzley | Human Physiology |
Martha Bannikov | Comparative Literature | Nathan Warren | LCB |
Niyati Naik | Architecture | Zack Fox | LCB |
UO Doctoral Research Fellowship
For students in any UO Ph.D. program, this fellowship is awarded to the most outstanding doctoral student as determined by a faculty selection committee.
Name | Department |
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Jeremy Bard | Chemistry |
UO Oregon Sylff Fellowships for International Research
The Sylff program aims to identify and nurture leaders who will overcome differences in nationality, language, ethnicity, religion, and political systems to tackle global issues, and whose high integrity and drive to address issues unique to their respective countries can make a real difference. Fellowship stipends are awarded to full-time doctoral students for one academic year of graduate work involving research and scholarly endeavors in programs and projects with an international dimension.
Name | Department | Name | Department |
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Emily Masucci | Anthropology | Katherine Shields | Geography |
Liudmila Listrovaya | Sociology | Luciana Etcheverry Hernandez | Economics |