Undergraduate Awards

Undergraduate Departmental Awards:

Faculty Award for Excellence And Service in Anthropology

This award is given to a graduating Anthropology major. It is possible to grant more than one award each year.

Criteria: “Presented to recognize the achievements and contributions of a graduating senior anthropology major who has an outstanding record of academic excellence who has made significant service contributions to the department through service and has enhanced undergraduate-faculty interaction.â€

Students will be nominated in the spring semester.

  • Previous Winners

    1983 – Blythe Roveland
    1985 – J. Edward Hood
    1986 – Evi Klett
    1987 – Timothy Jones
    1989 – Jean Farrand
    1990 – Denise Ramp
    1994 – Sally Gail Atkins
    1995 – Danielle M. Scarpelli
    1995 – Melissa Ventimiglia
    1996 – Susan J. Berman
    1997 – Tracy A. Tamburello
    1998 – Alexis Gang
    2000 – Daniel D. Broockmann
    2001 – Tracy R. Shaffer
    2003 – Patrick A. Lindsay
    2005 – Dan T. Eisenberg
    2006 – Ashley Brisco
    2007 – Leila Joyce
    2009 – Jocelyn Minsky-Rowland
    2010 – Rachel B. Goldstein
    2011 – Daniel Winegard
    2012 – Matthew W. Magnani
    2014 – Samantha Raia
    2015 – Maggie A.  Bacon
    2015 – Jaclyn E. Galdun
    2016 – Jenna Hendrick
    2017 – Zara H. Shah
    2018 – Rebecca L. Cuntala
    2018 – Lorna E. Erb
    2019 – Crae Wilkins
    2020 – Jarrod Erdman
    2020 – Alexandria Pollock
    2021 – Jacob Frank
    2022 – Felicial Molzon


Richard Antoun Faculty Award for Excellence in Anthropology

This award is for a graduating Anthropology major. It is possible to grant more than one award each year.

Criteria: “Presented to an outstanding graduating senior who has majored in Anthropology at °®¶¹´«Ã½, in recognition of the recipient’s academic excellence in Anthropology and future promise as a scholar.â€

Students will be nominated in the spring semester.

  • Previous Winners

    2011 – Aja Lans
    2011 – Jeanette Moreland
    2012 – Matthew Magnani
    2012 – Hayley Bernard
    2013 – Anne Keating O’Connor
    2014 – Rik Nikko Marata
    2014 – Lauren Ross-Hixson
    2015 – Heather R. Seltzer
    2016 – Susan Sincerbox
    2016 – Samantha Kombel
    2016 – Deanna Ciampo
    2016 – Kathryn Sabitus
    2016 – Danielle Rainis
    2016 – Kalliope Grammatikopoulas
    2017- Dylan S. Davis
    2017- Maria N. Papinnou
    2018 – Emma K. Blystone
    2018- Hannah L. Elliott
    2019 – Thomas Yaeger
    2020 – Eta Pastreich
    2021 – Keno Burckhardt
    2021 – Rachel Slotnick


Marian Jean Giusto Scholarship

Established in 2001 by the Estate of Anthony Giusto, this scholarship will be awarded to a °®¶¹´«Ã½ Student studying anthropology. Preference to be given to a student from Connecticut studying anthropology. Application is available in the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Foundation Office or the Graduate Office.

Application deadline is May 1st. Review of applications and selection done by the Department of Anthropology. The award provides $2,200 for tuition. $1,100 for the fall semester and $1,100 for the spring semester.

Recipients will be chosen in the spring for the following academic year.


Additional Resources: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Awards