Graduate Award

Mar 28, 2016

History Students Shine During Graduate Education Week

Graduate Students in History and Public History took home several prizes for excellence in teaching and research during NC State's Graduate Education Week (March 21-24).

Apr 23, 2015

Public History M.A. Student Wins National Award

Samantha Vandermeade, a second-year graduate student in Public History, won the James Madison Award for Excellency in Historical Scholarship for her article entitled, “Fort Lipstick and the Making of June Cleaver in American Advertising, 1941-1961.” Her article will be published in vol. 12 of the Madison Historical Review later this spring. Read Sam’s article in MHR‘s…

Mar 13, 2015

Public History PhD Student James Wils Wins Award

James “Jimmy” Wils, first-year doctoral student in public history, received the District VIII Award from the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America for his dissertation research on the commemorative landscape of the early American republic. At a brief ceremony at the Joel Lane House in Raleigh on March 4th 2015, Jimmy and his advisor…

Sep 26, 2014

Amanda Smith, Public History Alumna, Wins Teaching Award!

Amanda Smith, a teacher of social studies at Beaufort County Early College High School and NC State graduate, has been named North Carolina History Teacher of the Year for 2014. The award is sponsored by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, The History Channel, and Preserve America. Amanda graduated with a Public History MA degree…

Jul 24, 2014

Jefferson Guilford – CHASS Thesis Award

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has selected Jeff Guilford’s “Weber and Troeltsch, Friendship, Cooperation, Conflict,” written under the direction of Professor Noah Strote, for the 2014 CHASS Thesis and Dissertation Award. Jeff’s thesis “studies the works of Weber and Troeltsch and shows how, in spite of their cooperation, each scholar used their studies…

Apr 5, 2014

Jeff Guilford Wins Teaching Award

The University Graduate Student Association Teaching Effectiveness Committee selected History M.A. student Jeff Guilford for the 2014 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. History faculty recommenders especially praise Jeff’s ability to relate difficult concepts in accessible ways.

Jun 10, 2013

Loren Michael Mortimer – CHASS Thesis Award

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences selected Loren Michael Mortimer’s “Pageants of Sovereignty: ‘Merciless Indian Savages’ and American Nation-State Formation on the Northern Borderlands, 1774-1775,” written under the direction of Professor Craig Friend, for the CHASS Thesis and Dissertation Award. Mike’s thesis explores the “concurrent revolutions in 1775” as both colonial and indigenous leaders…

Apr 5, 2013

Kelsey Zavelo Wins Teaching Award

The University Graduate Student Association Teaching Effectiveness Committee selected History M.A. student Kelsey Zavelo for the 2014 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. This award recognizes Kelsey’s dedication, creativity, and sensitivity as a teaching assistant. As one faculty recommender for Kelsey’s nomination noted, “simply put, Kelsey regularly modeled what I consider the best teaching practices in her interactions with…

Aug 5, 2011

Jessica Gillespie – CHASS Thesis Award

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences selected Jessica Gillespie’s “Loved to stayed on like it once was’: Southern Appalachian People’s Responses to Socio-Economic Change–the New Deal, the War on Poverty, and the Rise of Tourism,” written under the direction of Professor Craig Friend, for the 2010 CHASS Thesis Award. Jessica graduated with her M.A.…