Awards for Excellent Undergraduate and Graduate Students
The awards and honors listed below were announced at the Dean's convocation, and were personally celebrated at this year's senior luncheon on Zoom. Here are this year's awardees:
The STEPHEN J. WHITE PRIZE for the best paper written by a student in their first or second year is shared by:
- Aaron Lu (1st Year) for their paper "Final Paper: Astell/Masham" (instructor Sean Ebels Duggan in PHIL 109, 'Love and Goodness from the Party-hard Bishop to Ma')
- Madeleine Carter (1st Year) for their paper "Universal Inclusion as a Democratic Norm" (instructor Axel Mueller in PHIL 109, 'What Is Democracy?')
The BRENTANO PRIZE for the best paper written by a student in their third or fourth year is awarded to:
- Leon Sommer-Simpson (3rd Year) for their paper "Kant’s Anti-Natural Sublime: In Support of a Monistic Sublime" (instructor Rachel Zuckertt in PHIL 380 'Philosophy of Art')
The DAVID HULL PRIZE for the best senior thesis of the academic year goes to:
- Patrice Haryanto for their thesis "Individual Responsibility and Climate Change" (supervisor Chad Horne)
The HONKOM's recommendation for HONORS WITH DISTINCTION IN PHILOSOPHY goes to:
- Patrice Haryanto for their excellent work in the honors program, high accomplishments as a philosophy major, and their highly accomplished work in the thesis "Individual Responsibility and Climate Change" (supervisor Chad Horne)
- Emma Eder for their excellent work in the honors program, excellent accomplishments as a philosophy major, and their highly accomplished work in the thesis "On Moral Judgments: Acquisition, Structure, and Innateness" (supervisor Kyla Ebels Duggan)
The HONKOM's recommendation for HONORS IN PHILOSOPHY goes to:
- Alexandra Lang for their very good work in the honors program, very good accomplishments as a philosophy major, and their accomplished work in the thesis "Standing Still on a Turning Sphere" (supervisor Mark Alznauer)
- Steven Zakuta for their very good work in the honors program, very good accomplishments as a philosophy major, and their accomplished work in the thesis "Clarifying the Nature of the Firm" (supervisor Chad Horne)
This year's STEPHEN TOULMIN PRIZE honoring superior overall achievement throughout all courses in their undergraduate career as major and amount of engagement in philosophy-courses (measured by the best GPA in philosophy x credits for a graduating philosophy major) is awarded to:
- Steven Zakuta
The LULA A. PETERSON PRIZE for exemplary citizenship is awarded to philosophy major honors students who have gone far beyond the call of duty in their functions and organizing activities to truly create atmospheric and social changes in our department. This year's award goes to:
- Emma Eder for their exemplary, exceptionally effective leadership and continuous energetic engagement as co-president of WiPhi, organizer of the 2021 Bussey lecture, mediator of cooperations between all PHIL UG organizations (WiPhi, NUPS, Ethics Bowl), and their engagement in recruiting and expanding the reach of PHIL UG organizations.
The RUTH BARCAN MARCUS AWARD for tutoring in formal logic goes to:
- Maria Galaviz Huerta & Amelia Mylvaganam
The THOMAS A. McCARTHY AWARD for Excellence in Teaching by a philosophy graduate student teaching assistant is awarded to:
- Alan Chavoya
Many congratulations to all of our exemplary students awardees for their accomplishments!