Awards and Prizes
Culture, Power, and Practice Award in Anthropology
Established in 2020 for our first graduating class in the Anthropology Department, this award honors outstanding senior work in the department as well as academic excellence.
Past Recipients
2023 Katie Barton and Mel Leider
2022 Suria Vanrajah and Anna Wood
2021 Daniel Krugman and Kayla Lichtmann
2020 Oshin Bista
Margaret K. Nelson Award in Critical Sociology and Anthropology
The Margaret K. Nelson Award in Critical Sociology and Anthropology was established in 2017 in honor of Professor Nelson, who taught in the SOAN department 1975-2017. Awarded to a graduating SOAN senior for high academic achievement, leadership in student and community activities, and/or critical contributions to public social science. This award was last given in the final year of the Sociology and Anthropology Department (2019).Margaret K. Nelson Award
Past Recipients
| 2019 | Sarah V. Koch Grace Levin |
| 2018 | Rachel D. Cohen Julia L. Shumlin |
| 2017 | Aliza L. Cohen |
| 2016 | Jena Ritchey |
Lank Prize in Sociology and Anthropology
Established in 1984 by Dr. Alden G. Lank ’55, Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior and Stephan Schmidheiny Professor Emeritus of Family Enterprises of the International Management Development Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland. Awarded to a graduating senior in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for academic excellence and, where appropriate, contributions to international understanding. This award was last given in the final year of the Sociology and Anthropology Department (2019).
Past Recipients
| 2019 | Caroline Emma Wolf and Lulu Zhou |
| 2018 | Noah Cameron Liebmiller and Priyanjali Sinha |
| 2017 | Rachel Elisabeth Kinney and Samantha Takahashi Lamont |
| 2016 | Diana Karen Luna |
| 2015 | Michael Hunter Bernstein and Megan Else Ernst |
| 2014 | Cailey Anne Cron and Anna Matrone Mack |
| 2013 | Jordan Ricigliano |
| 2012 | Arthur Jung Han Choo |
| 2011 | Julianna Tschirhart |
| 2010 | Elissa Bullion |
| 2009 | Christine Bachman and Benjamin Grimmnitz |
| 2008 | Tracy Young |
| 2007 | Yelizavetta Kofman |
| 2006 | Michael Rimoin and Pauley Tedoff |
| 2005 | Karin L. Colyer, Jasmin N. Johnson, and Marina Zaloznaya |
| 2004 | Lila S. Buckley |
| 2003 | Rebecca M. Adams and Stephanie A. Savell |
| 2002 | Laura Allison Bloom |
| 2001 | Courtney Christine Brocks and Masturah Ismail |
| 2000 | Julie Christina Crosby |
| 1999 | Sandra Jeanne Caron and Jason Jonathan Price |
| 1998 | Laurie Anne Gagnon and Pratima S. Sipahimalani |
| 1997 | Renee Kuriyan and Kim Davis |
| 1996 | Gretchen B. Elias |
| 1995 | Alison E. Ferrari and Danielle S. Johnson |
| 1994 | Karlyn Komives and Germaine Trong |
| 1993 | Amy E. Fox |
| 1992 | Katherine E. Beal |
| 1991 | Rebecca A. Nash |
| 1990 | Tracey A. Gallin |
| 1989 | Jane I. Keller and Naoshi Kira |
| 1988 | Christine M. Fiedler |
| 1987 | Elizabeth V. Wimberly |
| 1986 | Rajindra K. Puri |
| 1985 | Susan Dutton Clark |
The Blum & Company Award
Established in 1984 by Albert L. Blum ’72. Awarded to a graduating senior in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for high academic achievement or leadership in student and community activities. The last award was given in 2014.
| 2014 | Luke Carroll Brown |
| 2013 | Jay Sapier |
| 2012 | Amethyst Amanda–Larie Tate and Sophia Mandel D’Ignazio |
| 2011 | Kristin Haas |
| 2010 | Todd Swisher |
| 2009 | Hannah Rabinovitch |
| 2008 | Mary Freeman-Lynde and Kristen Ward |
| 2007 | Tamara Vatnick |
| 2006 | Amber Trotter |
| 2005 | Oana M. Dan, Andrea K. M. Hamre, and Rebecca N. Schutz |
| 2004 | John G. McKinley |
| 2003 | Elizabeth B. Howell and Melanie A. Mac |
| 2002 | Kristen Lucia Gray and Peter John Dixon |
| 2001 | Amanda Cale Cecil |
| 2000 | Jennifer Lee Labrecque |
| 1999 | Lisa Janicki |
| 1998 | Tiffany Monica Bean and Julie Flanagan |
| 1997 | Erin Weiner and Hillery Hinds |
| 1996 | Brooke W. McDonald and Daniel A. Schechter |
| 1995 | Wendy S. Russell |
| 1994 | Heidi A. Bachman and Heather E. Driscoll |
| 1993 | Andrew T. Levinson |
| 1992 | Garon K. Jones |
| 1991 | Beth A. Lasell |
| 1990 | Kristin L. Homer |
| 1989 | Victoria B. Wideman |
| 1988 | Cara E. Walthier |
| 1987 | Jayne L. E. Maxwell |
| 1986 | Edward K Ryter |
| 1985 | Martha L. Reis |
| 1984 | Sarah S. Burke |