Past Award Winners

J & C Nath Outstanding Honors Graduate Award

One or more students are selected each year as Honors College Outstanding Graduates. The award is granted by a committee of Honors faculty and staff. Nominations can be made by any West Virginia University student, alumni, faculty member or advisor (with the exception of full-time employees of the Honors College).

• 2022
  • Alexandra Holsclaw, advertising, Reed College of Media
  • Raimah Hossain, biomedical engineering, Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
• 2021
  • Jessica Hogbin, history; world languages, literature, and linguistics (BA) and religious studies, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
  • Christina White, biology and international studies, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• 2020
  • Mikalaa Martin, forensic & investigative science, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jordan Nistendirk, political science and history, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• 2019
  • Kelsey Eackles, psychology, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lynsey Soule, biology, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• 2018
  • Jordan Riggs, history, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kensey Bergdorf, immunology & medical microbiology, School of Medicine, multidisciplinary studies, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• Cassandra Drain psychology, multidisciplinary studies, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• Nick Haas, forensic & investigative sciences, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• 2016
  • Trevor Butcher, chemistry, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
  • Hannah Clipp, wildlife & fisheries resources, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, multidisciplinary studies, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

• 2015

  • Deonna Gandy, general business, College of Business & Economics 
  • Emma Van der Aarde, international relations, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• 2014
  • Sarah Freeman, biochemistry, Intercollegiate Program
  • Nainika Nanda, chemistry, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• 2013
  • Tonia Ahmed, chemistry, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jessica Carr, chemistry, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

Robert F. Munn Library Scholars Award for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Robert F. Munn Library Scholars Award is presented annually to a student for outstanding research contributions in the humanities or social sciences that have culminated in the production of an exceptional thesis or capstone research paper. Winners are awarded $1,000 and are recognized publicly by the University and the Libraries. The Robert F. Munn Library Scholars Award judges may select up to three winners.

• 2022
  • Samantha N. Franzese, "Analyzing Parent Characteristics and Invalid Responses on the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory.”
  • Jude Platz, “Decadal Disparities in the Election of Women to State Legislatures”
  • Elizabeth Rockwell, “Ethnomusicology, Ethnocentrism, and the Other.”
• 2021
  • Adam Benjamin, “Labor-Power as It’s Found: Surplus Labor and Development Initiatives in Revolutionary Zanzibar.”
  • Aerianna McClanahan, “The Downfalls of Performative White Allyship on Social Media in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement.”
• 2020
  • Iain MacKay, “Vermeer as Aporia: Indeterminacy, Divergent Narratives, and Ways of Seeing.”
  • Jordan Nistendirk, “Insiders and Outsiders on the Gay Community in Weimar Berlin.”
  • Jack Steketee, “The Effects of Environmental Restoration on Housing Prices in Northern Colorado.”
• 2019
  • Hannah Coffey, “Childhood Trauma: An Analysis of Trauma Severity, Symptoms, and Contributing Factors.”
  • Kelsey R. Eackles, “Exploring Provider-Patient Interactions with Young Children in the Dental Setting.”
• 2018
  • Elizabeth Satterfield, “Swiss Settlement in Randolph County, West Virginia: A Study of Land Deals, Policies, and Immigration."
  • Rachel A. Wattick, “The Relationship between Dietary Quality and Mental Health in a Young Adult Appalachian College Population.”
• 2017
  • Hayley Harman, “Electronic Cigarette Expectancies in Adolescents: Exploring the Relation between User Status and Beliefs.”
    
  • Janelle Vickers, “So Why Do We Choose the Boys That Are Naughty?: An Examination of the Byronic Hero in the Modern Age.”
• 2015
  • Jordan Lovejoy, “Speaking with the Silenced: Unquiet Ecologies in the Appalachian Writing of Denise Giardina.”
  • Matthew Trickett, “Investigation of the Relations between CES-D Subscale Scores and MRNI-SF Masculinity Scores.”
• 2014
  • Megan Bean, “Queering Caillebotte: Subversive Portraits of Masculinity.”
  • Madeline Vandevender, “A Marsh Encounter: Implications of Place in Brian Jacques’  Salamandastron.”
• 2013
  • Jessica Brielle “Brie” Kawalek, “Psychopathy as a Mediator between Disgust and Violent Behavior.”
• 2012
  • Abigail Cioffi, “Dunmore’s War: How Virginia’s West was Won."
  • Miriah Hamrick, “An Adversary for Mr. Bryan: West Virginia’s Forgotten Contributions to the Antievolution Crusade."
  • Jared Jones, “From Fraud to God: Characterisations of the Scientist in British Literature, 1726-1818.”
• 2011
  • Alexandra Day Coffman, “The Life and Influence of William H. Kendrick: A Short Biography of ‘Teepi’ Kendrick."
  • Chelsea Richmond, “Tito’s Yugoslavia: America’s Cold War Weapon."
• 2009

  (inaugural year award granted)

  • Chelsea Leigh Derlan, "The Significance of Parenting Stress, Substance Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, and Other Potential Risk Factors on Treatment Outcomes and Adherence for Child Maltreatment."
  • Theodora Kelly Trimble, "Women's Conflict Journals: World War II through the Yugoslav Wars"