Recent Awards and Fellowships
2016-17
Awards, Honors, Projects and PublicationsAaron Aruck
2016 Lionel Cantu Memorial Award
Erik Bernardino
2017 Lionel Cantu Memorial Award
Melissa Bryzcki
Podcast (joint), East Asia for All
Bristol Cave-LaCoste
2017 Lionel Cantu Memorial Award
Kiran Garcha
Co-Curator, Pictures and Progress: The Black Panthers, 1966-2016 Exhibit, McHenry Library
Xiaofei Gao
“Life and Death in the Fisheries of Northeastern China, 1905-1907.” In Still Facing East: International Scholars on Japanese Culture (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Nowa Strona, 2016), 21-31.
Priscilla Martinez
2017 Outstanding TA Award
Stephanie Montgomery
Podcast (joint), East Asia for All
Honorable Mention-Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Nicole VanderMeer
13th Annual UCSC Graduate Symposium Presenter, Deans Award
Research Grants, Fellowships and Scholarships
Aaron Aruck
National Humanities Without Walls Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Melissa Bryzcki
2017-18 IHR Dissertation Completion Fellowship
U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program, Alumni Development Fund
UNC Phillips Ambassador Program, 10-Year Anniversary Award
Kiran Garcha
UC Humanities Research Institute Dissertation Fellowship
Kyuhyun Han
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies
China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC)/Ching-kuo Foundation (CCKF)
Donald Hickey
Humanities Research Institute, Humanist@Work Workshop, Travel Grant
Sean Lawrence
Fulbright Scholars Program
Taylor Kirsch
Phillips Fund for Native American Research Grant
Muiris MacGiollabhui
AHA Michael Kraus Fellowship
Priscilla Martinez
IHR Public Fellowship
Wilson Miu
Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development
Stephanie Montgomery
U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program, Alumni Development Fund
UNC Phillips Ambassador Program, 10-Year Anniversary Award
Jaclyn Schultz
Virginia Historical Society Mellon Research Fellowship
Oberlin Frederick B. Artz Summer Scholar Research Grant
American Antiquarian Society Justin G. Schiller Fellowship
Andrei Tcacenco
REEEC SLR Fellowship, University of Urbana-Champaign’s Russian, East European and Eurasian Center
Samantha Williams
The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University
2015 - 2016
The Association for Asian Studies China and Inner Asia Council Small Grant - Stephanie Montgomery
Center for Archival Training and Research Fellowship - Samantha Williams
Friends of the Princeton University Library Research Grant - Melissa Brzycki
Henry Luce ACLS Pre-Dissertation Summer Travel Grant - Stephanie Montgomery
Humanities Research Institute of California Studies Consortium Award - Kiran Garcha
IHR Summer Dissertation Fellowship - Meg Eppel Gudgeirsson
IHR Summer Dissertation Fellowship - Martin Rizzo
IHR Summer Research Fellowship - Melissa Brzycki
NCID Emerging Diversity Scholar Award - Elyse Banks
Silas Palmer Research Fellowship - Melissa Brzycki
Teaching Assistant Sabbatical Fellowship - Meg Eppel Gudgeirsson
2014 - 2015
Chancellor's Dissertation Year Fellowship - Jermey Tai
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Dissertation Fellowship - Fang Yu Hu
DAAD Intensive Language Course Grant, Duetscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service)- Benjamin Pietrenka
Dissertation Sabbatical Quarter Fellowship - Martin Rizzo
Fulbright IIE Graduate Research Fellowship - Benjamin Pietrenka
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - Jessica Barbata-Jackson
Humanities Division Dean's Award - Jessica Barbata-Jackson
IHR Dissertation Year Fellowship - Nicholas Conrad
IHR Summer Dissertation Fellowship - James (Dustin) Wright
IHR Summer Research Fellowship - Jessica Barbata-Jackson
IHR Summer Research Fellowship - Melissa Brzycki
IHR Summer Research Fellowship - Muiris MacGiollabhui
IHR Summer Research Fellowship - Stephanie Montgomery
President's Dissertation Year Fellowship - Elyse Banks
Summersell Center for the Study of the South Fellowship - Jessica Barbata-Jackson
2013 - 2014
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Program in China Studuies, Pre-Disseration Grant, the Henry Luce Foundation - Xiafei Gao
American Philosophical Society, Library Resident Research Fellow - Edward (Noel) Smyth
Atlantic History Research Grant, Harvard University - Edward (Noel) Smyth
Nippon Foundation Fellows Scholarship & Inter-University Center Scholar Tuition Fellowship - George Gonzales
CV Starr International Initiative Scholarship, Middlebury College - Xiaofei Gao
Critical Language Scholarship, U.S. State Department - George Gonzales
IHR Dissertation Year Fellowship - Edward (Noel) Smyth
IHR Summer Dissertation Fellowship - Amanda Shuman
IHR Summer Research Fellowship - Evan Grupsmith
IHR Summer Research Fellowship -Kiran Garcha
Japanese Language Program, Specialist in Cultural and Academics, the Japan Foundation - Xiaofei Gao
Pac Rim Fellowship - Martin Rizzo
Pac Rim Fellowship - Jeremy Tai
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award- James (Dustin) Wright
UC Center for New Racial Studies Fellowship - Edward (Noel) Smyth
2012 - 2013
DAAD Intensive Language Course Grant, Duetscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (Germand Academic Exchange Service)- Benjamin Pietrenka
Academia Sinica Fellowship - Fang Yu Hu
American Philosophical Society, Philips Fund Grant for Native American Research - Edward (Noel) Smyth
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellow, Hunington Library - Edward (Noel) Smyth
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship - James (Dustin) Wright
Global Gulf South Research Fellow, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, Tulane University - Edward (Noel) Smyth
Dissertation Sabbatical Quarter Fellowship - Benjamin Pietrenka
IHR Summer 2012 Fellowship - Benjamin Pietrenka
IHR Summer 2012 Fellowship - Jeffrey Sanceri
IHR Summer 2012 Fellowship - Jeremy Tai
IHR Summer 2012 Fellowship - Kelsi Evans
IHR Research Travel Grant - Jessica Barbata
IHR Research Travel Grant- Xiaofei Gao
IHR Research Travel Grant - Amanda Shuman
Pac Rim Research Fellowship - Fang Yu Hu
2011 - 2012
IIE Graduate Fellowships for International Study, funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered by Institute of International Education, U.S. State Department - Fang Yu Hu
Saul Kagan Fellowship for Advanced Holocaust Studies, Center for Jewish History Graduate Research Fellowship, Max Weinreich Center at the YIVO Institute, Professor Bernard Choseed Fellowship, and Targum Shlishi Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2011 - 2012 - Polly Zavadivker
Alumni Development Fund, Critical Language Scholarship, U.S. State Department - Fang Yu Hu
Doctoral Student Sabbatical Fellowship - Spring 2012 - Alicia Romero Sanchez
Doctoral Student Sabbatical Fellowship - Fall 2011 - Troy Crowder
Institute of International Education Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Jeremy Tai
IHR Dissertation Year Fellowship - Kelly Feinstein-Johnson
IHR Dissertation Quarter Fellowship - Elizabeth MullinsIHR Summer 2011 Fellowship - Elyse Banks
IHR Summer 2011 Fellowship - Troy Crowder
IHR Summer Research Fellowship - Fang Yu Hu
IHR Summer 2011 Fellowship - Alicia Romero
IHR Summer 2011 Fellowship - Sara Smith
Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Program for Specialists (6-months) - James Dustin Wright
President's Dissertation-Year Fellowship - Chrislaine Pamphile Miller
American Association of University Women Fellowship - Laura Martin
Phillips Fund Grant for Native American Research from the American Philosophical Society, Summer 2011
Edward (Noel) Smyth
Regents Fellowship - George Gonzales
STARS (Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students) scholarship, funded by the UC Santa Cruz Women’s Club - Fang Yu Hu
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award- Benjamin Pietrenka
2010 - 2011
Advanced Japenese in Kyoto, Critical Language Scholarship, U.S. State Department - Fang Yu Hu
James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowship, UCLA Library Special Collections, 2010-2011 - David Palter
UCHRI California Humanities Scholars Program Research Fellowship - Kelly Feinstein-Johnson
UC Center for New Racial Studies Fellowship - David Palter
Chancellor's Fellowship - Pauline Fu
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship - Amanda Shuman
Alumni Development Fund, Critical Language Scholarship, U.S. State Department - Fang Yu Hu
IHR Summer Research Fellowship - Fang Yu Hu
IHR Summer 2010 Fellowship - Laura Martin
IHR Summer 2010 Fellowship - Jeremy Tai
Chancellor’s Dissertation-Year Fellowship, 2010-11 - Yajun Mo
Doctoral Student Sabbatical Fellowship, Fall 2010 - Elizabeth Mullins
IHR Dissertation Fellowship, 2010-2011 - David Palter
IHR Dissertation Fellowship, 2010-2011 - Laura Rosenzweig
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Fellowship, 2010-2011 - Chrislaine Pamphile
2009 - 2010
Japan Foundation, Japenese Language Programs Specialist in Cultural and Academics - Fang Yu Hu
UC Center for New Racial Studies Fellowship, 2009-2010 - Sabrina Sanchez
STARS (Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students) scholarship, funded by the UC Santa Cruz Women’s Club - Nicolette Severson
Ernest and Lisa Auerbach Award, UCSC IHR, Summer ’09 - Edward (Noel) Smyth
IHR Summer Summer Fellowship - Fang Yu Hu
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - Elizabeth Mullins
2008 - 2009
Anglo-California Scholarship 2009, UC Berkeley Center for British Studie - Brien O’Connell
Pac Rim Fellowship 2008-2009 - Eliza Martin
Pac Rim Fellowship 2008-2009 - Michael Jin
Pac Rim Fellowship 2008-2009 -Ana Candela