2026 Student Awardees
Each year, the BU Center for the Humanities recognizes undergraduate and graduate students doing outstanding work in the humanities through endowed awards. The Center also awards four semester-long dissertation fellowships for the coming academic year. Please join us in congratulating the 2026 awardees, who will be honored at a ceremony on May 12.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
The Dean Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize
Lauren Steiger, Classical Studies
The John Oddy Memorial Award
Zahra Abdi, Classical Studies
Liz Berg, Classical Studies
Courtney Ford, Classical Studies and English
Amanda Millar, Classical Studies
Rae Ruane, Film & Television
The Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award
Nicholas Costantini, Classical Studies
Sarah Han, World Languages & Literatures
Adriana Hazlett, History
Rianna Mattox, Anthropology
Rosemary Rossi, English
Sharleen Kaur Sandhu, History
Jonathan Sullivan, Classical Studies
Lilu Trondowski, World Languages & Literatures
Gabriella Viveiros, History of Art & Architecture
Abigail Waddington, English
The Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize
Maya Bride, Cinema & Media Studies
Clara Neal, Romance Studies
The Robert E. Yellin Award
Noah Darby, Linguistics
Cameron Kidde, Philosophy
Maclain Rockett, Linguistics
Handatou Sidibe, Anthropology
Peijun Xie, Anthropology
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS*
The Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award
Alina Amvrosova, History
Kohaku Flynn, English
Pol Pardini Gispert, Philosophy
The Helen G. Allen Humanities Award
Emily Bogin, Religion
Isabella M. Dobson, History of Art & Architecture
The Clarimond Mansfield Award
MaryKate Smolenski, American Studies
Liza Sulkin, Linguistics
The Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize
William Glover, English
Kaylee F. Kelley, History of Art & Architecture
Jackson Kellogg, Linguistics
Xianfeng Shi, Religion
*All Graduate Student Award recipients also receive The Angela J. and James J. Rallis Memorial Award
GRADUATE DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS
Brady Dailey, Linguistics
Sümeyra Güneş, Anthropology
Sarah Lewinger, Anthropology
Adebola Ola, Musicology & Ethnomusicology