2021 Graduate Award Winners
President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students
Meghan Buckley, English
Xujia Chen, Math
Sebastian Dick, Physics
Sindhuja Tirumalai Govindarajan, Biomedical Engineering
Jonathan Rawski, Linguistics
The winners of the President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students will present
a synopsis of their research (geared to a non-specialist audience) at a symposium
held in conjunction with the Graduate Awards Ceremony. One of these winners will be
asked to give a commencement speech at the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony.
President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Marybeth Apriceno, Psychology
Jack Burkart, Math
Moisés Hassan, Hispanic Languages and Literature
Delicia Kamins, Philosophy
Bernard Krumm, English
Emma Talis, Applied Math & Statistics
The winners of the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching will be invited to
participate in the August 2021 Workshop for New Teaching Assistants, presented each
year to new doctoral students during graduate orientation events.
Stony Brook Foundation Trustees Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Jessica Kim, Sociology
Katharine Thompson, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences
Madeline Fusco Fellowship
Award
Stephanie Bonvissuto, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship
Award
Annu Daftuar, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
John Marburger III Fellowship for Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Adelle Molina, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
John Dunn Excellence Award in Life Sciences
Kenneth Davidson, Ecology & Evolution
Dedi Yang, Ecology & Evolution
Dean's Alumni Association Leadership
Award
Zared Shawver, Psychology
Dean's
Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring by a faculty member
Kathleen Vernon, Hispanic Languages and Literature
Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by a Faculty Member
John Bailyn, Linguistics
Dean's
Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Program Director (GPD)
Mary Rawlinson, Philosophy
Dean's
Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Coordinator
(GPC)
Theresa Spadola, English
Dorothy G. Pieper Award
Heather Weston, Art