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Congratulations to the 2022 Classics Graduates and Student Awardees!

Submitted by Marjorie Gray on June 22, 2022 - 1:40pm
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Congratulations to the students of the Classics community at the University of Washington for their accomplishments over the past academic year, 2021–2022!

DEGREES CONFERRED AND EXPECTED

Ph.D. in Classics

  • Sarah Brucia Breitenfeld
    Dissertation: “Someone Get a Whip!” Enslaved Women and Violence in Athenian Oratory, Comedy and Curses
  • Grace Funsten
    Dissertation: En versus facio: Rewriting Augustan elegy in Latin verse epitaphs, Maximianus, and Louise Labé
  • Xiaoran Luo
    Dissertation: Polyphemus and His World: A Literary History from the Odyssey to the Hellenistic World
  • Joshua Zacks
    Dissertation: Agonistic Intertextuality: Studies in Pindar and Bacchylides 

M.A. in Classics

  • Emma Buechner
    MA Paper: Call the Midwife: An Epigraphic Analysis of the Significance of medicae and obstetrices in the Roman Empire

MAJORS

B.A. in Classics

Hunter Cisiewski, Andrew Geary

B.A. in Classical Studies

Kelsey Flores, Freyda Greenberg, Luc Laurent, Madisson Wiebe

B.A. in Greek

Yadi Wang

MINORS

Classical Studies

Remy Allen, Katherine Amrine, Angelica Andrade, Anna Berg, Kendra Berry, Zachary Bethel, Alexander Betz, Marley Bishop, Harley Boyan, Chris Carroll, Danny Casino, Casey Chamberlain, Maya Cooney, Madeline Cope, Rebecca Craig, Stella Curtis, Michael Dekock, Anna Dimak, Miranda Dith, Jayson Edwards,
Valerie Fischer, Jennifer Franzen, 
Zoe Glepa, Aidan Gottlieb, Charlotte Gutrich, Neva Hahn, Raelee Hampton, Evelyn Hoa, Chau Huynh, Tingying Jia, Lucas Johnson, Daniela Jones, Reese Jones, Trevor Jones, Thomas Kennedy, Grace Kent, Monica Klopp, Paul Knysh, Ritika Kolan, Zoe Levin, Marissa Levine, Connor Liebert, Matthew Liu, Rachel Lo, Lauren Lofgren, Henry Maxon, Christopher Meyer, Jacky Mooc, Jarod Mowers, Francisco Nares, Delaney Norman, Alexandru Omusoru, Ellie Pakzad, Spencer Peterson, Alondra Rodriguez, Thomas Ruffin, Margarita Salas, Zhexin Shi, Amber Smith, Mckenna Stricker, Ruofeng Tang, Alexis Tran, Kiersten Tucker,
Aliana Walker, Emily Warnock,
Emma Wezeman, Abbie White, Lucinda Wickersham

Greek

Marianna Gilbert, Madisson Wiebe

Latin

Brianna Davis, Owen Hanson, Qiao Hu, Ryan Mealiffe, Rocky Schaefer


DEPARTMENT UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Jim Greenfield Travel Award
Melissa Barker, Kate Michal

Harvey Densmore Scholarship 
2021-22: Suh Young Choi
2022-23: Suh Young Choi

Jim Greenfield Undergraduate Scholarship
2021-22: Melissa Barker, Suh Young Choi, Tamara Chubelashvili, Alicia Feichtenbiner, Amelia Ketzel, Hannah Newland
2022-23: Melissa Barker, Suh Young Choi, Alicia Feichtenbiner, Danika Kwak, Kate Michal, Hannah Newland

Meg Greenfield Undergraduate Essay Competition
Melissa Barker, Suh Young Choi, Cori Davidson, Luc Laurent, Meagan White

Pamela Stewart and Julie Golding Endowed Student Scholarship
Tamara Chubelashvili


DEPARTMENT GRADUATE AWARDS

Jim Greenfield Dissertation Fellowship
Kaitlyn Boulding, Joseph Bringman

Jim Greenfield Graduate Fellowship
Fanaye Yirga


UW UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Eleftherios and Mary Rouvelas Endowed Writing Prize in Hellenic Studies
Meagan White

Irene Dickson McFarlane Tuition Scholarship 2022-23
Melissa Barker


UW GRADUATE AWARDS

Joff Hanauer Graduate Fellowship
Diana Molkova (2021-22)
Jonathan Clark, Lauryn Hanley (2022-2023)

Míċeál Vaughan Award
Lauryn Hanley

Simpson Center Society of Scholars Summer Dissertation Fellowship
Diana Molkova


EXTERNAL AWARDS

CHS Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Greek Etymology
Jonathan Clark

E. Adelaide Hahn Rome/Athens Scholarship
Jonathan Clark

Lambda Classical Caucus Graduate Student Paper Award 2022
Grace Funsten

Women's Classical Caucus Best Pre-PhD Paper Award 2021
Sarah Brucia Breitenfeld

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