The Graduate School is pleased to announce that up to six outstanding master’s students will be recognized with the Auburn University Graduate School’s Master’s Thesis Awards.
The application process, selection criteria, and award categories are modeled after the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools’ Master’s Thesis Awards, so that selected award-winners from Auburn may also be nominated for these regional awards at the appropriate time.
Winners of the award will be recognized at the Graduate School’s annual awards ceremony with a cash prize of $250 and a citation. Upon the recommendation of the Awards Committee, the Graduate School may nominate winners of the awards for the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools’ Master’s Thesis Awards.
Each college/school is invited to select and nominate up to three students (in each award category as appropriate) for the Graduate School awards. If a college/school nominates more than three students in any one category, the Graduate School will contact one of the unit’s associate deans (or another designee) to downselect the top three candidates.
The deadline for submission to the Graduate School is July 30. If this date falls over a weekend or holiday, submissions are due by 8:00 am CT on the next business day.
Odd Years (i.e. 2023, 2025, 2027):
Even Years (i.e. 2024, 2026, 2028):
For more information, contact Dr. Maria Witte in the Graduate School at wittemm@auburn.edu.
Past Recipients
| Year | Name | College/School |
| 2023 | Suman Budhathoki | Biosystems Engineering |
| Karl Christensen | Human Development and Family Science | |
| Olamide Durodola | Biosystems Engineering | |
| Courtney Furlong | Human Development and Family Science | |
| Caroline Gregg | Poultry Science | |
| Ansley Hamid | Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences | |
| Samuel Krebsbach | Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences | |
| Allison Tidwell | Human Development and Family Science | |
| Serhat Yildiz | Nutrition | |
| 2022 | Rebecca Mosier | Sociology |
| Sophie Boorman | Veterinary Medicine | |
| Charles Herron | Poultry Science | |
| Gagandeep Kaur | Crop, Soil and Environmental Science | |
| Oluwakemisola Olofintila | Plant Sciences | |
| Bipin Tiwari | Aerospace Engineering | |
| 2021 | Rory Aurora Gernert | Sociology |
| Carolyn Ritchey | Psychology | |
| Darshika Hettiarachchi | Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures | |
| Andrew Johnson | Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures | |
| Amrit Pal | Poultry Science | |
| Yilue Zhang | Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| 2020 | Sanjita Wasti | Biosystems Engineering |
| Jessica Brown | History | |
| Vitale Castellano | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Rajveer Singh | Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences | |
| Karthekeyan Sridhar | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Nathan Backenstose | Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures | |
| 2019 | Hentry Hershey | Agriculture |
| Jasmine Kataria | Agriculture | |
| John Canfield | Interdepartmental Programss | |
| Julio Yanes | Liberal Arts | |
| Connor Martz | Human Sciences | |
| Micah Brett Warren | Agriculture | |
| 2018 | Zachary Johnston | Humanities and Fine Arts |
| Nicole Habbit | Chemical Engineering | |
| Alex Locker | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Kritika Malhotra | Biosystems Engineering | |
| Sagar Tamang | Civil Engineering | |
| Zhongtian Zhang | Biosystems Engineering | |
| 2017 | Steven Kitchens | Life Sciences |
| Sarah Lessard | Life Sciences | |
| Andrea Cole Wahl | Life Sciences | |
| Paige Hartman | Psychology | |
| Lauren Kirby | Psychology | |
| Nadratu Nuhu | Psychology | |
| 2016 | Yvette Jones | History |
| Felipe Moraga | Foreign Language | |
| Matthew O’Neal | History | |
| Manjinder Kaur | Biosystems Engineering | |
| John Pierce | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Lingling Yang | Civil Engineering | |
| 2015 | Jeff Chieppa | Forestry and Wildlife Sciences |
| Jacqueline Gimmler | Veterinary Medicine | |
| Millie Harrison | Liberal Arts | |
| Xia Li | Sciences and Mathematics | |
| Annelise Mowry | Sciences and Mathematics | |
| Derek Pope | Liberal Arts | |
| 2014 | Carmen Chosie | Engineering |
| Clinton Crum | Liberal Arts | |
| Jessica Godwin | Sciences and Mathematics | |
| Álvaro López Pajares | Liberal Arts | |
| Julianna Rabeler | Liberal Arts | |
| Oscar Sotomayor | Engineering | |
| 2013 | Stefanie Christensen | Agriculture |
| Zach DeVries | Agriculture | |
| Meng Ding | Human Sciences | |
| Kate Taylor Harcourt | Human Sciences | |
| Kelly Martin | Human Sciences | |
| Saranrat Wittayanukorn | Pharmacy | |
| 2012 | Leah Craig | Liberal Arts |
| Harrison Meadows | Liberal Arts | |
| Brandon Swan | Sciences and Mathematics | |
| Zachary Wakefield | Liberal Arts |
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