The Graduate School is pleased to announce that up to six outstanding doctoral students will be recognized with the Auburn University Graduate School’s Distinguished Dissertation Award.
The application process, selection criteria, and award categories are modeled after the Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards, so that selected award-winners from Auburn may also be nominated for these national 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 $500 and a citation. Upon the recommendation of the Awards Committee, the Graduate School may nominate winners of the awards for the Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards.
Each college is invited to select and nominate up to three students (in each award category as appropriate) for the Graduate School awards. If a college 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 April 15th. If this date falls over a weekend or holiday, submissions are due by 8:00 am CT on the next business day.Even Years (i.e. 2024, 2026, 2028):
Odd Years (i.e. 2023, 2025, 2027):
For more information, contact Dr. Maria Witte in the Graduate School at wittemm@auburn.edu.
Past Recipients
| Year | Name | College/School |
| 2023 | Russell Allison | History |
| Suma Basak | Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences | |
| Emily Driessen | Biological Sciences | |
| Joshua Flees | Poultry Science | |
| Renlei Ji | Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology | |
| Hemendra Kumar | Biosystems Engineering | |
| Sindhu Ramesh | Pharmacology | |
| Aftab Siddique | Poultry Food Science | |
| 2022 | Isuru Ariyarathna | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Haishun Du | Chemical Engineering | |
| Shuoyang Wang | Mathematics and Statistics | |
| Swagata Chakraborty | Consumer and Design Sciences | |
| Jessica Norton | Human Development and Family Science | |
| 2021 | Andrew Swartzer | History |
| Donald Lamb | Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Mgtn | |
| Lauren Woodie | Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Mgt | |
| Michael Coogan | Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Science | |
| Priscilla Ayine | Nutrition Dietetics, and Hospitality Mgt | |
| Xiaoli Ma | Fisheries, Aquaculutre, and Aquatic Sciences | |
| 2020 | AJ David Good | Public Policy |
| Courtney Haun | Public Administration | |
| Elizabeth Spitzer | Clinical Psychology | |
| Erol Sozen | Hospitality | |
| Shubbhi Taneja | Computer Science | |
| Richard Cullum | Chemical Engineering/Drug Discovery | |
| 2019 | Mary Colvin | History |
| Brett Derbes | History | |
| Kamal Gosh | Fisheries | |
| Phillip Gunter | Animal Sciences | |
| Xu Rongting | Forestry | |
| Anna Tucker | Forestry | |
| 2018 | Alina Braun | Human Sciences |
| Austin Gurley | Engineering | |
| Brianna Christian | Engineering | |
| David Curtis | Human Sciences | |
| Marcos Daou | Kinesiology | |
| Shantanu Pradhan | Engineering | |
| 2017 | Justin Antos | Curriculum and Teaching |
| Lydia Ferguson | English | |
| Corey Markum | History | |
| Yusuf Celikbag | Forestry and Wildlife Sciences | |
| Rebecca Koch | Biological Sciences | |
| Khondaker Shamsur Rahman | Pathobiology | |
| 2016 | David Adams | Liberal Arts |
| Kim Gregson | Human Sciences | |
| Hans Saint-Eloi Cadely | Human Sciences | |
| Hasan Babaei | Engineering | |
| Xunfei Jiang | Engineering | |
| Fang Yu | Engineering | |
| 2015 | Chris Eklund | Liberal Arts |
| Justin Havird | Sciences and Mathematics | |
| Libby Jones | Liberal Arts | |
| Farruk Lutful Kabir | Veterinary Medicine | |
| Rui Malinowski | Forestry and Wildlife Sciences | |
| 2014 | Yingsong Huang | Engineering |
| Kailash Jajam | Engineering | |
| Mallory Lucier-Greer | Human Sciences | |
| Hema Ramsurn | Engineering | |
| 2013 | Kevin Kocot | Sciences and Mathematics |
| Chris Marble | Agriculture | |
| Elizabeth Ndontsa | Sciences and Mathematics | |
| 2012 | Jan Boronski | Sciences and Mathematics |
| Idris Cerkez | Engineering | |
| Lori Elmore-Staton | Human Sciences | |
| Samuel Logan | College of Education | |
| John Magnotti | Liberal Arts | |
| Hao Yu | Engineering | |
| 2011 | George Matusick | Forestry and Wildlife Sciences |
| Larissa Parsley | Biological Sciences | |
| Wei Ren | Forestry and Wildlife Sciences | |
| Amie Seidman | Liberal Arts | |
| 2010 | Min Carter | Business |
| Suna Eryigit | Human Sciences | |
| Mary Beth Harben | Human Sciences | |
| Hasan Kocer | Engineering | |
| Michael Tiemeyer | Sciences and Mathematics | |
| Ziliang Zong | Engineering |
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