Previous Recipients of AFW Awards for
Outstanding Women in Graduate Studies

AFW

2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001 1995-2000


 
Year Award Recipient Advisor Department Research
2005-2006 Harriett B. Rigas Award
(Ph.D.) - First Place
Candice Lynn Willmon
Margaret Black Pharmacy Optimizing a target gene (deoxycytidine kinase) critical for DNA synthesis for potential use for suicide gene therapy of cancer
2005-2006
Harriett B. Rigas Award
(Ph.D.) - Second Place
Tetyana A. Lysak
(w/ Advisor Edward Weber & Nominator Nicholas Lovrich)
Edward Weber Political Science Water management and watershed management through collaborative policymaking in the State of Washington
2005-2006 Harriett B. Rigas Award
(Ph.D.) - Honorable Mention
Rosara Payne Sue Clark Chemistry Separating various isotopes of Americanium, Plutonium and Cesium
2005-2006 AFW Founders Award
(Masters) - First Place
Krittika Kanjilal
(w/ AFW President Jean Johnson)
Doerte Blume Physics Interaction between two atoms in one, two and three dimensions
2005-2006 AFW Founders Award
(Masters) - Second Place
Celestina Barbosa-Leiker Jeff Joireman Psychology Measuring cooperation between employees
2005-2006 AFW Founders Award
(Masters) - Second Place (tie)
Tabitha T. Brown
Richard Koenig Crops and Soil Sciences Investigating the fate of nitrogen in direct-seed cropping systems in the Pacific Northwest

Year Award Recipient Advisor Department Research
2004-2005 Harriett B. Rigas Award
(PhD) - First Place
Renée Prasad William Snyder Entomology Community ecology and conservation biological control
2004-2005 Harriett B. Rigas Award
(Ph.D.) - Second Place
Deirdre Prischmann David James Entomology Biological control of spider mites on wine grapes
2004-2005 Harriett B. Rigas Award
(Ph.D.) - Honorable Mention
Tanya LeRoith Terry McElwain Vet. Microbiology & Pathology Vector borne diseases
2004-2005 Harriett B. Rigas Award
(Ph.D.) - Honorable Mention
Sunshine Lahmers Henk Granzier VCAPP/Vet. Sciences Cardiology and cardiovascular research (molecular)
2004-2005 AFW Founders Award
(Masters) - First Place 
Priscilla Haryadi Terry Umbreit Hospitality Management Hospitality
2004-2005 AFW Founders Award
(Masters) - First Place
Amanda Gifford Ruth Newberry Animal Sciences Animal behavior with emphasis in pig recognition memory
2004-2005 AFW Founders Award
(Masters) - Honorable Mention
Tia-Maria Hoeller Carol Ivory Fine Arts Drawing and installation
2004-2005 AFW Founders Award
(Masters) - Honorable Mention
Marthe Russell-Schroeder Diana Pulido Foreign Languages Second language acquisition


Year Award Recipient Advisor DepartmentResearch
2003-2004 Harriett B. Rigas Award (PhD) - First Place Jianli Hu Charles L. Munson Management & Decision Sciences Operations management and supply chain management
2003-2004
Harriett B. Rigas Award
(Ph.D.) - Second Place
Olga Mavrodi Linda S. Thomashow Plant Pathology Genetic characteristics of a soil bacterium used as an environmentally friendly biological control agent
2003-2004 AFW Founders Award (Masters) - First Place Julia V. Martinez David Bahr Mechanical & Materials EngineeringThin films and processes for use in microelectronic applications
2003-2004 AFW Founders Award (Masters) - Second Place Katherine C. Hegewisch Steven Tomsovic PhysicsComputational ocean acoustics
2003-2004 AFW Founders Award (Masters) - Third Place Zena Edwards Miriam Edlefsen Food Science & Human NutritionFood safety education and outreach

 
Year Award Recipient Advisor Department
2002-2003 Harriett B. Rigas Award (PhD) Ana Zimmerman Sandra Ristow Animal Sciences
2002-2003 H. B. Rigas Honorable Mention Kristen Mitchell B. Paige Lawrence Pharmacology/Toxicology
2002-2003 H. B. Rigas Honorable Mention Krista Nicholas Gary Thorgaard Biological Sciences (Zoology)
2002-2003 AFW Founders Award (Masters) Lin Xu Carol Ivory Fine Arts
2002-2003 AFW Founders Award Honorable Mention Lorie Follette John Turpin Interior Design
2002-2003 AFW Founders Award Honorable Mention Autumn Miller Erica W. Austin School of Communication
 

Year Award Recipient Advisor Department
2001-2002
Harriett B. Rigas Award (PhD)
Kristine Malmkvist Grimsrud

Ray Huffaker Agricultural Economics
2001-2002
H. B. Rigas Honorable Mention
Nandini Bhattacharya Nancy Magnuson Molecular Biosciences
2001-2002
AFW Founders Award (Masters) Xiaohui Hou David A. Sclar Health Policy & Administration
2001-2002
AFW Founders Award Honorable Mention Kshamta Jerath Frederick T. Sheldon Computer Science
2001-2002 AFW Founders Award Honorable Mention Leandra Thompson Darlene Septelka Architectur


Year Award Recipient Advisor Department Research
2000-2001
Harriett B. Rigas Award (PhD) Doryjane Birrer

Diane Gillespie English Literary criticism and fiction in the post-World War II academy
2000-2001
H. B. Rigas Honorable Mention Yvonne Huckleberry

Nicholas Blanchard College of Pharmacy Clinical pharmacy
2000-2001 H. B. Rigas Honorable Mention Nicole Sanders

Sue Ritter Program in Neurosciences The neural control of glucose homoestasis, hypoglycemia, and diabetes mellitus
2000-2001 AFW Founders Award (Masters) Christina Castañeda
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T.V. Reed and Shelli Fowler American Studies The historical, socioeconomic and sociopolitical conditions that affect the cultural productions of Chicanos in the American Southwest

 

Year Award Recipient Advisor Department Research
1999-2000 Harriett B. Rigas Award
(PhD)
Eniko Krama'r Jay Wright Neuroscience Acquisition of learned information and memory retrieval, particularly as it relates toAlzheimer's disease which affects women at a rate of 3 to 1 men
1999-2000 H. B. Rigas
Honorable Mention
Sara Ewert LeRoy Ashby History Senator Frank Church and his environmental legislation
1999-2000 AFW Founders Award
(Masters)
Stacey Hust Julie Andsager Communications Women's magazines coverage of political issues; how women want magazines to cover these issues
1999-2000 AFW Founders Award
Honorable Mention
Wendy Mason Michael Rice
Nursing Violence against women
1999-2000 AFW Founders Award
Honorable Mention
Roglenda Rep Uma Jayaram Mechanical Engineering The design and implementation of a calibration software program that compensates for inaccuracies in virtual reality systems


Year Award Recipient Advisor Department
1996-1997 Harriett B. Rigas Award (PhD) Ann Garnsey
T.V. Reed
English
1996-1997 H. B. Rigas Honorable Mention Lisa Broidy
Charles Tittle
Sociology
1996-1997 AFW Founders Award (Masters)
Elisa Yee
Kim Kidwell & Tom Lumpkin
Crop and Soil Sciences
1996-1997 AFW Founders Award Honorable Mention Jeanett Castellanos
Michael Pavel
Educational Administration


Year Award Recipient Advisor Department
1995-1996 Harriett B. Rigas Award (PhD) Linda Maule
Cornell Clayton
Political Science
1995-1996 H. B. Rigas Honorable Mention Gangamma Chorira
Paul Lurquin
Genetics and Cell Biology
1995-1996 H. B. Rigas Honorable Mention MaryAnne Drake
Barry Swanson
Food Science and Human Nutrition
1995-1996 AFW Founders Award (Masters)
Deborah Thorne
Amy Wharton
Sociology
1995-1996 AFW Founders Award Honorable Mention Robin Kirkland
Mary Henry
Educational Leadership
1995-1996 AFW Founders Award Honorable Mention Leslie Robison
Herb Cross
Psychology



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