Student Awards
Professor Joel Dean Undergraduate Teaching Award
This award is given annually to those graduate students who have shown excellence as a teaching assistant or instructor in the undergraduate economics program. The award was initiated by Joel and Monia Dean and generously funded by the Joel Dean Foundation created by Professor Dean in 1957.
Awardees |
| 2012/2013: Ryan Bush, Blair Chapman, Prathi Seneviratne, Metin Uyanik |
| 2011/2012: Ryan Bush, Blair Chapman, Gizem Kosar, Christopher Martin |
| 2010/2011: James Lake, Nicole Lott, Gwyn Pauley |
| 2009/2010: Maia Linask, Matthew White |
| 2008/2009: Danny Barth, Marc Remer |
Eugenio and Patricia Castillo Award
This award is given annually to the student who has displayed the best performance in their first two years in the graduate program. It is generously funded by alumnus Eugenio Castillo and his wife, Patricia.
Awardees |
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| 2012/2013: Liuchun Deng | 2011/2012: Metin Uyanik, Jiaxiong Yao |
| 2010/2011: Gizem Kosar | 2009/2010: Ruli Xiao |
| 2008/2009: Matthew White | 2007/2008: Weifeng Wu |
| 2006/2007: Yevgeniy Stotyka | 2005/2006: Damiano Sandri |
| 2004/2005: King Ki Marconi Chan | 2003/2004: Eric Millis |
| 2002/2003: Alena Bicakova | 2001/2002: Konstantin Federov |
| 2000/2001: Robert Tchaidze | 1999/2000: Misuzu Otsuka/Yingyao Hu |
| 1998/1999: Jacques Miniane | 1997/1998: Omer Alper |
| 1996/1997: Chris Geiregat | 1995/1996: Tao Wang |
| 1994/1995: Nada Choueiri | 1993/1994: Sung Kim |
| 1992/1993: Mary Burke | 1991/1992: Forhad Shilpi |
| 1990/1991: Alain D’Hoore | 1989/1990: Shinji Yamashige |
| 1988/1989: Philip Gerson | 1987/1988: Jinsoo Hahn |
| 1986/1987: David Majerus | 1985/1986: Nancy Wagner |
| 1984/1985: Naoko Nishimura | 1983/1984: Spyridon Vassilakis |
Bruce Hamilton Research Seminar Award
This award is given annually to the advanced graduate student who has demonstrated the best performance in one of the department’s research seminars. It is generously funded by alumnus Eugenio Castillo and his wife, Patricia, and is named in honor of Professor Emeritus Bruce Hamilton who was well-known for his insightful comments at department seminars.
Awardees |
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| 2012/2013: Leyla Karakas | |
| 2011/2012: Matthew White | 2010/2011: James Lake |
| 2009/2010: James Lake | 2008/2009: Damiano Sandri |
| 2007/2008: Yonatan Ben-Shalom | 2006/2007: Steffen Reinhold |
| 2005/2006: Matthew Raskin | 2004/2005: Nicholas Hill |
| 2003/2004: Nicholas Hill | 2002/2003: Jacques Miniane |