Fellowships and Academic Awards
Research and Creative Activity Awards
Teaching and Service Awards
Fellowships & Academic Awards
Maude Hammond Fling Fellowship
Awarded to advanced masters and doctoral students who have demonstrated the highest levels of academic potential.
Katie Marya (2022)
Ilana Masad (2021)
Adam Hubrig (2019)
Rachael Cochran (2018)
Benjamin Hage (2018)
Erin Bertram (2017)
Gabriel Houck (2015)
Dean's Fellowship
Awarded to advanced masters or doctoral students.
Daniel Clausen (2017)
CAS Inclusive Excellence and Diversity Award
Awarded by the College of Arts & Sciences for innovative or exemplary activities that promote inclusive excellence and diversity on campus or in the community.
Lydia Presley (2021)
Karen Dunning Scholarly Paper/Creative Activity Award
Awarded by the Women’s & Gender Studies Program.
Isaac Essex (2022)
Zainab Saleh (2021)
Robert Knoll Graduate Essay Award
Awarded by the Medieval & Renaissance Studies Program.
Tara Ballard (2021)
Lowe R. & Mavis M. Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award
Eman Hassan (2019)
Supervised by Grace Bauer
Sarah Fawn Montgomery (2016)
Supervised by Joy Castro
Nima Najafi Kianfar (2015)
Supervised by Grace Bauer
Christine Stewart-Nuñez (2008)
Supervised by Hilda Raz and Barbara DiBernard
Lowe R. & Mavis M. Folsom Distinguished Master's Thesis Award
Jessica Tebo (2019)
Supervised by Melissa Homestead
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Dissertation Award
Eder Jaramillo (2018)
“Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice & the 'Productions' of National Identity in the Face of the Other.”
Big Ten Emerging Scholar
Anne Nagel (2019)
“Deleuzean Virtuality in the Victorian Bedroom: Transgressive Reverie in Dickens’s Dombey and Son,” given at the University of Minnesota
Matthew Guzman (2018)
“Non/human: Praxis and Flux in Nineteenth-Century American Literature,” given at Michigan State University
Research & Creative Activity Awards
University & College Awards
Van Sickle Fellowship in Creative Writing
Maria Nazos (2017)
Raul Palma (2017)
Frank and Marie Wheeler Fellowship
Jordan Charlton (2021)
Reagan Myers (2021)
Dr. Raphael “Ralph” Grajeda Fellowship
Presented by the Institute for Ethnic Studies.
Claire Jiménez (2022)
Dr. Raphael “Ralph” Grajeda Fellowship
Presented by the Institute for Ethnic Studies.
Jordan Charlton (2022)
Digital Scholarship Incubator Fellowship
Olufunke Ogundimu (2022)
Erin Bertram (2017)
Linda Garcia Merchant (2017)
Jonathan Cheng (2016)
Gabi Kirillof (2016)
Kevin McMullen (2014)
Center for Great Plains Studies Graduate Fellows
Belinda Acosta
Kami Ahrens
Daniel Clausen
Paul Grosskopf
Matthew Guzman
Jason Hertz
MacKayla Kelsey
Aubrey Streit Krug
Maria Nazos
Emily Rau
Cameron Steele
Matt Whitaker
Cory Willard
Department Awards
Department Writing Contests
Each year, the Department of English holds writing contests for student writers, with awards for poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and scholarly writing.
Other Awards for Research & Creative Activity
Pushcart Prize
Jamaica Baldwin (2022)
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
Jamaica Baldwin (2021)
Mellon Grant
Claire Jimenez - “El proyecto de la literatura puertorriqueña/The Puerto Rican Literature Project” (2021)
US Latino Digital Humanities Grants-in-Aid
Claire Jimenez - “The Puerto Rican Literature Project” (2020)
Editing Press Laura Bassi Scholarship for Junior Academics
Isaac Essex (2022)
Nebraska Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Nonfiction
Saddiq Dzukogi (2022)
Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing
Uche Okonkwo (2022)
New York City Book Award
Claire Jimenez - Staten Island Stories (2020)
Kimmel Harding Nelson Artists Residency
Ivan Young (2018)
Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency
Ryler Dustin (2017)
Ithaca College Diversity Scholar Fellowship
Raul Palma (2017)
Digital Humanities at Oxford University Bursary
Lydia Presley (2017)
CantoMundo Poetry Prize
Ángel García (2016)
Fulbright Research Grant
Katelyn Hemmeke - South Korea (2016)
Fulbright Teaching Assistantship Grant
Celie Knudsen - Spain (2022)
Teaching & Service Awards
University & College Awards
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Presented by the Office of Graduate Studies.
Claire Jiménez (2021)
Katie Schmid Henson (2019)
Katie McWain (2018)
Robert Lipscomb III (2015)
Bobbi Jo Olson (2013)
Susan Martens (2012)
Julie Iromuanya (2010)
Tamy Burnett (2009)
Family and Friends Recognition Awards*
Presented by the UNL Parents Association. Formerly known as the Parents’ Recognition Awards.
Adrienne Christian (2017 & 2019)
Eder Jaramillo (2019)
Gina Keplinger (2019)
Regan Levitte (2019)
Robert Lipscomb (2019)
Ilana Masad (2019)
Zach Mueller (2019)
Christian Rush (2019)
Cameron Steele (2019)
Jonathan Cheng (2018)
Scott Guild (2018)
Katie Henson (2018)
Gabriel Houck (2017 & 2018)
Alexander Ramirez (2018)
Linda Pawlenty (2018)
Kirby Little (2017)
Ivan Young (2017)
Benjamin Vogt (2014 & 2015) Lindsay Andrews (2014)
Jaclyn Cruikshank Vogt (2014)
Katie McWain (2014)
Kelly Meyer (2014)
Trey Moody (2014)
Megan Peabody (2015)
Maria Nazos (2014)
Erica Rogers (2014)
UNL Student Luminary Award
Saddiq Dzukogi (2022)
Adam Hubrig (2019)
Department Awards
Robert L. Hough Distinguished Teaching Award for GTAs*
Claire Jimenez (2020)
Charlotte Kupsh (2020)
Katie Marya (2020)
Zoe McDonald (2020)
Adam Hubrig (2019)
Benjamin Reed (2019)
Shawn Rubenfeld (2019)
Rachel Cochran (2018)
Stevie Siebert Desjarlais (2018)
Matt Whitaker (2018)
James Brunton (2016)
Zachary Beare (2015)
Robert Lipscomb (2015)
EGSA Awards
Presented annually by the English Graduate Student Association.
Excellence in Teaching Award (M.A.)
Elva Moreno del Rio (2022)
Jessica Poli (2020)
Gina Keplinger (2019)
Anne Johnson (2018)
Dillon Rockrohr (2017)
Excellence in Teaching Award (Ph.D.)
Tryphena Yeboah (2022)
Rachel Cochran (2020)
Linda Garcia Merchant (2019)
Adam Hubrig (2018)
Erin Bertram (2017)
Outstanding Service Award
Keshia Mcclantoc (2022)
Alexandra DeLuise (2020)
Shawn Rubenfeld (2019)
Stevie Seibert Desjarlais (2018)
Nicole Green (2017)
Star Professor Award
Among the awards presented annually by the EGSA is the Star Professor Award, which honors an English faculty member for their commitment to graduate student education and well-being.