Outstanding Undergraduate Student Honorees - Spring 2021

B.A in Philosophy

Participation in PHIL 329 (Philosophy After Auschwitz) study abroad program led them to a one-year fellowship with the prestigious TWR Youth Action Fellowship Program, a leadership development program to help student leaders become exemplary human rights advocates.

B.A. in Communication

Accelerated Master's student whose film created in COMM 331: Public Relations Campaigns won of Best Documentary at the Beyond the Curve International Film Festival.

B.S. in Criminology Law and Society

Daughter of immigrants from Beirut, Lebanon and has balanced rigorous academics with a job at an estate law firm.

B.S. in Psychology with minors in Computational Data Science, Data Analysis, and Neuroscience

A Registered Behavioral Technician, an outstanding writer, and a highly respected research assistant in three faculty labs.

B.S. in Economics with Minors in Mathematics and Public Policy & Management

Maintaining a 4.0 while pursuing independent research with potential for wide-reaching application in the field of environmental economics.

B.A. in Global Affairs, B.A. in Russian and Eurasian Studies

Cited as one of the best students in the history of Russian and Eurasian Studies, she was awarded the Critical Language Scholarship to study advanced Russian in Vladimir, Russia, has served as President of the GMU Russian Club, and studied abroad at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

BA in Global Affairs (Asia Concentration) and Foreign Languages (Korean and Spanish)

CHSS's 2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Kevin is fluent in Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and English. He received the Dean's Challenge Scholarship in 2020, is cited by the Korean Studies faculty as the most outstanding student in the program, and is studying abroad in Korea to attain Advanced High Proficiency in the language.

B.A. in Sociology, Minor in Economics

An outstanding academic record as well as a finalist for the Schwartzstein Prize for First Year Research, a Peer Research Mentor, and a member of the Curriculum Development Team for the Honors 161 course.

B.A. in Art History and Psychology with a Minor in Studio Art

Recipient of the History and Art History Department's Award for Academic Excellence in Art History and the Outstanding Art History Project Award for the 20-21 academic year.

B.A. in Criminology, Law and Society with Minor in Intelligence Studies

A full-time nurse and published scholar with a lifelong passion for national security.