English Awards 2019

More than 50 graduate and undergraduate students were recognized with awards and scholarships at the English Department Awards Ceremony, held April 26. They are:

• Khaleel Abusal, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of three who won the Truman and Virginia Camp Scholarship.
• Shelley Alvarez, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the Outstanding Instructor Award in First Year Composition for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Sarah Austin, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two to win a Carolyn Detjen Rude Scholarship.
• Chloe Brooke, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the Thomas Langford Graduate Scholarship.
• Jennifer Buentello, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two who won the William Bryan Gates Graduate Award in English for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Sam Burgess, an undergraduate in the Department of English—Technical Communications, was one of four to share in winning the 2311 Best Group Project Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Caden Casanova, a student in the Department of English, won the 1302 Best Final Project Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Matthew Coffern, an undergraduate student in the Department of English—Technical Communications, won the William Wilbanks Technical Communication Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Morgan Connor, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two to win the Allan L. Carter and Olga Meloy Carter Memorial Scholarship.
• J.T. Crainer, a student in the Department of English, won the 1301 Best Podcast Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Meghalee Das, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the Helen L. Carter Memorial Scholarship.
• Daphne De La Fuente, an undergraduate in the Department of English, won the Ann A. Daghistany Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Mary DeNora, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the George T. Prigmore Graduate English Scholarship.
• Nancy Dinan, a Ph.D. student in the Department of English, received a Dissertation Year Fellowship from the TTU Graduate School for the 2019-2020 school year.
• Alexa Dodd, a student in the Department of English, won the Warren S. Walker Award for Critical Writing for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Jasmine Epstein, a Ph.D. student in the Department of English, received a Dissertation Year Fellowship from the TTU Graduate School for the 2019-2020 school year.
• Lydia Ferris, an undergraduate in the Department of English, won the Rushing Family Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Peyton Floyd, an undergraduate in the Department of English—Technical Communications, was one of two who won the Linda S. Fuller Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Kathryn Gage, an undergraduate in the Department of English, won the Lenore M. Tunnell Memorial Scholarship in English for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Julie Grisham, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two who won the Benjamin Rude Memorial Scholarship.
• Andrew Harris, an undergraduate in the Department of English—Technical Communications, won the Susan and Eric Stotzer Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Leah Heilig, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two who won the Benjamin Rude Memorial Scholarship.
• Taryn Gilbert Howard, a Ph.D. student in the Department of English, received a Dissertation Year Fellowship from the TTU Graduate School for the 2019-20 school year.
• Zachary Hernandez, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the Mary Sue Carlock/Joyce Thompson Graduate English Scholarship.
• Sarah Huerta, an undergraduate in the Department of English, was one of two who won the Truman and Virginia Camp Scholarship in English for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Jeremy Huston, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the 2311 Outstanding Lecturer Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Kylie Jacobsen, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the 2311 Outstanding GPTI Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Kaegan Kitchens, an undergraduate in the Department of English, won the Dr. Dale Davis and Alan Kent Davis Memorial Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Jordan Langehenning, an undergraduate in the Department of English, won the Benjamin Rude Memorial Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Apryl Lewis, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two who won the William Bryan Gates Graduate Award in English for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Kristina Lewis, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two to receive an Outstanding First Year Ph.D. Instructor Award in First Year Composition for the 2018-19 academic year. She also was one of two to win the Allan L. Carter and Olga Meloy Carter Memorial Scholarship.
• Lance Lomax, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two to receive an Outstanding First Year Ph.D. Instructor Award in First Year Composition for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Anna Lovering, an undergraduate in the Department of English, was one of two who won the Truman and Virginia Camp Scholarship in English for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Conner Massenburg, a student in the Department of English, won the 1302 Best Mapping the Conversation Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Paul Munoz, an undergraduate in the Department of English—Technical Communications, was one of four to share in winning the 2311 Best Group Project Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Jackson Noakes, an undergraduate in the Department of English—Technical Communications, was one of four to share in winning the 2311 Best Group Project Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Cody Norville, a student in the Department of English, won the Mary Sue Carlock Award for Outstanding Sophomore Literature Paper for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Samantha Parker, an undergraduate in the Department of English, was one of two who won the Helen Locke Carter Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Loren Pickering, an undergraduate in the Department of English—Technical Communications, was one of four to share in winning the 2311 Best Group Project Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Jennifer Popa, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the Bruce G. and Cara Pollard Herlin Scholarship.
• Christopher Porter, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the Bruce Family Memorial Scholarship.
• Caroline Ramsey, an undergraduate in the Department of English—Technical Communications, was one of two who won the Linda S. Fuller Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• Daniel Riechers, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of three who won the Truman and Virginia Camp Scholarship.
• David Robledo, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of three who won the Truman and Virginia Camp Scholarship.
• Katie Sanchez, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two to receive an Outstanding Second Year M.A. Instructor Award in First Year Composition for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Adalia Schenk, an undergraduate in the Department of English, was one of two who won the Helen Locke Carter Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• David Scott, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two to receive an Outstanding Second Year M.A. Instructor Award in First Year Composition for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Tyler Seale, a student in the Department of English, won the J. T. McCullen Award for Outstanding Advanced Undergraduate Literature Paper for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Jessica Smith, a Ph.D. student in the Department of English, received a Dissertation Year Fellowship from the TTU Graduate School for the 2019-20 school year.
• Erica Stone, a graduate student in the Department of English, won the 2311 Outstanding Online Instructor Award for the 2018-19 academic year. Stone also was one of two to win a Carolyn Detjen Rude Scholarship.
• Peter Vertacnik, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two to receive an Outstanding First Year M.A. Instructor Award in First Year Composition for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Payton Walhof, an undergraduate in the Department of English, won the Pulla Malla Nanda Akkaraju Scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.
• MaryAnn Widerburg, a Ph.D. student in the Department of English, received a Dissertation Year Fellowship from the TTU Graduate School for the 2019-220 school year.
• Sheridan Williams, a student in the Department of English, won the 1301 Best Rhetorical Analysis Award for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Gabbie Zhang, a graduate student in the Department of English, was one of two to receive an Outstanding First Year M.A. Instructor Award in First Year Composition for the 2018-19 academic year.