Graduate Prizes and Awards, 2008-2026
The Melvin Kranzberg Prize: to the best M.A. thesis defended during the last year
| 2026 | Abigail Blinka | 2025 | no recipient | 2024 | no recipient |
| 2023 | Ana Hoshovsky | 2022 | Jewel Yoder-Kuhns | 2021 | no recipient |
| 2020 | Jianhong Guo | 2019 | no recipient | 2018 | Halle Bauer |
| 2017 | Daniel Halverson | 2016 | no recipient | 2015 | Kyle D. Cox |
| 2014 | Ben Demko | 2013 | Katherine E. Schaub | 2012 | Katherine Goldberg |
| 2011 | Geoff Schotter | 2010 | Michael Metsner | 2009 | no recipient |
| 2008 | Genevieve Mathieson |
The Frank R. Borchert, Jr. Prize in History: to the best dissertation or thesis of a student in the History Department, with a preference given to topics which exemplify education, architecture, music, and United States history, 1900-1940.
| 2026 | no recipient | 2025 | no recipient | 2024 | no recipient |
| 2023 | Margaret Garhart | 2022 | Davis Allen | 2021 | Katie Schaub |
| 2020 | Yuan Liu | 2019 | no recipient | 2020 | Nathan Delaney |
| 2017 | Jonathan A. Kinser | 2016 | Jesse Tarbert | 2015 | Barrett S. Sharpnack |
| 2014 | no recipient | 2013 | Katie M. Schroeder | 2012 | Jonathan Joseph Wlasiuk |
| 2011 | Jesse Tarbert | 2010 | Ben Sperry | 2009 | Aaron Alcorn |
| 2008 | no recipient |
The Marion Siney Prize: to the best performance at qualifying exams during the last year
| 2026 | Grace Burich | 2025 | no recipient | 2024 | Olivia Weiss |
| 2023 | no recipient | 2022 | no recipient | 2021 | no recipient |
| 2020 | no recipient | 2019 | Sherri Bolcevic | 2018 | Meghan Schill |
| 2017 | no recipient | 2016 | Yuan Liu | 2015 | Samuel P. Duncan |
| 2014 | Nathan Delaney | 2013 | Jesse T. Tarbert | 2012 | no recipient |
| 2011 | no recipient | 2010 | no recipient | 2009 | no recipient |
| 2008 | no recipient |
The Jane and Cecile Lyman Prize: to the best Ph.D. dissertation defended during the last year
| 2026 | no recipient | 2025 | Meghan Schill | 2024 | Sherry Bolcevic |
| 2023 | Ryan Chamberlain | 2022 | Katie Schroeder | 2021 | Dan Belczak |
| 2020 | no recipient | 2019 | no recipient | 2018 | Michael Metsner |
| 2017 | Jonathan A. Kinser | 2016 | Jesse Tarbert | 2015 | Shilpa Damle |
| 2014 | Emily Hess | 2013 | no recipient | 2012 | Eric M. Kendall |
| 2011 | no recipient | 2010 | Liz Bly | 2009 | Catherine Borchert |
| 2008 | no recipient |
The Carl W. Ubbelohde Prize: to the best teaching assistant during the last year
| 2026 | Grace Burich | 2025 | James Lewis | 2024 | Abigail Blinka and James Morgan |
| 2023 | Abigail Blinka and Olivia Weiss | 2022 | Sherri Bolcevic | 2021 | Sherri Bolcevic |
| 2020 | Davis Allen | 2019 | Sam Duncan and Meghan Schill | 2018 | Jon Corey Hazlett and Naomi Rendina |
| 2017 | Brett Hewitt | 2016 | Joseph Filous | 2015 | Yuan Liu and Michael Metsner |
| 2014 | Corey Hazlett and Dan Belczak | 2013 | Jonathan A. Kinser and Michael Metsner | 2012 | Sam Duncan |
| 2011 | Elise Hagesfeld | 2010 | Elise Hagesfeld and Erik Miller | 2009 | Judith Northwood and Norman Rose |
| 2008 | Judith Northwood |