Award Winners

Recognizing Excellence in Historical Scholarship

Phi Alpha Theta is proud to announce this year's prize and award winners in special recognition of their significant accomplishments. We sincerely thank you for your hard work and dedication to upholding PAT's mission statement: "to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians."

These winners represent this year's undergraduate and graduate students who went above and beyond that call to action. Congratulations winners!

Student Scholarships & Awards

March 2, 2025 Entry Deadline

Doctoral Scholarships

Michaela Wagman

Middle Tennessee State University

History Department

Graduate Scholarships

Abigail Gilbert

The College of William & Mary

History Department

Fiona Serrano

University of California, Los Angeles

History Department

Brooke England

Columbia University

History Department

Clayton Drees Undergraduate Student Scholarship for European History of Renaissance and Reformation

Gabriel Stisser

Liberty University

History Department

Undergraduate Paper Prize Awards

To Be Announced

Winner will be announced after the submission deadline

Graduate Paper Prize Awards

To Be Announced

Winner will be announced after the submission deadline

Book Awards

July 1, 2025 Entry Deadline

Best First Book Award

Edward Polanco

Healing Like Our Ancestors

Best Subsequent Book Award

Kornel Chang

A Contested Liberalism: Korea under US Occupation

Best Chapter Awards

July 1, 2025 Entry Deadline

Division I Best Chapter

Division I

University of Lynchburg

Alpha Beta Epsilon

Honorable Mentions

  • Dickinson State University - Alpha Lambda Pi
  • Virginia Military Institute - Alpha Gamma Mu

Division II Best Chapter

Division II

Anderson University

Alpha Rho Epsilon

Honorable Mentions

  • Midwestern State University Texas - Tau Gamma

Division III Best Chapter

Division III

Slippery Rock University

Zeta Rota

Honorable Mentions

  • Liberty University - Alpha Alpha Zeta

Division IV Best Chapter

Division IV

Austin Peay State University

Theta Delta

Division V Best Chapter

Division V

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Epsilon Xi

Honorable Mentions

  • University of Nevada, Reno - Psi A. Cierra Berard

Division VI Best Chapter

Division VI

California State University, Fullerton

Theta Pi

Honorable Mentions

  • University of California, Riverside - Psi A. Cierra Berard

Nash Journal Prize

July 1, 2026 Entry Deadline

Undergraduate Print Journals

To Be Announced

Winner will be announced after the submission deadline

Graduate Print Journals

To Be Announced

Winner will be announced after the submission deadline

Undergraduate Electronic Journals

To Be Announced

Winner will be announced after the submission deadline

Graduate Electronic Journals

To Be Announced

Winner will be announced after the submission deadline

Faculty Advisor Research Grant

July 1, 2025 Entry Deadline
To Be Announced

Winner will be announced after the submission deadline

Past Prize & Award Winners

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