Awards

The Anthropology Department has a strong record of excellence, and our faculty and students have been the recipients of the most prominent University and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) awards:


Faculty:

Daniel Sandweiss

2024 – Dan Sandweiss elected to the National Academy of Sciences

2023 – Darren Ranco, CLAS Outstanding Service and Outreach Award

2022 – Dan Sandweiss, Distinguished Maine Professor

2021 – Dan Sandweiss – CLAS 2021 Outstanding Faculty in Service and Outreach

2018 – Cynthia Isenhour, CLAS Outstanding Service and Outreach Award

2017 – Stephen Hornsby, CLAS Research and Creative Achievement Award

2017 – Dan Sandweiss, Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award

2017 – Marci Sorg, Presidential Public Service Award

2016 – Stephen Hornsby, University of Maine System Trustee Professor

2016 – Brian Robinson, CLAS Teaching and Advising Award

2016 – Paul “Jim” Roscoe, Distinguished Maine Professor

2015 – Dan Sandweiss, CLAS Research and Creative Achievement Award

2010 – Paul “Jim” Roscoe, Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award

2009 – Jim Acheson, Distinguished Maine Professor

2008 – Jim Roscoe, CLAS Research and Creative Achievement Award

2005 – Jim Acheson, Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award

2002 – Jim Acheson, CLAS Outstanding Faculty Award

1996 – Paul “Jim” Roscoe, Presidential Teaching and Advising Award

1993 – Edward “Sandy” Ives, Presidential Public Service Award


Graduate Students:

2024 – Erin Victor, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship

2024 – Gianna DeJoy: Foreign Language and Areas Studies Fellowship

2023 – Haley Albano, Flagship Fellowship

2023 – Clea Harrelson, Flagship Fellowship

2022 – Chelsea Fairbank, Susan J. Hunter Teaching Fellowship

2022 – Mohamed Baten, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship

2022 – Terzah Poe, Flagship Fellowship

2022 – Gabrielle Houston, Flagship Fellowship

2022 – Md Ashik Ur Rahman, Flagship Fellowship

2021 – Emily Blackwood – CLAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Excellence in Research and Creative Activity

2021 – Suman Acharya, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship

2021 – Haley Albano, Canadian-American Center New England, Atlantic Provinces, and Québec Fellowship

2020 – Abby Mann, CLAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award

2020 – Sara Lowden, Susan J. Hunter Teaching Fellow

2020 – Frankie St. Amand, Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowship

2019 – Frankie St. Amand, CLAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award

2019 – Sarah Ebel, CLAS Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award

2019 – Brieanne Berry, CLAS Graduate Student Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award

2019 – Haley Albano, Canadian-American Center Fellowship

2018 – Sara Lowden, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship

2018 – Chelsea Fairbank, Canadian-American Center Fellowship

2018 – Alex Rezk, Graduate Trustee Tuition Scholarship

2017 – Sarah Ebel, Susan J. Hunter Teaching Fellow

2017 – Sarah Ebel, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship

2017 – Jamie Haverkamp, Susan J. Hunter Teaching Fellow

2017 – Brie Berry, Graduate Trustee Tuition Scholarship

2016 – Sam Belknap, CLAS Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award

2016 – Kourtney Collum, CLAS Outstanding Graduate Student Award

2016 – Jamie Haverkamp, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship

2015 – Sam Belknap, Janet Waldren Doctoral Research Fellowship

2015 – Kourtney Collum, CLAS Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award

2015 – Sky Heller, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship


Undergraduate Students:

photo of Ariel Bothen
Ariel Bothen, 2014 CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior

2020 – Brittany Kucera, CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior (International)

2017 – Adeline Schneider, CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior

2016 – Hilary Warner-Evans, CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior

2014 – Ariel Bothen, CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior