2026
Dr. Samaine Lockwood (Associate Professor, English)
Tituba Indian: The History of an American Cultural Figure.
2025
Dr. Manjusha Nair (Associate Professor, Sociology; Director of the Global South Hub)
Enduring Pasts, Hopeful Futures: India, Africa, and the Possibilities of a Shared World.
2024
Dr. Christopher Kardambikis (School of Art; College of Visual and Performing Arts)
Documenting a Quarter Century of Small-Press and DIY Publishing in the United States
2022-2023
Dr. Huwy-min Lucia Liu, Assistant Professor (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
Governing Nature in China: The Emergence of the Chinese National Park System
Dr. Jesse Kirkpatrick, Research Associate Professor (Department of Philosophy and Acting Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy)
The Cultural, Economic, and Institutional Determinants of AI Infrastructures and their Consequences in Global Contexts
2021-2022
Dr. Emily Green, Associate Professor of Music History (School of Music; College of Visual and Performing Arts)
Musical Practices of Early Black Virginians
Dr. Amaka Okechukwu, Assistant Professor of Sociology (Department of Sociology and Anthropology; College of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Black Belt Brooklyn: Mapping Community Building and Social Life during the Urban Crisis
2020-2021
Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke, Assistant Professor (Department of History and Art History)
Visualizing Authoritarianism: A Proposal to Make Fenwick's Collection of East German Posters Accessible Online.
Dr. Andrea Weeks, Associate Professor (Department of Biology)
The Extended Specimen Project
2019-2020
Dr. Katrin B. Anacker, Associate Professor (Schar School of Policy and Government)
Opening Up the Suburbs: The Case of Reston, Virginia
2018-2019
Dr. Jacqueline Burek, Assistant Professor (Department of English)
Mending a Broken Chain: Continuous History and Literary Form in England and Wales, 1125-1450
Dr. Mills Kelly, Professor (Department of History and Art History)
Mapping the Built Environment of the Appalachian Trail, 1921-2019
2017-2018
Dr. Jennifer Ashley, Assistant Professor (Global Affairs Program)
The Political Afterlife of Chile's 1988 Plebiscite
Dr. Alok Yadav, Associate Professor (Department of English)
Anthologies of African American Literature: An Online Bibliography
2016-2017
Dr. John G. Turner, Associate Professor (Department of Religious Studies)
They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Making of American Liberty
Dr. Edward Rhodes, Professor, (Government and International Affairs)
Digital Curatorship of Historical Documentation: The Rise and Fall of Liberal Republican Foreign Policy, 1920-1932
2015-2016
Dr. Kristina M. Olson, Assistant Professor of Italian (Department of Modern and Classical Languages)
Sumptuous Literature: Clothing and Governance in Fourteenth Century Italy
2014-2015
Dr. Colin James Reagle, Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering), Volgenau School of Engineering
The Role of Renewables in George Mason University's Future Energy Portfolio
2013-2014
Dr. Mark Koyama, Assistant Professor (Department of Economics) and Senior Scholar (Mercatus Center)
The Rise and Fall of the Persecuting State
2012-2013
Dr. Ghassan Husseinali, Assistant Professor (Department of Modern and Classical Languages)
Investigating the Underlying Grammar of Arabic as a Foreign Language
2011-2012
Dr. Jesse Guessford, Assistant Professor (School of Music)
John Cage and Henry Cowell’s “New Musical Resource”
2010-2011
Dr. Michael G. Chang, Associate Professor (Department of History and Art History)
Network Formation at the Imperial Court and the Making of Qing Rule in Eighteenth Century China, 1680-1820
2009-2010
Dr. Jennifer Barnes Bowie, Assistant Professor (Department of Public and International Affairs)
Explaining Decision Making on the US Courts of Appeals: Do Circuit Courts of Appeals Judges Fear Reversal from their Circuit En Banc?
2008-2009
Dr. Amal Amireh, Associate Professor (Department of English)
Arab Masculinity: Between Globalization and Empire
2007-2008
Dr. Halaevalu F.O. Vakalahi, Associate Professor (Department of Social Work)
Pacific Islander Americans: Immigration and the Duality of Identity and Experiences.
Dr. Tony Roshan Samara, Assistant Professor, and Dr. John G. Dale, Assistant Professor of Sociology, and Associate Faculty of the Center for Global Studies and the Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution; (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
Transnational Justice and Legal Discourse in the Making of Extraordinary Rendition
2006-2007
Dr. Toni-Michelle Travis, Associate Professor (Department of Public and International Affairs), and Program Director (African American Studies)
The Evolving Color Line
Dr. Susan Trencher, Associate Professor (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
The Conditions That Affect the Public Standing of Social Scientists in the United States; Examining The Public Voice of Margaret Mead
2005-2006
Dr. Rutledge Dennis, Professor (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
Socialization Processes Through Which Minority Group Individuals Become Intellectuals
Ann Hurdle Maradiegue, Nurse Practitioner Program Instructor, Family and Adult Nurse Practitioner Program (College of Nursing and Health Sciences)
Central American Immigrant Mothers Living in the United States: An Exploration of Genetic Family History, Parental Behavior, Acculturation, and Demographic Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Behavior Among Their Teenage Daughters
2004-2005
Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, Assistant Professor of Government and Politics, Department of Public and International Affairs (College of Arts and Sciences)
Truth and Justice? Analyzing The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Howard Vincent Kurtz, Assistant Professor (Department of Theater)
The Costume Designer’s Search for Inspiration
2003-2004
Dr. Cynthia M. Lont, Professor, Chair, Communications Department (College of Arts and Sciences)
Women, Minorities and Media Focus
Dr. Marcella Ridlen Ray, Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy and Adjunct Faculty, Sociology and Anthropology (College of Arts and Sciences)
Social Institutions: Messages From American Bestsellers for Educators, Civic Leaders, and Policy Makers
2002-2003
Kristin Johnsen-Neshati, Assistant Professor, Department of Theater (Collecge of Visual and Performing Arts)
World Stages: Investigating Non-Western Theatrical Traditions
Dr. Hazel M. McFerson, Associate Professor of International Studies (College of Arts and Sciences, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution)
Establishment of an Archival Collection and Baseline Data on Relations among Asian Immigrants, Asian Americans, African Americans and Amerasians of Part African American Ancestry
2001-2002
Dr. Rose Cherubin, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies)
Parmenides, Zeno, and the Framework of Scientific Knowledge
Dr. Peter Mandaville, Associate Professor of Government and Politics(Department of Public and International Affairs)
Non-Western Alternatives to Modern Political Practice
2000-2001
Dr. Dana Richards, Associate Professor, Computer Science Department (School of Information Technology and Engineering)
Parallel Computation and the Problem of Sorting
Dr. Daniel Rothbart, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies ((College of Arts and Sciences)
From Instruments to Philosophy: Towards a New Philosophy of Science Based on the Design of Experimental Technologies
1999-2000
Dr. Ann M. Palkovich, Associate Professor (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
Comparative Primate Behaviour and Neuroanatomy: Toward Understanding Human Consciousness
Dr. Willem Hendrik Thorbecke, Associate Professor (Department of Economics)
US Trade Policy During the Clinton Administration: A Public Choice Analysis
1998-1999
Dr. Jeremy Crampton, Assistant Professor (Department of Geography and Earth Sciences)
Integrating Digital Spatial Data Resources with the World Wide Web: Metro DC/Northern Virginia Data in Fenwick
Dr. Lisa M. Rabin, Assistant Professor (Department of Modern and Classical Languages)
Visual Art in the Poetry of Spanish America
1997-1998
Dr. Arthur Herman, Adjunct Professor (Department of History)
The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy
1996-1997
No Award
1995-1996
Dr. Theodore L. Gessner, Associate Professor (Department of Psychology)
To Start a Specialize Library Collection Centered on the Problems of Organizational Violence
1994-1995
Dr. Geoffrey F. Birchard, Associate Professor (Department of Biology)
Analysis of Reptilian Developmental Times Through the Development of a New Data Base
1993-1994
Dr. Daniele C. Struppa, Professor (Department of Mathematics)
The Development of Complex Analysis at the Turn of the Century
1992-1993
Dr. Timothy J. Conlan, Associate Professor (Department of Public Affairs)
Adding It Up: Estimating the Cumulative Costs of Federal Mandates on State and Local Governments
1991-1992
Dr. Jonathan L. Gifford, Assistant Professor (Department of Public Affairs)
Policy Issues in the Implementation of Intelligent Vehicle Highway System Technologies
1990-1991
Dr. Donald P. Kelso, Associate Professor (Department of Biology)
The Preparation of a Bibliography of Academic Articles on Tidal Freshwater Rivers
1989-1990
Dr. Karen I. Vaughn, Chair (Economics Department)
An Examination of the Liberal Christian Critique of Capitalism
1988-1989
Dr. Veronica D. Feeg, Associate Professor of Nursing and Editor, Pediatric Nursing (School of Nursing)
Plan for Integrating Computerized Techniques to Establish Library Resource Aids for Research on Children’s Health
1987-1988
Dr. Melvin A. Friedlander, Assistant Professor of Government and Politics (Department of Public Affairs)
America, The Middle East and the Paradox of Culture
1986-1987
Dr. James E. Maddux, Assistant Professor (Psychology Department)
Child Development and Child Health Psychology: A Critical Review of Theory and Research and Implications for Public Policy
1985-1986
Dr. Brack Brown, Associate Professor of Government and Politics (Department of Public Affairs)
Public Administration and Policy Aspects of Space Development
1984-1985
Dr. John O’Connor, Associate Professor (English Department)
A Critical Biography of John Howard Lawson
1983-1984
Dr. Barry K. Beyer, Professor of Education (Department of Education)
Research Project on Analytical Thinking