Opportunities: Departmental Awards

Since 1984, the Sociology and Anthropology Department has awarded our most outstanding sociology students with the Frank E. Luksa award. Beginning in 2002, the department has also honored our most outstanding anthropology students with an award. Initially, the anthropology award was also named in honor of Frank E. Luksa. In 2006, the award in anthropology was renamed the Gwen Kennedy Neville award.

Students who are awarded are chosen on the basis of both their GPA in the major and their overall embodiment of the department's core priorities, such as participation in inter-cultural learning, contributing to campus organizations that link with the department, partaking in departmental research programs, internships and other activities, presenting papers at campus-based, regional and national conferences, and working towards social justice.

Gwen Kennedy Neville Award in Anthropology
(Called the Frank E. Luksa Award in Anthropology from 2002-2005)
2009 Noah Bickford
2008 Rachael Die
2007 Nathan Turner
2006 Robyn Bridges-Castro
2005 Ana Luz Villalobos
2004 Leslie Ellen Narin
2003 Emily Hope Williams

2002 Adam Ornelas Aguirre

Frank E. Luksa Award in Sociology
2009 Nicole Powell
2008 Lauren Anne Cox
2007 Meagan M. Elliott

2006 Alexandra O. Hendley

2005 Ariel Catherine Reynolds

2004 Katherine Marie Kroll; Emily Claire Stewart

2003 Michelle Kristin Belt
2002 Victoria Porcel Edwards

2001 Tricia Colleen Mein

2000 Madeline Louise Pizzo; Rachel Erin Williams

1999 Emily Nicole Berger

1998 Kathleen Carew Rice

1997 Amy Kathleen Smith

1996 Cheryl Ann Wilson 

1995 R. Lynn Costlow; Jonathan Robert Wivagg

1994 Robin J. Neas

1993 Randall G. Cauley; Michael Hammes

1992 Pamela J. Ford; Stephen G. Perz; Joseph R. Sanchez

1991 Leslie L. Armsworth; Craig J. McKinney

1990 Shelly A. Immel; Shannon J. Hart

1989 Kimberly A. Haney; Piper E. Purcell; Jodie M. Steger

1988 Karen J. Johnson

1987 Katherine A. Dunn; Kristi L. Wright

1986 Tammy K. Graham

1984 Patricia Eason