{"id":1685,"date":"2023-10-03T09:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/?page_id=1685"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:07:50","slug":"2022-23-graduate-student-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/2022-23-graduate-student-news\/","title":{"rendered":"2022-23 Graduate Student News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Graduate Student News<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Awards and Scholarships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WSU Graduate School<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"Corita
Corita Fernando<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Graduate Teaching Assistant GPSA Excellence Award<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Corita Fernando, MA student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Community Engagement GPSA Excellence Award<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • Nouf Alqahtani, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Richard R. and Constance M. Albrecht Scholarship<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • Nazua Idris, PhD student <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Research Assistantship for Diverse Scholars Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • Christel Woods, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          <\/div>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n

          English Department<\/h2>\n\n\n
          \n
          \"Christina
          Christina Gerard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

          Distinguished Teaching Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          • RJ Murphy, PhD student<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Christina Gerard, MA student<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Rashini Daluwatte, MA student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Outstanding Seminar Paper or Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • Chelsea Kopp, PhD student
              \u201cBuilding Student Power & Global Solidarity in the Settler Institution: Teaching Helon Habila\u2019s Oil on Water\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Christina Gerard, MA student
              \u201cAntoinette\u2019s Many Deaths: Trauma and Mental Health in Wide Sargasso Sea<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
              \n
              \"Elizabeth
              Elizabeth Salazar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

              Fitch Summer Dissertation Fellowship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                \n
              • Elizabeth Salazar, PhD student
                \u201cAlmost Everything or Worse Than Nothing: Literary Depictions of Sibling Dynamics in Britain, 1599-1817\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Alexander Hammond Professional Achievement Award <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                Awarded to students who have shown steady, consistent, and remarkable professional growth and achievement over the completion of their PhD degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  \n
                • Nazua Idris, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Avon Murphy Scholarship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                  Awarded to PhD students who has demonstrated promise for future academic achievement, merit, leadership, creativity, and contributions to campus life and environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \n
                  • Justine Trinh, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
                    \n
                    \"Elizabeth
                    Elizabeth Forsythe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

                    Louise Schleiner Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                    Awarded to doctoral students who pass their qualifying and preliminary examinations with distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      \n
                    • Elizabeth Forsythe, PhD student <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      Emmett & Mary Avery Scholarship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                        \n
                      • Nazua Idria, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                        \n\n\n\n

                        English Graduate Organization <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                        Most Creative Graduate Student<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                          \n
                        • Christina Gerard, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
                          \n
                          \"Nazua
                          Nazua Idris<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

                          Most Collaborative Graduate Student<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                            \n
                          • Nazua Idris, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                            EGO Service Award, Ph.D. Student<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                              \n
                            • Nazua Idris, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                              Community Builder Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                                \n
                              • Christel Woods, M.A. Student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
                                \n
                                \"Christel
                                Christel Woods<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

                                Best Peer Mentor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                                  \n
                                • Nazua Idris, PhD student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                  Best Graduate Seminar: Anti-Oppressive Pedagogies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                                    \n
                                  • Ashley Boyd, associate professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                    Most Supportive Faculty Members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                                      \n
                                    • Wendy Olson, associate professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                    • Kate Watts, professor, career track<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                      Distinguished Service Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                                        \n
                                      • Laura Kuhlman, associate professor, career track<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                        Distinguished Teaching Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                                          \n
                                        • Jamie Flathers, assistant professor, career track<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                          Graduate Student News Awards and Scholarships WSU Graduate School Graduate Teaching Assistant GPSA Excellence Award Community Engagement GPSA Excellence Award Richard R. and Constance M. Albrecht Scholarship Research Assistantship for Diverse Scholars Award English Department Distinguished Teaching Award Outstanding Seminar Paper or Project Fitch Summer Dissertation Fellowship Alexander Hammond Professional Achievement Award  Awarded to students who have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1685"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1860,"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1685\/revisions\/1860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1685"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=1685"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=1685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}