Annual History Awards

Every year, the History Discipline celebrates excellence in its students through annual awards. Students in the program are recognized for research, writing, digital presentations, Honors, and much more. 

Maggie Shearer, 2025

The History Discipline awards two biennial prizes recognizing outstanding student work in history courses. The Essay Prize honors exceptional historical research and writing by UM–Dearborn students, while the Digital Presentation Prize recognizes excellence in presenting historical materials through digital or multimedia formats. Both prizes are open to students of any major and are awarded every other year.

2025 Winners

Essay Prize:
• Winner: Fallon McCue, "Lesbianism, Love, and the Lavender Scare"
• Honorable Mention: Casey Cooper, "The Caped Defenders of American Ideals"
• Honorable Mention: Leslie Arena, "Truman and Korea: Analyzing the Administration's Policies in South Korea, 1947-1949"
 

Digital Presentation Prize:
• Winner: Kamellah Staten,  "From Tensions to Turmoil: Race Riots that Stormed the City of Detroit in 1833, 1863, 1943, and 1967"

• 2023 Patrick Masell
• 2022 Cody McCain, Patrick Masell, Madeline Blomberg, Kevin Vallely
• 2021 Mackenzie Kortes, Graham Clark
• 2020 Marlaine Magewick, Matthew Kava
• 2019 Tamiko Smith
• 2018 Hannah Ryniak, Tyler Rhudy, Jonathan Vartanoff