Robert O. Collins Prize
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This prize was created by the department in 2008 to honor the memory of Prof. Robert O. Collins, who taught African history at UCSB from 1964 until his retirement in 1994. In recognition of his own lifelong commitment to research and publication, and with the support of a generous gift from Prof. Collins' three children, the Robert O. Collins Prize is awarded for the best first publication by a History graduate student.
2009 Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, "Origins of the Conservative Ascendancy: Barry Goldwater’s Early Senate Career
and the De-legitimization of Organized Labor," Journal of American History 95 (December 2008): 678-709.