The Wilbur R. Jacobs Prize honors Wilbur R. Jacobs, Professor of History from 1949 to 1988 and a founding member of the History Department. It is awarded to an outstanding History graduate student in one of the three areas of Professor Jacobs’ research interest: colonial, Native American,
or frontier studies.
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Present and previous recipients:
2023, Kendall Lovely
2022, Elizabeth Schmidt
2021, Laura Voisin George
2020, Rana Razek
2019, Christopher MacMahon
2018, Dana Hughes
2017, Mariel Aquino and Rana Razek
2016, Alexandra (Sasha) Coles
2015, Paul Barba
2014, Jason Zeledon
2013, Jackson Warkentin
2012, No award
2011, Monica Isabel Garcia
2010, Peggy Beedle
2009, Bianca Brigidi
2008, Vanessa Crispin-Peralta
2007, Todd William Wahlstrom
2006, Travis Raymond Smith
2005, Janet Christine Britton
2004, Vanessa Crispin-Peralta
2003, Travis Raymond Smith
1999, Anne Petersen
1996, Betsy Homsher
1993, Peter Quimby
1992, Joseph La Sala
1991, Cara Anzilotti
1990, Sean Patrick O’Neill
1989, Michael Joseph Mullin