In addition to our annual scholarships, the Department of Political Science recognizes outstanding political science and international relations majors who received university and national-level awards.

External Award Recipients

StudentAward
C.J. Peterson2024 Truman Scholar
Vera BarkoskyHancher-Finkbine Medallion
Regan Day2023 Dare to Discover
Yunseo KiCenter for Inclusive Academic Excellence, CLAS Dean’s Achievement Award
Adelaide Brooks and Kahiwa SachsCritical Language Scholarship, International Programs
Ellie MiglinIowa Soil and Water Conservation Scholarship
Wyatt HellmanFulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award (Taiwan)
William JonesFulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award (Germany)
Tess KnickerbockerFulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award (Spain)
Peyton PangburnFulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award (Moldova)

 

Student Award
Selveyah Gamblin Hancher-Finkbine Medallion
Kevin Drahos 2023 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Payton Riley Sanxay Prize, Iowa Graduate College
Guilherme Pinho, Amna Haider, Lee Sailor Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award
Vera Barkosky David L. Grady UISG and GPSG Joint Exemplary Service Award
Aya ElGaddal Gilman International Scholarship

 

Student Award
William A Jones, Elise L Cagnard, Payton Colbert John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Research Fellowship, CLAS
Kevin Drahos, Alex Hefel Diversity Ambassador Award, International Programs
Amna Haider Hancher-Finkbine Medallion
Amna Haider 2021 Global Student Award
Selveyah Gamblin Wynonna G. Hubbard Scholarship, Women’s Resource and Action Center

 

Student Award
Abbi Denner Sanxay Prize, Graduate College
Ekta Nanda Student Leadership Award, CDE
Jocelyn Roof Hancher-Finkbine Medallion and Dean’s Achievement Award, CLAS

 

Student Award
Caroline Baum Fulbright Teaching Assistantship - Morocco
Jackson Guilford Fulbright Teaching Assistantship - Serbia
Maya Mahajan Fulbright Teaching Assistantship - Spain
Zainab Mousa-Makky Fulbright Teaching Assistantship - Morocco
Madhuri Belkale Leadership Award, Center for Diversity and Enrichment
Alexia Sanchez Leadership Award,  Center for Diversity and Enrichment
Jocelyn Roof Outstanding Contribution by a Student Leader, UI Student Life
Alexia Sanchez Tom Rocklin Meet the Challenge Serve Award, UI Student Life
Paige Batten Nadyne Harris Scholarship, CLAS
Charlie Bell F.C. Denkmann Scholarship Fund, CLAS
Thomas Dainty Faith M. Knowler Scholarship, CLAS
Abbie Eastman Winifred S. Scott Scholarship, CLAS
Reagan Hansen Alexander Kern Liberal Arts & Sciences Scholarship Fund, CLAS
Alex Hefel Richard J. Odem Scholarship, CLAS
Ryann Hubbart Dr. Kurt Truax Liberal Arts and Science Scholarship, CLAS
Mason Koelm Henry G. Ullerich Scholarship, CLAS
Bryant Nichols Ralph K. and Maxine J. Hibbs Scholarship, CLAS
Nicholas Pryor Thomas Lawton Estate Scholarship, CLAS
Caleb Slater Faith M. Knowler Scholarship, CLAS
Elizabeth Storey Mary Goodykoontz Barnes Scholarship, CLAS
Anna Sullivan Ralph K. and Maxine J. Hibbs Scholarship, CLAS
Caely Tietz David W. Koehser Scholarship Fund, CLAS

 

Student Award
Alex Bare U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship and Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Colombia
Eli Bratsch-Prince David L. Boren Scholarship to Jordan
Zainab Makky Gilman Scholarship for IES Internship in Cape Town
Jenna Pokorny Hancher-Finkbine Distinguished Student Leader Undergraduate Award

 

Student Award
Alex Bare and Eli Bratsch-Prince Critical Language Scholarship
Lilián Sánchez Dean's Achievement Award & Hancher-Finkbine Medallion
Thomas Bowman Fulbright ETA Grant
Mason Koelm and Scott Magnuson The Rhodes Dunlap First Year Scholarship
Kyle Apple and Charlotte Gude The Rhodes Dunlap Second Year Scholarship
Gustave Stewart Udall Scholar

 

Student Award
Madhuri Belkale The Rhodes Dunlap Second Year Scholar
Eli Bratsch-Prince The Fellows Project - Second Year Fellow
Madison Creery Honors at Iowa Scholars
Lauren Freeman Hancher-Finkbine Distinguished Student Leader Undergraduate Award
Riley Lewers The Fellows Project - First Year Fellow
Rachel Zuckerman Jean Y. Jew Award, Hancher-Finkbine Undergraduate Student Medallion, Honors at Iowa Scholars

 

Student Award
Carter Bell 2016 Honors at Iowa Scholars
Eli Bratsch-Prince Richard Tyner Scholarship
Madison Creery James D. Robertson Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences
Jeffrey Ding American Rhodes Scholarship 2016, Hancher-Finkbine Medallion, 2016 Honors at Iowa Scholars
Lauren Freeman James D. Robertson Award for Excellence in the Social Science
Dexter Golinghorst Distinguished Student Leader Award
Seth Howard The Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Scholarship
Liz Mills Hancher-Finkbine Medallion
Jacob Simpson The Fellows Project
Alexandria Yakes The Fellows Project
Rachel Zuckerman The Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Scholarship

 

Student Award
Carter Bell The Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Scholarship
Kelly Daniels Honors at Iowa Scholar
Jeffrey Ding Truman Scholar, The Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Scholarship, James D. Robertson Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences, Stanley Undergraduate Award
Hannah Philgreen Honors at Iowa Scholar
Rachel Zuckerman The Fellows Project

 

Student Award
Jeffrey Ding The Fellows Project, Stanley Undergraduate Award, Udall Memorial Scholarship-Honorable Mention
Kelly Daniels The Rhodes Dunlap Collegiate Scholarship, James D. Robertson Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences
Jeralyn Westercamp Collegiate Scholar Award Winners
Katherin Valde Collegiate Scholar Award Winners
Onalee Yousey Collegiate Scholar Award Winners

 

Student Awards
Nicholas Pottebaum Hancher Finkbine Undergraduate Medallion, John and Elsie Mae Ferentz Research Fund for Spring, Virgil Hancher Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Thomas J. Ewing Carnegie Junior Fellows Program Finalist