Departmental Awards, Media Culture, and Communication

The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication is pleased to announce the recipients of its departmental awards — recognizing students from the Class of 2024 for their exceptional academic work and service across degree programs.

Academic Achievement Award

Shayna Gerard, BS
Laila Kayyali, BS
Mary Ainomugisha, MA
Nicholas Harvey-Doyle, MA
Hanna Thrainsdottir, MA
Kelly Sand, MA
Rosalie Wells, MA

Distinguished MA Thesis Award

Rosalie Wells, MA
Katherine Puntiel, MA

Dissertation Distinction

Samuel Kellogg, PhD
Sandeep Mertia, PhD
George Ramirez, PhD
Anna Stielau, PhD
Megan Wiessner, PhD

Outstanding Teaching Award

Megan Wiessner, PhD
Salwa Hoque, PhD

Most Valuable Player Award

Honor Culpepper, BS

Distinction in the Professional Writing Seminar

Phillip HoSang, MA
Manahil Munim, MA

Award for Distinction in Media Projects Seminar

Junlin Zhu, MA
Christina Bartson, MA

Outstanding Service to the Department

Denise Anthony, BS
Claudia Fernández Toledo, BS
Lucy Pham, BS
Luca Richman, BS
Ray Sun, BS
Annie Yang, BS
Ashley Chenery, MA
Kelly Sand, MA
Arel Sinett, MA
Hadiqa Shahid, MA
Rosalie Wells, MA
Junlin Zhu, MA
Salwa Hoque, PhD

Outstanding Service to the MCC Media Lab

Ivy Liu, BS

Outstanding Service to CommClub

Tiffany Lee, BS
Angela Pan, BS
Heiching (Ashley) Tse, BS
Anna Whitescarver, BS
Yuyin (Nelly) Xie, BS

The Barbara Haum Memorial Scholarship

Sarah Brill, MA

Global Media Scholar Recognition Award

Ebunoluwa Adebonojo, BS
Fejiro Agboro, BS
Sasha Alter, BS
Priya Batra, BS
Ajani Boyd, BS
Xiaoyu (Euxia) Chen, BS
Stephanie Farmer, BS
Juliana Guarracino, BS
Jackelyn León, BS
Aemon Lin, BS
Danie Negron, BS

Honors Recognition Award

Ebunoluwa Adebonojo, BS
Bonny Chavarria, BS
Zhuyan (Julia) Duan, BS
Stephanie Farmer, BS
Sarah Hendartono, BS
Octavio Hernandez, BS
Anna Karp, BS
Ginikanwa Okoronkwo, BS
Julia Pepper, BS
Spencer Plant, BS
Siyu Shen, BS
Ray Sun, BS
Kanita Tariq, BS
Ashley Tse, BS
Yuettung Tsoi, BS
Rachel Wu, BS