Each year, many Winthrop undergraduates are recognized by experts in their fields for excellence in research and creative activity. Partial lists of those awardees — including all recognitions that are shared with the Undergraduate Research Office — are linked below.
2023-2024 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 83.2 KB)
2022-2023 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 60.2 KB)
2021-2022 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 80.7 KB)
2020-2021 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 27.8 MB)
2019-2020 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 114 KB)
2018-2019 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 704 KB)
2017-2018 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 184 KB)
2016-2017 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 465 KB)
2015-2016 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 509 KB)
2014-2015 Disciplinary Research Awards (pdf - 493 KB)
Undergraduate researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences are eligible for the Inez Bell Caskey Student Scholar Awards. The funding for these awards was generously given in 2009 by Dr. Thomas Caskey in honor of his mother, who graduated from Winthrop University in 1930. The Caskey Awards are given each year in three categories: Humanities and Arts; Social Sciences; and Science and Mathematics. Award recipients are selected by a faculty committee in a highly competitive process. Winners are chosen based on the quality of their scholarship and the significance of the work to the students' disciplines.
Humanities and Arts: Paige Lillibridge
Social Sciences: Lauren Norton
Science and Mathematics: Ryan Wernsman
Humanities and Arts: Luisa (Lucy) Manley
Social Sciences: Ebonie White
Science and Mathematics: Dallas Nivens
Humanities and Arts: Julia Breitkreutz
Social Sciences: Ana Lydia Rodriguez
Science and Mathematics: Christine Dunn
Humanities and Arts: Anna Sharpe
Social Sciences: Katrina Gainey
Science and Mathematics: Carlos Escoto-Diaz
Humanities and Arts: Tea Franco
Social Sciences: Kalea Young-Gibson
Science and Mathematics: Sean Wechsler
Humanities and Arts: Lauren Leonard
Social Sciences: Sydney Strother
Science and Mathematics: Cale Gaster
Humanities and Arts: Kate Burt
Social Sciences: Jessica Doscher
Science and Mathematics: Colin Frazier
Humanities and Arts: Addie Crawford
Social Sciences: Krista Parenti
Science and Mathematics: Davis Plasko
Humanities and Arts: Eliza Wilcox
Social Sciences: Emily Hokett
Science and Mathematics: Olivia Manley
Humanities and Arts: Carson Cope
Social Sciences: Leah Brown
Science and Mathematics: Sarah Wicks
Humanities and Arts: Alexander Muller
Social Sciences: Kayla Davis
Science and Mathematics: Emili Price
Humanities and Arts: Joseph Giordano
Social Sciences: Brittney Black
Science and Mathematics: Hannah Swan
Humanities and Arts: Cayla Eagon
Social Sciences: Allison Howard
Science and Mathematics: Nicole Wesselschmidt
Humanities and Arts: Dylan Phillips
Social Sciences: Lilah Campbell
Science and Mathematics: Lyndsey Powell
Starting in 2021, students who participate in SOURCE have the chance to win an award from the Undergraduate Research Office. These winners are students that stood out among the judges and displayed great passion for their research, performance, or project.
Best in SOURCE Poster Presentation: Jessican Morgan
Best in SOURCE Oral Presentation: (Tie) Craig Stevens & Sera Crookes
Best in SOURCE Performance: Robert Eugene Lee Jr.
Best in Health, Humanities, & Social Sciences Poster Presentation: Alexander McGinty
Best in Science and Mathematics Poster Presentation: Lannea Brown & Melanie Williams
Runner-up Oral Presentation: (Tie) Sam F. Bell, Be Kuehn, CierraRandolph/Morgan Dukes/Victoria Williams, & Carrie Vaughn
Second Place for Performance: Joshua Terybon Pringle
Best in SOURCE Poster Presentation: Leliana Bohanan
Best in SOURCE Oral Presentation: Trey Wineglass
Best in SOURCE Performance: Kayla Alexander
Best in Social Science/Humanities Poster Presentation: Ebonie White
Best in Science and Mathematics Poster Presentation: Gabrielle Walker
Best in Social Sciences/Humanities Oral Presentation: David Urich
Best in Healthcare, Sciences and Mathematics Oral Presentation: Dallas Nivens
Second Place for Performance: Jaiden Mosley
Third Place for Performance: Alexa Schroder
Best in SOURCE Poster Presentation:Nicole Kearney
Best in SOURCE Oral Presentation: Ryan Certo
Best in SOURCE Performance: Madison Syswerda
Best in Social Science/Humanities Poster Presentation: Courtney Franklin
Best in Science and Mathematics Poster Presentation: Cassidy Butler
Best in Social Sciences/Humanities Oral Presentation: Lydia Rodriguez
Best in Oral Presentation in the Arts: My'Asia McCollum
Best in Sciences and Mathematics Oral Presentation: Laela Walker
Second Place for Performance: David Urich
Best in SOURCE Poster Presentation:Kristen Watson
Best in Education/Exercise Science Poster Presentation: Kaitlin Milam
Best in Social Science/Humanities Poster Presentation: Lydia Rodriguez
Best in Science and Mathematics Poster Presentation: (Group) Hunter Cannon, Kathryne Courtney, Carlos Ecoto-Diaz, Joel Haley, Mackenzie Jenkins, Allysa Lewis, Caleb Meyerand, Dallas Nivens, Bryan Patterson, Alexis Ramirez, Jordan Rucker, Hallie Smith, Laela Walker, and Bethany Wise
Best in SOURCE Oral Presentation: Carlos Escoto-Diaz
Best in Social Sciences/Humanities Oral Presentation: Veronica Skubisz
Best in Artist Talks: Jonathan Bolton
Best in Sciences and Mathematics Oral Presentation: Eric Walters
Best in SOURCE Performance: Taylor Jones
Second Place for Performance: Madison Lapham
The Janice Chastain Houk Award for Undergraduate Research was created in 2007 by her husband and sons to honor her life and memory. Two awards are presented annually, one to a Biology student and one to a Political Science student.
