The DeConde/Burns Prize is awarded to a graduate student judged to be the best in outstanding accomplishment in foreign relations generally, with a preference for students in U.S. foreign relations. It was established in 2005 with a gift from Dr. Andrew Farrand (PhD 1979) to honor emeritus Prof. Alexander DeConde, a former chair of the department, and Prof. Richard Burns of CSULA, the two men who, he says, taught him to “think and analyze and express myself clearly.”
Present and previous recipients:
2023
Addie Jensen
2022
Mika Thornburg
2021
Mattie Webb
2020
Nick Cohen
2019
Addie Jensen
2018
Mika Thornburg
2017
Andrew Elrod
2016
Cody Stephens
2015
Jason Zeledon
2014
Viktor Shmagin
2013
Ken Hough
2012
Paul Baltimore
2011
No award
2010
Dimitri Akulov
2009
John Munro
2008
George Fujii
2007
George Fujii
2006
John Sbardellati
2005
Jessica Miranda Chapman