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.
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