Student Scholarships and Awards for 2022-2023

On Wednesday, April 19, members of the English department gathered in the Magnolia Room for our annual awards reception to honor the outstanding work of our majors, minors, and graduate students. The award recipients are listed below.

The Robert N. Shorter Medieval Prize: Ashley Simon

H. Broadus Jones Shakespeare Prize: Rachel Thomas

Bashir El-Beshti Prize in Renaissance Studies: Alexander Baime

D.A. Brown Award for Excellence in Creative Writing: Maren Beverly

D.A. Brown Award for Excellence in Creative Writing: Camille Crumbley

Academy of American Poets / Edwin G. Wilson Prize: Katie Bullock

The Bynum G. Shaw Prize in Journalism: Christa Dutton

Finalist for the Bynum G. Shaw Prize in Journalism: Aine Pierre

Finalist for the Bynum G. Shaw Prize in Journalism: Will Zimmerman

The Beulah Lassiter Raynor Scholarship: Christa Dutton

The Beulah Lassiter Raynor Scholarship: Caroline Searcy 

Emily Crandall Shaw Scholarship in Liberal Arts: Frances Gray Riggs

Justus and Elizabeth C. Drake Scholarship: Asya Taylor

H. Broadus Jones Memorial Scholarship: Arielle Kushnir

H. Broadus Jones Memorial Scholarship: Caroline Parrish

H. Broadus Jones Senior Award for Excellence in English: Maren Beverly

H. Broadus Jones Senior Award for Excellence in English: Christopher Keiser

H. Broadus Jones M.A. Student Award for Excellence in English: Erin Marlow

Claudia Kairoff Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Service: Declan Sander

Claudia Kairoff Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Service: Ansley McNeel

This is the first year that the department is presenting the Claudia Kairoff Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Service, which recognizes outstanding students who have made rich contributions to the life and spirit of the department. Claudia Thomas Kairoff was a professor of eighteenth-century British literature at Wake Forest from 1986 until she retired in 2022. She was not only an award-winning teacher and nationally recognized scholar in her field, but also a model citizen and servant of the College during her long and distinguished career. She brought to every leadership role the same dedication, collaborative spirit, organizational skills, and attention to detail that characterized her work as a scholar.