Each year, department faculty select an outstanding graduating senior or seniors to receive the Dr. L. Jill Loucks Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior.
Dr. L. Jill Loucks (1953-1982) was a dedicated archaeologist and member of the faculty for three years before her untimely death. Her parents and friends created an endowment to help recognize superlative achievement amongst eligible graduating students by presenting them with the Dr. L. Jill Loucks Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior.
Application Guidelines
Graduating seniors (May, August, and December of the previous year) are invited by faculty each spring to submit an application. Selection is based on the following criteria:
Grade Point Average — Minimum 3.5 GPA, both cumulative and within the major
Professional Activities — Participation in professional meetings, presentation of papers, membership in professional organizations and ASUAS, internships, and field school/study abroad
Honors and Awards — Recognition received during undergraduate study
Intent to Continue in Anthropology — Plans for graduate study or professional work in anthropology
Past Recipients
2024–25: Ingrid Ericson, Sarah Harrison, Paige Hukill, Tyler Witham
2023–24: Ajax Behringer, Emma Edwards, Matthew Knowles, Josephine Patch
2022–23: Kaity Bailey, JS Braun, Luca Coleman
2021–22: Lauren Mobley, Rowan Tackitt
2020–21: Piper Strzelecki
2019–20: Hannah Broome, Lia Kitteringham
2018–19: Patrick James
2017–18: Autumn Melby
2016–17: Rebecca Long
2015–16: Jillian Ingle
2014–15: Savannah Carter, Stevie Ray Wunder
2013–14: Kelly Elaine Blevins
2012–13: Alexandra Drebitko
2011–12: Caitline R. Patton
2010–11: Karen A. Stevens
2009–10: Brittany Glarrow
2008–09: Mary Elizabeth Compton
2007–08: Matthew J. Bouchard
2006–07: Elizabeth Brandt
2005–06: Angela E. Henderson
2004–05: Caroline V. Ketron, Joanne M. Rasmussen
2003–04: Heather E. Moore
2002–03: Kristina M. Stoeppler, Elizabeth L. Laney
2001–02: Michael J. Sheridan, Nancy E. McCamey
2000–01: James Hal Dobbins III, Elizabeth K. Uselton
1999–00: Jennifer Leigh Bonnet, Lindsay Kathleen Wetmore
1998–99: Elizabeth Ellen Arnold
1997–98: Celia Denice Hefner, Robert Rikard
1996–97: Jodie D. Manross, Russell S. Quick
1995–96: Hubert L. Cox, Satomi Imai
1994–95: Jonas J. Monast
1993–94: Karla J. Schilling
1992–93: Sarah W. Cohen, Kathleen D. Fowler
1991–92: Melissa Rae Schrift
1990–91: Alan Davis McIntyre, Katherine Anne Robinson
1989–90: Karissa G. Mackey
1988–89: Christopher D. Conner, Frank H. Callis III
1987–88: J. Daniel Humphries
1986–87: Holly J. Greene, Sarah L. Horton
1985–86: Bradley C. Allen, Eustace R. Conway
1984–85: A. Richard Piland III
1983–84: James A. Sparks
1982–83: Virginia D. Myers, Linda J. Reed