Faculty Honors & Awards


2023 Michael Brown Research Prize Recipient
Awarded to Robert Sutter, Professor of Practice of International Affairs

2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aerospace History Manuscript award for “A Space Renaissance: The Strategic Defense Initiative and the Arms Race.”
Awarded to Aaron Bateman, Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs

2024 Amos Perlmutter Prize for top paper published in the Journal of Strategic Studies by a junior faculty
Awarded to Aaron Bateman, Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs

2024 Michael Brown Research Prize
Awarded to Ilana Feldman, Professor of Anthropology, History, and International Affairs

Elected member to the American Academy of Diplomacy
Chris Kojm, Professor of International Affairs; Director, Leadership, Ethics and Practice Initiative; Director, MA European and Eurasian Studies

Bell hooks Legacy Award
Inaugural recipient, Alexa Alice Joubin, Professor of English, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Cultures

Asian Law and Society Association (ALSA) Distinguished Article Award
Awarded to Celeste Arrington, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Director, GW Institute for Korean Studies, Co-Director, East Asia National Resource Center

2024 Elliott School Inclusive Community Award for Faculty
Awarded to Jennifer Brinkerhoff, Professor of International Affairs, International Business, and Public Policy & Public Administration

Frances Rosenbluth Best Paper award for the best paper published in 2022 as voted by the Sage Journal editorial board.: Electoral Cycles in Disaster Relief
Awarded to Alicia Cooperman, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Gerda Henkel Foundation Fellowship
Awarded to Paula Alonso, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs

2024 GW Public Interest Technology Scholar
Awarded to Alexa Alice Joubin, Professor of English, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Cultures

2024 GW Public Interest Technology Scholar
Awarded to Susan Aaronson, Research Professor; Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub

2024 Harry Harding Teaching Award
Awarded to Benjamin Hopkins, Professor of History and International Affairs; Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs

Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies Fellowship
Awarded to Jisoo Kim, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Literatures; Co-Director of the East Asia National Resource Center

Honorable Mention from the International Studies Association Theory Section for their post-PhD conference paper
Awarded to Lucia M. Rafanelli, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Kluge Fellowship
Awarded to Leniqueca Welcome, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

2024 Templeton Fellow
Awarded to Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Mercator Fellow
Awarded to Maryam Z. Deloffre, Associate Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Humanitarian Action Initiative

Susan Strange Award “recogniz[ing] a person whose singular intellect, assertiveness, and insight most challenge conventional wisdom and intellectual and organizational complacency in the international studies community.”
Awarded to Martha Finnemore, University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Visiting Fellow at the United States Studies Centre
Awarded to Susan Aaronson, Research Professor; Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub

Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Scholarship
Awarded to Christopher Cahill, Department Chair, Professor of Chemistry and International Affairs

Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program
Awarded to Hugh Agnew, Professor of History and International Affairs