Submitted by Liam Thomas Blakey
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The Department of Philosophy celebrated the achievements of our students and faculty at our annual awards ceremony. We had an in-person celebration in Savery Hall May 28th, 2026, and were thrilled to celebrate our award winners’ accomplishments together. Our heartfelt tradition of sharing personal anecdotes about each recipient continued, to the delight of family, friends, and classmates.
We are proud of the accomplishments of all our department members and look forward to seeing what they achieve in the future.
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award: Addison Auer
Outstanding Graduating Senior Awards: Zhenya Shapiro & Griffin Hehmeyer
Graduate Student Choice Award: Zhenya Shapiro
Kenneth Clatterbaugh Scholarship: Jonathon Eaton
Thomas Hankins Prize in History & Philosophy of Science: Sydney Dykes
Husky 100: Sarah D'Souza & Jiaqi Wang
Philosophy Writing Center Tutors: Fevet Ibrahim & Christoph Heller
Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, The Garden of Ideas: Editor-in-Chief: Zhenya Shapiro, Editor-in-Chief 25-26: Ayla Miller
Editors: Cleo Kim, Joey Lieng, Ilwad Mahamoud, Shelby Mallard (+communications) & Sunny Tian (+print design)
William Talbott Graduate Teaching Award: Jesus Raya
Radar Awards: Julia Pelger & Jesus Raya
Center for Statistics in the Social Sciences (CSSS) Faculty Fellow Award: Conor Mayo-Wilson
UW AI Seed Grant: Ian Schnee ("AI Policy Tool for Faculty to Generate Course-Specific Guidance for Students")
Faculty Promotion: Paul Franco