The Prytanean Faculty Enrichment Award

The Prytanean Faculty Enrichment Award, established 1986

Since 1986, Prytanean Alumnae, Inc. has annually awarded a financial grant to an outstanding woman tenure-track faculty member on the Berkeley campus. The original of $10,000 has increased to $35,000, and the award winner may use the award in any way they choose.

A competitive process takes into account each applicant’s record as a distinguished teacher, demonstrated scholarly achievement, commitment to community service (whether the U.C. Berkeley community or another community), and dedication to mentoring students at U.C. Berkeley.

Prytanean Alumnae is very proud to be able to offer this Award each year, increasing the amount as we are financially able. We hope that this Award benefits the award winner, their departments and students, and strengthens the entire U.C. Berkeley community.

Award Recipients

1986    Angelica Stacy                      Chemistry
1987    Brenda Eskenazi                  Maternal & Child Health & Epidemiology, Emerita
1988    Andrea Peterson                  Law, Emerita
1989    Sau-ling Wong                     Asian American Studies, Emerita
1990    Deborah Nolan                    Computing, Data Science and Society
1991     Denise Herd                          Social & Administrative Health Sciences
1992    Celeste B. Langan               English
1993     Kiren Chaudhry                  Political Science
1994     Carla D’Antonio                  Integrative Biology
1995     Katherine Bergeron            Music
1996     Jasmina Vujic                      Nuclear Engineering
1997     Lisa Pruitt                             Mechanical Engineering
1998     Carolyn Bertozzi                  Chemistry
1999     Lucia Jacobs                         Psychology, Emerita
2000    Jennifer Miller                    English
2001     Eileen Lacey                         Integrative Biology
2002     Eva Harris                            Public Health
2003     Serena Chen                         Psychology
2004     Ananya Roy                          City & Regional Planning
2005     Sara McMains                      Mechanical Engineering
2006     Isha Ray                                Energy & Resource Group
2007     Lori Markson                       Psychology
2008     Chelsea Specht                    Plant & Microbial Biology
2009     Line Mikkelsen                    Linguistics
2010     Daniela Kaufer                     Integrative Biology and Neuroscience
2011     Britt Glaunsinger                  Plant & Microbial Biology
2012     Diana Bautista                      Molecular & Cell Biology
2013     Lauren Williams                   Mathematics
2014     Valerie Shapiro                      Social Welfare
2015     Cristina Mora                         Sociology
2016     Sarah Anzia                            Public Policy
2017     Andrea Roth                           Law
2018     Jessica Lu                               Astrophysics
2019     Markita Landry                     Chemical & Bioengineering
2020    Henrike Lange                       Art History & Italian Studies
2021     Grace X. Gu                            Mechanical Engineering
2022    Anna Livia Brand                  Mechanical Engineering
2023    Samantha Lewis                    Biology
2024    Vasugi Kailasam                    Tamil Studies, Department of South and South East Asian Studies (SSEAS)
2025     Youjin Chung                         Energy and Resources Group, and the Dept of Environmental Science, Policy and Management