WHA Graduate Student Prize

Inaugurated in 2014 by the WHA Membership Committee, the Graduate Student Prize is designed to foster graduate student professional development and to enhance collegial citizenship within the Western History Association. Up to ten students may receive the award each year. Each recipient receives a one-year WHA membership, complimentary conference registration, reception tickets (Welcoming, Graduate Student, Awards), and three nights of lodging in the conference hotel. Prize winners must attend the WHA conference in the award year and cannot defer the award. The WHA Graduate Student Prize may be held concurrently with other WHA graduate student awards. Prize winners are expected to be active in the organization through service on WHA committees and/or through participation in annual conference events and attendance at conference sessions. Recipients should collaborate with the WHA Graduate Student Caucus to help co-host the Graduate Student Reception during their award year. Each winner must submit an 800-1,000-word blog post outlining their conference experience to be posted on the WHA's website and social media platforms.