Beginning in 1999, the Environmental Studies Program has recognized its most outstanding seniors for their academic achievements with the Gaylord Donnelley Prize. The award is made by the faculty to the authors of distinguished pieces of interdisciplinary scholarship, and presented to seniors at commencement. It is funded by an endowment from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the Donnelley Family, in memory of Mr. Gaylord Donnelley, a conservationist dedicated to advances in research and education. The Donnelley Foundation also endows a post-doctoral fellowship.
2013
Anna Rose Gable (Pierson College), Practical Pedology: Soil, Sustainability and Agricultural Knowledge in the Georgia Piedmont
Victoria Montanez (Pierson College), Food Waste: The Value of Knowledge-Based Campaigns in Environmental Protection
Coleman Wheeler (Saybrook College), Big Coal in Small-Town Virginia: A Case Study of Environmental Justice and Racial Polarization in the Rural South
Lucia Woo (Calhoun College), The Air Our Children Breathe: PM 2.5 Pollution Survey of New Haven
2012
Holly Rippon-Butler, Moving Milk: Transportation and Commodification of Milk in New York State
Rachel Shaffer, Ozone Pollution and Health in Atlanta: The Implications of a Presidential Decision
Rachael Styer, Faith, Family and Farming: The Survival of Small and Mid-Sized Farms in Lancaster, PA Throughout the Twentieth Century
Michael Wysolmerski, The Fight for a Neighborhood: Flood Control and Race on the Anacostia Tributaries
2011
Reuben Fischer-Baum, Private Gardens, Public Streets: The Evolution of Istanbul's Urban Forest from 1922 to 2007
Cornelia Twining, Changes in the Lakes: The Ecological History of Two Watersheds in South Central Connecticut
Charles Zhu, The Desire for Car Ownership in China
2010
Kathy Hughes, Empirical Study of Habitat Complexity and Predator-Prey Interactions as it Informs Ecosystem Conservation
2009
Kevin Currey, "We're Iñupiat, We're Hunters" Subsistence, Petroleum Development, and Cultural Identity in Nuiqsut, Alaska
2008
Emily Jack-Scott, A Tale of Two Shore Towns: Avalon and Wildwood, New Jersey
Anna Johnson, Climate Change and Agriculture: Carbon Sequestration
2007
Adineke Adeyeye, Sanitation in Batey Libertad: Latrine Use and Waste Disposal Practices
Christa Anderson, Livestock Predation Patterns and Incidents in Northern Tanzania
2006
Jane Brandon Berkeley, The Athens Metro Project: Public Transportation in Urban Planning
Dawn Lippert, The Two Thousand Pound Question: An Analysis of Leatherback Sea Turtle Management on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
Ariane Lotti, Monitoring the Connection Between Humans and the Land: The Use of Indicators on Three Farms in Italy
Leanna Südhof, A Very Selective Evaluation of Malaria Control Efforts in Africa South of the Sahara: The Global Fund and ITNs
2005
Flora Lichtman, Crafting Sound Policy: The Origins, Evolution and Mis-regulation of Ocean Noise
2004
Livia DeMarchis, Amphibian Conservation: The Public Perception, Policy, and Science of Declines and Deformities
Christopher McPhee, Climate and Cultural Collapse: The Anasazi Implications for Abrupt Human Change.
2002
Brian Boyd, American Studies and Studies in the Environment, The Coyote in the Garden
2001
Megan MacLeod, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology and Studies in the Environment, Heat Shock Proteins: Cellular Superheroes in the Face of Environmental Pollution
2000
Susan Brown, American Studies and Studies in the Environment, The Silent Leader: Rachel Carson's Role in the Emergence of the Modern Environmental Movement
1999
Sarah Hollinshead, Political Science and Studies in the Environment, The Big Mess: Environmental Policy and Contamination at the Massachusetts Military Reservation
Joshua Olsen, Architecture and Studies in the Environment, Are Master-Planned Communities Worth It? An Analysis of Financial and Environmental Viability
