2026 EALAC Awards & Honors
Recognizing the outstanding achievements of our students within the
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures during the 2025-2026 academic year.
PhD Program
Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies
Sherab Chomphel — Department of Religion
MA Program
Webb Prize for MA Essays
First-Year Students
First Place: Shiyun Qiu
Runner-Up: Xiaoping Xue
Second-Year Students
First Place: Ranting Zhang
Runner-Up: Elliot Gong
Undergraduate Program
Oscar Lee Award for Senior Thesis Writers
Alexis Alton
Isabel Andreatta
Lot Bates
Julie Chen
Domenico Pica
Yuhan Zhang
Departmental Honors
Isabel Andreatta
Julie Chen
Phi Beta Kappa
Julie Chen
Yuhan Zhang
Language Programs
Chinese
Chinese Language Program Excellence Award
Tylan Ram Joshi
Maximilian Paul Belyantsev
Japanese
Keiko Chevray Award
Amelia Harrington
Mary Hue Award
Quynh Luong
Korean
The Center for Korean Research Manhae Prize for Korean Language
Mitchell Dees
Adam D. Goldstein
The Il Hwan and Soon Ja Cho Fellowship for Summer Language Study in Korea
Ryan Crawford
Vietnamese
EALAC Vietnamese Language Program Award
Thi Viet Vu
