Mollie Holman Medal and Vice-Chancellor’s Commendations for Thesis Excellence
The Mollie Holman Medal was established in 1998 and is named after the late pioneering physiologist Emeritus Professor Mollie Homan AO, in honour of her significant contributions to science and education. These medals are among the highest academic honours we bestow, and mark the recipients as researchers of the higher order.
Each year, a maximum of ten medals are awarded to doctoral students, who have fulfilled their degree requirements and presented their faculty’s best thesis of the year.
The Vice-Chancellor’s commendations for thesis excellence are also awarded annually to outstanding doctoral and research master’s thesis excellence. A maximum of five Commendations are awarded each year.
These schemes are managed by the Monash Graduate Research Office. Guidelines and information on the nomination and selection processes can be accessed from the MGRO intranet.
Past winners
Year | Awardee/s | Program | Supervisors |
2021 | Bonnie Reid | Literary and Cultural Studies | Ali Alizadeh and Melinda Harvey |
2020 | Gene Flenady | Philosophy | Alison Ross and Stephen Houlgate (Warwick) |
2019 | Jennifer Anderson | Literary and Cultural Studies | Gloria Davies and Chandani Lokuge |
2018 | Robert Gunn | Historical Studies | Bruno David; Ian McNiven |
2017 | James Muldoon | Philosophy | Alison Ross (Monash); Michael Saward (Warwick) |
2016 | Sunshine Kamaloni | Film, Media & Communications | Daniel Black; JaneMaree Maher |
2015 | Jessica Taft | Historical Studies | Andrew Markus; Leah Garrett |
2015 | Mark Saward | Philosophy | Graham Oppy; Toby Handfield |
2014 | Vicki Hutton | Social & Political Sciences | Roseanne Misajon; Francesca Collins |
2014 | Adam Bales | Philosophy | Toby Handfield; Graham Oppy |
2013 | Alison Gerard | Social & Political Sciences | Sharon Pickering; Jude McCulloch; Leanne Weber |