Blaine T. Browne Award

The Blaine T. Browne Award is given to the best paper written by a graduate student paper, which should incorporate the author's use and engagement with both primary and secondary sources.  Dr. Browne earned a doctorate in American history at the University of Oklahoma in 1985.  He subsequently taught at several universities and colleges before joining the faculty at Broward College in 1988.  An active participant in the Florida Conference of Historians since 1994, Dr. Browne has presented at annual meetings and published in the Proceedings.  Now retired from Broward College, he has authored numerous articles, reviews, and six textbooks, including  Uncertain Order: The World in the Twentieth Century, 1968: The Rise and Fall of America's New Revolution, and Modern American Lives: Biographies in American History since 1945.

Winners of the Best Graduate Student Paper Award
2023: No winner was announced.
2022: Jason Romisher, Western University
2021: J. D. Reiner, Florida Atlantic University
2020: Douglas Benner, University of South Florida
2019: Colin Cook, University of Central Florida
2018: Colin Cook, University of Central Florida
2017: Brad Massey, Polk State College and University of Florida
2016: Khali Navarro, University of Central Florida
2015: Jenny Smith, Valdosta State University

Browne Award Committee Members
Dr. Blaine Browne, Broward College
Dr. Michael Butler, Flagler College
Dr. Rowena J-M.H. Múzquiz, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary