Boyd Ruamcharoen PhD ’25 received an honorable mention for the 2026 Edward M Coffman First Manuscript Prize, an award from the Society for Military History for best dissertation in that field. The Society notes that the Coffman Prize recognizes “scholars whose work blends military history with social, political, economic and diplomatic history and authors of studies centering on campaigns, leaders, technology, and doctrine.”
Ruamcharoen presented his HASTS dissertation, entitled “Deteriorating Relations: Weatherable Materials, Tropical Decay, and American Power, 1942-1970s,” in summer 2025. He currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard.
Congratulations, Boyd!