Awards and Recognitions

July 21, 2021

Faculty

Ruth Braunstein: Named Associate Editor, Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review (2020)

Mary Fischer: Chair elect of the Community and Urban Section at ASA (2021)

Phoebe Godfrey: Associate Alumnae of Douglas College, Society of Excellence Inductee, for commitment to “social justice on a global scale” (2020) 

Brad Wright: OUR Mentorship Excellence Award (2020)

Graduates

Congratulations to Nabil Tueme for receiving the 2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award! 
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Asmita Aasaavari: Summer 2020 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship

Caner Hazar: Project proposal application to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships was awarded the European Commission's Seal of Excellence.

Congratulations to Zack Kline  for receiving both the 2021 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award and the Ron Taylor Award! 

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Carol Ann Jackson: 2021 Arnold and Sandra Dashefsky Student Award for Excellence & the Summer 2021 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship

Koyel Khan: Summer 2020 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship

Congratulations to Davida Schiffer for winning the WGSS Susan Porter Benson Graduate Research Award!

Kylar Shaad: Summer 2020 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship

Chriss Sneed: 2020- 2021 Research Grant from UConn's Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research on Women & Girls of Color, hosted by Africana Studies Institute & the Pre-Doctoral Fellowship; El Instituto: Latin American Studies, UCONN

Undergraduates

Congratulations to both Candance Tang and Kylee Rose Santos on being elected to Phi Beta Kappa!

Congratulations to both Titilayo Oladotun Adekola and Krista Lin Sansone who were the winners of the Janet M. Fierberg Scholarship! Both are incoming graduate students to the School of Social Work next year.

Andrew Bogatz: Student Paper Award

Grace Scully: High GPA Award

Haley Zawilinski: Public Engagement Award