The Sociology Department is excited to run the Undergraduate Research Grant competition again in Academic Year 2025! We encourage students to apply for the chance to win one of five $300 awards.
Awards
David Embrick Given Two National Sociology Awards
Our very own Professor David Embrick has been honored with the Joseph B. Gittler Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems and the Founder’s Award for Scholarship & Service from the American Sociological Association.
Winners of the 2024 Sociology Department Awards
Please join us in congratulating the 2024 winners of the Sociology Department Awards!
Congratulations to our 2024 Award Winners!
Please join us in congratulating Drs. Ingrid Semaan and Ryan Talbert, winners of 2024 awards in recognition of excellence in mentorship and teaching.
David Embrick: ASA Award Winner
Congratulations to David Embrick and his co-author and co-editor, David Brunsma, for receiving the ASA Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award!
Bandana Purkayastha: UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to Professor and CLAS Associate Dean, Bandana Purkayastha, for receiving the honor of being named one UConn’s Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors!
Winners of the 2023 Sociology Department Awards
Please join us in congratulating the 2023 winners of the Sociology Department Awards!
Winners of the 2023 Wood/Raith Living Trust Summer Fellowship
Congratulations to our three winners of the 2023 Wood/Raith Living Trust Summer Fellowship award, Davina Barbee, Carol Ann Jackson and Dunahay Pereyra! They will each receive summer fellowships of $4,000! Sociology was very well represented within a very competitive pool of 30 applicants across 15 programs/departments.
David Embrick: Grant Recipient for Accessible Technology in Hartford
Congratulations to Professor David Embrick and his collaboration with the School of Engineering for receiving a $2.86 million grant from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration!
Jane Pryma: Honors Faculty Member of the Year Award
Please join us in congratulating Assistant Professor Jane Pryma, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 – 2023 Honors Faculty Member of the Year Award!