Please join us in congratulating Drs. Ingrid Semaan and Ryan Talbert, winners of 2024 awards in recognition of excellence in mentorship and teaching.
Awards
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!
Carol Ann Jackson: Africana Studies Institute Grant Recipient
Please join us in congratulating Carol Ann Jackson on her successful application to the Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research on Women and Girls of Color! This grant is funded through UConn’s Africana Studies Institute and will support Carol’s research on policing and strategies of resilience among Black girls in Connecticut.
Undergraduate Research Awards 2022
Congratulations to the 2022 Undergraduate Research Awards recipients Mohammed Musa Hussain and Amina Shakeel!
Fierberg Scholar Dreams of Being an Advocate for the Voiceless
Check out this article in UConn Today on Faridah Kisekka-Sessanga, a Master’ student in the UConn School of Social Work and one of two recipients of the 2022 Janet M. Fierberg Scholarship. This scholarship was endowed by I. Martin Fierberg and Janet M. Fierberg, an alumna of UConn who studied Sociology and had careers in Social Work.