Please join us in congratulating the 2020 winners of the Sociology Department Awards!
Awards
Dr. Arnold Dashefsky Receives Sklare Award
The Marshall Sklare Award is given annually by the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) to a senior scholar who has made a significant scholarly contribution to the social scientific study of Jewry, primarily through the publication of a body of research in books and articles or of published work related to public policy. […]
Allen Hyde: Georgia Tech SGA’s Dean George C. Griffin Faculty of the Year Award
Allen Hyde, UConn Sociology PhD Graduate in the Class of 2016, was awarded the Georgia Tech SGA’s Dean George C. Griffin Faculty of the Year Award at the Up with the White & Gold awards ceremony. He was nominated by several students for engaging with issues that local Atlanta communities face and for the passion […]
David Embrick: Africana Studies Institute Faculty Research Funding
Congratulations to David Embrick, who is a distinguished awardee for the competitive 2019-2020 Africana Studies Institute Faculty Research Funding for his proposal titled “Blackness, Racial Oppression, and Continued Violations of Human Rights: Comparing [illegally occupied] Palestine and [racial apartheid in] South Africa.” The Africana Studies Institute (ASI) at the University of Connecticut prioritizes faculty research […]
Cara Cancelmo: Honorable Mention in NSF GRFP Competition
Congratulations to Cara Cancelmo, who received an Honorable Mention in the 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.
Kim Price-Glynn Awarded Hartford Matters Teaching Grant!
The Sociology Department is pleased to announce that Kim Price-Glynn has been awarded a Hartford Matters Teaching Grant to support the development of a service-learning course, “Sociology of Carework.” Established by the UConn Hartford Director’s Office, the Hartford Matters Teaching Grant supports faculty efforts to: – center student learning through engagement and collaboration with people, places and organizations in the […]
2020 Graduate Student Fellowship
Congratulations to Amy Lawton, who has been awarded a graduate student fellowship through “The Sociology of Science and Religion: Identity and Belief Formation” funding initiative, led by Elaine Howard Ecklund (Rice University) and John H. Evans (University of California, San Diego), and funded through the Templeton Religion Trust (https://religion-science-sociology.com). The fellowship will support her research […]
2019 Award Photos
2019 SWS Mentoring Award
The mentoring award was established in 1990 to honor an SWS member who is an outstanding feminist mentor. In establishing the award, SWS recognized that feminist mentoring is an important and concrete way to encourage feminist scholarship. Manisha Desai is the Head of Sociology and Professor of Sociology and Asian and Asian American Studies at the […]
2019 Jessie Bernard Award
The Jessie Bernard Award was established in 1977 by the ASA Council to honor Jessie Bernard’s enormous influence on the study of gender. The award is given in recognition of scholarly work inclusive of research, teaching, mentoring, and service, that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. […]