Grad student Natalie Aviles has been awarded a President’s Dissertation Fellowship for 2015-2016. The competition for these fellowships is very steep, and we are pleased that Natalie has been recognized by the university. This year there were 33 nominations at the university level.
Category Archives: Awards
Prof. FitzGerald’s book, Culling the Masses receives honor
Prof. David FitzGerald’s Culling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas received an Honorable Mention for the 2015 Theodore Saloutos Book Prize from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (for the best book in U.S. immigration history published in 2014
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UCSD Distinguished Teaching Award given to Kelly Nielsen
Kelly Nielsen has won the university’s highest award for teaching, the UCSD Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Students. We are very fortunate to have many exceptional graduate student teachers in our department, and Kelly’s award reflects well not only on him but on Sociology as a whole.
Congratulations, Kelly!
http://chancellor.ucsd.edu/chancellor-khosla/blog/recognizing-extraordinary-teaching
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Former grad students win Society for Social Studies of Science award
Two of our esteemed former graduate students, Benjamin Sims and Chris Henke won the David Edge award from the Society for the Social Studies of Science for their paper, ““Repairing credibility: Repositioning nuclear weapons knowledge after the Cold War.” For more info: http://www.4sonline.org/prizes/edge
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Professor Bud Mehan honored as remarkable leader by USD
Professor Bud Mehan is being honored as a remarkable leader in education by the University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences.
Remarkable Leaders in Education honors legendary contributions to the field of education made by individuals from San Diego and Imperial Counties. Nominations may be submitted for leaders who, through their role as administrators, teachers, counselors, parents, volunteers, advocates, or community leaders, have made a significant impact on education in our community. Their leadership has demonstrated a commitment to initiate positive change to K-12 or higher education in San Diego or Imperial Counties.
http://sites.sandiego.edu/remarkableleaders/2014-honorees/hugh-bud-mehan-phd/
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Prof. Martin’s book receives 2014 Distinguished Scholarship Award
Professor Isaac Martin’s book, Rich People’s Movements: Grassroots Campaigns to Untax the One Percent just received the 2014 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Pacific Sociological Association. Bravo Isaac!
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Ian Mullins receives OSD Teaching Award
Our grad student Ian Mullins has received an award of recognition acknowledging his service in providing accommodations to students with disabilities at UC San Diego. Ian was nominated for this award by students, and he has been commended by the Office for Students with Disabilities for his continued hard work and dedication in meeting the needs of all students with disabilities. Bravo Ian!
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Prof. FitzGerald wins award for Public Sociology
The International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association gave Professor David FitzGerald their 2013 Award for Public Sociology. Congrats David.
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Think Tanks in America wins honorable mention
Congratulations to Professor Tom Medvetz, whose book Think Tanks in America won honorable mention from the Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.
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Prof. Kevin Lewis receives ASA award
Prof. Kevin Lewis along with Andreas Wimmer, won the Outstanding Article Award from the Mathematical Sociology Section for the article, “Beyond and Below Racial Homophily: ERG Models of a Friendship Network Documented on Facebook (AJS 2010); and along with Marco Gonzalez and Jason Kaufman, Kevin won an Honorable Mention for the Paper Award from the Communication and Information Technologies Section for the article, “Social Selection and Peer Influence in an Online Social Network” (PNAS 2012).
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