Cameron Wiley, left and Bryant Jackson-Green.
Wiley and Jackson-Green win Most Promising Future Faculty Awards
The UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) has bestowed 2024 Most Promising Future Faculty Awards to two bright stars of School of Social Ecology doctorate programs: Cameron R. Wiley and Bryant Jackson-Green.
Open to all graduate students, Most Promising Future Faculty Awards recognize the Anteaters who show great promise through their excellence in teaching (as an instructor/teaching assistant), research, and service to the department, university, profession, or broader community. Nominees must have advanced to candidacy.
Wiley, who earned his Ph.D. in psychological science (health concentration) in June, is off to become a postdoc in public health at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the fall. He received his B.S. in psychology (with a neuroscience minor) from The Ohio State University in 2017, his M.A. in general psychology from North Carolina Central University in 2019, and his M.A. in social ecology from UCI in 2021.
His research focus is psychophysiology, or the study of the connection between psychological phenomena and physiological responses. More specifically, he focuses on the association between self-regulation (emotion and stress) and cardiovascular health, how these associations differ by race, and what physiological factors and mechanisms influence racial health disparities.
“While receiving this award is a generous testament to my past accomplishments and future endeavors, I would not be in this position without the rich experiences and exceptional people at UCI that molded me into such a promising professional,” says Wiley of the DTEI Most Promising Future Faculty Award.
“I am eager to use this recognition as additional motivation to cultivate academic environments that maximize every student's ability to succeed as well as make scientific contributions that address the persistent health burdens of racially/ethnically minoritized groups,” he added.
In 2022, Wiley was awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship that came with $81,000 in stipends over three years.
Jackson-Green received a B.A. in political science from the University of Chicago in 2013 and an MPPA in public policy and administration from Northwestern University in 2019. He earned a JD from the UCI School of Law in May and is a candidate for a Ph.D. in social ecology in 2025.
His research lies at the intersection of criminal justice policy and organizational theory, focusing on how organizations implement social policy. Using mixed methods, his work highlights the importance of law and organizations in a larger social-ecological context.
“I’m deeply honored to receive this recognition and have to thank the fantastic community I’ve found here at UCI for helping me grow as a researcher and instructor,” says Jackson-Green of the DTEI Most Promising Future Faculty Award. “Since arriving in 2019, I’ve been fortunate to have support from faculty mentors, UCI’s Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation, and, most importantly, the students I’ve been lucky to work with both in and outside the classroom. It means a lot.”
He and Wiley will be recognized at the 2024 Celebration of Teaching reception that culminates UCI Teach Day on Sept. 19.
— Matt Coker