The School of Social Ecology is proud of the myriad strengths of its faculty and students. Their scholarly achievements are reflected by the awards they have received from a variety of agencies. We are proud of these recognitions, and celebrate their success! The following list represents many of our award recipients and the awards they have earned.
Spring/Summer 2018
Justin Strong, who is earning his Ph.D. in criminology, law and society, was awarded the Arnold Binder Award for Service. The award recognizes outstanding service contributions.
Alyse Bertenthal, who is earning her Ph.D. in criminology, law and society, was awarded the Gil Geis award. The award recognizes excellence in research.
Sophia Laguna, who is earning her Ph.D. in criminology, law and society, was awarded the Michelle Smith Pontell Award. The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in graduate study.
LaBreonna Bland and Amanda Petersen, both of whom are earning their Ph.D.s in criminology, law and society, were awarded the Peer Mentor award.
Matthew Barno, who is earning his Ph.D. in criminology, law and society, was awarded the Kitty Calavita Award. The award recognizes the best second-year project.
Spring/Summer 2017
Sonya Tillman and Stephanie Leon, have been awarded Fudge Scholarships, which go to students who have excelled academically, are self-motivated and who support themselves financially. Learn More
Destiny Drake and Peter Hanink, both of whom are pursuing doctorates in Criminology, Law and Society, have been selected for the Paul and Frances Baker Dickman Graduate Award for Community Engagement. Learn More
Jennifer Sango, a Social Ecology undergraduate, has won the 2017 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. The award, given by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, recognizes the research accomplishments of one student per school. Her Honor's advisor and research mentor is Susan Charles, professor of psychology and social behavior.
John Hipp, professor of criminology, law and society, has won the 2017 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research. The award is a recognition of his outstanding work in mentoring undergraduate students engaged in research. Hipp is the director of the Metropolitan Futures Initiative. The award is granted by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Adam Fine has been awarded the Martha Newkirk Award for Excellence in Research. Fine, who is earning his PhD in Psychology and Social Behavior, advanced to candidacy in April. Learn More
Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Planning, Policy and Design,was awarded a $20,000 Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to support her research. Learn More
Jodi Quas, a professor of psychology and social behavior, has won the 2017 Outstanding Community Researcher award from the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, a campus-wide institute that helps shuttle discoveries from the lab into practice. Learn More
Laureen Hom, a PhD student of planning, policy and design, has been awarded the Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship for the summer and fall. Learn More
Wendy Goldberg, associate dean for academic programs and professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, was chosen as the Dean's Honoree Award for the School of Social Ecology. Learn More
Keramet Reiter, assistant professor of criminology, law and society, has been awarded the American Society of Criminology's prestigious Ruth Cavan Young Scholar Award, a major recognition of her work. Learn More
Hayden Thomas Sugg, a criminology, law and society undergraduate, has won a 2016-17 Upper Division Writing Award. Learn More
Students Jose Torres and Jared Celniker recently received Graduate Research Fellowship Program scholarships from the National Science Foundation. They were among 2,000 awardees selected from more than 13,000 applicants, and will receive $34,000 annual stipends and a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance for UCI. Learn More
Fall 2016
Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior and Criminology, Law and Society, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society..
Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior and Criminology, Law and Society, was awarded the international 2016 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science in London. She was recognized for her leadership and pioneering research in the field of human memory. The award recognizes her courage in promoting science and evidence on a matter of public interest, despite facing difficulty and hostility in doing so.
Three Social Ecology doctoral students have been awarded Public Impact Fellowships for 2016-17. Nicole Sherman, Criminology, Law and Society, is a Public Impact Distinguished Fellow. Adam Dunbar, Criminology, Law and Society and Natalie Pifer, Criminology, Law and Society, are Public Impact Fellows.
Maureen Purcell, SE graduate student, is this year's Dan and Jeanne Stokols Social Ecology Graduate Fellowship Award recipient. This endowed fellowship supports outstanding transdisciplinary research by a Social Ecology graduate student.
Caitlin Cavanagh, PSB doctoral student, received the 2016 Ellen Greenberger Excellence in Graduate Research award.
With Susan Turner, CLS Professor, as Co-PI and Jennifer Skeem (UC Berkeley) as PI, the Arnold Foundation has awarded the Center for Evidence-Based Corrections (CEBC) $1.6 million dollars for a randomized experimental evaluation of a mental health intervention developed by the University of Cincinnati. The grant is one of four awarded nationally as a result of a highly competitive process.
Kelli Dickerson, PSB graduate student, received the 2016 Carol Kupers Whalen Graduate Research Award.
Sachiko Donley, PSB graduate student, and Julie Gerlinger, CLS graduate student, have received fellowships from the National Institute of Justice.
Jennifer Gongola, PSB graduate student, received the 2016 Alison Clarke-Stewart Second Year Project award. Sharon Shenhav, PSB graduate student, received the 2016 Alison Clarke-Stewart Graduate Dissertation Award.
Michael Gottfredson, CLS Professor, is named a UCI Chancellor Professor. Gottfredson joins the ranks of other Chancellor Professors that exhibit remarkable scholarship and strong assurance for ongoing success. He is the second Professor of Criminology, Law and Society after Emerita Professor Kitty Calavita to earn this title.
Summer 2016
Amy Magnus, CLS graduate student, is the recipient of the Kugelman Citizen Peacebuilding Research Fellowship. It recognizes students whose research aims to ameliorate conflict in communities locally and abroad.
Valerie Jenness, CLS Professor, and Kitty Calavita, CLS Emerita Professor, have received the Edwin Sutherland Book Prize on their book, Appealing to Justice.
Mona Lynch, CLS Professor, has been honored with the Stan Wheeler Mentor award.
Stacy Calhoun¸ CLS graduate student, was one of three recipients to be awarded the 2016 UC Criminal Justice & Health Consortium Pilot Research Grant program. The program provides pilot-level grants to support the early work of members of the UC Criminal Justice and Health Consortium.
Keramet Reiter, CLS Assistant Professor, received this year's UCI Law Community Pro Bono award for her work with UCI law students in helping the underserved by launching the Clemency Project. The Clemency Project is a collaboration of community attorneys and students, providing pro bono assistance for federal prisoners who likely would have received lesser sentences under current law and policy.
Kristen Goodrich, SE graduate student, was selected as a Robert and Patricia Switzer Fellow. Switzer fellowships are awarded to graduate students in New England and California whose studies and career goals are directed toward environmental improvement and demonstrate leadership in their field.
Brooke Jenkins, graduate student of Psychology and Social Behavior, and Edith Medina, graduate student in Planning, Policy, and Design, have been selected as 2016-17 Newkirk Fellows. Jenkins' research involves creating and evaluating empirically- based to alter previously identified adult behaviors that influence child post-operative distress. Medina's rsearch focuses on extreme environments and the production of scientific knowledge. The fellowships are funded by a generous gift from Martha and Jim Newkirk.
Spring 2016
John Dombrink, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, received Social Ecology's "Professor of the Year" Award at the Social Ecology Honors and Award Convocation on June 9, 2016. He was nominated by Social Ecology graduating seniors as the professor who has been most beneficial to their undergraduate education.
Elizabeth A. Martin, Assistant Professor in Psychology and Social Behavior, was named a Hellman Fellow for her research on the association between mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and emotional and social dysfunction. In 2013, UCI received a gift from the Hellman Family Foundation to establish the UC Irvine Hellman Fellows Program. The Hellman Fellows Program supports and encourages promising assistant faculty who show capacity for great distinction in their research.
The recipients of the Dean's Award for Community Engagement are:
Undergraduate Students: Jordy Cardenas, Angela Clyde, Cristina Marin and Sureima Santillan.
Graduate Students: Brian Hui, Rupa Jose, Analicia Mesinas and Juliana Zanotto.
The Dean's Award for Community Engagement recognizes students who exemplify a commitment to rigorous academics and sustained community work
Brooke Jenkins and Janice Phung, graduate students in Psychology and Social Behavior, are the recipients of The Paul and Frances Dickman Graduate Award for Community Engagement, made possible by a gift from alumna Frances Dickman and her husband, Paul Dickman, M.D
The Fudge Family Scholarship awardees are Michael Bender, Braelyn Havig, and Gabriel Rosales.
Jennie Craig Welti is the recipient of the Kathy Alberti Award from the Associated Graduate Students of UCI. This award honors an outstanding faculty or staff member who has gone "above and beyond" in their commitment to improving the graduate student experience at UCI. She will be honored at a luncheon in May.
Graduate students in the School of Social Ecology received many awards and fellowships this academic year. For a list of the awards and recipients, please click here.
Keramet Reiter, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, is Social Ecology's Honoree for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. Sharon Shenhav, PSB doctoral student, will receive the Most Promising Future Faculty Member award and Caitlin Cavanagh and Janice Phung, PSB doctoral students, will be honored as Pedagogical Fellows. The awards will be presented at the Celebration of Teaching Awards Ceremony on May 5, 2016.
The School of Social Ecology has three recipients that will be honored at the Lauds and Laurels award ceremony in May:
Jennifer Friend '95- Social Ecology's Distinguished Alumna
Cody Lee- UCI Outstanding Undergraduate Student
John Sommerhauser '77- UCI Staff Achievement Award
Fall 2015
Sarah Pressman, Associate Professor in Psychology and Social Behavior, was the recipient of the 2015 AXA Research Fund Award. Award Laureates are provided with a grant to test the hypotheses of their choice, with the intent of spurring and accelerating the pace of academic research n a certain topic. This award is given to mid-career researchers with extremely high potential for innovation in their field. Pressman is the first individual at UCI to receive this award.
Rupa Jose, PSB doctoral student, was selected as a UCI Public Impact Fellow. She received the award from UCI's Graduate Division for her dissertation research "Community organizations and individual mental health in the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings."
Ronald Huff, CLS Emeritus, received the American Society of Criminology's (ACS) August Vollmer Award for outstanding contributions to criminal justice policy and practice at the 2015 ASC annual conference in Washington, DC.
Anjuli Verma, CLS doctoral candidate, received the 2015-16 National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship and the 2015-16 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her dissertation project, "Legal Regime Change and Local Legacies of Carceral Pratice: Understanding Local Legal Compliance in a Potential Era of Prison Downsizing."
Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, received an honorary degree from Goldsmiths, University of London. This is Loftus' 7th honorary degree and her second one from a British university.
Summer 2015
Daniel Stokols, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, is the inaugural recipient of the Science of Team Science (SciTS) Recognition Award. SciTS chose Stokols for his vision, dedication, and leadership in helping to establish and continue to advance the Science of Team Science field. He received the award at the SciTS 2015 Conference in Bethesda, Maryland.
Spring 2015
Seth Pipkin, Assistant Professor in Planning, Policy, and Design, was named a 2015-2016 Hellman Fellow for his research, “Transnational Migration and Citizen Journalism on the US-Mexico Border.” In 2013, UCI received a gift from the Hellman Family Foundation to establish the UC Irvine Hellman Fellows Program. The Hellman Fellows Program supports and encourages promising assistant faculty who show capacity for great distinction in their research.
Ray Novaco, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, is Social Ecology's Honoree for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. Adam Dunbar and Nick Petersen, Criminology, Law and Society graduate students and Brandilynn Villarreal, Psychology and Social Behavior graduate student will be honored as Pedagogical Fellows. The awards will be presented at the 22nd Annual Celebration of Teaching, which will be held on May 7, 2015.
Brandilynn Villarreal, Psychology and Social Behavior graduate student, was selected as the UCI Dynamic Womyn of the Year Award. This award honors individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to the personal growth and success of womyn, through education, research, public or volunteer service, above and beyond their expected job responsibilities. This award is presented by the Campus Assault Resources and Education, Cross-Cultural Center, and UCI Women and Gender Education Initiative.
The Fudge Family Scholarship awardees are Kaitlin Kalisvaart, Criminology, Law and Society and Social Ecology undergraduate student and Candice Sandoval, Criminology, Law and Society undergraduate student.
The recipients of the Dean's Award for Community Engagement are:
Undergraduate students: Sheila Espinosa, Long Hai Hoang, Hye Jung Park, and Marta Ramos
Graduate students: Santina Contreras, Sally Geislar, Kristin Kaczmarek, and Chris Teng
The Dean's Award for Community Engagement recognizes students who exemplify a commitment to rigorous academics and sustained community work.
Jeremy Braithwaite and Connor Harron are the recipients of The Paul and Frances Dickman Graduate Award for Community Engagement, made possible by a gift from alumna Frances Dickman and her husband, Paul Dickman, M.D.
Fall 2014
Victoria Lowerson Bredow and Sally Geislar, Planning, Policy, and Design Ph.D. students, are recipients of UC Irvine Food Fellowships. The fellowships support student work that is aligned with the UC Global Food Initiative's goal of creating a world that can nutritiously and sustainably feed itself.
Five Social Ecology doctoral students have been awarded Public Impact Fellowships for 2014-15. Sally Geislar, Planning, Policy, and Design, is a Public Impact Distinguished Fellow. Jeremy Braithwaite, Criminology, Law and Society, Stacy Calhoun, Criminology, Law and Society, Jessica Perez, Social Ecology, and Anaid Yerena, Planning, Policy, and Design are Public Impact Fellows.
The 2014 Master of Advanced Study (MAS) Scholar Excellence Award Recipients are Paul Hayashida, Derek McGork, Katarzyna McNaughton, Mary Lynn Rapier, and Martin Ticas. They are second-year MAS students that taught first-year courses. They will each receive an award in the amount of $2,000.
Valerie Jenness, Dean of Social Ecology and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, is the 2014 recipient of the Saltzman Award for Contributions to Practice from the American Society of Criminology Division on Women and Crime. The Saltzman Award for Contributions to Practice "recognizes a criminologist whose prfessional accomplishments have increased the quality of justice and the level of safety for women."
Darlene Gonzalez, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) student, has been awarded a scholarship from the Orange County Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) for her pursuit of studies in transportation. The award will be presented to Gonzalez at the WTS Annunal Anniversary Gala at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel on December 4, 2014. The Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) is a professional organization that provides scholarships to female high school, undergraduate, and graduate students each year and select young women are chosen to compete nationally for leadership award scholarships.
Matthew Fritz-Mauer, graduate student in Criminology, Law and Society and School of Law, and Nicole Sherman, graduate student in Criminology, Law and Society, are 2014-2015 Microsemi/Peterson Fellows. The Microsemi/Peterson fellowships are made possible through a gift from Jim Peterson, CEO of Microsemi Corporation. The selected fellows participate in a year-long set of activities designed to further their interdisciplinary research training, through intellectual collaboration and exchange, and through the production of an original project.
Summer 2014
Charis Kubrin, Associate Professor in Criminology, Law and Society, and Jessica Perez, graduate student in Social Ecology, are the inaugural recipients of the Dean's Diversity Research Awards in the School of Social Ecology. The awards are given to recognize excellence in research and showcase and advance our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Daniel Stokols, Research Professor and Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, received the Proshansky-Newman Professional Achievement Award for Career Contributions to Environmental and Populations Psychology. He received this award at the annual American Psychological Association's conference in Washington D.C.
Bemmy Maharramov, graduate student of Planning, Policy, and Design, is a 2014 Newkirk Graduate Student Fellowship Award recipient. Maharramov's research focuses on innovative links between “on-the-ground’ environmental stewardship and local environmental policymaking. The Newkirk Fellowship promotes appropriate and effective uses of research in the natural and social sciences to enhance the quality of human life.
Jutta Heckhausen, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected to receive the 2014 Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award of the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 20 (Adult development and aging). She will receive the award at the annual APA Convention in August.
Spring 2014
Susan Coutin, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, has received an award from the Russell Sage Foundation, in support of the project entitled "Navigating Liminal Legalities Along Pathways to Citizenship: Immigration Vulnerability and the Role of Mediating Institutions."
Mona Lynch, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, was selected as a Russell Sage Foundation visiting scholar for the 2014-15 academic period. Lynch will live in New York City while she works on a book manuscript based on field research conducted in federal district courts on the adjudication of drug trafficking cases during a period of major policy flux.
Darius Dehghan, graduate student in Criminology, Law and Society, received the 2014 Best Writing Portfolio in Upper Division, from the UC Irvine Office of the Campus Writing Coordinator.
The Fudge Family Scholarship awardees are Helen Tiik Daar and Patricia Place, both undergraduate students in Psychology and Social Behavior.
Victoria Lowerson Bredow and Charlotte Bradstreet are the first recipients of a new graduate community engagement award, The Paul and Frances Baker Dickman Graduate Award for Community Engagement, made possible by a gift from alumna Frances Dickman, Ph.D. and her husband Paul Dickman, M.D.
The recipients of the Dean's Award for Community Engagement are:
Undergraduate students: Emmanuelle Chandler, Christopher Rendon, Jennifer E. White
Graduate students: Kyndra Cleveland, Tera Dornfeld, Hiroshi Ishikawa and Amrita Singh
Honorable mentions: Cynthia Sanchez and Emily Sandon
The Dean's Award for Community Engagement recognizes students who exemplify a commitment to rigorous academics and sustained community work.
Roxane Cohen Silver, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, received a DECADE Mentor Graduate Diversity Award. UC Irvine's DECADE program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and aims to increase the number of minorities and women underrepresented in their disciplines receiving doctoral degrees. Silver’s award will support a graduate student researcher for the 2014-15 academic year.
David Busse, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received the Fall 2014 Dean's Dissertation Writing Fellowship. This fellowship will help support the completion of his thesis "The Psychological and Physiological Costs of Discrimination: Moderating Effects of Bicultural Identity Integration."
Chuansheng Chen, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected to receive the UC Irvine Academic Senate's 2014 Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research.
Kyndra Cleveland, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received an Honorable mention in the 2014 Faculty-Mentor Program Award competition sponsored by UC Irvine's Graduate Division.
Terry Dalton, Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment, received the 2014-2015 Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Teaching.
Daniyel Grancich, Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) student, has been selected by the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design to receive the Graduating MURP Student Award for Academic Excellence. Daniyel has been engaged in ongoing Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) research as well as bridging the gap between planning practice, public health, epidemiology, and environmental and developmental psychology through her studies in Urban Health.
Jutta Heckhausen, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, received Social Ecology's 2014 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research in recognition of her outstanding work in mentoring undergraduate students engaged in research and/or creative activity.
Paul Jesilow, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, and Andy Nguyen Le, undergraduate student in Criminology, Law and Society, were 2 out of only 11 recipients of the 2014 Living Our Values Award. This award honors UC Irvine faculty, staff, and students, whose actions best embody the university's values of respect, intellectual curiosity, integrity, commitment, empathy, appreciation, and fun.
Janice Phung, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected to receive a 2014 Faculty Mentor Program Award from UC Irvine's Graduate Division, one of only 3 awarded campuswide. This award will provide a stipend, fees, and travel support for Janice for the next academic year.
Sarah Pressman, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected to receive the 2014 American Psychological Association Division 38's Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award.
Rebecca Thompson, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected as the 2014-2015 FLASH (Federal Alliance for Safe Homes) Scholarship recipient for her research regarding the psychological factors that predict whether a person evacuates an area that is under threat from a natural disaster.
Winter 2014
Stephanie McEwan, is the recipient the "Edith Sabshin National Teaching Award for Excellence in Psychoanalytic Education" from the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. McEwan received her award at the 103rd National Meeting in New York City.
Fall 2013
Victor Becerra and the UC Irvine Community Outreach Center received the Community Leadership award from OCCORD (Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development) at the OOCORD's 3rd Annual Dinner and Celebration held on November 6, 2013.
Summer 2013
Geoff Ward, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, is the recipient of the 2013 Hindelang Award from the American Society of Criminology for his remarkable book, The Black Child-Savers: Racial Democracy & Juvenile Justice. The Hindelang Award is generally regarded as the most prestigious book award in criminology.
Calvin Mingione, Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) student, is the 2013-2014 Watson Fellowship recipient. As a MURP student, Mingione intends to gain the education and skills that will allow him to enter the field of community planning. His future ambitions include working in community advocacy and educating underprivileged community members about resources that are available to them.
Victoria Kim, Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) student, is the 2013-2014 Department of Planning, Policy, and Design (PPD) Advisory Board Fellowship awardee. As a MURP student, Kim intends to focus on international planning and to undertake research on development in Istanbul, Turkey.
Jessica L. Perez, graduate student of Social Ecology and Nick Petersen, graduate student of Criminology, Law and Society are recipients of the 2013 Newkirk Center for Science and Society Fellowship Award. Matthew A. Valasik, graduate student of Criminology, Law and Society, is an honorable mention. The Newkirk Fellowship promotes appropriate and effective uses of research in the natural and social sciences to enhance the quality of human life.
Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, is the American Psychological Foundation (APF) recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Science of Psychology. She received her award at the 121st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association on August 3, 2013.
An article by Valerie Jenness, Dean of Social Ecology and Professor in Criminology, Law and Society, and Kitty Calavita, Professor Emerita of Criminology, Law and Society, is being given the "Distinguished Article Award" from the Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association. The article is titled "Inside the Pyramid of Disputes: Naming Problems and Filing Grievances in California Prisons." They will be recognized at the American Sociological Association's meeting in August in New York.
Spring 2013
Henry Pontell, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, has been named the 2013-2014 recipient of the Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. Distinguished University Service Award. The award is conferred by the UC Irvine Academic Senate to those who, in addition to achieving with distinction their scholarly pursuits, have made sustained and outstanding contributions through service to the University.
John Dombrink, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, is the 2013-2014 recipient of the Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Service. The award is conferred by the UC Irvine Academic Senate to those who have made outstanding contributions through service to the University.
John Hipp, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, and Jodi Quas, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, have received Outstanding Mentoring Awards from the UC Irvine Emeriti Association. They were honored at the UC Irvine Emeriti Association meeting on June 4, 2013.
Sally Dickerson, Associate Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, is the recepient of the 2013 Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award (Junior) from APA Division 38. The award will be presented on August 4 at the Division 38 Membership Meeting, held in conjunction with the 2013 American Psychological Association convention in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Benjamin Latham-Bryman, undergraduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received the 2013 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.
Richard Matthew, Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design, is the recipient of the 2013 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research. This award recognizes Professor Matthew's outstanding work in mentoring undergraduate students engaged in research and/or creative activity. He was honored at the UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium that was held on May 18.
Jennifer Majdick, undergraduate student double majoring in Psychology and Social Behavior and Criminology, Law and Society, has been named a Research Fellow.
Oscar Tsai and Anaid Yerena, graduate students in Planning, Policy and Design, and Marisa Omori, graduate student in Criminology, Law and Society, have each been awarded the 2013 Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award. They are three of only eight students throughout California to be awarded this prestigious fellowship this year. Oscar's project is "Towards a Sustainable Los Angeles Region? Insights from the Regional Plan." Anaid's project is "Advocacy in Action: Understanding the Influence of Advocacy Organizations on Local Affordable Housing Policy in the U.S" and Marisa's project is "Cumulative Racial Inequality of Drug Offenders."
The recipients of the Dean's Award for Community Engagement:
Undergraduate students: Kristine Gundersen, Jennifer Majdick and Anthony Pham.
Honorable mentions: Marie Montoya and Tania Reza
Graduate students: Veronique Fortin, Beth Karlin, Jessica Perez and Anaid Yerena
The Dean's Award for Community Engagement recognizes students who exemplify a commitment to rigorous academics and sustained community work.
Emily Hooker, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received the honorable mention for the Anne Anastasi award (APA Division for General Psychology). Emily's research explores the effects of in-person and text message social support on physiological and psychological responses to stress.
Sharon Shenhav, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received the Psi Chi Mamie Phipps Clark Research Grant. This grant will provide funding for Sharon's research on the parental response to young adults' intercultural dating relationships among Asian and Latino immigrant families. Specifically, her research will explor parent-child conflict and conflict negotiation interactions surrounding intercultural dating relationships.
Joe Tatar, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received the Society for Research in Child Development Funding Award. This grant will help fund Joe's dissertation which investigates the stability of psychopathic traits from adolescence to early adulthood. Specifially, Joe's dissertation will examine personality differences between primary and secondary psychopathy during this critical developmental transition and how the variable stability of psychopathic traits affects long term success in desisting from delinquent and violent behavior.
The following were honored at the 20th Annual Celebration of Teaching Celebration on April 12, 2013:
Doug Houston, Assistant Professor of Planning, Policy and Design is Social Ecology's Honoree for Excellence in Undergraduate Education.
Donna Schuele, Lecturer in Criminology, Law and Society, has been selected Lecturer of the Year by the Academic Senate Council.
Victoria Lowerson, graduate student in Planning, Policy and Design, and Nicole Matthews, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, and Anaid Yerena, graduate student in Planning, Policy and Design, will be honored as Pedagogical Fellows.
Nicholas Scurich, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, and Criminology, Law and Society, has been honored by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in The Observer as one of the 2013 "movers and shakers" in the field of psychological science.
Joanne Frattaroli-Zinger, Lecturer in Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected by the graduating class of 2012 and the UCI Irvine Anthology yearbook staff as the Outstanding Professor in the School of Social Ecology. She will be honored in the 2012-13 UCI Yearbook.
Deborah Lefkowitz, graduate student in Social Ecology, has received an honorable mention, for the second time, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship Program.
Winter 2013
Emily Hooker, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected as the Emerging Scholar of 2013 from Active Minds and the Scattergood Foundation. This fellowship will provide funding for her research on the moderating role of social relationships on cardiovasular outcomes in young, low socioeconomic status (SES) adults.
Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Founded in 1848, AAAS is the largest general scientific society, and the publisher of Science magazine.
Undergraduate students Sahar Salehpour and Anthony Pham were selected as recipients of the Fudge Family Scholarships. These self-supporting students were chosen for their strong display of work ethic and demonstrated motivation to succeed academically despite facing significant challenges on the way to earning baccalaureate degrees in Social Ecology.
Dr. Stephanie McEwan, a member of the teaching faculty in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and a member of the clinical staff in Sports Medicine, has been awarded the 2013 Psychoanalytic Fellowship from the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia/UPenn School of Medicine. As part of her fellowship project, Dr. McEwan is researching and writing a book entitled: " Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Psychonalytic Studies."
Graduate student Natalia Milovantseva has been named a 2012-13 American Fulbright-Schuman Grantee for her research on electronic waste and the ways to more effectively repurpose the billions of electronic devices manufactured each year.
Graduate students Natalie Baker has been selected as a 2012 National PERISHIP Fellow, for her research on how preparedness for a major earthquake is enacted among staff and students of a large university in Southern California.
Carroll Seron, Chair and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, was recently elected president-elect of The Law and Society Association (LSA). Seron will be president-elect until June 2013, then president until June 2015.
Karen Wu, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received the Mamie Phipps Clark Research Grant to examine how exposure to Asian or European faces in magazine ads may differentially affect psychological well-being for Asian and European American women.
Sean Wojcik, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received a travel award to attend the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference in New Orleans. Sean will be presenting his research on the relation between self-enhancement, political ideology, and happiness.
Vanessa Juth, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received a Dissertation Research Award from the American Psychological Association for her study of the psychosocial well-being in families of adoelscent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients at Children's Hospital of Orange County. Her dissertation examines cancer patients and their caregivers and seeks to elucidate the ways in which their interdependent dyadic relationship undelies their illness-related adjustment.
Joseph Tatar, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received the American Psychology-Law Society Grant-in-Aid award. This grant will help fund Joseph's dissertation which investigates the stability of psychopathic traits from adolescence to early adulthood. Specifically, Joseph's dissertation will examine personality differences between primary and secondary psychopathy during this critical developmental transition and how the variable stability of psychopathic traits affects long term success in desisting from delinquent and violent behavior.
Caitlin Cavanagh, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, has received a research grant from UC Mexus to examine the role of parents in the juvenile justice system. Specifically, her study will examine the role of mothers' support (e.g., attitudes, resources, cultural barriers) on juvenile offenders' probationary success.
Graduate Social Ecology student Beth Karlin received the UCI/Stanley Behrens Public Fellows award and Marisa Omori and Matthew Valasik, graduate students in Criminology, Law and Society, received honorable mentions in the 2012-2013 Public Impact Fellowship competition. This program was developed to support and highlight academically excellent students whose research demonstrates the potential to significantly improve or enrich the lives of people in California and beyond.
Fall 2012
Graduate students Alyse Bertenthal, Nathan Coben, Jennifer Henry and Sheiba Kaufman have been named 2012-2013 Microsemi/Peterson Fellows. These students are associated with the Center for Law, Society and Culture, which promotes interdisciplinary work on the role of social, cultural and historical factors in the development and interpretation of law.
Sachiko Donley, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, has received the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students and Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology Junior Scientist Fellowship. This grant will help fund Sachiko's research study on juvenile offenders' physiological stress reactivity to the experience of adjudication.
Dana Garfin, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, has received the PERSHIP Dissertation Fellowship in Hazards, Risks and Disasters. This fellowship will support Dana's dissertation entitled "Differential Responses to Natural Disasters: The Impact of the 2010 8.8 Magnitude Chilean Earthquake on Children and Adults in the Epicenter."
Daniyel Grancich, graduate student in Planning, Policy and Design, has been awarded a merit-based fellowship for academic excellence by the Department of Planning, Policy and Design.
Summer 2012
Stephanie Castle, Master in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) student, has received a graduate scholarship from the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Environmental Professionals (OACEP). Recipients of this scholarship, given to students pursuing careers in an environmental field, are chosen based on their "outstanding contributions to the fields of environmental science, policy, research, design or law." Stepahine is pursuing a concurrent MURP/Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree and is especially interested in water resource planning.
Graduate students Svetlana Bershadsky and Marisa Omori are Social Ecology recipients of the 2012 Newkirk Center for Science and Society Fellowship. This award funds student research that incorporates the mission of the Newkirk Center, which aims to improve science's response to community needs and to increase the effective uses of scientific results for the benefit of society.
Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2012 UCI Medal, the university's most prestigious award. The program bestows lifelong recognition on those who have made extraordinary contributions to the university's mission of teaching, research and public service.
Joanne Frattaroli-Zinger, Lecturer in Psychology and Social Behavior, received the Lecturer of the Year Award from the Academic Senate Council on Student Experience and was honored at the 19th Annual Celebration of Teaching on May 24, 2012. Frattaroli-Zinger was also selected by the graduating class of 2012 and the UCI Irvine Anthology yearbook staff as the Outstanding Professor in the School of Social Ecology.
Larry Jamner, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, was presented with the School of Social Ecology's Honoree for Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award at the 19th Annual Celebration of Teaching ceremony held on May 24, 2012. Jamner has enriched the educational experiences of thousands of students. As Dean Jenness commented at the ceremony, "In their reviews, Professor Jamner’s undergraduate students write about his passion in teaching, his well-prepared lectures, his engaging style, and his innovative approach to teaching large classes”.
Spring 2012
At the Social Ecology Honors and Awards Ceremony held on June 14, students were recognized for their outstanding achievements: Chancellor's Award of Distinction- Eileen Lee, Ramon Lee Jr., Albert Novelozo and Thanh Dieu Truong, PSB Excellence in Research Program-Sang Xuan Do, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research-Lori Ann Harris, Dean's Scholar Award for Excellence in Research- Natasha Duell, Lori Ann Harris, Gina Shirinian, Dean's Award for Excellence in Field Studies-Nancy Huynh, Gilbert Geis Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award- Fredericka Ong, Strauss Endowment Scholarship- Jonathan Lim. View Full Awardee List
Mandy Leuong and Ali Pezeshkpour are this year's recipients of the Malancha Ghosh Scholarship.
James Meeker, Associate Dean of Student Services and Computing, has been selected as the 2012 Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC) Award of Merit recipient for his exemplary work in improving access to justice as a volunteer and board member with the Legal Aid Society of Orange County, the Access Commission and the Public Law Center. He was honored on June 7th during the Pathways to Justice Conference in San Francisco.
Jennifer Skeem, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, and Candice Odgers, Associate Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, were both honored with the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) Excellence in Mentoring Award(s). Daniel Stokols, Chancellor's Professor, School of Social Ecology was a keynote speaker.
Lori Sexton, Ph.D. candidate, Criminology, Law and Society, has been honored with the 2012 Lindesmith Graduate Student Paper Award for her paper entitled "Penal Subjectivities: Developing a Theoretical Framework for Penal Consciousness."
Christie Gardiner, Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society, June 2008, has received one of the Community Engagement Awards from CSU Fullerton, where she teaches in the Department of Criminal Justice.
Brian Hui, graduate student in Planning, Policy and Design, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. His proposal entitled "People of Boundaries: Theoretical Approaches to Inclusive Participatory Action Research in Immigrant Communities" seeks to further develop the theoretical concepts of ways of knowing, model of care and boundary relationships.
Undergraduate students Darlene Escobedo, Amber Morley, and Thanh Truong are this year's recipients of the Dean's Award for Community Engagement. This award recognizes students who exemplify a commitment to rigorous academics and sustained community work.
Congratulations to the first cohort of Microsemi/Peterson Fellows for the 2011-2012 academic year: Veronique Fortin, Lauren Gruber, and Sean Mallin.
Undergraduate students Brad Bowlin, Cryssie Brommer, and Linda Jones were selected as the first recipients of the Fudge Family Scholarships. These self-supporting students were chosen for their strong display of work ethic and motivation to succeed academically despite the challenges they may have faced.
Edwin Tan, a Ph.D. candidate in Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected to be a 2012-2013 APA Congressional Fellow. Fellows spend one year working with the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee. The purpose of this fellowship is to provide psychologists with a public policy learning experience, to contribute to the more effective use of psychological knowledge in government, and to broaden awareness about the value of psychology-government interaction among psychologists and within the federal government.
Brandilynn Villarreal, a Ph.D. candidate in Psychology and Social Behavior, received an Honorable Mention from the Ford Foundation. Brandi's research examines the motivational and self-regulatory factors that enable regular and transfer students to be successful in postsecondary education.
Caitlin Cavanagh, a Ph.D. candidate in Psychology and Social Behavior, received a research grant from the Psi Chi Honor Society to examine the role of parents in the justice system. Specifically, her study will examine the role of mothers' support (e.g., attitudes, resources, cultural barriers) on juvenile offenders' probationary success.
Natalia Milovantseva, a Ph.D. candidate in Social Ecology, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and will spend nine months in Ireland, researching e-waste policies in the European Union.
Shannon Reid, graduate student in Criminology, Law and Society, has been awarded the MAS Professional Development Fellowship for the Spring Quarter.
Kyndra Lewis, a Ph.D. candidate in Psychology and Social Behavior, has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GFRP). This grant will provide funding for Kyndra for three years as she pursues her research on children's susceptibility to suggestion. Specifically, Kyndra (with advisor, Jodi Quas) will examine a variety of interviewing techniques used with children to increase true disclosures and avoid false reports.
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Winter 2012
Anaid Yerena, graduate student in Planning, Policy and Design, has been appointed to the governing board of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. During the two-year term, ACSP student representatives work to foster planning students’ visibility and representation and enhance ACSP educational purposes. Her research investigates housing and community development theory and practice, with focus on the U.S. and Latin America.
Salvatore Maddi, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been awarded the Gold Medal for his Lifetime Achievements in Psychology in the Public Interest by the American Psychological Foundation. Maddi will be presented the award at the 2012 American Psychological Association Conference that will be held in August, 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Brittany Liu, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, won the Outstanding Research Award given by the Graduate Student Committee at SPSP (Society for Personality and Social Psychology), which highlights outstanding first-authored student research. Her research showed that manipulating beliefs about capital punishment’s inherent morality caused corresponding changes in factual beliefs about its deterrent efficacy and likelihood of wrongful executions. Brittany's research was part of an SPSP press release and was picked up by The Situationist, ScienceBlog, and PsyPost.
Chris Marshburn, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, was selected as one of seven first place winners (out of 2,000 poster submissions) for his poster presentation at SPSP on "Speaking Race: Confronting Race in Interpersonal Interactions". Specifically, the findings of his study suggest that Whites who expected to discuss a racial topic with a black partner implicitly disidentified with the White ingroup. Analysis of nonverbal behavior suggests that such disidentification buffers Whites from experiencing anxiety in racial contexts
Karen Wu, graduate student in Psychology and Social Behavior, received an Innovative Small Grant from the Society of Research on Adolescence to examine whether young adults utilize genetically-based detection systems (for MHC-dissimilarity and oxytocin receptor genotype) when selecting romantic partners during a speed-dating session, and whether oral contraceptives may alter the efficacy of these systems.
Candice Odgers, Associate Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions. Odgers was recognized for the significant impact her work is already having in the field of psychological science. She received her award in May at the APS Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Michael R. Gottfredson, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, will receive the Western Society of Criminology's Fellows Award for his many significant contributions to the field of criminology at their annual meeting in Newport Beach. Also honored at the meeting with the Paul Tappan Award will be Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the UC Irvine School of Law.
Carolina Sarmiento and Anaid Yerena are the recipients of the 2011-2012 Small fellowship/Scholarship awards from the UC Irvine Graduate Division.
Graduate students Dana Garfin, Psychology and Social Behavior, Alexis Hickman, Planning, Policy and Design and Courtney Reynolds, Social Ecology, are the Public Impact Fellowship awardees of 2011-2012. They were selected for their academic excellence and research that demonstrates the potential to significantly improve or enrich the lives of people in California and beyond.
Ashley Demyan and Adam Schniderman have been awarded CLS-MAS professional development fellowships for Winter 2012.
Jordan Bechtold and Elizabeth Rush, Ph.D. students in Psychology and Social Behavior, have received National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants that will provide funding for their dissertations. Jordan's dissertation examines youths who commit a crime, get caught and their first contact with the justice system compared to the behavior of peers who engage in the same criminal behavior but are not caught. Elizabeth's dissertation examines the predictors of children's true and false disclosures of adults' trangressions.
Gloria Luong, Ph.D. student in Psychology and Social Behavior, is the recipient of the APA Dissertation Research Award from the Science Directorate. This will fund her dissertation research which examines age and cultural differences in emotion regulation strategy use and effectiveness in response to negative social interactions.
Laurel Reimer, MURP student, has been selected to receive an Orange County Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) Scholarship for 2011. WTS scholarships are designed to encourage new professionals to undertake careers in the area ot transporation.
Fall 2011
Elizabeth Shulman, Ph.D. student in Psychology and Social Behavior, has been awarded the Chancellor's Club Fund for Excellence Fellowship. Her work focuses broadly on the normative features of adolescent development that predispose youth to risk-taking. By integrating findings from different areas of developmental and social science, she hopes to shed light on the dynamic nature of adolescent risky decision-making.
John Dombrink, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, was awarded the Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund's (HEEF)18th Annual Apple of Gold Award for Excellence in Post-Secondary Leadership. As the first UC Irvine faculty member to receive this award, Dombrink was honored for his dedication to Latino student achievement through the Criminology Outreach Program.
Susan Turk Charles, Associate Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, will receive The Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award at the annual meeting of The Gerontological Society of America in Boston. This award recognizes insightful and innovative publications on aging and life course development in the behavioral and social sciences.
Graduate students Ashley Demyan, Kristen Gamble, Beth Karlin and Natalia Milovantseva are Social Ecology recipients of a Newkirk Center Fellowship. This award funds student research that incorporates the mission of the Newkirk Center, which aims to improve science's response to community needs and to increase the effective uses of scientific results for the benefit of society.
Graduate students Veronique Fortin, Lauren Gruber and Sean Mallin have been named 2011-2012 Peterson/Microsemi Fellows. These students are associated with the Center for Law, Society and Culture, which promotes interdisciplinary work on the role of social, cultural and historical factors in the development and interpretation of law.
Jutta Heckhausen was awarded Fellow Status by the Behavioral and Social Science Section of the Gerontological Society of America. She has been invited to join the Review Panel “Humanities and Social Sciences” organized by the German Research Foundation as part of the nation-wide "Excellence Initiative" for strengthening research at German universities and will serve as a member of the Advisory and Review Board on National Centers of Competence in Research organized by the Schweizer Nationalfond.
Summer 2011
Graduate students from the School of Social Ecology have been awarded 2011 Newkirk Center Fellowships. Congratulations to Ashley Demyan, Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Kristen Gamble, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and to Honorable Mentions, Beth Karlin, Department of Planning, Policy and Design and Natalia Milovantseva, School of Social Ecology.
Spring 2011
Elizabeth Cauffman, Associate Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been chosen as the School of Social Ecology's Honoree for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. She will be honored at the annual Celebration of Teaching awards event on May 26, 2011.
Roxane Cohen Silver, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been chosen as the Inaugural Faculty Mentor-Mentee Award (FMMA) Honoree by the UC Irvine Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS). This award honors members of the UC Irvine faculty who have shown an outstanding commitment to mentoring and developing the career of junior faculty or graduate students. Professor Cohen Silver was presented her award at the University Club on May 20th, 2011.
Joanne Frattaroli was chosen by the graduating class of 2011 as Outstanding Professor. The graduating class of 2011 and the UCI Anthology Yearbook Staff will honor her for this award at Outstanding Professors Night (OPN), an awards ceremony presented by the yearbook staff. Outstanding Professors Night will be held on May 18, 2011. In addition, she will be featured in the senior section of the yearbook under The School of Social Ecology at UCI.
Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor in Psychology and Social Behavior and Criminology, Law and Society, is this year’s recipient of the Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her pioneering research on human memory, which has had a profound impact on the administration of justice in the United States and abroad. Learn More…
Undergraduate students Sang Xuan Do, Mahrukh Madad and Stacey Tsuboi are this year's recipients of the Dean's Award for Community Engagement. This award recognizes students who exemplify a commitment to rigorous academics and sustained community work. Learn More...
Tanya Taylor, a senior in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, was presented the Outstanding Student Athlete Award at the 41st Annual Lauds and Laurels Awards Ceremony on May 12, 2011. Tanya, captain and a member of the UC Irvine's Women's soccer team, led the team to its first NCAA Sweet 16 Tournament and is the first UC Irvine's women's soccer player to be drafted to play in the Women's Professional Soccer league. She has been honored as the Big West Scholar Athlete and achieved Dean's Honors for three consecutive years.
Alumna Joan Patronite Kelly '77 will receive the 2011 School of Social Ecology's Lauds and Laurels Distinguished Alumnus Award. She will be honored at the 2011 UCI Alumni Association Lauds and Laurels Ceremony on May 12th. Learn More...
Mona Lynch's book, Sunbelt Justice: Arizona and the Transformation of American Punishment, received a 2010 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) award from the National Council of Crime and Delinquency. Sunbelt Justice was published in 2009 by Stanford University Press.
Psychology and Social Behavior Graduate Student Lawrence Patihis and Criminology, Law and Society Graduate Student James Wo, have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. The three year fellowship will allow Lawrence to focus on his research related to memory and personality. James is a first year graduate student and the first NSF recipient from Criminology, Law and Society.
Henry Pontell, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, received the Herbert Bloch Award for his outstanding contributions to the American Society of Criminology and to the professional interests in criminology.
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Winter 2010
Doug Cheung, a double major in Psychology and Social Behavior and Neurobiology, has been awarded the 2010-2011 Dalai Lama Scholarship along with fellow senior Bethel Mesgana. Together they are using the scholarship funds to create an undergraduate course and public forum promoting the holistic understanding of illness and healing.
Graduate Students from the School of Social Ecology have been awarded UCI Graduate Division’s Public Impact Fellowships. Congratulations to Criminology, Law and Society students Emily Troshynski, for receiving the Public Impact Distinguished Fellowship and Tim Goddard and Robert Werth for receiving Honorable Mention Public Impact Fellowships. Congratulations to Social Ecology student Gabriela Noriega for receiving Honorable Mention Public Impact Fellowships.
James Meeker, Associate Dean of Student Services, received the UCI Extension 2010 Faculty Award. This award honors a UCI faculty member for outstanding performance in contributing to University Extension’s success.
Candice Odgers, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been awarded the 2011 Early Career Research Contributions Award from the Society for Research in Child Development. Professor Odgers will be presented with the award at the SRCD’s Biennial Meeting Awards Ceremony this March.
Henry Pontell, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, received the Western Society of Criminology’s Paul Tappan Award for outstanding contributions to criminology at the group’s annual meeting in Vancouver February 4th. At the conference, he delivered a plenary speech titled “Fraud and Financial Crisis.” Pontell’s research areas include white-collar and corporate crime, criminology, criminal justice and sociology of law.
Fall 2010
Roxane Cohen Silver, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, has been awarded the 2010 Public Advocacy Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), which is given for outstanding and fundamental contributions to advancing social understanding of trauma.
Lauren Grabowski, Second year Master of Urban and Regional Planning student, won first place in the highly competitive California Planning Foundation (CPF) student scholarship contest.
Victoria Lowerson, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Planning, Policy and Design, received the Promising Student Award for Commitment to Community Participation in Research given by UCI's new Institute for Clinical and Translational Science's Community Engagement Unit. The purpose of this award is to encourage and recognize the collaborative efforts between community and researchers.
Candice Odgers, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, received the 2010 Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research. Odgers will be presented the award at an Academic Senate Distinguished Award Event this December.
Ambar Ramos, a senior and double major in Chicano/Latino studies and Criminology, Law, and Society, was selected to be a 2010-2011 Capital Fellow in the Judicial Administration Fellowship Program. Voted one of the Top 10 internships in 2010 by Vault.com, the Capital Fellows Programs are ranked highly on a combination of meaningful work experience and career opportunities.
Lori Sexton, graduate student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, has been selected to receive the UCI Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellowship for the 2010-2011academic year in recognition of her outstanding academic achievement.
Susan Turner, Professor of Criminology, Law & Society has received the 2010 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology. Turner's areas of expertise include the design and implementation of randomized field experiments and research collaborations with state and local justice agencies.
Summer 2010
Kitty Calavita, Chancellor's Professor and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. She was selected for her outstanding contributions to the social sciences and sustained efforts to communicate her research beyond academia to the policymaking world and public. Listen to the Podcast
Yanyan Zhang, graduate student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, recieved a Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship.
Spring 2010
Julka Almquist, graduate student in the Department of Planning, Policy and Design, has been awarded a $20,000 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation for her project entitled: "The Orange County Great Park: Narratives, Mythmaking, and an Imagined Future of Southern California."
John Hipp, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Law and Planning, Policy and Design has received the 2010 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology.
Elizabeth Landeros, a senior in the School of Social Ecology, recieved the UCI Legacy Award by sharing her vision for how UCI can make a greater impact in the world. Read more about her vision for UCI.
Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology, Psychology and Social Behavior, Criminology, Law and Society and Law, has received the 2010 Howard Crosby Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
The 17th Annual Celebration of Teaching, honored six Social Ecology faculty and students for their contributions to teaching, including:
- Lecturer of the Year - Dr. JoAnn Prause, Psychology & Social Behavior
- Excellence in Undergraduate Education - Kitty Calavita, Criminology, Law and Society
- Most Promising Future Faculty - Spassena Koleva, Psychology and Social Behavior
- Pedagogical Fellow Honorees
- Alexia Cooper, Psychology and Social Behavior
- Kathryn Quick, Policy, Planning and Design
- Robert Werth, Criminology, Law and Society
Eric Chow and Lillian Hua, Field Study undergraduate students, received awards for exceptional service at the County of Orange Public Works Department. As a part of their service to the County, Eric and Lillian arranged and hosted a website focus group to improve the look and appearance of the OC Planning website. The information they compiled will be used to improve customer service through improvements to the OC Planning website.
Cleo Tung, was recently awarded a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Tung graduated in 2009 with a B.A. in Criminology, Law and Society. At Cambridge, Tung intends to research the effectiveness of the UK asylum system in protecting women fleeing gender persecution.