2019-2020 UCI School of Social Ecology Graduate Awards

20192020

UCI SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY

Graduate Awards

Ph.D. in Criminology, Law & Society Alex Aguirre Advisor: Dr. Ana Muniz v Kitty Calavita Award v CLS Peer Mentoring Award

Dallas Augustine Advisor: Dr. Keramet Reiter v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Meghan Ballard Advisor: Dr. Mona Lynch v Kitty Calavita Award v UCI Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship

Matt Barno Advisor: Dr. Mona Lynch v Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Melissa Barragan Advisor: Dr. Keramet Reiter v MAS Professional Development Fellowship v SE Alumni Award v SE Mentoring Award

Bradley Bartos Advisor: Dr. Bryan Sykes v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Marina Bell Advisor: Dr. Elliot Currie v MAS Professional Development Fellowship v UCI Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship

LaBreonna Bland Advisor: Dr. Valerie Jenness v Dickman Award

Carolyn Coles-Taylor Advisor: Dr. Emily Owens v SE COVID Research Award

Kristine Chan Advisor: Dr. Naomi Sugie v Kitty Calavita Award

Christopher Contreras Advisor: Dr. John Hipp v Gil Geis Award

Adrienne Credo Advisor: Dr. Kirk Williams v SE Mentoring Award

Joanne Decaro Advisor: Dr. Keramet Reiter v Arnold Binder Award v Ford Foundation Fellowship v SE Mentoring Award

Courtney Echols v MAS Professional Development Fellowship v Outstanding Social Justice Activist, Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards v SE Mentoring Award

Amanda Fisher Advisor: Dr. Kirk Williams v SE COVID Research Award

Navjyot Gill Advisor: Dr. John Hipp v UCI Graduate Division Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Fellowship

Margaret Goldman Advisor: Dr. Nancy Rodriguez v National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Gabriela Gonzalez Advisor: Dr. Susan Coutin v Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship v Michelle Smith-Pontell Award v UC President's Pre-Professoriate Fellowship

Jordan Grasso Advisor: Dr. Ana Muniz v Newkirk Fellowship for Incoming PhD Student

Daniela Eliana Kaiser Olhagaray Advisor: Dr. Naomi Sugie v Joan Petersilia Fellowship v UCI Graduate Dean's Recruitment Fellowship

Sofia Laguna Advisor: Dr. Mona Lynch v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Mark Magidson Advisor: Dr. Elliot Currie v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Amy Magnus Advisor: Dr. Elliot Currie v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Kristen Maziarka Advisor: Dr. Susan Coutin v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Carol Newark Advisor: Dr. Richard McCleary v SE COVID Research Award

Mikaela Nielsen Advisor: Dr. Michael Gottfredson v SE Mentoring Award

Amanda Petersen Advisor: Dr. Sora Han v 2019 Theoretical Criminology Best Article Prize: "Beyond bad apples, toward Black life: A rereading of the implicit bias research" v Chancellor's Club Fellowship v UCI Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship

Kasey Ragan Advisor: Dr. Susan Coutin v MAS Professional Development Fellowship

Matthew Renner Advisor: Dr. Bryan Sykes v Brython Davis Fellowship v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Juan Sandoval Advisor: Dr. Naomi Sugie v SE Mentoring Award

Khirad Siddiqui Advisor: Dr. Sora Han v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship v Ford Foundation Fellowship

Justin Strong Advisor: Dr. Sora Han v SE COVID Research Award v SE Mentoring Award

Jose Torres Advisor: Dr. Susan Coutin v Dickman Award

Seth Williams Advisor: Dr. John Hipp v Michelle Smith-Pontell Award

Karma Rose Zavita Advisor: Dr. Elliot Currie v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v SE COVID Research Award v SE Mentoring Award v UCI Graduate Opportunity Fellowship

Ph.D. in Psychological Science Ph.D. in Psychology & Social Behavior Adebisi Akinyemi Advisor: Dr. Roxane Silver v National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee v UCI Graduate Division Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Fellowship

Jose Arreola Advisor: Dr. Jessica Borelli v Newkirk Fellowship for Incoming PhD Student v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Minority Serving Institution Enhancement Fellowship

Kennedy Blevins Advisor: Dr. Ilona Yim v SE Mentoring Award

Colleen Brown Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman v SE Mentoring Award v Graduate Dean's Recruitment Fellowship v Minority Serving Institution Enhancement Fellowship

Steven Carlson Advisor: Dr. Linda Levine v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Desiree Chase Advisor: Dr. Sarah Pressman v SE Mentoring Award

Isaias Contreras Advisor: Dr. Raymond Novaco v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Minority Serving Institution Enhancement Fellowship v Provost PhD Fellowship

Kirsten Domagalski Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Loftus v SE Mentoring Award v UCI Graduate Division Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Fellowship

Kayley Estes Advisor: Dr. Roxane Silver v National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention v SE Mentoring Award v UCI Graduate Division Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Fellowship

Esmeralda Garcia Advisor: Dr. Ilona Yim v SE Dean's Inclusionary Excellence Award v SE Mentoring Award v UCI Graduate Division Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Fellowship

Kaitlin Hardin Advisor: Dr. Raymond Novaco v SE Mentoring Award

Sangha Jeon Advisor: Dr. Susan Charles v UCI Graduate Dean's Recruitment Fellowship

Emily Kan Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman v SE COVID Research Award v SE Mentoring Award

Arunima Kapoor Advisor: Dr. Daniel Nation v Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Foreign Study Award v Martha Newkirk Award for Excellence in Research

Yasmin Kofman Advisor: Dr. Ilona Yim Co-advisor: Dr. Roxane Silver v American Psychosomatic Society Young Scholar Award v SE Mentoring Award

Jocelyn Lai Advisor: Dr. Jessica Borelli Co-Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Martin) v National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention

Lilian Yanqing Li Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Martin v UCI Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship v Carol Kupers Whalen Graduate Research Award

Angelina Majeno Advisor: Dr. Kristine Molina v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Minority Serving Institution Enhancement Fellowship v Nevin Graduate Endowment Fellowship

Melody Moore Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Martin v SE COVID Research Award v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Emily Moorhouse Advisor: Dr. Zoe Klemfuss v Minority Serving Institution Enhancement Fellowship v Provost PhD Fellowship

Shreya Mukhopadhyay Advisor: Dr. Jodi Quas v Alison Clarke-Stewart Excellence in Research (2nd Year Project) Award v Center for Psychology and Law - APLS Travel Award v SE Mentoring Award

Alma Olaguez Advisor: Dr. Zoe Klemfuss v DECADE Travel Award v President's Dissertation Year Fellowship v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Monica Peniche Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Miguel Velez Fellowship v UCI Provost Fellowship v SE Mentoring Award

Phoebe Pham Advisor: Dr. Jessica Borelli v Provost PhD Fellowship

Veronica Ramirez Advisor: Dr. Stephen Schueller v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship v Miguel Velez Fellowship v Nevin Graduate Endowment Fellowship v Provost PhD Fellowship v SE Mentoring Award

Daniel Relihan-Johnson Advisor: Dr. Peter Ditto v SE COVID Research Award v SE Mentoring Award

Megan Ringel Advisor: Dr. Peter Ditto v Chancellor's Club Fellowship

Angela Robinson Advisor: Dr. Paul Piff v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Jacob Rode Advisor: Dr. Peter Ditto v Ellen Greenberger Excellence in Graduate Research Award v SE Alumni Fellowship Award

Cristian Rodriguez Advisor: Dr. Peter Ditto v American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Olivia Silke Advisor: Dr. Ilona Yim Co-Advisor: Dr. Jenna Riis v Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship v Nevin Graduate Endowment Fellowship v Provost Fellowship

Cortney Simmons Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman v SE Alumni Fellowship Award v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Shauna Simon Advisor: Dr. Larry Jamner v SE Mentoring Award

Emily Slonecker Advisor: Dr. Zoe Klemfuss v Alison Clarke-Stewart Graduate Dissertation Award v Summer Teaching Apprenticeship Program Fellowship

Josiah Sweeting Advisor: Dr. Roxane Silver v UCI Graduate Division Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Fellowship

Peiyi Wang Advisor: Dr. Ilona Yim v Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship

Cameron Ross Wiley Advisor: Dr. Julian Thayer v SE Mentoring Award

Ph.D. in Social Ecology – Core Ray Alexander Advisor: Dr. Simon Cole v Center for Medical Humanities - Graduate Student Grant Award v Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship

Eduardo Carvalho Nepomuceno Alencar Advisor: Dr. John Hipp v DECADE Travel Award v UCI Graduate Division Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Fellowship

Vivianna Goh Advisor: Dr. Kirk Williams v SE Mentoring Award

Veronica Gonzalez Advisor: Dr. Susan Coutin v Community Involvement Recognition from Ambassador of the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs v Fulbright Research Semi-Finalist v Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation Fellowship v UCI Blum Center Small Change, Better World Grant

Hannah Gorback Advisor: Dr. Kirk Williams v Dan and Jeanne Stokols Fellowship v SE COVID Research Award

Connor Harron Advisor: Dr. Richard Matthew v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Bryant Joachim Jackson-Green Advisor: Dr. Keramet Reiter v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship

Kelsey Morgan-Babikov Advisor: Dr. Richard Matthew v National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Awardee

Evgenia Nizkorodov Advisor: Dr. Richard Matthew v Fletcher Jones Fellowship v SE Dean’s Quarterly Fellowship

Mutsumi Ogaki Advisor: Dr. Naomi Sugie v SE Mentoring Award

LaceĂŠ Pappas Advisor: Dr. Susan Turner v SE Preview Day Poster Competition, Audience Favorite v SE Mentoring Award

Lyric Russo Advisor: Dr. Kirk Williams v Provost PhD Fellowship

Ambereen Siddiqui Advisor: Dr. Nicola Ulibarri v Community Resilience Projects Summer Fellowship

Ph.D. in Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy Ph.D. in Planning, Policy and Design Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli Advisor: Dr. Martha Feldman Co-Advisor: Dr. Maria Rendon v UCI Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship

Aishwarya Bhorate Advisor: Dr. Maura Allaire Co-Advisor: Dr. David Feldman v Scholarship for Public Administration, Public Policy, and Public Affairs to participate in the 2020 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research

Mariana Garcia Junqueira Advisor: Dr. Victoria Basolo v Miguel Velez Fellowship v SE Dean’s Quarterly Fellowship

Ashley Camille Hernandez Advisor: Dr. Walter Nicholls v Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Ashley Hooper Advisor: Dr. David Feldman v Don Owen Water Science and Technology Fellowship v UCI Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship

Niki Iranpour Tari Advisor: Dr. Scott Bollens v SE Mentoring Award

Amrita Jain Advisor: Dr. Walter Nicholls v SE Dean’s Quarterly Fellowship

Narae Lee Advisor: Dr. Douglas Houston v Associated Graduate Students, Travel Grant v June Morrison Travel Scholarship, Western Society of Criminology v Miki Vohryzek-Bolden Student Paper Award, Western Society of Criminology v UCI Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship

Nathan Mahaffey Advisor: Dr. Walter Nicholls v SE Dean’s Quarterly Fellowship

Edith Medina Huarita Advisor: Dr. Victoria Basolo v DECADE Travel Award v Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship v SE COVID Research Award v SE Mentoring Award

Amalia Mejia Advisor: Dr. Maria Rendon v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Minority Serving Institution Enhancement Fellowship

Deyanira Nevarez Martinez Advisor: Dr. Victoria Basolo v CARE-UC Innovation Fellowship v President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship v SE Latino Excellence and Achievement Dinner (LEAD) Awardee

Sara O’Connor Advisor: Dr. Scott Bollens v Center for Global Peach and Conflict Studies Fieldwork Fellowship v Human Rights Fellowship from UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center

Nene Osutei Advisor: Dr. Jae Hong Kim v Inclusive Excellence Ambassador Award

Leslie Panyanouvong Advisor: Dr. Seth Pipkin v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Minority Serving Institution Enhancement Fellowship v UCI Graduate Opportunity Fellowship

Omar Perez-Figueroa Advisor: Dr. Nicola Ulibarri [co-advisor: David Feldman v UC-Cuba Educational Initiative Research Grant

Emanuel Preciado Advisor: Dr. Martha Feldman Co-Advisor: Dr. Walter Nicholls v Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) & Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Case Study Award: “Seeds of Resistance: Combating Spatial Inequality with Community Urban Gardens,” March 2020 v Newkirk Center for Science & Society Community-based Research Initiative Early Career Fellowship – Senior Fellow, September 2019 v SE Dean’s Award for Community Engagement, July 2019 v UCI Community Resilience Projects Fellowship

Sifat Reazi Advisor: Dr. Richard Matthew v SE COVID Research Award

Prami Sengupta Advisor: Dr. Martha Feldman v SE COVID Research Award

Merima Tricic Advisor: Dr. Scott Bollens Co-Advisor: Martha Feldman v Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship v Nevin Fellowship v SE Mentoring Award

Paroma Wagle Advisor: Dr. Richard Matthew v DECADE Travel Award v Don Owen Water Science and Technology Fellowship v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Jongho Won Advisor: Dr. Victoria Basolo v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Angela Yun Advisor: Dr. Richard Matthew v Diversity Recruitment Fellowship v Minority Serving Institution Enhancement Fellowship

Michelle Zuniga Advisor: Dr. Douglas Houston v DECADE Travel Award v SE Dean's Quarterly Fellowship

Master of Advanced Study in Criminology, Law & Society Alexis Barron v MAS 4.0 GPA Award

Ye Rim Choi v MAS Research Excellence Award

Benjamin Cole v MAS 4.0 GPA Award v MAS Research Excellence Award

Stephanie Hazell v MAS 4.0 GPA Award

Amy Madrigal v MAS Diversity Scholarship Recipient

Michelle Maleky v MAS 4.0 GPA Award

Diana Queen v MAS Research Excellence Award v MAS Student Leadership Award

Melissa Tamayo v MAS 4.0 GPA Award

Matthew Valle v MAS 4.0 GPA Award

Madison Welles v Stephen M. Rosoff Distinguished Research Award

Master of Legal & Forensic Psychology Serenity Cripps v MLFP Diversity Scholarship

Shayda Jalali v MLFP Service Award - Social Ecology Climate Committee Student Representative

Elise Nelson v MLFP Service Award - Graduate Student Ambassador

Clara Ramirez v MLFP Diversity Scholarship

Lisa Sato v MLFP Best Capstone Project

Cornise Seawood v MLFP Diversity Scholarship

Master of Public Policy Faculty Director: Dr. George Tita

Natalie Roberts v Don Owen Water Science and Technology Fellowship

Master of Urban & Regional Planning Alura Aguilera v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Erika Barbero v Diversity in Planning Fellowship

Bailey Barton v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Sukhmani Brar v Diversity in Planning Fellowship v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Maria Ceja v Diversity in Planning Fellowship v MURP Impact Award

Hector Cervantes v MURP Service Award

Daisy Cruz v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Jamal Ferguson v Diversity in Planning Fellowship

Eduardo Galdamez v MURP Service Award

Ines Galmiche v Best Professional Report Award v MURP Impact Award v OC-American Planning Association Award of Excellence

Gabriela Gonzalez v Diversity in Planning Fellowship v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Vanessa Gonzalez v Malancha Ghosh Memorial Fellowship

Carline Hua v MURP Academic Excellence Award v MURP Service Award

Fangyangzi (Olivia) Huang v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Yumeng Jiang v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Renata Langis v MURP Academic Excellence Award v MURP Impact Award

Zihui Lei v MURP Service Award

Jiaying Liang v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Jeannie Ma v Diversity in Planning Fellowship v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Prathna Maharaj v Best Professional Report Award v MURP Academic Excellence Award

John Maldonado v MURP Academic Excellence Award v MURP Service Award

Lucero Mondragon v Diversity in Planning Fellowship v MURP Impact Award

Veronica Morones v MURP Academic Excellence Award v MURP Impact Award

Ricardo Olea v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Daniel Park v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Jonah Pellecchia v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Connor Phillips v MURP Academic Excellence Award

Leticia Ramirez v Diversity in Planning Fellowship

Evangelina Rodriguez v Malancha Ghosh Memorial Fellowship v MURP Academic Excellence Award v MURP Service Award

Cristian Santana v Diversity in Planning Fellowship v MURP Academic Excellence Award v MURP Service Award

Moxi Tang v MURP Service Award

Jennifer Valazquez v Diversity in Planning Fellowship

Zifan Wang v MURP Academic Excellence Award

John (Shin-Young) Yu v Don Owen Water Science and Technology Fellowship v OC-American Planning Association Award of Merit

Simin Zakavand v MURP Impact Award