UCI Social Ecology Grad Awards

2018-2019 UCI SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY

GRADUATE AWARDS

EXTRAMURAL AWARDS American Planning Association – Orange Section Scholarship ‐ ‐

Emily Makini (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D. Mandalyn Mendoza (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D.

American Psychological Association – Dissertation Research Award ‐

Cortney Britney Ann Simmons (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Beth Cauffman, Ph.D.

American Society of Criminology – Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Diversity ‐

Christopher Contreras (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. John Hipp, Ph.D.

Association for American University Women (AAUW) – Dissertation Fellowship, Alternate ‐

Amanda Acevedo (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Sarah D. Pressman, Ph.D.

Association of Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice – Fellowship Recipient ‐

Jose Alfredo Torres – (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan Bibler Coutin, Ph.D.

California Breast Cancer Research Program, 2019 Quickstart Fellow ‐

Deborah Gail Lefkowitz (SE, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Martha Feldman, Ph.D.

California Planning Roundtable Memorial Scholarship ‐ ‐

Nathan Lacy (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D. Sergio Rosas (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D.

Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being ‐

Kelli Lynn Dickerson (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Jodi Quas, Ph.D.

NSF-GRFP Fellowship ‐ ‐

Kallie Brown (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Belinda Campos, Ph.D. Veronica Valencia Gonzalez (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan Bibler Coutin, Ph.D.

Honorable Mention ‐

Nicole Marie Froidevaux (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jessica Borelli, Ph.D.

Orange County American Planning Association – Merit Award ‐

Nathan Lacy (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D.

Orange County Association of Environmental Professionals (OCAEP) – 2018 Educational Fall Scholarship ‐ ‐

Qi Bing (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D. Kyle Webber o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D.

Science of Team Science (SCiTS) Conference, Most Outstanding Poster Presentation ‐

Laceé Nicole Pappas (SE, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan F. Turner, Ph.D.

UCLA Extension’s 33rd Annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference – 2019 Freilich Scholar ‐

Mandalyn Mendoza (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA & UC IRVINE AWARDS Associated Graduate Students 2019 Symposium Education, Health, and Society and the Environment - Winner ‐

John Franklin Hunter (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Sarah Pressman, Ph.D.

Government, Economics, and Society and Urban Planning – Winner ‐

Rylan Simpson (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. John Hipp, Ph.D.

Government, Economics, and Society and Urban Planning – Runner Up ‐

Laceé Nicole Pappas (SE, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan F. Turner, Ph.D.

Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts 1 – Runner Up ‐

Adebisi Ajoke Akinyemi (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Roxane Cohen Silver, Ph.D.

Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts 2 - Winner ‐

Jared Celniker (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Peter Ditto, Ph.D.

Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts 3 - Winner ‐

Rebecca Hofstein Grady (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Peter Ditto, Ph.D.

Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts 3 – Runner Up ‐

Brett Gregory Mercier (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Shariff Azim, Ph.D.

Blum Center’s 2019 Small Change Better World Grant ‐

Vivianna Goh – (SE, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Kirk Williams, Ph.D.

Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Most Promising Future Faculty Member ‐

Megan Marie Ringel (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Peter H. Ditto, Ph.D.

UC Irvine Center for Citizen Peacebuilding – Kugelman Fellowship ‐

Sara O’Conner (UPPP, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Scott Bollens, Ph.D.

UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation – Pedagogical Fellows ‐ ‐

Mariana Garcia Junqueira (UPPP) Joanna Heejeong Hong (PS)

UC Irvine Graduate Division Diversity Recruitment Fellowship ‐

Adebisi Ajoke Akinyemi (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Roxane Cohen Silver, Ph.D.

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Sarai Alaniz (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D. Kennedy Marie Blevins (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Sarah D. Pressman, Ph.D. Colette Brown (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan Turk Charles, Ph.D. Jason Anthony Brown (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Valerie Jenness, Ph.D. Joanne Beth Decaro (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Keramet Reiter, Ph.D. Chihchia Jocelyn Lai (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jessica Borelli, Ph.D. Juan Roberto Sandoval (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Naomi F. Sugie, Ph.D.

Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Sarai Alaniz (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D. Jason Anthony Brown (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Valerie Jenness, Ph.D. Joanne Beth Decaro (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Keramet Reiter, Ph.D. Aida Kimberly Escobar (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Cheryl Maxson, Ph.D. Hugo Sanchez Hernandez (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Belinda Campos, Ph.D.

Faculty Mentor Program – Honorable Mention ‐

Hugo Sanchez Hernandez (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Belinda Campos, Ph.D.

Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship ‐ ‐ ‐

Amandeep Kaur (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan Turk Charles, Ph.D. Julie Ann Kircher (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan Turk Charles, Ph.D. Anna Andrea Sanova (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jessica Borelli, Ph.D.

Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship ‐ ‐

Kaitlyn Susanne Alvarez-Noli (UPPP, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Martha Feldman, Ph.D. Ashley Michelle Hooper (UPPP, Ph.D. Candidate) o Advisor – Dr. David L. Feldman, Ph.D.

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Amanda Mae Petersen (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Sora Han, Ph.D.

Miguel Velez Scholarship ‐ ‐ ‐

Eduardo Carvalho Nepomuceno Alencar (SE, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. John R. Hipp, Ph.D. Mariana Garcia Junqeira (UPPP, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Sanjoy Mazumdar, Ph.D. Maria Sauval (UP3, MPP Student) o Graduate Advisor – Dr. George Tita, Ph.D.

Nevin Fellowship ‐ ‐

Hugo Sanchez Hernandez (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Belinda Campos, Ph.D. Juan Roberto Sandoval (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Naomi Sugie, Ph.D.

President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship ‐

Amanda Acevedo (PSB, Ph.D. Candidate) o Co-Chair – Dr. Sarah D. Pressman, Ph.D. o Co-Chair – Dr. Belinda Campos, Ph.D. Honorable Mention

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Amanda Mae Petersen (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Sora Han, Ph.D.

Provost Ph.D. Fellowship ‐ ‐ ‐

Rebecca Louise Tublitz (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Charis E. Kubrin, Ph.D. Kaitlyn Michelle Hardin (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Raymond W. Novaco, Ph.D. Hugo Sanchez Hernandez (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Belinda Campos, Ph.D.

Public Impact Fellowship – Honorable Mention ‐

Tera Corinne Dornfeld (UPPP, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. David Feldman, Ph.D.

UC Irvine Initiative to End Family Violence – Graduate Student Fellowship ‐ ‐

Hwawon Seo (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Charis Kubrin, Ph.D. Veronica Valencia Gonzalez (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan Bibler Coutin, Ph.D.

UC Irvine Newkirk Center for Science & Society – Newkirk Fellows ‐ ‐

Gabriela Gonzalez – (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Susan Bibler Coutin, Ph.D. Connor Froyen Harron – (SE, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Richard A. Matthew, Ph.D.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY & DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS Alison Clarke-Stewart Dissertation Award ‐

Kelli Lynn Dickerson (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair - Jodi Quas, Ph.D.

Second-Year Award ‐

Yongwon Cho (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Jutta Heckhausen, Ph.D.

Arnold Binder Award for Outstanding Service ‐

LaBreonna Bland (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Valerie Jenness, Ph.D.

Carol Kupers Whalen Graduate Research Award ‐

Melody Melissa Moore (PS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Elizabeth Martin, Ph.D.

Criminology, Law and Society Department – Peer Mentor Award ‐

Courtney Echols (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Geoff Ward, Ph.D.

Criminology, Law and Society Department – MAS Professional Development Fellowship ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Dallas Augustine (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Keramet Reiter, Ph.D. Emma Conner (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Valerie Jenness, Ph.D. Amanda Petersen (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Sora Han, Ph.D. Kristen Maziarka (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Susan Bibler Coutin, Ph.D. Rylan Simpson (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. John Hipp, Ph.D.

Dan Stokols Fellowship for Incoming Social Ecology-Core Students ‐

Jessica Maya Hernandez (SE, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Candice Odgers, Ph.D.

Don Owen Water Science & Technology Fellowship ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Nataly Roxana Escobedo Garcia (SE, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan Coutin, Ph.D. Evgenia Nizkorodov (SE, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Richard Matthew, Ph.D. Qi Bing (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D. Nathan Lacy (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D.

Ellen Greenberger Excellence in Graduate Research Award ‐

Student – John Hunter (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Sarah Pressman, Ph.D.

Gilbert Geis Award for Excellence in Research ‐

Seth Williams (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. John Hipp, Ph.D.

Kitty Calavita Award for Best Second-Year Project ‐

Justin Strong (CLS, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Sora Han, Ph.D.

Malancha Ghosh Memorial Fellowship ‐

Irene Aceituno (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D.

Mario Barnes and L. Song Richardson Diversity Scholarship Recipients ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Joi Goynes (MLFP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D. Iris Mejia-Cobian (MLFP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D. Joshua Phillips (MLFP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D. Amanda Wagner (MLFP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D.

Martha Newkirk Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student ‐

Bradley J. Bartos (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Bryan Sykes, Ph.D.

MAS Academic Excellence Award – 4.0 Grade Point Average ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Nella Coleman (MAS Student) Sharif Elmallah (MAS Student) Bryan Eskew (MAS Student) Lisa Hamoui (MAS Student) Lawrence Ho (MAS Student) Haley Neufeld (MAS Student) Emaley Phillips (MAS Student) Benjamin Robertson (MAS Student) Alexander Valdez (MAS Student) Emily Vu (MAS Student)

MAS Stephen M. Rosoff Award for Outstanding Research ‐

Veronica D. Alexander (MAS Student) o Advisor – Dr. Teresa Dalton, Ph.D.

MAS Research Excellence Award ‐ ‐ ‐

Braelyn R. Havig (MAS Student) o Advisor – Dr. Teresa Dalton, Ph.D. Zachary R. Moghaddam (MAS Student) o Advisor – Dr. Bryan Sykes, Ph.D. Nelly C. Perdomo (MAS Student) o Advisor – Dr. Bryan Sykes, Ph.D.

Master of Urban and Regional Planning – Program Awards/Recognitions Award for Academic Excellence Graduating Students ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Emily Chen (MURP) Nathan Lacy (MURP) Joel Lessard-Clouston (MURP) Molly Mendoza (MURP) Zachary Trevino (MURP) Jordan Wills (MURP)

Continuing Students ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Daisy Cruz (MURP) Inez Galmiche (MURP) Prathna Maharaj (MURP) Connor Phillips (MURP) Vrishneel Prahalad (MURP) Evangelina Rodriguez (MURP)

Best Professional Report ‐ ‐

Nathan Lacy (MURP) Emily Makini (MURP)

Diversity in Planning Fellows 2019-2020 ‐ ‐ ‐

Vanessa Gonzales (MURP) Zihui Lei (MURP) Prathna Maharaj (MURP)

Impact Award ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Diana Lecca (MURP) Prathna Maharaj (MURP) Izzak Mireles (MURP) Junnan Xu (MURP)

Service Award ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Jackie Apollo (MURP) Hector Cervantes (MURP) Eduardo Galdamez (MURP) Ines Galmiche (MURP) Kyle Webber (MURP)

Michelle Smith Pontell Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Graduate Study ‐

Melissa Barragan (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Keramet Reiter, Ph.D.

MLFP Outstanding Capstone Project Award ‐

Heidi Alexander (MLFP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D.

Neurus Program Certificate of Completion ‐ ‐

Marco Iniguez, The Netherlands (MURP Student) Molly Mendoza, Berlin (MURP Student) o Advisor – Dr. Jae Hong Kim, Ph.D.

Newkirk Award for Incoming Social Ecology Students ‐ ‐

Jessica Maya Hernandez (SE, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Candice Odgers, Ph.D. Youjin Bori Kim (UPPP, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Virginia Parks, Ph.D.

Paul and Frances Dickman Graduate Research Award ‐ ‐

Sofia Laguna (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Mona Lynch, Ph.D. Amy Magnus (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Elliot Currie, Ph.D.

Psychological Science, Post Baccalaureate Mentor Award ‐

Laceé Nicole Pappas (SE, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Susan Turner, Ph.D.

Social Ecology Alumni Fellowship ‐

Kristen Ann Goodrich (SE, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Richard Matthew, Ph.D.

Social Ecology Dean’s Dissertation Advancement Fellowship ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Ernest Kikuta Chavez (CLS, Doctoral Student) Christopher Contreras (CLS, Doctoral Student) Amanda Fisher (CLS, Doctoral Student) Mariana Garcia Junqueira (UPPP, Doctoral Student) Ashley Camille Hernandez (UPPP, Doctoral Student) Narae Lee (UPPP, Ph.D. Candidate) Melody Melissa Moore (PS, Doctoral Student) Deyanira Nevarez Martinez (UPPP, Doctoral Student) Carol Joan Newark (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) Angela Rene Robinson (PS, Doctoral Student) Cristian Rodriguez (PS, Doctoral Student) Matthew John Schneider (SE, Doctoral Student)

Social Ecology Dean’s Dissertation Writing Fellowship ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Kaitlyn Susanne Alvarez-Noli (UPPP, Ph.D. Candidate) Melissa Barragan (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) Marie Patrice Cross (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) Tera Corinne Dornfeld (UPPP, Ph.D. Candidate) Matthew Fritz-Mauer (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) Kristen Ann Goodrich (SE-Core, Ph.D. Candidate) Andrea Groves Hoff (UPPP, Ph.D. Candidate) Amanda Mae Petersen (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) Sarah Ann Redmond (PS, Ph.D. Candidate) Rylan Matthew Simpson (CLS, Ph.D. Candidate) Xin Tong (UPPP, Ph.D. Candidate) Valentina Valentovich (PS, Ph.D. Candidate)

Social Ecology Dean’s Inclusionary Excellence Award ‐

Deborah Gail Lefkowitz (SE, Ph.D. Candidate) o Chair – Dr. Martha Feldman, Ph.D.

Social Ecology Graduate Student Mentoring Award ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Ian Ross Baran (UPPP) Amanda Acevedo (PS) LaBreonna Stori-Turner Bland (CLS) Steven James Carlson (PS) Jared Celniker (PS) Desiree Chase (PS) Marie Patrice Cross (PS) Kayley Estes (PS) Ka Man Christie Fung (PS) Margaret Goldman (CLS) Andrew Gregory (PS) Emma Lara Grisham (PS) Joanna Heejeong Hong (PS) John Franklin Hunter (PS) Amrita Vijay Jain (UPPP) Emily Ellen Kan (PS) Julie Ann Kircher (PS) Alissa Rose Knowles (PS) Yanqing Lilian Li (PS) Stacy Alison Metcalf (PS) Melody Melissa Moore (PS) Zahra Mousavi (PS) Mikaela Sky Nielsen (CLS) Sara O'Connor (UPPP) Laceé Nicole Pappas (SE) Sarah Ann Redmond (PS) Daniel Relihan-Johnson (PS) Megan Marie Ringel (PS) Jacob Benjamin Rode (PS) Hwawon Seo (CLS) Cortney Britney Ann Simmons (PS) Emily Slonecker (PS) Dmitry Illyich Tsukerman (PS)

Urban Planning and Public Policy Pedagogical Fellows 2019 ‐

Mariana Garcia Junqeira (UPPP, Doctoral Student) o Advisor – Dr. Sanjoy Mazumdar, Ph.D.