Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards 2021

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2021 The Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards is sponsored by the Womxn's Hub. A center on campus under the unit of Student Life & Leadership and the Division of Student Affairs.

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About the Womxn's Hub

2021 Planning Committee

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About the Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards

Academic Achievement Award

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Ally Award

Outstanding Social Justice Activist Award

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Dynamic Womxn of the Year Award

Tamara Austin Legacy Award

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About the W-Hub Planning Committee About DWA Categories Academic Achievement Awardees Nominees Ally Awardees Nominees Outstanding Social Justice Activists Nominees Dynamic Womxn of the Year Nominees Legacy Awardees Nominees

About the Womxn's Hub THE WOMXN’S HUB AT UC IRVINE ADVANCES GENDER EQUITY BY RAISING COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS, FOSTERING PERSONAL GROWTH, IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS. THE CENTER FOCUSES ON WOMXNSPECIFIC NEEDS AND IDEAS THROUGH WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. THE SPACE IS OPEN AND AFFIRMING TO ALL WHO BELIEVE IN THE STRENGTH OF WOMXN, WOMXNIDENTIFIED PERSONS, AND ALL ALLIES

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2021 Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards Planning Committee ANGIE KEAM CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS & VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS ERICA TURLEY-DEVILLA ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AT UCI KATHY DONG STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES PAULINA RAYGOZA STUDENT OUTREACH AND RETENTION CENTER SHARON STEAD MIDDLE EARTH HOUSING SYDNEY TORRES WOMXN'S HUB

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Dynamic Womxn of UCI Awards THE DYNAMIC WOMXN OF UCI AWARDS EVENT CELEBRATES AND HONORS THE INCREDIBLE WOMXN WHO ARE LEADERS AND ROLE MODELS ACTIVELY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND CELEBRATION FOCUSES ON THE WOMXN WHO INSPIRE US TO TAKE ACTION AND TO FIGHT FOR CAUSES WE BELIEVE IN. NOW IN ITS 8TH YEAR, THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW IN SIZE, SCALE, AND IMPACT. THERE WAS OVER 75 NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR IN FIVE AWARD CATEGORIES.

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Categories ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

ALLY

OUTSTANDING SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST

DYNAMIC WOMXN OF THE YEAR

TAMARA AUSTIN LEGACY AWARD

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Academic Achievement Award THIS AWARD HONORS MEMBER(S) OF THE UCI COMMUNITY (FACULTY, STAFF, GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS) WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED ACADEMIC RESEARCH/THEORY THAT ADVANCES KNOWLEDGE, NARRATIVES AND/OR PEDAGOGY THAT ELEVATE WOMXN'S AND BIWOC (BLACK, INDIGENOUS, WOMXN OF COLOR) ISSUES IN THEIR FIELD.

AWARDEES SOPHIA METCALF GRADUATE STUDENT OLIVIA LONGHETTO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT JANIELLE VIDAL GRADUATE STUDENT

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JANIELLE VIDAL

OLIVIA LONGHETTO

SOPHIA METCALF

Developmental Cell & Biology

Public Health

Fine Arts - Acting

PhD Graduate Student

Undergraduate Student

Masters Graduate Student

“She has repeatedly been called on to do extra-curricular racial bias training as one of a handful of Black PhDs in UCI's Medical School. Her work has contributed to several substantial changes at UCI's Medical School,”

“Her educational, research, and career focus is on communitybased approaches to ameliorating the proliferation of diseases with an emphasis on impacts to women in the workplace and the potential positive effects of solutions”

“ Sophia has been a teaching assistant for many courses and has never failed to create a safe and collaborative space while making sure to institute approachable mechanisms for feedback.”

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT NOMINATIONS

Jessica Millward History Department Staff

Callie Nichols Undergraduate Student

Ally Award THIS AWARD HONORS MEMBER(S) WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO CREATING A SPACE TO ADVANCE WOMXN IN HIGHER EDUCATION BY BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS FOR ADVANCING WOMXN'S VOICE, ROLE, AND PRESENCE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE UCI CAMPUS. EXAMPLES CAN INCLUDE BIWOC STUDY SPACES, SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRAD STUDENTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/TRAINING/MENTORSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMXN, ETC.

AWARDEES KARISSA SORENSON & PATRICK DEL ROSARIO STAFF

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KARISSA SORENSON & PATRICK DEL ROSARIO Social Sciences Academic Research Center (SSARC) Staff

“These are two individuals that work exceptionally well together and across UCI in a collaborative format to create a space to advance womxn in their workplaces and in higher education by promoting our voices and our programming to entities at different levels of the UCI campus and beyond.”

“ They are the vibrant heart of our dynamic programming and we are incredibly grateful to have them work alongside us.”

ALLY AWARD NOMINATIONS

Luke Smith Mathematics Department Faculty

Janet Perez-Molina Student Success Initiatives Staff

Outstanding Social Justice Activist Award THIS AWARD HONORS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO WORKING ON ANTI-SEXIST ENDEAVORS AND WHO HAVE DRAWN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES TO END MULTIPLE FORMS OF OPPRESSION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ABLEISM, HETEROSEXISM, RACISM, CLASSISM, XENOPHOBIA, AND AGEISM.

AWARDEES TRACE YULIE STAFF THERESA TANENBAUM FACULTY ELISSA COBIAN GRADUATE STUDENT

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TRACE YULIE LARC Director Staff

“Trace Yulie actively advocates for underrepresented students and ensures that they have the resources they need to succeed.

While this definitely includes female students, she has also made a direct impact on firstgeneration students, lowincome students, undocumented students, and other diverse student populations."

THERESA TANENBAUM

ELISSA COBIAN

Informatics Department

Master of Public Policy (MPP)

Faculty

Graduate Student

“Dr. Tanenbaum’s work in anti-sexist inclusion is not just that she does so much of it (quantity) nor that she does it so well (quality) but also that she does it with massive impact.”

“ Ms. Cobian worked tirelessly to promote CalFresh, a federallyfunded nutrition assistance program that provides financial resources to people experiencing food insecurity, as a way to combat malnourishment and poverty.”

OUTSTANDING SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD NOMINATIONS

Jenny Fan

Judy Wu

Raven Stewart

School of Social Sciences

Asian American Studies

Cross Cultural Center

Staff

Faculty

Staff

Reema Saad Undergraduate Student

Sophia Caruso Undergraduate Student

Tolu Ekisola Graduate Student

Upasana Mustafi Undergraduate Student

Dynamic Womxn of the Year Award THIS AWARD HONORS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO THE PERSONAL GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF WOMXN, THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, PUBLIC OR VOLUNTEER SERVICE, ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR EXPECTED RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES AN INDIVIDUAL'S SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE UCI COMMUNITY THAT MAY OFTEN GO UNNOTICED. AWARDEES ANGELA CHEN STAFF CANDICE TAYLOR-LUCAS FACULTY REBECCA HUYNH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT HERSCHELL VALENOVA DAYAG GRADUATE STUDENT PAGE 16 DYNAMIC WOMXN OF UCI AWARDS | 2021

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ANGELA CHEN

REBECCA HUYNH

Dream Center Director

Biological Sciences

Staff

Undergraduate Student

“Dr. Angela Chen has been hard at work creating community and space for some of our most disenfranchised and marginalized students. As an alumna and former staff member, Angela took her experience from UCI into her work in other campuses and came back with even more knowledge and expertise in undocumented student advocacy and support. "

CANDICE TAYLOR-LUCAS

“Despite all of her numerous commitments, Rebecca devotes herself 110% in everything she does, while managing high academics. I am grateful and inspired by everything she has done, and so are many others who have been touched

by Rebecca's kind heart, passion and determination. "

HERSCHELL VALENOVA DAYAG

School of Medicine

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Faculty

Graduate Student

“She built a community of support that witnessed thousands of medical professionals participate in teach ins and demonstrations for health equity and justice while training her students to be exemplary in their compassion and skills."

“ Herschell’s engagement in community service illustrates her promise to learn more about her diverse community’s health needs and better the quality of patient-provider communication.

Herschell takes to heart that every act of goodwill done today, is an act of preventative care for tomorrow."

DYNAMIC WOMXN OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATIONS

Jennifer Aaron Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning Staff

Jennifer Bell

Megan Belmonte

Undergraduate Student

Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Staff

Jacqueline Castaneda Division of Finance & Administration Staff

Elleni Conley Graduate Student

Thi Duong Undergraduate Student

Kaosoluchi Enendu Graduate Student

Callan Garber Undergraduate Student

Leora Ghadoushi Graduate Student

DYNAMIC WOMXN OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATIONS

Maria Guillen-Cortez Undergraduate Student

Elizabeth Hafen Undergraduate Student

Amy Huynh Undergraduate Student

Anna Kim Undergraduate Student

Aly Koba Undergraduate Student

Marina Hara Mantos Sorority & Fraternity Life Staff

Stephanie McEwan Psychological Science Faculty

Sophia Metcalf Graduate Student

Vanessa O'Brien Computer Science Staff

DYNAMIC WOMXN OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATIONS

Ellen O'Bryant School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Staff

Kyhm Penfil Campus Counsel

Janet Perez-Molina Student Success Initiatives Staff

Magdalen (Magda) Ramirez Undergraduate Student

Nalya Rodriguez Graduate Student

Reema Saad Undergraduate Student

Amy Shine Gradaute Student

Dorota SkowronskaKrawczyk Ophthalmology Faculty

Arizsia Staton Graduate Student

DYNAMIC WOMXN OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATIONS

Anna Tutlughyan Undergraduate Student

Caitlyn Yang Undergraduate Student

Michelle Mallari Undergraduate Student

Olivia Longhetto Undergraduate Student

Tonie Zhu Paul Merage School of Business Staff

Tamara Austin Legacy Award THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES ONE MEMBER OF THE UCI COMMUNITY WHOSE IMPACT CREATES A LEGACY THAT WILL BE KNOWN AND FELT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. HONORING TAMARA AUSTIN, THE WOMXN'S HUB INAUGURAL DIRECTOR, THIS AWARD CELEBRATES AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS EXEMPLIFIED LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY FOR WOMXN ON CAMPUS. NOMINEES SHOULD DEMONSTRATE DEDICATION TO EQUITY ON OUR CAMPUS AND HAVE BEEN APART OF THE UCI COMMUNITY FOR A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS.

AWARDEES KRYSTAL TRIBBETT STAFF JUDY WU FACULTY

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KRYSTAL TRIBBETT

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JUDY WU Asian American Studies

Curator, Orange County

& Director, UCI

Regional History

Humanities Center

Staff

Faculty

“Dr. Tribbett has been a force for documenting the lives of unsung heroes, amplifying the voices of retired and elder university women, documenting women environmentalists, and organizing with women leaders in the Black and Asian American communities.”

“She has led in making the campus values about being a first generation engine and a minority serving institution real for working class and impoverished communities in Orange County. Her work and advocacy for First Generation Students and her work with Stop AAPI hate has achieved national recognition.”

TAMARA AUSTIN LEGACY AWARD NOMINATIONS Adriana Briscoe School of Biological Sciences Faculty

Valentina MonteroRomán English Department Faculty

Miryha Gould Runnerstrom Program in Public Health Faculty

Thank you for taking the time to celebrate the dynamic womxn at UC Irvine. Follow @whubuci on social media to continue to celebrate throughout week nine!