Student Accomplishments

Join us in applauding College of Social Sciences students whose accomplishments have been recognized with awards and scholarships.

Congratulations to the Scholarship Recipients.

• Gerald Wheeler Scholarship

  • Brenda Vargas Tapia, Political Science

• Charles Burdick Scholarship

  • Ashley Jerez, Psychology

    Bianca Nigri, Economics

• Inez & Donald Burdick Scholarship

  • Diana Rendler, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

    Ian Torres, Anthropology

    Rebeca Bertha Lazo Samaniego, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

    Agnes Leong, Psychology

• Alumni Association Dean's Scholarship

  • Yaneth Gutierrez, Political Science

    Britney Ortiz, Political Science

• Les Francis Scholarship for Civic Education

  •  Alycia Ellington, Environmental Studies

• Dean’s Study Abroad and International Field Work Scholarships

  • McKenna Miller, History

    Kwang Jeong, Economics

    Jennifer Rodriguez-Alonso, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

    Nahom Benyam, Global Studies

• COSS Outstanding Thesis

  • Jeffrey Greger: 

    "The Silicon Valley Approach to Poverty: Humanitarian Designers at Work in Financial Inclusion."

    This thesis was recommended by the College of Social Sciences Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Committee as the best CoSS thesis submitted for consideration for the university thesis award. It was selected by the university as one of the Outstanding Theses for 2019–2020.