Department of Sociology

Graduate students in the Department of Sociology honored Professor Scott Brooks for his outstanding mentorship and support by awarding him a Certificate of Appreciation and Outstanding Mentorship in January 2006. Professor Brooks facilitated a weekly study group of graduate students for the Race and Class Inequality Qualifying Examination.

Graduate student Christine Petit was awarded $3500 from the Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund for the 2005-2006 academic year.

Michelle Ysais and Michael Carter are co-recipients of the Teaching Assistant Award in the Department of Sociology for 2004-2005.

Sabrina Alimahomed received from the Graduate Student Association a $250 award for her research “Living at the Intersections” at the 2005 University of California, Riverside Gender Research Conference.

Graduate student Cory Lepage has received the 2005 Outstanding Thesis Awards from the College of Health and Human Services at California State University, Long Beach, for his Masters Thesis entitled “Implementation of a Dual Diagnosis Court: A Case Study in California.”

Graduate student Elvia Ramirez received a dissertation fellowship award from the UC Accord program for $20,000. Her project is entitled "Navigating Through Highly Unequal Terrain: Chicanas and Chicanos in Graduate Education."

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Flourish in Sociology Department (December 14, 2004)

Professor Masako Ishii-Kuntz To Speak at United Nations General Assembly (December 3, 2004)

CHASS Professors Receive an Unusual Honor (November 9, 2004)

Five UCR Faculty Elected AAAS Fellows (November 1, 2004)

Drs. Christopher Chase-Dunn and Thomas Reifer were awarded an NSF grant in the amount of $152,312 for their project entitled AThe Social Foundations of Global Conflict and Cooperation: Waves of Globalization and Global Elite Integration Since 1840. The award is effective April 2004 through March 2006.

Drs. Jonathan H. Turner and Jan E. Stets were inducted into the Sociological Research Association (SRA). Founded in 1936, the SRA is an honorary society that selects members for the strength of their scholarship and for the national and international recognition accorded their research.

Dr. Alexandra Maryanski was named the UCR University Honors Program Faculty Mentor of the year for 2003-04.

Professor Peter J. Burke is the year's 2003 recipient of the Cooley-Mead Award of the American Sociological Association's Section on Social Psychology. The award is recognition for his long career contributions in social psychology. He will present a lecture at the award ceremony at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta. (February 28, 2003)

Professor of Sociology Scott Coltrane and Ross Parke, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, will cooperate on the Study Dads and Teens Project with three psychologists from Arizona State University with $3.5 million grant. (July 25, 2002)

Graduate Student Michael Chavez received an American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship for three years of support (2004-2007)

Ms. Katie Luther and Ms. Annabelle Nery were co-recipients of the Teaching Assistant Award in the Department of Sociology for 2003-04.

Sociology major Ms. Gabriela Arroyo received the 2003-04 College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Tomás Rivera Award for her excellent academic performance and community work.

Graduate student Andrew K. Jorgenson is one of the five recipients of this year's Graduate Research Awards (March 18, 2003)

Two graduate students receive extramural fellowships:
-- Jesse Diaz - American Sociological Association Fellowship - 3 years - $51,468
-- Vincent Giedraitis - J. William Fulbright Fellowship - 1 year - $13,520
(September 5, 2003)

How divorce affects the kids (October 7, 2003)

UC Riverside Sociologist Says Stress, Danger and Ridicule on the Job Could Mean Bruises for Partners at Home (March 11, 2003)