PAPER AWARDS
Justin Huft received the 2026 Department of Sociology Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for: Huft, Justin. 2026. “The Impact of Differing Identity Meanings On Fears of Death.” Social Psychology Quarterly 89(1), 92-111. https://doi.org/10.
TEACHING AWARDS
Emily Angelo received a 2026 Graduate Division Outstanding TA Award.
Elizabeth Bogumil received a 2026 2026 Graduate Division Outstanding TA Award.
Shayda Hami received the 2026 Department of Sociology Outstanding TA Award.
Justin Huft received the 2026 Graduate Student/Postdoc Instructor of Record Award from the Academy of Distinguished Teaching.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Emily Angelo received a 2026 Dissertation Program Fellowship.
Elvira De La Torre received a 2026 Dissertation Program Fellowship.
Luis Higinio received a 2026 Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
Justin Huft received a 2026 Dissertation Program Fellowship.
Justin Huft received the 2026 Graduate Student Investigator Award Honorable Mention from the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association.
PUBLICATIONS
Sole-authored:
De La Torre, Elvira. Forthcoming. "'All We Want is to be Near Our Husbands': How Latina Prison Wives Navigate Social Controls." Punishment & Society.
Huft, Justin. 2026. “The Impact of Differing Identity Meanings On Fears of Death.” Social Psychology Quarterly 89(1), 92-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/
Co-authored:
Stets, Jan E., Emily Angelo, Benjamin C. Fields, and Justin Huft. 2025. “Identity.” Pp. 47-69 in The Handbook of Social Psychology, Volume I: Micro Perspective, edited by J.E. Stets, K.A. Hegtvedt, and L. Doan. New York: Springer.
DeLange Martinez, Pauline, Elizabeth Bogumil, Olivia Burns, Helen Miltiades, Sharon A. Brisolara, and Heather M. Young. 2025. "Elevating Local Voices: Evaluation of California’s Local Aging and Disability Action Planning Grant Program." Innovation in Aging 9 (Suppl. 2). https://doi.org/10.1093/
DeLange Martinez, Pauline, Helen Miltiades, Elizabeth Bogumil, Sharon A. Brisolara, Olivia Burns, and Heather M. Young. 2026. "Advancing Rural Aging Policy in California: Recommendations for State Policy on Housing, Long-Term Services and Supports, and Health Care Access." Public Policy & Aging Report. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/
Jiménez Torres, Aida L., Michelle V. Porsche, Kariana Rodrîguez Rosado, Erick A. Senior Rogés, Eliane E. Otero Vázquez, Mariela C. Avilés Font, Axel G. Meléndez Mercado, Hecbel M. Rodriguez Crespo, Stephanie Ortíz Domenech, Stephanie Ortíz Domenech, Shayda Hami, and Lisa Fortuna. 2025. "A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Hurricane Maria on University Students within a Colonial Context." Puerto Rican Journal of Psychology 36(2):168-181.
Nieri, Tanya, and Justin Huft. 2025. “Perceived Ethnic-racial Socialization and White American Young Adults’ Racial Attitudes.” Journal of Child and Family Studies (35):35–50 https://doi.org/10.1007/
Stets. Jan E. and Justin Huft. 2026. “Identities, Meaning, the Social Structure, and the Life Course: Developing Identity Theory in Sociology.” Theory & Society 55(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/
Maryelese Valencia received the 2026 Department of Sociology's Outstanding Undergraduate Award.
Kimberly Nativi received a 2026 Department of Sociology Undergraduate Scholarship in Critical Social Problems.
Kirsten Rodriguez received a 2026 Department of Sociology Undergraduate Scholarship in Critical Social Problems.
Arianna Bolwell received the 2026 Department of Sociology Outstanding Service Award.