Social sciences celebrates 2016 Order of Merit recipients
Social sciences celebrates 2016 Order of Merit recipients
- June 10, 2016
- Honor recognizes top 2% of socsci undergrads for academics, leadership and service
Since 1983, the Order of Merit recognition has been given to the top 2% of social
sciences undergraduates who best exemplify a commitment to academic distinction, leadership
and service to the school, campus and community. On June 10, the School of Social
Sciences hosted its annual ceremony to honor these outstanding students:
- Aliza Asad
- Medha Asthana
- Daniel Cano
- Amy Carr
- Negin Fatahi
- Stephanie Fernandez
- Veronica Franco
- Sara Garcia Arellano
- Harwood Garland
- Karen Godinez
- Amy He
- Jason Hedy
- Jazmyne McNeese
- Ayesha Nadiadwala
- Nancy Santiago
- Cortes Tatiana Sarkhosh
- Jessica Shi
- Lizeth Tamayo
- Advaith Thampi
- Estefania Valois
Also receiving special recognition at the ceremony are the following undergrad and
graduate scholarship and award winners:
Graduate Students:
- Susan Duncan Cognitive Sciences Kathy Alberti Award Edelina Burciaga Sociology Outstanding Graduate Student Service Dana Moss Sociology 2016 Lauds & Laurels Outstanding Graduate Student
- Benjamin Feintzeig Logic & Philosophy of Science (LPS) Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship
- Michael Sacks Economics A. Kimball Romney Award for Outstanding Graduate Research Paper “Public and Club Goods When Private Costs Have Negative Externalities.”
- Jessica Monnet | Ph.D. candidate in Economics Charles A. Lave Paper Prize Award “The Effect of a Preschool Education on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Ability.”
Undergraduate Students
- Kathryn Romo | Political Science & Chicano/Latino Studies Alice B. Macy Outstanding Undergraduate Paper Award “Mexican American Women in the 1950s: A Gendered and Racialized Experience.”
- Estefania Valois | Political Science Caesar Sereseres Outstanding Service Award
- Yareli Castro | Political Science Elena B. and William R. Schonfeld Award
- Lynn Liu | Social Policy and Public Service David Rosten International & Community Service Scholarship
- Estefania Valois | Political Science Alumni Academic Excellence Scholarship
- Ana Lomeli | Cognitive Sciences Outstanding Transfer Student Scholarship
- Amy Carr | Psychology Outstanding Undergraduate Honors Thesis “The Use and Accuracy of the Recognition Heuristic in Two-Alternative Decision Making.”
- Laura Hunerberg | Sociology Outstanding Undergraduate Honors Thesis Honorable Mention “What do Holidays Mean? A Cross Cultural Analysis.”
Congrats to our 2016 recipients!
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