The Office of the Dean and Executive Committee, supported by funding from the Dean’s Leadership Society, annually recognize top faculty researchers and teachers within the school through a competitive nomination process.

The Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Research carry a $5,000 prize and include honors at the Assistant and Associate Professor Levels.

The Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Teaching carry a $2,000 prize and recognize:

• School of Social Sciences Dr. Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

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Research Award Recipients | Teaching Award Recipients

Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Research Past Recipients:

2024:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Isabel Almeida, Chicano/Latino Studies
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Rocio Rosales, Sociology

2023:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Vibhuti Ramachandran, Global and International Studies
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Heidi Hardt, Political Science

2022:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Irene I. Vega, Sociology
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Glenda Flores, Chicano/Latino Studies

2021:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Laura Enriquez, Chicano/Latino Studies
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Erin Lockwood, Political Science

2019:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Nadia Chernyak, Cognitive Sciences, and Danielle Thomsen, Political Science
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Heidi Hardt, Political Science

2018:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Vellore Arthi, Economics
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Keith Murphy, Anthropology

2017:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Julia Lerch, Sociology
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Sara Goodman, Political Science

2016:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Laura Enriquez, Chicano/Latino Studies, and Emre Neftci, Cognitive Sciences
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Joachim Vandekerckhove, Cognitive Sciences

2015:

• Social Science Assistant Professor Research Award: Jose Antonio-Rodriguez-Lopez, Economics
• Social Science Associate Professor Research Award: Catherine Bolzendahl, Sociology, and Lisa Pearl, Cognitive Sciences

 

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Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Teaching Past Recipients:

2023-24:

• Danielle Thomsen – Political Science, School of Social Sciences Dr. Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Isabel Almeida – Chicano/Latino Studies, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Erin Lockwood – Political Science, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

2022-23:

• Guillaume Rocheteau – Economics, School of Social Sciences Dr. Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Lauren Ross – Logic of Philosophy and Science, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Sara Mednick – Cognitive Sciences, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

2021-22:

• Long T. Bui – Global & International Studies, Dr. Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Julia Lerch – Sociology, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Sabrina Strings – Sociology, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

2020-21:

• Gary Richardson - Economics, Dr. Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Rocio Rosales – Sociology, Dr. Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Hector Tobar – Chicano/Latino Studies, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Cecelia Lynch – Political Sciences, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

2019-20

• JB Manchak – Logic & Philosophy of Science, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Kristin Turney - Sociology, Dr. Joseph L. White Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Brian C. Jenkins – Economics, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

2018-19

• Rachel Goldberg - Sociology, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Kristen Monroe – Political Science, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Jacob Avery – Sociology, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

2017-18

• Jacob Avery - Sociology, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Laura Enriquez - Chicano/Latino Studies, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Heidi Hardt – Political Science, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

2016-17

• Jean-Paul Carvalho, Economics - Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Belinda Campos, Chicano/Latino Studies - Dean’s Award for Outstanding Mentorship

2015-16

• Keith Murphy, Anthropology - Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Anita Casavantes Bradford, Chicano/Latino Studies - Dean’s Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• Ami Glazer & Linda Cohen, Economics - Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation

2014-15

• Alyssa Brewer, Cognitive Sciences - Dean’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• Ana Rosas Chicano/Latino Studies - Dean’s Award for Outstanding Mentorship
• William Branch, Economics - Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation