UCI School of Social Sciences Spring Magazine 2019
be BOLD
because breaking the mold is part of your Anteater legacy
featured stories
Message from Maurer
When I read the stories in this edition of Be Bold, a feeling of promise, of infinite hope shines through.
Pantsuit generation
Business economics senior Crystal Ho had life-changing experiences at UCI and in D.C.
Family, food, and historical fiction
Social sciences commencement speaker Erin Costigliolo reflects on what’s fueled her UCI research, education, and daily commute
Technology designed with disability in mind
UCI anthropologist Tom Boellstorff has traveled both the virtual and physical worlds to learn how persons with disabilities use...
Proving race matters
Sociology grad student Monique Kelly won the Chancellor’s Club Fund for Excellence Fellowship for her work on racial inequality
From ordinary to extraordinarius
Longtime UCI staff member Michael Arias ’11 receives Alumni Association’s highest
honor
Community connection
Social sciences commencement speaker Truong Nhat Vu
Xe is making a difference for marginalized communities...
Bridging a gap
Alumna Dana Ballout ’08 brings stories from the Middle East to mainstream U.S. media - including one she got to tell for NPR’s “This American Life”
Ad man
’08 alumnus Sunny Zaman’s zest for life covers food, travel,
and his high-powered job in digital media and advertising
How hormones can hijack a helathy slumber
UCI cognitive scientist Sara C. Mednick studies the science
of sleep and its impact on memory
Coming full circle
Exposure to UCI’s Global Connect program as high school
freshmen steered current program interns to UCI and plans for careers in ...
Lauds & laurels, risk and reward
Guided by vision and passion, tenacity and grit, UCI’s
Outstanding Alumni Athlete Shannon Eusey ’92 is the Anteater spirit personified
Natural storyteller
From founding a magazine to making a living as an
influencer, senior Aditi Mayer has a good story to tell
Just for the run of it
In his day to day life, alumnus Jeff Stout ’88 runs his
own high-powered recruiting firm – but in his free time he’s a dedicated philanthropist
A life in theather, a life in service
Paula Tomei, economics ’79, receives 2019 Lauds and
Laurels Distinguished Alumni Award in the School of Social Sciences
Power of attorney
The loves and lessons of senior Sharis Manokian’sMock Trial experience
A balanced life
How ’01 poli sci alumnus Chris Lee’s battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma “shaped everything for the better”
Finding her way
How Eileen Zimmerman, ’98 economics, found creativity and balance by becoming her own boss with Wander Wet Bags
Returning to Rwanda
A prestigious Fulbright Hays grant will allow anthropology grad student Anna Kamanzi to continue her fieldwork in Africa
Ready for liftoff
Born and bred at UCI, BottleRocket is changing the way people recycle
When research becomes personal
First-gen faculty member and mentor Glenda M. Flores earns honors for teaching, research on Latina educators
Q&A The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
New book acts as guide for understanding and mitigating misinformation in a media-frenzied age
Ties that bind
Alumna Catherine Griffin, ’86 economics, shares experiences that made her an Anteater
for life
Making a difference
Dalai Lama Scholars from UCI social sciences organized third annual campus event to develop products for people with disabilities
A career helping others
Psychology alumna, author, and radio show host Jennifer Hill ’02 has made a career out of finding others their dream jobs
A perfect fit
Belinda Robnett is the inaugural associate dean of faculty development and diversity in social sciences
Catalysts for change
Local high school students participating in UCI’s new Diversity, Inclusion & Racial Healing Ambassador Program
Making her mark
Cross country runner Keely Boyd is helping close the distance between students and
hunger
Into the extreme
Book by UCI anthropologist explores interdependent relationship of our world in outer
space
AAAS fellows
Seven UCI researchers named AAAS fellows, an honor conferred for distinguished academic
contributions
NATO’s learning crisis
UCI poli sci professor Heidi Hardt draws on interviews with political officials and top military brass to highlight need for NATO reforms to strengthen military operations
Advancing equity & social impact
Keely Hanson, political science ’11, uses research
and empathy to make her mark
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writers, designers, editors, & photographers
Heather Ashbach, Bria Balliet, Christine Byrd,
Barry Faulkner,
Luis Fonseca, Pat Harriman,
Jill Kato, Daisy Murguia, Kara Roberts,
Steven Zylius
special thanks to contributing photographers from:
DIRHA, Global Connect, UCI Athletics, USC
School Leadership
Bill Maurer, Dean
Michael McBride, Associate Dean
Jeanett Castellanos, Associate Dean
Belinda Robnett, Associate Dean
Dave Leinen, Assistant Dean
Marketing & Communications
Heather Ashbach, Executive Director
Luis Fonseca, Digital Media Production
Development
Tracy Arcuri, Executive Director
Liz Dahl, Director
Ian Delzer, Associate Director
Melissa Churlonis, Coordinator
featured on cover:
’08 alumnus Sunny Zaman’s zest for life covers food, travel, and his high-powered
job in digital media and advertising. Pictured on cover in the Wadi Rum Desert in
Southern Jordan.
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