The Chancellor’s Award of Distinction acknowledges the University of California, Irvine’s most outstanding graduating seniors. Awarded by the UC Irvine Alumni Association, these students represent exceptional academic achievement and a commitment to cutting-edge research, leadership and service to UCI. 

The School of Social Sciences is happy to have among its outstanding class of graduates 14 of the campus’s 50 award recipients in 2021: 

Karyssa Alyson Courey
School of Social Sciences

Emily Noel Ha
Program in Public Health
School of Social Sciences

Audrey Isis Hernandez Peterson
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
School of Social Sciences

Mary Lei Hu
The Paul Merage School of Business
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
School of Social Sciences

Christine Ji-Young Kim
School of Humanities
School of Social Sciences

Shih Yu Lee
School of Social Sciences

Katia Lorena Necoechea Madriz
School of Education
School of Social Sciences

Steve Huy Dinh Phan
School of Biological Sciences
School of Social Sciences

Zhiqi Rong
The Paul Merage School of Business
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
School of Social Sciences

Cesar Manuel Rosales Jr.
School of Social Sciences

Aparna Rajesh Shakkarwar
School of Education
School of Social Sciences

Shelby Leigh Smith
School of Social Sciences

Bethany Abigail Urbano
School of Education
School of Social Sciences

Isabel Villalpando
School of Education
School of Social Sciences

Congrats to all 2021 recipients!