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Awards & Honors

Awards and Accomplishments across the Division of Social Sciences.

Anthropology

Don Brenneis honored for service
Donald Brenneis, distinguished professor of anthropology and interim dean of the Division of Social Sciences, has received the Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology.

Judit Moschkovich appointed to NAS committee
Judit Moschkovich, professor of education and graduate director of the Education Department, was invited by the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Academy of Sciences to serve as a member of the committee "Supporting English Learners in STEM Subjects."
George Bunch wins American Education Research Association award
George Bunch, associate professor of education at UC Santa Cruz, is the winner of the 2017 Second Language Research Special Interest Group Midcareer Award.

Karen Holl recognized for tropical forest restoration work
Karen Holl, professor of environmental studies, and her primary research collaborator have been named recipients of the 2017 Theodore M. Sperry Award, presented by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER).
Elliott Campbell receives global environmental change award
Elliott Campbell, associate professor of environmental studies, will receive a 2017 Global Environmental Change Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union during its December meeting in New Orleans.

Sikina Jinnah named a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Sikina Jinnah, associate professor of politics, was awarded a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, one of the most prestigious awards available to scholars in the social sciences and humanities.

Pettigrew receives Centennial Medal from Harvard University
Tom Pettigrew, research professor of social psychology, received the Centennial Medal from Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for his work in racial relations.

Jennifer Reardon receives Humboldt Foundation award
Jennifer Reardon, professor of sociology and director of the Science and Justice Research Center at UC Santa Cruz, is the winner of the 2017 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award.

Social Sciences Professor Julie Guthman wins 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship
Julie Guthman, a professor of social sciences and a leading scholar on the history and geography of California agriculture, has been awarded a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship.