Congratulations to our 2017 award recipients!
Chancellor’s Award for Undergraduate Research:
Rosemary Dekker Applen
"Flooding and Sustainable Flood Management in the UK"
Faculty Mentor: Anna Tsing
Joanna Beltrán-Girón
"Popular Liberation in the Midst of a Peaceful War"
Faculty Mentor: Sarah-Hope Parmeter
Madeleine Loma Keller
"Can the Heartland Be Healed?: Challenges to Community Organizing in Poor White Rural America"
Faculty Mentor: Mary Beth Pudup
Deans’ Award for Undergraduate Research:
Darshani Alahan
"Growing up as a Second-Generation White American Hindu: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to an Ethnographic Study"
Faculty Mentor: Ben Crow
Alex Jazz-Rio Apodaca
"An Eco-Archaeological Study of Indigenous Clam Bed Management at Colonial Period Toms Point (CA-MRN-202), Tomales Bay, California"
Faculty Mentor: Tsm Schneider
Molly Rose Jacobsen
"Bats in the Agricultural Matrix: The Effects of Agricultural Intensification on Bat Community Composition"
Faculty Mentor: Elissa Olimpi
Cecilia Willson Ringstrom
"Transitioning from Ego to Eco-Focused Cognition: Altruistic Intelligence and the Momentum of Social Justice Engagement"
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Rofel
Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholars:
Keelyanne Hyland, Oakes, Sociology
Jessica Xu, John R. Lewis College, Politics
Keeley Coastal Scholar:
Cassandra Powell, Cowell, Environmental Studies and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Faculty Mentor: Kristy Kroeker
Walsh Family Scholars:
Socorro Ramírez-Gamino, College Nine, Latin American and Latino Studies
Eric Medina, Kresge, Latin American and Latino Studies and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Weiss Family Scholar:
Huzaifa Shahbaz, College Nine, Sociology and Politics
Faculty Mentor: Steve McKay
Milam McGinty Kaun Award for Excellence in Teaching:
Akatsuki Sukeda, Economics
Zahirah Suhaimi-Broder, Anthropology
21st Century DaVinci Scholars:
Nima Agah, Sarah Ainsworth, Casey Amaral, Vanessa Angeldones, Conor Barthel, Beth Castaneda, Anna Castleton, Najifa Chowdhury, Danielle Clendening, Charlotte Daciolas-Semon, Camille Dawson, Martin Dietz, Ciera Eis, Gabriela Estrada, Braden Fairweather, Nicholas Fuhrman, Holly Garber, Jessica Goralski, Taylor Gotfrid, Jennifer Hamilton, Richard Hartnell, Alex He, Heidi Hernandez, Eric Hernandez-Montenegro, Cody Lee, Sage Leibenson, Zoe Leones, Keqing Li, Wesly Lim, Miranda London, Amir Maltzman, Amanda Marshall, Marlee Marshall, Lisa Martinez, Alexandra Moskow, Nina Mostowfi, Tessa Mykel, Adam Ricks, Javier Ruiz, Ryan Sexauer, Brisa-Ann Speier-Brito, Shay Stoklos, Coleton Tidwell, Daniela Torres, Jia Rui Wen, Jack Wolcott, Eunika Wu, Victoria Yragui
