Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Awards
“The way to right wrongs is to
turn the light of truth upon them.”
Ida B. Wells
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The Pamela Ann Roby Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Endowment funds two annual awards in the Sociology Department. They are based on academic merit alone.
The first award, the Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Ph.D. Dissertation Award recognizes UC Santa Cruz Sociology Ph.D. candidates who have completed a Ph.D. dissertation or a Ph.D. dissertation prospectus plus two or more chapters on race, class, and gender within the U.S.A. Their research may be on subjects such as but not limited to health, education, environment, work, etc. in relation to race, class, and gender. The dissertation must contribute to social science and public understanding of race, class, and gender within the U.S., and race, class, and gender must be their simultaneous and central foci.
The second award is the Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Senior Thesis Award. To be eligible for this award, applicants must be UCSC undergraduate sociology majors who have written their senior thesis on race, class, and gender during the academic year with race, class, and gender being their simultaneous and central foci.
The endowment was established in 2000 in honor of the now UCSC Professor Emerita of Sociology Pamela Roby who has published extensive research on infant and early childhood development policies, social and economic inequalities, higher education, trade union leadership, and women and work. Pamela served as the fifth president of Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) and the 45th president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) as well as chairing UCSC’s sociology department.
For more information about these awards, please contact the department manager in the Sociology Department at (831) 459-2831 or visit the department's website.
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