In Their Words 2020

"In Their Words" is a column where students across the Division of Social Sciences share what UC Santa Cruz means to them, advice for fellow students, and plans for the future.

Meet the 2020 Award Recipients!

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  Prateek Arora

  Prateek Arora is a recipient of a 2019-2020 Milam-McGinty-Kaun Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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  Reed Asselbaye

  Reed Asselbaye is a recipient of the Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship.
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  Peter Banke

  Peter Banke was the recipient of the Ryan Heumann Anthropology Undergraduate Endowed Scholarship.
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  Deanne Barnes

  Deanne Barnes was a recipient of the 2019-2020 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.
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  Misheel Battumur

  Misheel Battumur was the recipient of the 2020 Blanche McKenzie Scholarship in Economics.
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  Erin Blevins

  Erin Blevins was a recipient of the 2020 Richard and Cindy Morley Scholarship.
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  Samantha Cabrera

  Samantha Cabrera is a recipient of the 2020 Sabrina Greenfield Memorial Award.
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  Amanda Ceballos

  Amanda Ceballos is a recipient of the 2020 Sabrina Greenfield Memorial Award.
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  Julia Cheng

  Julia Cheng was a recipient of the 2020 Fanny Carruthers Award in Sociology.
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  Anjuli Corzine

  Anjuli Corzine is the recipient of a 2020 Deans' Undergraduate Award.
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  Brenda De Jesus Acosta

  Brenda De Jesus Acosta was a recipient of the 2020 Richard and Cindy Morley Award in Education.
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  Marco Díaz-Lundquist

  Marco Díaz-Lundquist was a recipient of the Kathryn Cheney Merriam Scholarship in Education.

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  Alexia Daoussis

  Alexia Daoussis was a recipient of the 2020 Keeley Coastal Scholarship.
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  Mette Fredereksen

  Mette Frederiksen was the recipients of the 2019-2020 Jessica Roy Memorial Award.
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  Bobbie Joe Garcia

  Bobbie Joe Garcia was a recipient of the Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship.
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  Louis W. Garcia

  Louis W. Garcia was the recipient of a 2020 Deans' Undergraduate Award and Jeremy Demian Marx Award for Cultural Anthropology.
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  Nona Golan

  Nona Golan is a recipient of the 2020 Rick Hooper Scholarship.
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  Dora Khuu

  Dora Khuu is a recipient of the Walsh Family Scholarship.
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  Priyanka Kulkarni

  Priyanka Kulkarni is the recipient of a 2020 Deans' Undergraduate Award, a Chancellor's Award, and the Sociology of Race, Class and Gender Senior Thesis Award.
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  Hoatson Kwan

  Hoatson Kwan is the recipient of the 2019-2020 Robert J. Shepherd Economics Accounting Path Scholarship.
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  Allysha A. Leonard

  Allysha A. Leonard is the recipient of a 2020 Deans' Undergraduate Award and a Chancellor's Award.
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  Liwei Liu

  Liwei Liu is the 2020 recipeint of the Eileen Brooks Memorial Award.
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  Cinthia Cristal Magaña Moreno

  Cinthia Cristal Magaña Moreno is the recipient of a 2020 Deans' Undergraduate Award and a Chancellor's Award.
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  John McClure

  John McClure is the recipient of a 2020 Deans' Undergraduate Award.
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  Alexander Miller

  Alexander Miller is the recipient of the EAP award in Global Economics.
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  Natalie Mo

  Natalie Mo was a recipient of the 2019-2020 Economics Department Undergraduate Award in Business Management Economics.
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  Ethan Mulberg

  Ethan Mulberg was a recipient of the 2020 Fanny Carruthers Award in Sociology.
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  Nyereath Nhial

  Nyereath Nhial is a recipient of the Walsh Family Scholarship.
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  Mercedes Oliva

  Mercedes Oliva was a recipient of the The Frank X. Barron Creativity Award for Research for 2019-2020.
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  Jose Salvador Orellana

  Jose Salvador Orellana is the recipient of the Benjamin Quaye Memorial Award for Social Justice.
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  Giselle Ortiz

  Giselle Ortiz was a recipient of the 2019-2020 Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Senior Thesis Award.
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  Josue Perez-Hernandez

  Josue Perez-Hernandez is a recipient of the Walsh Family Scholarship.
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  Jessica Peters

  Jessica Peteres was a recipient of the 2019-2020 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.
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  Mauricio E. Ramirez

  Mauricio E. Ramirez is a recipient of a 2019-2020 Milam-McGinty-Kaun Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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  Charles Rauch

  Charles Rauch is a recipient of the 2020 Sabrina Greenfield Memorial Award.
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  Isela Reyes

  Isela Reyes was a 2019/2020 recipient of the Fanny Carruthers Award in Sociology.
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  Marlen Reyes

  Marlen Reyes is a recipient of the Walsh Family Scholarship.
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  Alia Roca-Lezra

  Alia Roca-Lezra was a recipient of the 2019-2020 Economics Department Undergraduate Award.
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  Nadia Roche

  Nadia Roche was the recipient of the 2019/2020 Clark Dearborn Roby and Marianna Gilman Roby Sociology Ph.D. Dissertation Award.
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  Roberto Rivera

  Roberto Rivera is a recipient of the 2020 Keeley Coastal Scholarship.
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  Megan Sabal

  Megan Sabal was a 2019-2020 recipient of the Hammett Fellowship.
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  Siddarth Sharma

  Siddarth Sharma was the 2019-2020 recipient of the Undergraduate Economics Award.
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  Carlie Stanfill

  Carlie Stanfill is a recipient of the 2019-2020 Valerie Fuette Scholarship in Politics.
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  Parker Strohmeyer

  Parker Strohmeyer is the recipient of a 2020 Deans' Undergraduate Award.
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  Natasha Vokhshoori

  Natasha Vokhshoori was a 2019-2020 recipient of the Hammett Fellowship.
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  Angie Valencia

  Angie Valencia is the recipient of the 2020 Weiss Family Scholarship.
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  Jessica Walsh

  Jessica Walsh is the recipient of a 2020 Deans' Undergraduate Award.
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  Randy West

  Randy West was the recipient the Nancy Matlock Scholarship for 2019-2020.
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  Andre Yu

  Andre Yu was a recipient of the 2019-2020 Economics Department Undergraduate Award in Business Management Economics.