In Their Words 2022

"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 2020-2021 Award Recipients!

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  Andy Rae

  Andy Rae received the 2021/22 Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship
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  Annabelle Venegas

  Annabelle Venegas received the 2022 Dr. Aaronette White Scholarship.
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  Benjamin Ahlvik-Garrison

  Benjamin Ahlvik-Garrison received the 2020/2021 Kathryn Cheney Merriam Scholarship.
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  Caitlin Daly

  Caitlin Daly received the 2022 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.
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  Cearra Upton

  Cearra Upton received the Robert J. Shepherd Economics Accounting Path Scholarship.
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  Chloe Alysse Magidoff

  Chloe Alysse Magidoff received the Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Award for Social Sciences.
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  Claudia Torres

  Claudia Torres received the 2021-22 Dean's Undergraduate Award for Social Sciences, and the 2021-22 Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Senior Thesis Award in the Sociology Department.
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  Dana Tam

  Dana Tam received the 2022 Walsh Family Scholarship.
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  Fiona DeBernardi

  Fiona DeBernardi received the Dean’s Award.
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  Elena Losada

  Elena Losada received the Jessica Roy Memorial Award.
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  Gabriel Ephraim Kaplan Wall

  Gabriel Ephraim Kaplan Wall received the Jeremy Demian Marx Award for Cultural Anthropology.
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  Gillian Bogart

  Gillian Bogart received the Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.
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  Grace Brieger

  Grace Brieger received the 2022 Deans award.
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  Guneet Hora

  Guneet Hora received the 2022 Dr. Aaronette White Scholarship.
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  Gypsy Alvarado Covarrubias

  Gypsy Alvarado Covarrubias received the 2022 Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship.
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  Hannah Bivin

  Hannah Bivin received the Jeremy Demian Marx Award for Cultural Anthropology.
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  Harrison Shieh

  Harrison Shieh received the Milam-McGinty Kaun Award for Outstanding Teaching.
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  Heather Collins

   Heather Collins received the 2022 Valerie Fuette Scholarship.
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  John Jezek

  John Jezek received the 2021-2022 Dean’s Undergraduate Award.
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  Josie Smith

  Josie Smith received the Dr. Aaronette White Endowment Award.
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  Julian Crown

  Julian Crown received the Fanny Carruthers Award in Sociology.
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  Leigh Rodi

  Leigh Rodi received the 2022 Dean’s Award.
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  Marisol Ornelas

  Marisol Ornelas received the Valerie Fuette Scholarship.
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  Mary Shamon

  Mary Shamon received the Rick Hooper Scholarship.
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  McKenna Smith

  McKenna Smith received the Keeley Coastal Scholars Award.
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  Natalie Barnett

   Natalie Barnett received the Gabriel Zimmerman Scholarship.

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  Nicole Britton

   Nicole Britton received the 2022 Weiss Family Scholarship.
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  Nona Golan

  Nona Golan received the 2022 Dean’s Award.
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  Norberto Garcia

  Norberto Garcia received the Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Senior Thesis Award.
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  Rachel Heath

  Rachel Heath received the Sabrina Greenfield Memorial Scholarship.
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  Rojina Bozorgnia

  Rojina Bozorgnia received the Benjamin Quaye Memorial Endowment for Social Justice award.
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  Roxanna Villalobos

  Roxanna Villalobos received the Sociology of Race, Class and Gender Graduate Award.
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  Sanya Cowal

  Sanya Cowal received the Jessica Roy Memorial Award.
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  Tamar Sasson

  Tamar Sasson received the Walsh Family Scholarship.
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  Tiffany Lockett

  Tiffany Lockett received the Milam-McGinty-Kaun Award for Teaching Excellence (Psychology).
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  Tina Lam

  Tina Lam received the Richard and Cindy Morley Award in Education.
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  Uriel Serrano

  Uriel Serrano received the Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Graduate Award.
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  Yehan Weerasuriya

  Yehan Weerasuriya received the 2022 Robert J. Shepherd Economics Accounting Path Scholarship.
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  Zahirah Suhaimi

  Zahirah Suhaimi received the  2021-22 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.