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!

  • Andy Rae

    Andy Rae

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

    Annabelle Venegas

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

    Benjamin Ahlvik-Garrison

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

    Caitlin Daly

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

    Cearra Upton

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

    Chloe Alysse Magidoff

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

    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.
  • Dana Tam

    Dana Tam

    Dana Tam received the 2022 Walsh Family Scholarship.
  • Fiona DeBernardi

    Fiona DeBernardi

    Fiona DeBernardi received the Dean’s Award.
  • Elena Losada

    Elena Losada

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

    Gabriel Ephraim Kaplan Wall

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

    Gillian Bogart

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

    Grace Brieger

    Grace Brieger received the 2022 Deans award.
  • Guneet Hora

    Guneet Hora

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

    Gypsy Alvarado Covarrubias

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

    Hannah Bivin

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

    Harrison Shieh

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

    Heather Collins

     Heather Collins received the 2022 Valerie Fuette Scholarship.
  • John Jezek

    John Jezek

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

    Josie Smith

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

    Julian Crown

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

    Leigh Rodi

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

    Marisol Ornelas

    Marisol Ornelas received the Valerie Fuette Scholarship.
  • Mary Shamon

    Mary Shamon

    Mary Shamon received the Rick Hooper Scholarship.
  • McKenna Smith

    McKenna Smith

    McKenna Smith received the Keeley Coastal Scholars Award.
  •  Natalie Barnett

    Natalie Barnett

     Natalie Barnett received the Gabriel Zimmerman Scholarship.

  •  Nicole Britton

    Nicole Britton

     Nicole Britton received the 2022 Weiss Family Scholarship.
  • Nona Golan

    Nona Golan

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

    Norberto Garcia

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

    Rachel Heath

    Rachel Heath received the Sabrina Greenfield Memorial Scholarship.
  • Rojina Bozorgnia

    Rojina Bozorgnia

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

    Roxanna Villalobos

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

    Sanya Cowal

    Sanya Cowal received the Jessica Roy Memorial Award.
  • Tamar Sasson

    Tamar Sasson

    Tamar Sasson received the Walsh Family Scholarship.
  • Tiffany Lockett

    Tiffany Lockett

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

    Tina Lam

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

    Uriel Serrano

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

    Yehan Weerasuriya

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

    Zahirah Suhaimi

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