Student Profiles
Student award and scholarship recipients across the Division of Social Sciences share what UC Santa Cruz means to them, advice for fellow students, and plans for the future.
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2021-2022 Award Winners
Benjamin Ahlvik-Garrison
Benjamin Ahlvik-Garrison received the 2021/2022 Kathryn Cheney Merriam Scholarship.Gypsy Alvarado Covarrubias
Gypsy Alvarado Covarrubias is a recipient the 2021-2022 Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship.Natalie Barnett
Natalie Barnett is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Gabriel Zimmerman Scholarship.Hannah Bivin
Hannah Bivin is a recipient of the Jeremy Demian Marx Award for Cultural Anthropology.Gillian Bogart
Gillian Bogart is the recipient of a 2022 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.Rojina Bozorgnia
Rojina Bozorgnia is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Benjamin Quaye Memorial Scholarship.Grace Brieger
Grace Brieger is a recipient of a 2021-2022 Deans' Award for Undergraduate Research.Nicole Britton
Nicole Britton is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Weiss Family Scholarship.Heather Collins
Heather Collins is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Valerie Fuette Scholarship.Sanya Cowal
Sanya Cowal is a recipient of the Jessica Roy Memorial Award from the Environmental Studies Department.Julian Crown
Julian Crown is a recipient of the 2022 Fanny Carruthers Award in Sociology.Caitlin Daly
Caitlin Daly is the recipient of a 2022 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.Fiona DeBernardi
Fiona DeBernardi is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Deans' Award for Undergraduate Research..
Norberto Garcia
Norberto Garcia received the Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Senior Thesis Award.Nona Golan
Nona Golan is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Deans' Award for Undergraduate Research.Rachel Heath
Rachel Heath is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Sabrina Greenfield Memorial Scholarship.
Guneet Hora
Guneet Hora is the recipient of a 2022 Dr. Aaronette White Scholarship.John Jezek
John Jezek is the recipient a 2021-2022 Deans' Award for Undergraduate Research.
Tina Lam
Tina Lam is a recipient of the Richard and Cindy Morley Award in Education.Tiffany Lockett
Tiffany Lockett is a recipient the 2021-2022 Milam-McGinty-Kaun Award for Teaching Excellence (Psychology).
Elena Losada
Elena Losada is a recipient of the Jessica Roy Memorial Award from the Sociology Department.Chloe Alysse Magidoff
Chloe Alysse Magidoff is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Award and a Deans' Award for Undergraduate Research.
Marisol Ornelas
Marisol Ornelas is a recipient the 2021-2022 Valerie Fuette Scholarship.Andy Rae
Andy Rae is a recipient the 2021-2022 Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship.Leigh Rodi
Leigh Rodi is a recipient the 2021-2022 Deans' Award for Undergraduate Research.Tamar Sasson
Tamar Sasson is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Walsh Family ScholarshipUriel Serrano
Uriel Serrano is the recipient of the Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Graduate Award.Mary Shamon
Mary Shamon is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Rick Hooper Scholarship.Harrison Shieh
Harrison Shieh is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Milam-McGinty Kaun Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Josie Smith
Josie Smith is a recipient of the Dr. Aaronette White Award.McKenna Smith
McKenna Smith is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Keeley Coastal Scholars Award.Zahirah Suhaimi
Zahirah Suhaimi is a recipient of the 2021-22 Dr. Midori Arima Scholarship in Anthropology.Dana Tam
Dana Tam is a recipient the 2021-2022 Walsh Family Scholarship.Claudia Torres
Claudia Torres is a recipient the 2021-2022 Dean's Undergraduate Award from Social Sciences and the 2021-22 Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender Senior Thesis Award from Sociology.Cearra Upton
Cearra Upton is a recipient the 2021-2022 Robert J. Shepherd Economics Accounting Path Scholarship.Annabelle Venegas
Annabelle Venegas is a recipient of the Dr. Aaronette White Award.Roxanna Villalobos
Roxanna Villalobos is the recipient of the Sociology of Race, Class and Gender Graduate Award.Gabriel Ephraim Kaplan Wall
Gabriel Ephraim Kaplan Wall is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Jeremy Demian Marx Award for Cultural Anthropology.Yehan Weerasuriya
Yehan Weerasuriya is a recipient of the 2021-2022 Robert J. Shepherd Economics Accounting Path Scholarship.