Student Accomplishments
Join us in applauding College of Social Sciences students whose accomplishments have been recognized with awards and scholarships.
Congratulations to the Scholarship Recipients.
Gerald Wheeler Scholarship
Brenda Vargas Tapia, Political Science
Charles Burdick Scholarship
Ashley Jerez, Psychology
Bianca Nigri, Economics
Inez & Donald Burdick Scholarship
Diana Rendler, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Ian Torres, Anthropology
Rebeca Bertha Lazo Samaniego, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Agnes Leong, Psychology
Alumni Association Dean's Scholarship
Yaneth Gutierrez, Political Science
Britney Ortiz, Political Science
Les Francis Scholarship for Civic Education
Alycia Ellington, Environmental Studies
Dean’s Study Abroad and International Field Work Scholarships
McKenna Miller, History
Kwang Jeong, Economics
Jennifer Rodriguez-Alonso, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Nahom Benyam, Global Studies
COSS Outstanding Thesis
Jeffrey Greger:
"The Silicon Valley Approach to Poverty: Humanitarian Designers at Work in Financial Inclusion."
This thesis was recommended by the College of Social Sciences Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Committee as the best CoSS thesis submitted for consideration for the university thesis award. It was selected by the university as one of the Outstanding Theses for 2019–2020.
