Scholarship & Award Recipients

Below is a list of recipients of the scholarship and awards administered by the Department of Sociology.

Barbara Newsome Internship Award Winners

Summer 2025:
Jessica Abonce - Catholic Charities of St. Cloud
Paw Dah Blwet - TurnUp Activism
Madison Dondelinger - Tubman
Eva-Marie Moss - Secure Base Counseling Center

Knoke Family Scholarship Winners

2024 - 2025 Academic Year Winner:
Eunice Makori

2022 - 2023 Academic Year Winners:
Melissa Llamas-Moreno
Kong Xiong

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UGTA) Award Winners

2024 - 2025 Winner:
Anya Lindberg

2023 - 2024 Winners:
Jessica Bade
Isabel Vogel

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Winners

Noura Abukhadra: Identifying and Addressing Disparities in the Criminal Justice and Healthcare Systems

Chelsea Carlson: Public Housing and Perceptions of Crime in Urban and Suburban Contexts

Matthew Erkenbrack: School Calendars and the Student Achievement Gap

June Kuoch: Queer Utopias and Liberations: Shades of Yellow Oral History

May Li: The Impact of the Nativity of Health Professionals on Targeted Health Outcomes in Africa

Alejandro Narvaez: Kids Involvement in Diversity Study (KIDS): Interview, Transcription, and Analysis of Latino Parents and Kids

Maya Smith: Language of Instruction, Reading Comprehension, and Classroom Participation in Rural Senegal

Maya Smith: The Effect of Differing Types of ESL and Bilingual Education Programs on Teacher-Student Relationships

Elizabeth Stencel: Armenian Genocide Denial

Undergraduate Paper Award Winners

2024 - 2025 Academic Year Winner:
River Remus - Bite-Sized Healing: Evaluating the Implications of Using Social Media 'TikTok Therapy' for Mental Health Support.

Honorable Mention:
Olivia Berndt - Spatial Control and Social Impacts: The Design of Carceral Spaces