Scholarship & Award Recipients
Below is a list of recipients of the scholarship and awards administered by the Department of Sociology.
Summer 2025:
Jessica Abonce - Catholic Charities of St. Cloud
Paw Dah Blwet - TurnUp Activism
Madison Dondelinger - Tubman
Eva-Marie Moss - Secure Base Counseling Center
2024 - 2025 Academic Year Winner:
Eunice Makori
2022 - 2023 Academic Year Winners:
Melissa Llamas-Moreno
Kong Xiong
2024 - 2025 Winner:
Anya Lindberg
2023 - 2024 Winners:
Jessica Bade
Isabel Vogel
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
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