Scholarship & Award Recipients

Spring 2026
Mark Dahl - Hennepin County Public Defenders Office
William Farley - City of Lauderdale, MN
Anahi Nunez - Center for Homicide Research 
Katerina Vutov - Hennepin County Public Defenders Office

Fall 2025:
Florance Agu - Hennepin County Public Defenders Office
Eva Schutz - Hennepin County Public Defenders Office
Miriam Veblen - Tubman

Summer 2025
Madison Dondelinger - Tubman
Eva-Marie Moss - Secure Base Counseling Center
Jessica Abonce - Catholic Charities of St. Cloud – IOP/Day Treatment Program
Paw Dah Blwet - TurnUp Activisim

2025 - 2026 Academic Year Winner:
Ryan Magwaro

2024 - 2025 Academic Year Winner:
Eunice Makori

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

Spring 2026
William Farley 
Peyton Servais

Fall 2025
Ryan Magwaro

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 Winner:
Anya Lindberg

2023 - 2024 Winners:
Jessica Bade 
Isabel Vogel

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