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We’re Back: Fall 2022 Faculty and Graduate Reception

On Thursday, Sept. 1, the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law hosted its first in-person Fall Reception since 2019. Introductions were made for new faculty members, Dr. Ravi Ghadge and Dr. Edo Navot, and for our 2020, 2021, and 2022 graduate student cohorts. During the reception, Dr. Stephen Perz presented the recipients of the  2020-2021 and 2021-2022 Graduate Student Awards with their award certificates (pictured below).

The department would like to thank our 2022-2023 GSAC officer team for organizing and managing Thursday’s event, Dr. Perz and Lisandra Harkeli for helping with the logistics, Claudia Odgers Ascencio for taking pictures during the event, and all of our faculty and graduate students for attending.

Sameera Akella, winner of the the 2021-2022 Jerome A. Connor Dissertation Award.

McKenzie Jossie, winner of the
2021-2022 Criminology Teaching Award.

Wonki Lee, winner of the 2021-2022 Ronald L. Akers Graduate Student Paper Award and the 2021-2022 Gorman Award for Excellence in Quantitative Research (Criminology).

Grant Jones, winner of the
2021-2022 Sociology Teaching Award.

Giyeon Seo, winner of the 2021-2022
Gorman Award for Excellence
in Quantitative Research (Sociology).

Cassidy Haigh, winner of the
2020-2021 Teaching Award.

Oluwatobi Alawode, winner of the 2020-2021
Gorman Award for Excellence in Quantitative
Research (Sociology).

Edelweiss Murillo Lafuente,
winner of the 2020-2021
Jerome A. Connor Dissertation Award.