UAlbany Sociology Student Achievements

Recent Achievements by UAlbany Sociology Graduate Students

Jeff Napierala has been accepted as one of about 20 graduate students to participate this summer in the Harvard Manchester Summer Workshop at the University of Manchster on Immigration and Social Change in Britain and the US.

Congratulations to Jannette Swanson for winning the University at Albany's 2006-2007 Award for Excellence in Teaching (TA).

Minjeong Kim has been selected as a 2007 Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow in Women's Studies (click her for more details).

Minjeong Kim has been elected to be the Student Representative of the Sociologists for Women in Society (2007)

Carolyn Corrado and Tamara Smith were invited to present a workshop, “Prepping Your First Class” at the 2007 Eastern Sociological Society Meetings.

Tamara Smith was elected to be the Chair of Career Development Committee for Sociologists for Women in Society (2007-2009).

Susanne "Q" Diamond has been selected for a 2006 GSO Leadership Excellence Award.

Michael Ayers has been selected for the 2006 University Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Congratulations to the winners of the sociology departments 2006 Paul Meadows Excellence in Teaching Award (Jannette Swanson and Dan Farr), 2006 Paul Meadows Excellence in Research Award (Yue Zhuo), and the 2006 Allen E. Liska Dissertation Award (Astrid Eich-Krohm).

Tamara Smith was appointed to be the Co-Chair for the Committee on the Status of Women for the Eastern Sociological Society, 2005-2007.

David Redmon (graduate alumni) recently received a favorable review in The Nation of his film Mardi Gras: Made in China.

Pamela Bennett and Amy Lutz (graduate alumni) received $7,000 from ASA's Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline for a study of Parenting and Schooling in Diverse Families.

Congratulations to Jenny Keys and Heather Sullivan-Catlin (graduate alumni) and Tammy Smith (current doctoral student) whose ASA workshop on "Teaching about Controversial Subjects" was reported on by Inside Higher Ed. See the following link: http://insidehighered.com/news/2005/08/16/teaching

Deirdre Oakley has been selected for the 2005 University Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Congratulations to the winners of the sociology departments 2005 Paul Meadows Excellence in Teaching Award (Shannon Monnat), 2005 Paul Meadows Excellence in Research Award (Randy Hohle), and the 2005 Allen E. Liska Dissertation Award (Minjeong Kim).

The winner of the Best Undergraduate Sociology Research Paper Award for 2004 is Jermaine White for his paper "Race: An Overview of Blacks and Whites in the United States of America." Congratulations go out to Jermaine, who is a graduating senior.