Kathy Rim is named 2009-10 Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellow
Kathy Rim is named 2009-10 Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellow
- November 3, 2009
- Award recognizes academic excellence and carries $20,100 prize
Kathy Rim, political science graduate student and 2009 recipient of the Lauds & Laurels
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, has been selected as the 2009-10 UCI Fletcher
Jones Foundation Fellow. The honor recognizes Rim for her “past accomplishments, enthusiasm
for excellence, vitality, ingenuity, and leadership potential consistent with that
exhibited in life by Fletcher Jones.” The accompanying $20,100 prize will support
her research on the political behavior and participation of Asian Americans, a topic
she has been studying since her days as an undergraduate at UCI. Rim is the fifth
UCI graduate student to receive the annual fellowship since it’s founding in 2005.
Learn more about Rim’s research and past accomplishments online.
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