Order of Merit honors outstanding students, graduates
Order of Merit honors outstanding students, graduates
- June 9, 2020
- 44 from social sciences receive OM distinction, 5 honored with individual scholarships and honors
The Order of Merit is awarded annually to approximately 2% of the Social Sciences graduating class. Students are recognized for their academic excellence, original research, leadership activities, and service contributions to the School of Social Sciences, UCI campus, or community. We are especially pleased that this marks our 38th year in which we can honor our very best and most accomplished students.
Edith De La Paz
Anthropology & Psychology
Adriana Perera
Psychology
Aidan Dong
Economics & International Studies
Ana Morales-Galvan
Chicano/Latino Studies & Psychological Science
Ana Ortiz
Psychology
Angel Lira
Political Science & International Studies
Angelica Busciglio
Psychology
Anushka Silva
Political Science & Public Health Policy
Berna Idriz
International Studies & Political Science
Danyang Ma
Psychology
Ebere Akaegbu
Sociology
Elizabeth Cootsona
Social Policy & Public Service
Esmeralda Hic
Chicano/Latino Studies & Earth Systems Science
Gabriella Chadsey
Political Science
Hazel Jackson
Cognitive Sciences
Ivan Vukojevic
Political Science & Economics
Jaesup Kim
Business Economics
Jason Fairchild
Political Science
Jing Liu
Business Economics & Education Sciences
Jonathan Ellett
Economics
Katrya Ly
Social Policy & Public Service
Kimberly Escalante
Political Science & Spanish
Lara (Nur) Kirandag
Psychology
Longxiang Dai
Economics, Math & Data Science
Mai Tawfik
International Studies & Political Science
Maria Ramos Martinez
Psychology
Mariel Tisby
Cognitive Sciences
Mehdi Zolfaghari
International Studies
Michelle Abundis
Political Science
Michelle Nguyen
Political Science, History & Education Sciences
Naomi DeLuna
Psychology
Natalie Berrios
Chicano/Latino Studies & Criminology, Law & Society
Nathan Robbins
Psychology
Saul Lua
Economics & Political Science
Seyed Kosari Fard
Business Economics
Shiyao Wang
Economics
Siwen Chen
Business Economics
Sydney Smanpongse
Sociology & Political Science
Taleen Nazarian
Political Science & Criminoloy, Law & Society
Terence Chen
Psychology
Victoria Cheng
Business Economics
Yueyue Chen
Business Economics
Yvette Sanders
Sociology
Zeinab Kachakeche
Language Science
Also receiving special recognition are the following award winners:
Nhi Van Pham, Political Science and Sociology
Recipient of the Alice B. Macy Outstanding Undergraduate Paper Award
"Uprooted: The Social, Academic, and Adjustment Experience of Vietnamese International
Students"
Langou Lian, Sociology Ph.D. Student
Recipient of the Charles A. Lave Paper Prize Award
"Unprecedented Changes in Americans' Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Relations From 1974
to 2016: Sociohistorical Contexts, Explanations and Heterogeneity"
Shelby Smith, Social Policy & Public Service
Recipient of the School of Social Sciences Outstanding Honors Thesis Award
"Palestinian Identity in Arab Israeli Schools: An Examination of Psychosociocultural
Factors Influencing Teachers' Cultural Pedagogy"
Recipient of the David Rosten International Education & Community Service Scholarship
Recipient of the Elena B. and William R. Schonfeld Scholarship
Nara Avakian, Sociology
Recipient of the Outstanding Community College Transfer Student Scholarship.
Rachel Lee, Political Science senior
Recipient of the School of Social Sciences Alumni Academic Excellence Scholarship
Recipient of the Elena B. and William R. Schonfeld Scholarship
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