The 2019 Outstanding Master’s student award was presented Chancey Herbolsheimer. Chancey has completed her Master’s degree and will be attending the Vanderbilt University's PhD program in Sociology in fall 2019.
May 3rd, 2019
Congratulations to the 2019 Graduate Student Award Winners
Each year, the sociology department presents two graduate students awards for excellence in research, teaching/TA work, and service to the department. These are the highest honor presented by our department to our graduate students and all awards winner are nominated by a professor with the winners decided by departmental committee.
The 2019 Outstanding Doctoral student award was presented Peyman Hekmatpour. During his time in our department, Peyman has published several articles include a first author contribution in the prestigious British Journal of Sociology. Peyman is currently preparing for his comprehensive exams while pursuing a number of research projects.
