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The distinguished Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for outstanding academic research has been awarded to the following students: Stephen Amrock for his submission entitled "Globalizing Actionable Rights: The Role of Policy Elites in Health Care Reform in Chile and Bolivia, 1982-2007" (Advisers Jason Beckfield and Mary Ruggie); Eric Kouskalis for his submission entitled "Does Not Compute: The Introduction of New Technologies to South African and Namibian Classrooms" (Advisers Mary Brinton and Michael Kramer); and Michelle Steward for her submission "Not in My Front Yard: The Use of Neighborhood Appearance in the Construction of Moral Boundaries" (Advisers: Michèle Lamont and Stacey Bosick).
Shelly Steward (class of 2008) received the award for the Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation at the Eastern Sociological Society conference, for her senior thesis project "Not In My Front Yard: The Use of Neighborhood Appearance in the Construction of Moral Boundaries."
Shelly will also be presenting her paper "'So What Now?:' Adolescents'
Formation of Positive Self-Concept Following Parental Death" at the
Conference of the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) in
Montreal in May. Her paper, a participant observation project of
adolescents participating in peer bereavement support groups, won the ADEC
Undergraduate Paper Award. Established in memory of Mary E. Brown the
award encourages undergraduate students to submit papers addressing issues
related to death and dying. A mutli-disciplinary committee reviews the
papers blindly and one is selected as the best paper.
Neha Chauhan and April Youpee-Roll, Class of 2008, are among undergraduates named as "Fifteen Most Interesting Seniors" in the Wednesday, December 12, 2007 edition of the Harvard Crimson.
Assistant Professor Tamara Kay was chosen by the Class of 2008 to receive the George Kahrl Award in Sociology which recognizes excellence in teaching.
Kathie-Ann (Ramsay) Joseph, '91, is featured in NY1: One on 1, August 6, 2007.
Lindsay N. Hyde, '04, has been awarded the Samuel S. Beard Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Younger by the American Institute of Public Service. Lindsay is featured in the June 22, 2007 edition of the Harvard Crimson.
Alison E. Cohen, '07, is featured in the June 6, 2007 edition of the Harvard Crimson in an article entitled "7 Notable '07ers".
Peter Marsden has been appointed a Harvard College Professor, effective July 1. This professorship honors excellence and dedication to undergraduate teaching.
Pablo Torre, III, was voted to receive the Albert M. Fulton, Class of 1897 Prize for his thesis, "Sympathy for the Devil? Child Homicide, Victim Characteristics and the Sentencing Preferences of the American Conscience."
The James A. Davis Prize was awarded to Peter Ekman for his thesis, "Idioms of Membership: Language and Symbolic Boundaries in the Catalan Discourse of Immigration."
Assistant Professor Neil Gross was chosen to receive the George Kahrl Award in Sociology which recognizes excellence in teaching.
The Undergraduate Office in Sociology is pleased to announce that
Jacob Model, '07, has received an Undergraduate Research Award from
the American Academy of Government and Social Science for his paper "How Much Should a CEO Make? A Comparison of Legitimate Income Differences in Four Western Nations." Winners will
be feted at the annual dinner of the Academy in Washington DC on
April 29. They will receive recognition for their achievements as
part of an event in which a handful of senior scholars will be
installed as Fellows of the academy.
UNDERGRADUATE OFFICE
684 William James Hall
Office Hours
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Phone
617.495.3713
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Jason Beckfield
co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
David Ager
Coordinator
Victoria Kent