2017 Thesis Prize Winners!

May 25, 2017
Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez and Lorena Aviles Trujillo

Sociology is very proud to announce the following prize winners for their theses!

Lorena Aviles Trujillo 
Hoopes Prize; Fulton Prize for Best Thesis in Sociology for her thesis, “Migrant Smuggling: Understanding the Coyotaje Structure and its Implications for Immigration Policy," advised by Professor Jocelyn Viterna; Ethnicity, Migration, Rights Thesis Prize, DRCLAS Joan Morthland Hutchins Prize in Latino Studies

Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez 
Hoopes Prize; Fulton Prize for Best Thesis in Sociology for her thesis, “Unincorporated and Unprotected: East Porterville and the California Drought," advised by Katherine Morris, PhD Candidate; Ethnicity, Migration, Rights Thesis Prize

Pauline Ryan
Pauline Ryan

Honorable Mention, Fulton Prize for her thesis, “Re-Visiting the Opt-Out Debate: Perspectives from Young Women at Elite Universities in the US and Sweden," advised by Professor Mary Brinton

 

Henry Gomory
Henry Gomory
Honorable Mention, Fulton Prize for his thesis, “Rent-Burdened: The Community Consequences of Unaffordable Housing," advised by Professor Christopher Winship