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Campus Faculty Awards & Grants
24-25 Outstanding Faculty Awards
Brittany Young
Psychology
Outstanding Teaching
Award
Denys Brand
Psychology
Outstanding Scholarly and
Creative Activity Award
Heidy Sarabia
Sociology
Outstanding Community
Service Award
Nancy Huante-Tzintzun
Ethnic Studies
Outstanding University
Service Award
Research & Creative Activity Awards
The Research & Creative Activity (RCA) Awards Program supports faculty research, scholarly and creative activity, and encourages
faculty contributions to their disciplines. This program is funded in part through the Chancellor’s Office and Academic Affairs and
is administered by the RCA Subcommittee with support from the Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development.
Adam Berrey
Anthropology
Household and Community Adaptions to Raised-Field
Agriculture in Prehispanic Panama
Samantha Hens
Anthropology
Population Trends in Frailty and Mortality Over 2000 Years in
Milan, Italy
Justin Wu
Asian Studies
The Diasporic Politics of Imagining China: Taiwanese
Maoists, the Cold War, and the Dilemma of Chinese
Nationalism in Taiwan
2025
Si Gao
Environmental Studies
Enhancing Surban Soil Health and Envrionmental Mitigation:
Evaluating the Combined Effects of Soil Amendments and
Phytoremediation
Catheryn Koss
Gerontology
Elder Abuse Prosecution Without Victim Consent: Advocates’
Voices
Nitika Sharma
Sociology
The Intricacies of Displacement: The Lhotsampa Story
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