Richard Alba

The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream (Princeton University Press, 2020) was selected for the 2021 Otis Dudley Duncan Award (Book Award) from the ASA Sociology of Population Section

 

Grace Cho (Alum)

Tastes Like War: A Memoir (Feminist Press at City University of New York, 2021) was selected as a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award

 

Andréa Becker 

Won the 2021 WW Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Read more about Andréa’s research:

https://gc.cuny.edu/News-Events-Public-Programs/News/Detail?id=59473

 

Isabel Gil Everaert

Won the 2021 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Award from the International Migration Section.

 

Ricardo Gabriel 

Received two dissertation completion fellowships for the 2021-2022 academic year from:

• Inter-University Program for Latino Research/Mellon Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago
• Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas & the Caribbean (IRADAC) at the GC.

Ricardo also received a fellowship through the Center for the Humanities at the GC.

 

Anna Zhelnina

Won the 2021 Best Dissertation Award given by the ASA’s section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements

 

Kasey Zapatka

Received the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy grant for his research on housing affordability

 

Kristen L. Miller

Won the 2021 Irwin Polishook Graduate Scholarship Award offered by the Belle Zeller Scholarship Trust Fund

 

GC Dissertation Fellowship Recipients 

• Andréa Becker, Dissertation Year Fellowship ($25,000)
• Beiyi Hu, Dissertation Year Fellowship ($25,000)
• Maura McGee, Gittell Dissertation Fellowship ($25,000)
• Kasey Zapatka, Altman Dissertation Fellowship ($25,000)
• Max Papadantonikis, Connect NY Summer Award ($4,000)
• Cristine Khan, Public Research Summer Award ($4,000)
• Edwin Grimsley, Vera Institute Summer Award ($4,000)

 

Early Research Initiative (ERI) Catalyst Grant ($2,000) Recipients

• Andréa Becker
• Thomas Chung
• Bonnie Ip
• Nga Than
• Kasey Zapatka

 

The Future Initiative 2020-2021 Lennihan Arts & Sciences Grant Winners 

• Josephine Barnett
• Max Papadantonakis
• Nga Than