{"id":2170,"date":"2021-12-05T18:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T02:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/?page_id=2170"},"modified":"2025-07-03T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:34:05","slug":"publications-awards-and-other-accomplishments-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soc.wsu.edu\/socnews\/publications-awards-and-other-accomplishments-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications, Awards, and Other Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tPublications, Awards, and Other Accomplishments\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/under-grad-soc-club-396x297.jpeg\" alt=\"Jesse is standing next to a screen displaying his project title mid-speak and masked. The students are seated around a table listening and masked.\" class=\"wp-image-2119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/under-grad-soc-club-396x297.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/under-grad-soc-club-792x594.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/under-grad-soc-club-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/under-grad-soc-club-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/under-grad-soc-club-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/under-grad-soc-club-990x743.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/under-grad-soc-club-1188x891.jpeg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Undergraduate student Jesse Brazil giving a presentation based on his RA work with faculty member Dylan Bugden, &#8220;US Public Opinion and Foreign (Climate) Aid,&#8221; for the undergraduate Sociology Club meeting in October 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Faculty names are bolded, current graduate student names are bolded and followed by an asterisk (*).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" wsu-font-size--xlarge\">Congratulations to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Student Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Samantha Castonguay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samantha Castonguay<\/strong>* successfully defended their master\u2019s thesis, \u201cThe Influence of Gender on Publishing Productivity and Academic Rewards in Environmental Sociology,&#8221; in October 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marisa Cervantes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marisa Cervantes*<\/strong> earned the 2020-2021 Alpha Kappa Delta Teaching and Learning Certificate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tinashe Chirume<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tinashe Chirume<\/strong>* successfully defended their master\u2019s thesis, &#8220;Examining the Association Between World Society Integration and Leadership Gender Diversity: A Cross National Analysis of Variations in Conservation and Environmental-NGOs Leadership Gender Diversity,&#8221; in November 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cassi Leonard<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cassi Leonard*<\/strong> successfully defended their master\u2019s thesis, \u201cWorld Systems Theory and Cross-National Variations in Trust,\u201d in October 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sadie Ridgeway<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sadie Ridgeway* <\/strong>was awarded the Wilson Julius Wilson Graduate Student Summer Health Equity Fellowship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sandte Stanley<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sandte Stanley*<\/strong> was elected student board member of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS). She will also serve as chair of the IAPHS Student Committee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shuangshuang Yang<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shuangshuang Yang*<\/strong> successfully defended their master\u2019s thesis, &#8220;Women\u2019s Housework Across Different Living Arrangements And Regional Contexts In China,&#8221; in November 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mari Amorim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim<\/strong> and Jeffery Sallaz were awarded funds through the <em>NYU Cash Transfer Lab <\/em>to work on a qualitative project titled, \u201cThe Social Meanings of Universal Cash Transfers for Parents Across the Socioeconomic Spectrum.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dylan Bugden<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dylan Bugden<\/strong>, along with PI Jan Boll and fellow co-PIs Erica Crespi, Alex Fremier, and Zoe Higheagle Strong, received a grant from the National Science Foundation NRT program titled, \u201cRivers, Watersheds, Communities: Training an Innovative, Cross-Sector Workforce for Equitable, Multi-Scale Decision-Making Towards Human and Ecosystem Health.\u201d The grant totals $2,999,648.00. Funds will primarily support graduate students studying issues related to water systems and governance. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wsu.edu\/2021\/09\/02\/wsu-receives-3-million-graduate-research-improve-columbia-river\/\">more about the NSF NRT grant that will improve the Columbia River<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Justin Denney<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Justin Denney<\/strong> is a co-investigator on a new pilot grant funded by the Health Equity Research Center (HERC) at WSU with colleagues from the Elson Floyd College of Medicine. The grant is titled \u201cImpact of Long-COVID-19 on rural and American Indian-serving primary care practices and their patients in Washington State.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jennifer Schwartz &amp; Jennifer Sherman<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Schwartz<\/strong> and <strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> were awarded a three-year grant from the National Institute of Justice for Advancing Research on Rural Justice Systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jennifer Sherman<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> was selected to be a Washington State University Foley Fellow, Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau, 2021-2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> began her term as vice president, Rural Sociological Society, 2021-2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Student Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steven Cassidy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Heather Powers Albanesi, Phillip Morris, and <strong>Steven Cassidy*<\/strong> had an article, \u201cService-connected disability: Belongingness, access, and quality of life for student veterans,\u201d accepted for publication in the <em>Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Steven Cassidy*<\/strong> and Health Albanesi has an article, \u201c\u2019You haven\u2019t gone out and done anything\u2019: Exploring disabled veterans experiences in higher education,\u201d accepted for publication in <em>Armed Forces and Society.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sam Castonguay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sam Castonguay*<\/strong> produced a report, \u201cWashington,\u201d featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ireach.wsu.edu\/nwheron\/2021\/06\/15\/wsu-report-on-opioid-overdose-mortality-in-3-counties-in-washington-state\/\">Northwest Health Education and Research Outcomes Network (NW HERON) website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thomas Familia<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christine Horne<\/strong> and <strong>Thomas Familia*<\/strong> had an article, \u201cNorms, Norm Sets, and Reference Groups: Implications for Household Interest in Energy Technologies,\u201d published in <em>Socius. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shekinah Hoffman<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Julie Kmec<\/strong>, Lindsey T. O&#8217;Connor, and <strong>Shekinah Hoffman*<\/strong> had an article, &#8220;Beliefs about Gender and Meritocracy and the Evaluation of Sexual Harassment in a University Research Setting,&#8221; accepted for publication in <em>Diversity &amp; Discrimination in Research Organizations. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mari Amorim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim <\/strong>\u202fhad an article, \u201c\u2018My Favorite One Is the One Who Is There Right Now\u2019: Socioeconomic Differences In Support Exchanges Within Stepfamilies,\u201d accepted for publication in<em>\u202fSocial Problems. <\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim<\/strong>\u202f had an article, \u201cSocioeconomic Disparities in parental spending after universal cash transfers: The case of the Alaska Dividend,\u201d accepted for publication in\u202f<em>Social Forces. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dylan Bugden<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dylan Bugden<\/strong> had an article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/hg69c_v1\">Environmental Inequality in the American Mind: The Problem of Color-Blind Environmental Racism<\/a><u>,<\/u>\u201d accepted for publication in <em>Social Problems. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Justin Denney<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Justin Denney<\/strong>, with colleagues from the University of Washington and WSU medical schools, had an article, \u201cDisparities in Access to Radiation Therapy Facilities among American Indians\/Alaska Natives and Hispanics in Washington State,\u201d accepted for publication in the <em>International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/strong> and <strong>Justin Denney<\/strong> published the op-ed \u201cThe Promise of Community-Based Participatory Research for the Study of Sleep Health Disparities in <em>Remarks<\/em>, newsletter of the American Sociological Association, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section, June 25, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don Dillman<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don Dillman <\/strong>wrote the foreword for the book, \u201cRespondent Centered Surveys,\u201d by Laura Wilson and Emma Dickinson published by Sage Publications Limited, London.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Don Dillman <\/strong>had an article, \u201cFifty Years of Survey Methodology Innovations,\u201d accepted for publication in <em>The Bulletin of Sociological Methodology (Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christine Horne<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christine Horne<\/strong>, Emily Huddart Kennedy, and <strong>Thomas Familia*<\/strong> had an article, \u201cRooftop Solar in the United States: Exploring Trust, Utility Perceptions, and Adoption among California Homeowners,\u201d accepted for publication in <em>Energy Research and Social Science. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christine Horne<\/strong> and Emily Kennedy had an article, \u201cUnderstanding the Rebound: Normative Evaluations of Energy Use in the United States,\u201d accepted for publication in <em>Environmental Sociology. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christine Horne<\/strong> and <strong>Thomas Familia*<\/strong> had an article, \u201cNorms, Norm Sets, and Reference Groups: Implications for Household Interest in Energy Technologies,\u201d published in <em>Socius. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Julie Kmec<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Julie Kmec<\/strong>, Lindsey T. O&#8217;Connor, and <strong>Shekinah Hoffman*<\/strong> had an article, &#8220;Beliefs about Gender and Meritocracy and the Evaluation of Sexual Harassment in a University Research Setting,&#8221; accepted for publication in <em>Diversity &amp; Discrimination in Research Organizations. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jennifer Sherman<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> had the article, \u201c\u2018Please Don\u2019t Take This\u2019: Rural Gentrification, Symbolic Capital, and Housing Insecurity,\u201d published in <em>Social Problems. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> and Kai Schafft had their article, \u201c\u2018Turning Their Back on Kids\u2019: Inclusions, Exclusions, and the Contradictions of Schooling in Gentrifying Rural Communities,\u201d accepted for publication in the \u201cGrowing Up in Rural America: How Place Shapes Education, Health, Family, and Economic Outcomes\u201d issue of <em>Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/strong> and colleagues Deborah Kirkland, Mariela Licha, Michelle Barry, and Paul Erwin, had the article \u201cExperiences of United States Graduates in the Latin American Medical School in Cuba: A Road Less Traveled,\u201d accepted for publication in the <em>Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.\u00a0 <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/strong> and colleagues Jane Lee, Chen Ching-In, Jacqueline Padilla-Gamino, Linh Nguyen, Karin Martin, and Beatrice Wamuti published the op-ed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/southseattleemerald.com\/2021\/05\/17\/opinion-women-and-non-binary-faculty-of-color-are-vulnerable-one-year-into-pandemic\/\">Women and non-binary faculty of color are vulnerable one year into pandemic<\/a>\u201d in the <em>South Seattle Emerald<\/em>, May 17, 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/strong> and <strong>Justin Denney<\/strong> published the op-ed \u201cThe Promise of Community-Based Participatory Research for the Study of Sleep Health Disparities in <em>Remarks<\/em>, newsletter of the American Sociological Association, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section, June 25, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sarah Deming<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim<\/strong>\u202f and \u202f<strong>Sarah Deming*<\/strong>\u202fpresented a paper, \u201cRacial Disparities in Family Trajectories and College Transfers to Young Adult Children,\u201d at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sophia Yang<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim<\/strong>, <strong>Sophia Yang*<\/strong>,\u202f and Adriana Reyes (Cornell University) presented a paper, \u201cThe Role of Multigenerational Co-Residence in Shaping the Geographical Contexts of Children,\u201d at the 2021 Population Association of America Annual Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Samantha Castonguay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Erik Johnson, Azdren Coma*<\/strong>, and <strong>Samantha Castonguay*<\/strong> presented a paper, \u201cThe Presence of Climate and Justice Issues Among Major US Environmental Nonprofits at The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector,\u201d at the Quarterly Symposium on Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asdren Coma<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Azdren Coma*<\/strong>, <strong>Erik Johnson<\/strong>, and Philip Schwadel presented a paper, \u201cTesting the Relationship Between Political Context and Environmental Support,\u201d at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association round table section on the environment in August 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Erik Johnson, Azdren Coma*<\/strong>, and <strong>Samantha Castonguay*<\/strong> presented a paper, \u201cThe Presence of Climate and Justice Issues Among Major US Environmental Nonprofits at The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector,\u201d at the Quarterly Symposium on Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shekinah Hoffman<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shekinah Hoffman*<\/strong> presented a paper co-authored with <strong>Julie Kmec<\/strong> and <strong>Lindsey T. O&#8217;Connor<\/strong> (WSU PhD 2012), &#8220;Gender Beliefs and the Response to Workplace Sexual Harassment,&#8221; at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sarah Ridgeway<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sadie Ridgeway*<\/strong> presented a paper, &#8220;Weight Status, Everyday Discrimination, and Self-Rated Health among Young Adults,&#8221; at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sophia Yang<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim<\/strong>, <strong>Sophia Yang*<\/strong>,\u202f and Adriana Reyes (Cornell University) presented a paper, \u201cThe Role of Multigenerational Co-Residence in Shaping the Geographical Contexts of Children,\u201d at the 2021 Population Association of America Annual Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mari Amorim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim<\/strong>,\u202f Megan Bea (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Terri Friedline (University of Michigan) presented a paper, \u201cPublic Cash Assistance and Spatial Predation: How State Cash Transfer Environments Shape Payday Lender Geography,\u201d at the 2021 Population Association of America Annual Conference.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim\u202f <\/strong>and Daniel Schneider (Harvard University) presented a paper, \u201cSchedule Unpredictability and High-Cost Debt Among Service Workers,\u201d at the 2021 Population Association of America Annual Conference.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim<\/strong>, <strong>Sophia Yang*<\/strong>,\u202f and Adriana Reyes (Cornell University) presented a paper, \u201cThe Role of Multigenerational Co-Residence in Shaping the Geographical Contexts of Children,\u201d at the 2021 Population Association of America Annual Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eric Johnson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Azdren Coma*<\/strong>, <strong>Erik Johnson<\/strong>, and Philip Schwadel presented a paper, \u201cTesting the Relationship Between Political Context and Environmental Support,\u201d at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association round table section on the environment in August 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Erik Johnson, Azdren Coma*<\/strong>, and <strong>Samantha Castonguay*<\/strong> presented a paper, \u201cThe Presence of Climate and Justice Issues Among Major US Environmental Nonprofits at The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector,\u201d at the Quarterly Symposium on Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Julie Kmec<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shekinah Hoffman*<\/strong> presented a paper co-authored with <strong>Julie Kmec<\/strong> and <strong>Lindsey T. O&#8217;Connor<\/strong> (WSU PhD 2012), &#8220;Gender Beliefs and the Response to Workplace Sexual Harassment,&#8221; at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lindsey T. O&#8217;Connor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shekinah Hoffman*<\/strong> presented a paper co-authored with <strong>Julie Kmec<\/strong> and <strong>Lindsey T. O&#8217;Connor<\/strong> (WSU PhD 2012), &#8220;Gender Beliefs and the Response to Workplace Sexual Harassment,&#8221; at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jennifer Sherman<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/jen-pres-2-396x296.png\" alt=\"Jenn is seen on Zoom mid talk.\" class=\"wp-image-2109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/jen-pres-2-396x296.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/jen-pres-2-792x592.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/jen-pres-2-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/jen-pres-2-1536x1147.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/jen-pres-2-990x740.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/jen-pres-2-1188x887.png 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3221\/2021\/12\/jen-pres-2.png 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jennifer Sherman (right) presenting her talk, &#8220;Gentrification in Rural Washington&#8221; hosted by the Foley Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> presented a talk, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DyrUxCA7lGQ\">Gentrification in Rural Washington<\/a>,\u201d hosted by the Foley Institute in October 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> discussed her new book <em>Dividing Paradise: <\/em><em>Rural Inequality and the Diminishing American Dream<\/em> in the Author Meets Critics Session of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society hosted online.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> and <strong>Jennifer Schwartz<\/strong> gave the talk, \u201cThe Fine Line: Rural Justice, Public Health and Safety, and the Coronavirus Pandemic,\u201d to the COVID Conundrums within the Community panel at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society hosted online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jennifer Schwartz<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> and <strong>Jennifer Schwartz<\/strong> gave the talk, \u201cThe Fine Line: Rural Justice, Public Health and Safety, and the Coronavirus Pandemic,\u201d to the COVID Conundrums within the Community panel at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society hosted online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/strong> presented a paper, \u201cMediation of risk factors for high blood pressure in four racial and ethnic populations,\u201d at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other noteworthy accomplishments:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marisa Cervantes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marisa Cervantes*<\/strong> was elected as the Graduate Caucus representative for Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marisa Cervantes*<\/strong> was selected to serve as an inaugural member of Loyola Marymount University\u2019s First to Go Alumni Advisory Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Azdren Coma*<\/strong> was invited to participate in a public roundtable discussion of local nonprofit organizations, in Struga, North Macedonia. The topic was illegal landfills and access to clean drinking water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mari Amorim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim\u2019s<\/strong> research was featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wsu.edu\/press-release\/2021\/10\/28\/poor-parents-receiving-universal-payments-increase-spending-on-kids\/?utm_source=WSUNews-enewsletter&amp;utm_campaign=wsunewsenewsletter&amp;utm_medium=email\"><em>WSU News<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/spotlightonpoverty.org\/spotlight-exclusives\/new-study-finds-families-use-cash-benefits-to-help-children\/\"><em>Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/study-pfd-increases-spending-on-kids-among-low-income-families\/\"><em>Juneau Empire<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mari Amorim\u202f <\/strong>organized the session \u201cFamily Complexity\u201d for the 2021 Population Association of America Annual Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Justin Denney<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Justin Denney<\/strong> served on a National Institutes of Health Special Emphasis Panel, \u201cImpact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities\u201d to review applications received in response to Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) RFA-MD-21-004 Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trail Optional) on November 15-17, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anna Zamora-Kapoor<\/strong> was interviewed and quoted in the article: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/health\/as-the-delta-variant-grips-washington-state-latino-population-faces-steep-covid-risk\/\">As the delta variant grips Washington state, Latino population faces steep COVID risk<\/a><u>,<\/u>\u201d in <em>The Seattle Times<\/em>, August 8, 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Zamora-Kapoor <\/strong>was interviewed by <em>The Lynnwood Times<\/em> about the concept of equity: <a href=\"https:\/\/lynnwoodtimes.com\/2021\/10\/22\/what-does-equity-mean-to-you\/\">\u201cWhat does equity mean to you?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 2021 Department Annual Awards:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Josie Ash<\/strong> was awarded the Sociology Excellence Fund: Outstanding Senior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Liz Aust*, Jordan Burke*, Samantha Castonguay*, Azdren Coma*, Caleb Cooley*, Tinashe Chirume*, Michelle Weston*, Steven Cassidy*, Namrata Ray*, Sandte Stanely*, <\/strong>and <strong>Nicole Jewell<\/strong> were awarded the Jeanne Jewett Scholarship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jesse Brazil<\/strong> was awarded the Ruth Magnuson Roberts Scholarship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Allyson Butzke <\/strong>was awarded the Sociology Excellence Fund: CAS Outstanding Senior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Elise Calene, Yubi Lojewski, <\/strong>and <strong>David Torres<\/strong> were awarded the Herbert and Mary Wensky Scholarship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Samantha Castonguay*<\/strong> was awarded the Joseph R. DeMartini Fellowship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Steven Cassidy*<\/strong> and <strong>Cassi Leonard* <\/strong>\u00a0were awarded the Susan and Sarah Dolan Memorial Scholarship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marisa Cervantes*<\/strong> was awarded the Sociology Graduate Student Fellowship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tinashe Chirume* <\/strong>and <strong>Aleksey Reshetnikov*<\/strong> were awarded the Marjorie Talbott Tripp Scholarship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Azdren Coma*, Thomas Familia*, Xiaoqu Huang*, Christie Miksys*, Aleksey Reshetnikov*, <\/strong>and <strong>Xiao Li*<\/strong> were awarded the Fred R. Yoder Memorial Graduate Fellowship in Sociology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrea De LaBarrera Montppellier*<\/strong> was awarded the Don Dillman Fellowship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Justin T. Denney<\/strong> was awarded the 2021 Louis N. 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