Recent Award Recipients

For four weeks this winter, geography professor Paul Sutton will visit Tashkent State Technical University (TSTU) in Uzbekistan as a Fulbright Specialist. Sutton will work with TSTU colleagues in the development of curricula and teaching methods that focus explicitly on Uzbekistan, sharing best teaching practices in sustainability science, ecological economics and population geography. By building local expertise in sustainability science, Sutton’s work at TSTU will contribute to advancing Uzbekistan’s education in environmental and geospatial sciences, providing students with the skills to address pressing ecological challenges.

The National Academy of Medicine's "Health Longevity Global Competition" chose Angela Narayan as a winner of their 2024 Catalyst Award for her project titled: "Positive Childhood Experiences to Counteract Childhood Adversity for Healthy Longevity in Marginalized Communities." This award comes with a $50,000 prize and focuses on innovative ideas that aim to extend the human health span (i.e., the number of years lived in good health).

Dr. Aleysia Whitmore in the Department of Ethnomusicology has been awarded one of four inaugural Norman G. Pauling Early Career Research Fellows by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Dr. Whitmore was selected by their review panel to receive $20,000 to support her project entitled "Resounding Communities: Community Music Making as Civic Engagement."

Angela Narayan was selected to receive the APA Division 53 Richard “Dick” Abidin Early Career Award and Grant. This is intended to recognize an early career psychologist who has established a program of empirical research that has had a major impact on the field’s understanding of psychopathology, prevention, assessment, treatment, or public policy relative to child and adolescent development or mental health. The grant is provided to enhance the awardee’s research program and/or to enable the awardee to initiate a new effort that extends their work.

This award is issued through APA Division 56 and recognizes sustained contributions of leadership in the field of trauma psychology. Anne DePrince has the honor of being selected for this award for the second time as the 2024 recipient. DePrince was also chosen as the 2021 awardee.

The Association for Women in Mathematics is pleased to announce that the 2025 AWM Service
Award will be presented to Mei Yin, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Denver.
Yin is being recognized for founding and leading the AWM Student Chapter at the University of
Denver for the past nine years, for supporting the AWM Women in Algebraic Combinatorics Research Network, and for her contributions to the NSF ADVANCE grant, Mobilizing Equity to Raise Inclusivity in STEM.

The Psychonomic Society chose Kimberly Chiew to receive their Early Career award for her excellent scientific contributions to the field of cognitive psychology.

The Larson Lab team is honored to be awarded an NSF CAREER to study gene regulatory evolution of post-mating prezygotic barriers.

For four weeks this summer, Professor Aaron Schneider will be a visiting Fulbright Specialist at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) in Brazil. He’ll work closely with the sociology department to deepen scholarly and student exchange, building on the informal relations that already exist.

The 2024 AERA Review of Research Award was presented to Dr. Lolita A. Tabron and Dr. Amanda K. Thomas (University of the Southern Caribbean) for their article "Deeper than wordplay: A systematic review of critical quantitative approaches in education research (2007-2021)," which was published in the October 2023 issue of Review of Educational Research.

Dr. Joshua C. Wilson, professor and chair of political science, was awarded the Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies in Helsinki, Finland.

Dr. Gutiérrez focuses on policies that result in neighborhood displacement and gentrification with particular attention to the impact on Latinx communities.

Abrams was honored for more than just her work as an academic—she was inducted into the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame, joining the likes of horror icon Stephen King and the late musician John Denver.

The Committee on Socioeconomic Status (CSES) within the American Psychological Association honored Pat Garriott with their 2023 Emerging Psychologist Leadership Award. This award recognizes the outstanding achievements of psychologists who have made significant contributions to the understanding of socioeconomic status and the lives and well-being of the socioeconomically disadvantaged.

The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Emerging Leadership Award recognizes and celebrates a diversity of early- and mid-career leaders engaged in cutting-edge, transformative work to advance IECMH Practice.

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad to spend extended periods of research in Germany. Xin Fan was chosen for this prestigious award with the support of his collaborator at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. The focus of Dr. Fan's research relates to self-spin-orbit torque and using novel methods to build the next generation energy-efficient computer memories.

Research Title: Development of Catalytic, Sulfur-Free Chain Transfer Agents to Improve Mechanical and Material Performance of Crosslinked Photopolymers.

The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) has selected fourteen individuals for induction as Fellows, recognizing their distinguished accomplishments as scholars, practice, and/or policy leaders dedicated to achieving excellence in high-impact work to advance social good. Congratulations to Jenn Bellamy for this achievement!