Department Honors
The Department of Sociology recognizes the work of its outstanding seniors with departmental honor awards which are presented at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS) Convocation. Departmental honor awards are given to those students who show outstanding scholarship in their major course of study.
Nominations are submitted to the College Committee on Superior Students and Honors, which has final authority to grant the honors degree. The Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Committee on Superior Students and Honors reviews students' grade point average, senior research thesis, and faculty recommendations to determine which students receive Departmental Honors.
Senior Thesis with Distinction Award
The Department has established an award program for sociology majors, which recognizes outstanding thesis in the Senior Research Seminar. Senior thesis completed in other departments that satisfy the Department's thesis requirements, such as a senior thesis in Urban Studies, may also be submitted to the Department for consideration. This award is based on each student's creative ability, persuasiveness and systematic way of doing research. Recipients are determined by the Departmental Honors committee, and are announced each spring quarter (usually end of May).
Best Senior Thesis in Sociology Award
The Department has established an award for the Best Senior Thesis in sociology. Recipients are determined by the Departmental Honors committee, and are announced each spring quarter (usually end of May).
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Sociology 2012 Senior Thesis Titles
Michelle Cajigas
Thesis Title: The Conceptualization of Biracial Identity in Latino/a-oriented Organizations.
William Dombai
Thesis Title: Bowling, praying, and meditating with others: Comparing levels of communitiness across participants of secular, religious, and spiritual groups.
Ann Fefferman
Thesis Title: A Suspension of Reality: University Campus Culture and Hooking Up.
Anna Hamati
Thesis Title: The Influences Of International Legal Framework on National Legal Frame-work Regarding Gender as Grounds for Refugee Status.
Andrea Marcos Hadjópulos
Thesis Title: Higher Education Alternatives for Disadvantaged Students.
Alok Nadig
Thesis Title: From "Gender-Inversion" to "Object Choice:" Reconciling Stratified Identities to Form a Coherent Political Gay Consciousness in India.
David Schieber
Thesis Title: Economics and Morality: The Functionality of Vice in Two Communities.
Christy Stallknecht
Thesis Title: If I Can't Dance I Don't Want Your Revolution!: Dance in the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
Ivy Zhu
Thesis Title: Crossroads of Inequality: Low-income, Asian, female immigrant health care outcomes and access to care. |
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William Henry Exum Award
The intent of this prize is to honor the memory of William Henry Exum, a member of the Department of Sociology and the African American Studies Department, who died in 1986 at the age of 37. Exum was concerned with the quality of writing and research analysis in student papers. He was also interested in racial problems facing minority youths in higher education. This award was established as a means of continuing his goals of breaking barriers for all minorities.
The award submission deadline is April 27, 2012. All interested students should submit a 15-20 page paper, typed and double-spaced, on a topic dealing with race and ethnicity. Students are not limited to a sociological approach in preparing their submissions, nor is the award limited to sociology or social science majors. The paper should include a cover sheet with the student's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, year in school, and major. Three copies of the essay must be submitted by the announced deadline to the Exum Award - Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Ave., Evanston Campus or one copy by email to sociol@northwestern.edu.
This award is open to all undergraduate students from all disciplines. |
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