Awards & Honors

Driver, the first Black faculty member at UMass Amherst, came to the university in 1948. He conducted leading comparative sociology and mental health research.

Paul Collins, Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, has been honored for the second time with a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award.

Shahnaz Bashir, PhD candidate in communication, has been awarded the 2024 Emerging Scholar Award at the International Conference on the Image. 

Allison Butler, communication, has been named a Chancellor's Leadership Fellow for the 2024-2025 academic year. 

Katie R. Billings, PhD candidate in sociology, has been awarded the 2024 IAPHS Student Award, recognizing work of notable quality. 

The latest book from Jasmine Kerrissey, labor studies, was selected for the ASA Section on Labor and Labor Movements' 2024 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award.

Amel Ahmed and Joshua Braun are among the five UMass Amherst faculty selected to receive Mid-Career Post-Tenure Fellowships for the 2024-2025 academic year. 

Libby Sharrow, public policy, and Paul Collins, Jr., political science, have been named recipients of the American Political Science Association awards.

Ai presented Disparities in power outage experience in the United States at the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association conference.

Whitney Battle-Baptiste, Professor of Anthropology, has been selected for one of the highest honors bestowed by the Archaeological Institute of America.

Weber, associate professor of economics, was awarded the Broadbent Institute prize "in recognition of outstanding contributions to political economy research."

Erica Scharrer, communication, and Kelsey Shoub, public policy, have received this year's SBS Outstanding Research Award.