Awards & Honors

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. 

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

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."

Leah Dodson, economics, and Faith Nussbaum, public policy, have been awarded the 2024 Nicola Mare Usher SBS Outstanding Advising Award. 

Bridgette Davis, public policy, and Mark Pachucki, sociology, have received this year's SBS Outstanding Mentor Award. 

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