Department of Sociology

Awards & Grants

2007 - 2008

Assistant Professor Amit Prasad has been awarded an NSF grant.  The title of the research project is “Scanning the Globe: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Research and Development in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States.”  Amit plans to spend the spring term and into the summer working on the project. 

Associate Professor Joan Hermsen has been selected by the MU Graduate Professional Council to receive one of this year’s Gold Chalk Awards. The Award honors dedication and service to the advancement of graduate student education. Joan was nominated by sociology graduate students Sara Petrowsky and Jennifer Beggs.

2006 - 2007

The Sociology Department is pleased to announce that the Beatrice and Sydney Webb Committee has chosen MU graduate student David Overfelt as the 2006-2007 recipient of the Beatrice and Sydney Webb Award. The Award honors a student who has contributed to Sociologists without Borders. From a nomination letter: “Overfelt deeply embodies the spirit of the Webbs through his commitment to labor rights and progressive economic and social change. After completing his thesis--a community comparative study of WalMart's development and labor practices and community forms of resistance against these -- he was invited to sit on a development board in Columbia, Missouri. This position has allowed him to put his ideas and passions relating to constructing "spaces of justice" into action. He is also Missouri Chapter organizer for the newly reformed Students for a Democratic Society and has a deep and unwavering commitment to social justice, human rights, and democracy.”

Hermsen, Joan. 2006. William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.
    University of Missouri-Columbia.

Hermsen, Joan. 2006. Excellence in Education Award. University of
    Missouri-Columbia.

Johnson, Victoria. 2006. Nominated and Honorable Mention, Excellence in
    Education Award. University of Missouri-Columbia.

Johnson, Victoria. 2006. Selected as a Difficult Dialogues Fellow. MU Difficult
    Dialogues Initiative, Faculty Development Workshop.

Wada, Takeshi. 2006. Research Board Grant for research on “Predicting
    Political Violence Using Global Event Data”.

Wada, Takeshi. 2006. Summer Research Fellowship & Grant for research on
    “Developing a Real-Time Early Warning System for Violent Conflict Using
    Wire Reports from a Cuban News Agency.” Research Council.


2005 - 2006

Brekhus, Wayne H. 2005. Excellence in Education Award. University of
    Missouri Columbia.

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