School of Earth, Environment and Society

CLAS Grad Student Accolades: Awards & Grants for Fall 2024

by College of Liberal Arts and Sciences January 7th 2025

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  1. Thien-Kim Bui (Earth, Environment and Society Ph.D.) received a USDA NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Predoctoral Fellowship continuing through August 2027 in support of their dissertation on hydrosocial imaginaries, water rights, and collaborative governance in the Upper Klamath Basin.
  2. Nicole Javaly (Chemistry Ph.D.) received an ACS Chemists with Disabilities Travel Award in Fall 2024.
  3. Nahal Rastegarpour (Sociology Ph.D.) received a PSU President’s Equal Access Scholarship.
  4. Quincy Robinson (Mathematical Sciences Ph.D.) received a National Nuclear Security Administration Program Award for Technical and Higher-Education (PATH) Scholarship.
  5. Faviola Robles Saenz (Psychology Ph.D.) received a Professional Training Opportunities Program (PTOP) grant from the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Her proposal, entitled, "Familia Sobre Todo: Latino Family Well-Being in the Context of Precarious Employment" will help support her dissertation research qualitatively exploring how stressors of precarious work impact Latino immigrant families.
  6. Marilyn Shawe (Communication MS) received a grant from El Centro Milagro to fund an art exhibit. "Supporting Latin(e) Women on Their Motherhood Journey Gallery” serves as a vital platform for community empowerment, cultural celebration, and advocacy, striving to create a more inclusive and equitable society for all women, particularly those from marginalized communities. Storytelling pamphlets that coordinate with the art pieces will facilitate dialogue around the unique health challenges faced by Latin(e) and indigenous women, including issues related to maternal health, access to healthcare, cultural barriers, and socioeconomic disparities. It will open on May 7, 2025.
  7. Daniel Sheikh (Earth, Environment and Society Ph.D.) won the McKay Award for best student oral presentation at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society for his presentation titled “Application of Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) to Investigate the Petrogenesis and Shock Deformation History of a Pink Spinel Anorthosite (PSA) Clast in Lunar Meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 15500.” Daniel also received a Sigma Xi grant-in-aid for research on Pink Spinel Anorthosite clasts in lunar meteorites.
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