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Irina Chukhray has also been nominated for the 2023-2024 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, which recognizes the contributions of graduate students to teaching and learning at UC Davis.

Irina Chukhray presented her dissertation research "Are school counselors the best informational resources for immigrant-origin students seeking college admission?" at the Pacific Sociological Association's Annual Conference in March.

Nadia Smiecinska's ongoing dissertation research about coal communities' was accepted for a presentation at the 2024 University of Kentucky Appalachian Research Symposium and Arts Showcase. Nadia also recently presented a paper about the economic transition during the fall of communism in Poland at the Pacific Sociological Association's 2024 Conference.

Nadia Smiecinska was awarded a Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship is available to students of Polish descent. 

Paola Langer's & Evan Baughman's paper titled, “Transitions to Adulthood Among Disabled Native and Foreign-Born Adults,” has been accepted for presentation at the 2024 Add Health Users Conference. Add Health Users Conference is a conference that connects Add Health users to learn more about these rich data sets and will be held at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in June 2024.

Paola Langer was awarded a UC Davis Dissertation Year Fellowship for academic year 2023-2024. This is a 12-month fellowship open to continuing doctoral students who are in the final stages of their doctoral work and demonstrate strong potential for university teaching and research.

In collaboration with the Mondavi Center, Reema Saad has been awarded $35,000 from funds set aside by UCOP to combat bias, bigotry and discrimination, including antisemitism, Islamophobia and more. The proposal submitted by Reema is titled "Addressing Bias and Bigotry: Challenging Stereotypes Through Music and Comedy" and directly aims to fight anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia through the performing arts.

Elizabeth Boylan presented a portion of her dissertation titled "Survivors, Good Guys, and Bad Apples: Gendered Patterns in Relating to Sexual Harm" at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference in San Diego, CA. 

Evan Baughman was awarded Sport & Society's 2024 Emerging Scholar Award and this year's Mayhew Award for Best Qualifying Paper.

Chendong Pi presented his paper "Interethnic Personalities: Tumed Mongols and the Rise of the Chinese Communist Party" at the 2023 Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, and the UCD East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference. He'll also being sharing his research findings at the 2024 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Settle. 

Jennifer Krebsbach's article, "Some Glass in Need of a Good Smashing" can be found here. 

David Kyle co-edits book, "Global Human Smuggling: Buying Freedom in a Retreating World"

Migrant smuggling is now more entrenched than ever in many regions around the world, with efforts to combat it both largely unsuccessful and often counterproductive. In Global Human Smuggling, editors Luigi Achilli and David Kyle bring together up-to-date contributions from a wide array of interdisciplinary scholars on the most important issues related to this global phenomenon.

Isabella Cantu presented a paper titled “More than Enrollment and Graduation Rates? A Critical Examination of Hispanic-Serving Research Institutions (HSRIs)” at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual conference with colleagues from UC Davis School of Education.