Dissertation Awards

Our academic recognition

Our students’ contributions to the academic community are constantly being recognized. Several of our students have been awarded competitive fellowship while working on their dissertations, have been published in refereed journals, and have presented papers to international policy panels.

Bruce Imboela (PhD 2004, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, Concentration: Technology, Environment, and Society) was a Fulbright Scholar in 1999, and received the 2004 Outstanding PhD Student Award from the College of Human Resources, Education, and Public Policy.

George Herbert Ryden prize

The George Herbert Ryden Prize in the Social Sciences, which includes Education, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Urban Affairs and Family Studies, recognizes outstanding dissertations. The award is $1,000 and a certificate of recognition. Student's dissertations are nominated by the dissertation advisor and a committee in the School decides which one they feel is the best.