University of Minnesota
Department of Sociology
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Past Award Winners

Undergrad Awards:
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Grant (UROP)

Simone Bak
"The Bangalore Miracle in Minneapolis?: The New Role of Indian IT firms for Fortune-500 companies" with Michael Goldman

Zachary Binsfeld
"Perspectives on Addiction," with Teresa Gowan

Jenna Dresen
"Survey of Prison Officers in Minnesota," with Josh Page

Mallory Kurkoski
"Unwanted Sex in the Criminal Law: The Decision Not to Prosecute Date-Rape Cases in Hennepin County," with Joel Samaha

Lindsey Merritt
"Effect of Vitamin-D Supplementation on the Mental Health and Behavior of Prison Inmates," with Chris Uggen

Kelsey Poss
"Unraveling Race Responses in a Longitudinal Survey," with Carolyn Liebler

Essam Sater
"The Minnesota Exits and Entries Project: Transitions out of Prison," with Josh Page

Molly Tolzmann
"Humanism and the Beijing Olympics," with Doug Hartmann

Sociology Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

Essam Sater
"Analyzing transitions from institutions into Society."

Xinyi Chen
"Sociological impact of Chinese corporate law."