The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is introduced yearly by the APSA Committee on Standing of Latinos y Latinas within the Career to acknowledge the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina college students and junior school every year. The award is known as in honor of Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, the primary Latina to earn a Ph.D. in political science. APSA was deeply saddened to listen to about Dr. Sosa-Riddell’s passing in August 2023. The Committee on the Standing of Latinos y Latinas intends to honor her legacy and contributions to each the Latino/a neighborhood and the self-discipline as an entire on the 2024 APSA Annual Assembly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Efrén Pérez is a full professor of political science and psychology at UCLA. His analysis facilities on political psychology, with particular pursuits in intergroup politics, group identification, language and political thought, implicit political cognition, and psychometrics. He has revealed a number of articles in main normal science, political science and psychological science journals, e.g. Proceedings of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Social psychology and character science, Political habitsand Political psychology. He’s additionally the creator of 4 books, i.a Baby of Range: Folks of Coloration and the Politics of Id (Chicago College Press) and Expressing Politics: How Language Shapes Public Opinion (Princeton College Press), which obtained the 2023 Robert E. Lane Greatest E book Award in Political Psychology from the American Political Science Affiliation. Along with his analysis, Efrén directs the Race, Ethnicity, Politics, and Society (REPS) Laboratory at UCLA.
“Dr. Pérez is a superb mentor for each undergraduate, graduate college students (simply have a look at his publications with each undergraduate and graduate college students) and junior school… I do know Efrén is a superb mentor for junior school. Once I was a junior school, “I reached out to Efrén on quite a few events for mentorship and suggestions, and Efrén at all times made time to offer suggestions and recommendation. Dr. Pérez has additionally served as an official Russel Sage Basis mentor for my pipeline grant,” says Yalidy Matos, a college member at Rutgers College.
Dr. Matos continues to replicate on Dr. Perez’s tireless dedication and mentorship to each college students and junior school,” his resume, about ten of his most up-to-date publications have been with undergraduate and graduate college students. Pérez co-authors with each undergraduates and graduate college students, and these co-authorships for these trying to enter academia are invaluable. Lastly, his mentorship of those college students particularly additionally will increase the pipeline of teachers of shade. This degree of co-authorship with college students shouldn’t be the norm in political science and needs to be acknowledged. Pérez has been a mentor since he was a graduate pupil (he was my RBSI TA) and has continued to mentor college students and school even exterior of his personal establishment.”
The APSA Committee on the Standing of Latinos and Latinas within the Career as soon as once more thanks Dr. Perez for his tireless dedication to the junior school and thanks for his dedication to bettering the self-discipline of political science.