The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is offered yearly by the APSA Committee on the Standing of Latinos y Latinas within the occupation to acknowledge the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina college students and junior college every year. The award is called 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 a complete on the 2024 APSA Annual Assembly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Giovanna is a PhD scholar within the political science division on the College of California, Irvine. Raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles County, she witnessed and took part within the immigrant rights actions and social justice protests for the previous 20 years. With the private being political, she is set to proceed being an advocate for traditionally marginalized communities of coloration. Her analysis focuses on schooling, have an effect on and the affect of feelings and non-institutional political conduct on Latinx youth group identification, mobilization and belonging. Giovanna can be a 2023-2024 Spring Range Fellowship Program (DFP) Fellow and a mentor by the APSA Mentoring Program.
“Since our first assembly, she has been an incredible useful resource for all of my questions, issues, and issues concerning graduate faculty and related functions. She has additionally emphasised a number of instances that she’s going to proceed to be accessible as my mentor after the official finish of this program ; our relationship isn’t restricted to final semester. For these causes, it seems like I’ve gained a pal and long-term mentor by APSA,” states Isabella Marin, an undergraduate scholar at Yale College.
Marin continues, “Most significantly, Giovanna has been extremely form, welcoming, and trustworthy about her expertise as a Latina scholar. This has made me really feel like I’ve an enormous sister in political science, giving me a task mannequin with an analogous background in my subject whereas additionally connecting me with somebody to show to once I face difficulties distinctive to being a Latina in political science.”
The APSA Committee on the Standing of Latinos y Latinas within the Career as soon as once more thanks Giovanna for her tireless dedication to undergraduate college students and acknowledges her dedication to enhancing the political science self-discipline.