Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award Information
Named in honor of the first Latina to earn a PhD in political science, Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, this mentor award honors recipients with a non-monetary certificate and recognition at the committee's annual meeting reception. The Committee recognizes exceptional mentoring of Latino/a students and junior faculty each year with three awards honoring Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, a life-long mentor of Latinos/as. 

The awards are:

• Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Undergraduate Latino/a Students in Political Science
• Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Graduate Latino/a Students in Political Science
• Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Junior Faculty in Political Science

The Committee is no longer accepting nominations for the 2022 award. Nominations for the 2023 award will open in late Spring 2023.

Previous Award Recipients 

2022 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates: Emily Edmonds-Poli, University of San Diego 
• Mentoring of Graduate Students: Ñusta Carranza Ko, University of Baltimore
• Mentoring of Graduate Students: Valerie Martinez-Ebers, University of North Texas
• Mentoring of Latino/a Junior Faculty: Cristina Beltrán, New York University

2021 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates and Junior Faculty: Anthony Affigne, Providence College
• Mentoring of Graduate Students: Eric Gonzalez Juenke, Michigan State University

2019 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates: Sergio Garcia-Rios, Cornell University
• Mentoring of Graduate Students: Naranyi Lasala-Blanco, Arizona State University
• Mentoring of Junior Faculty: Mirya Holman, Tulane University

2018 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates: Mark Ramirez, Arizona State University
• Mentoring of Graduates: Francisco Pedraza, University of California, Riverside

2017 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University
• Mentoring of Undergraduates: David Leal, University of Texas, Austin
• Mentoring of Graduates: Melissa Michelson, Menlo College

2016 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates: Jodi Finkel, Loyola Marymount University
• Mentoring of Junior Faculty: Jane Junn, University of Southern California

2015 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates: Clarisa Perez-Armendariz, Bates College
• Mentoring of Graduate Students: John Garcia, University of Michigan
• Mentoring of Latino/a Junior Faculty: Jessica Lavariega-Monforti, Pace University

2013 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates: Walter C. Wilson, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Mentoring of Graduate Students: Jonathan Fox, University of California-Santa Cruz
• Mentoring of Latino/a Junior Faculty: Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California-Berkeley

2012 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduates: Jessica Lavariega-Monforti, University of Texas-Pan American
• Mentoring of Junior Faculty: Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University

2011 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award Recipients

• Mentoring of Undergraduate Students, Linda Mancillas, American University
• Mentoring of Junior Faculty Melissa Michelson, Menlo College
• Mentoring of Undergraduate Students, Dari Sylvester, University of the Pacific

Related Programs and Activities: APSA Mentoring in Political Science.