2018 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. Three awards are given in the areas of undergraduate, graduate and junior faculty mentoring.

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

Previous Award Recipients 

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.