Department Accomplishments

Ione DeOllos, Associate Professor

Chair, Statewide Transfer and Articulation Committee, 2005-2007
Vice–Chair, Faculty Council, University Senate, 2005–2007
Chair, Governance and Elections Committee, University Senate, 2005–2006
Chair, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2004–2006
Editor, Family Section Newsletter, American Sociological Association, 2003–2006
Secretary, University Senate, 2004–2005
Vice–Chair, University Senate, 2003–2004
Chair, Governance Committee, University Senate, 2003–2004
Co–Chair, Task Force on Diversity, College of Science and Humanities, 2003–2007
Vivian Conley Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Service, 2004
Diversity Associates Fellow, 2003–2004, 2006–2007
Summer Faculty Research Award, 2003
Delaware County Race Attitudinal Survey, TEAMwork for Quality Living, 2000–2001, $22,397
Special Assigned Leave, 2001–2002

Mellisa Holtzman, Associate Professor

Carolyn Kapinus, Associate Professor

Academic Assessment and Institutional Research Summer Assessment Grant, 2005
Special Assigned Leave, 2004–2005
Summer Faculty Research Award, 2004
Academic Assessment and Institutional Research Summer Assessment Grant, 2002
National Council of Family Relations, Theory and Research Section, Award for Outstanding Paper Submission by a New Professional, 2002
Creative Teaching Grant, "Teaching Sociology through Science Fiction," 2000

Rachel Kraus, Assistant Professor

New Faculty Research Grant, 2007–2008
Program Chair, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, 2007

Chadwick Menning, Associate Professor

Melinda Messineo, Associate Professor

Editor, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Division Newsletter, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2006–2008
Enhancing Student Learning Faculty Fellow, 2006–2007
Editor, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Division Newsletter, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2005–2006
Chair, Freshman Common Reader Book Selection Committee, 2002–2007
Green Initiative Award, 2004
Visiting Professor, Advertising Education Foundation, 2004
Lilly II Grant, "Discover Research Colloquium," 2004–2005, $1,575
Lilly II Grant, "Retention Initiatives," 2004–2005, $3,050
Lilly II Grant, "Curriculum Development Workshop," 2003–2004, $3,150
Lilly II Grant, "Retention Initiatives," 2003–2004, $3,000
Lilly II Grant, "Advising Initiatives," 2003–2004, $3,998
Lilly II Grant, "Rebuilding Undergraduate Advising II," 2003–2004, $4,500
Lilly II Grant, "Rebuilding Undergraduate Advising," 2003–2004, $4,400
Vivian Conley Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Service, 2004
Assistant Director, Freshman Connections Program, 2002–2004
Lawhead Award for Excellence in General Studies, 2003
Faculty Fellow, Office of Teaching and Learning Advancement, 2001–2002
Excellence in Teaching Award, 2002
Chair, Teaching and Learning Conference, 2002
New Faculty Research Grant, 2001–2002
Diversity Associates Fellow, 2000–2001
Delaware County Race Attitudinal Survey, TEAMwork for Quality Living, 2000–2001, $22,397

Lisa Pellerin, Associate Professor

Finalist, University Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2005–2006
Academic Assessment and Institutional Research Summer Assessment Grant, 2005
Lilly II Grant, "Department of Sociology Advising Initiatives," 2004–2005, $3,946
Chair, Graduate Education Committee, 2004–2005
Vice–Chair, Graduate Education Committee, 2003–2004
New Faculty Research Grant, 2003–2004
Academic Assessment and Institutional Research Summer Assessment Grant, 2002

Lilly II Grant, "Graduate Assistantship for Intensive Tutoring in Statistics," 2004–2005, $6,754
Lilly II Grant, "Graduate Assistantship for Intensive Tutoring in Statistics," 2003–2004, $3,377
Lilly II Grant, "Retention Initiatives," 2003–2004, $3,000
Lilly II Grant, "Advising Initiatives," 2003–2004, $3,998
Editorial Board, 1999–2001, Sociology of Education