Social Science Research Grant Program (SSRGP)

ISBER Seed Grant Awards

Award recipients, 2019

• Stephen Gaulin, Does Arranged Marriage Affect Reproduction in Nepal: If so, How and Why?
• Peter Kuhn, Why Do Workplace Teams Bunch at Kink Points? Evidence from the Laboratory
• Ann-Elise Lewallen, Countering Spatial Erasure: Khasi Indigenous Story Mapping in India’s Uranium Belt
• Paasha Mahdavi, Do carbon dividends suppress political participation? Evidence from a natural experiment in Alaska
• Mark Buntaine, Crowding In or Crowding Out Public Support for Addressing Air Pollution
• Maria Charles, Private Lives-Public Politics: Gender Relations and Gender Ideologies in Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian Countries
• Michael Gottfried, A Tale of Two Policies: Addressing Student Absenteeism and Teacher Education in California
• Rebeca Mireles-Rios, Groundwork for an Ethnic/Feminist Studies and Education BA/MA Program (4+1) at UCSB
• Sarah Roberts, Examining How Bundle Courses Support Mathematics Transfer Students to Develop Professional Vision

Award recipients, 2018

• Tamara D. Afifi, Communication, "Financial Strain, Relationship Maintenance, and Biological Stress Responses in Couples"
• Gerardo Aldana, Anthropology, "Yila Ch’enoob: UAV survey and preliminary explorations of cave spaces at Classic Maya La Milpa, Belize"
• Michelle Brown, Anthropology, "The energetics of survival: Feeding competition among the fruit-eating primates of Kibale National Park, Uganda"
• Mark Buntaine , Bren, "Non-Financial Motivation of Indian Extension Agents"
• Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi, Sociology, "An Ambiguous Past: Fascism, the Resistance and "Structures of Feeling" in Italy (1943-1945)"
• Andrew Flanagin, Communication, "The Role of Discrete Emotions in Online Information Seeking, Credibility Evaluation, and Sharing"
• Jennifer A. Kam, Communication, "Examining the Support Provided to Children of Immigrant Families When Language Brokering"
• Elana Resnick , Anthropology, "The Lives and Afterlives of Nuclear Infrastructure in Bulgaria"
• Heather Stoll, Political Science, "The Size of Assemblies"
• Gregory Daniel Wilson, Anthropology, "Culture Contact and the Origins of Mississippian Culture"
• Xiaojian Zhao, Asian American Studies, "Ethnic Businesses in the Global Era"
• Peter Alagona, History & Environmental Studies, "Bear Essential?: The Ethics of Reintroducing Lost Species"
• Lisa Sun-Hee Park, Asian American Studies, "Curriculum Development and Design of a 4+1 Ethnic/Feminist Studies and Education BA/MA Program at UCSB"
• Casey Walsh, Anthropology, "Knowing the underground: collaborative research on emergent oil and water politics in central California"

Award recipients, 2017

• Paul Amar, Global Studies, "Blue Lives Matter and Guardians of the Altar: The Role of Religion in Changing Populist Identities within Police in US & Brazil"
• Lalaie Ameeriar, Asian American Studies, "Saving Muslim Women: Forced Marriage and "Honor" Killings in London, U.K."
• Edwina Barvosa, Feminist Studies, "The Effects of Potential Implicit Bias in Institutional Practices: Student Experiences of Mandatory Search Protocols"
• Narayani Lasala Blanco, Political Science, "Syrian Refugee Panel Study"
• Barbara Herr Harthorn, Anthropology, "New Emerging Risks—Societal Implications of Synthetic Biology"
• Zakiya Luna, Sociology, "Mobilizing Millions: Engendering Protest Across the Globe"
• Aashish Mehta, Global Studies, "Economic globalization and wage inequality as if the commercial class existed"
• Claudia Moser, History of Art & Architecture, "The Settecamini Archaeological Project"
• Leah C Stokes, Political Science, "Deep Decarbonization in the Residential Sector: Policies and Barriers for Removing Natural Gas from Homes"

Award recipients, 2016

• Amit Ahuja, Political Science, "The Political Consequences of Skin Color in a Multicolored Democracy"
• Lalaie Ameeriar, Asian American Studies, "Saving Muslim Women: Examining Forced Marriage and Honor Killing among Muslim immigrants in London, United Kingdom"
• Joseph Blankholm, Religious Studies, "Group Formation Among Nonbelievers and the Restructuring of American Religion"
• Eileen Boris, Feminist Studies, "Carework: Beyond Dichotomy of Public and Private"
• Maria Lasala Blanco, Political Science, "Syrian Refugee Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Panel Study"
• Pei-te Lien, Political Science, "Understanding Racial Attitudes and Opinions of Immigrant Chinese Americans"
• Emanuel Vespa, Economics, "Learning in Bayesian Games: An Exploration in the Laboratory"

Award recipients, 2015

• Lalaie Ameeriar, Asian American Studies, "Downwardly Global: Pakistani Muslim Bodies and the Politics of Multiculturalism"
• Michelle Brown, Anthropology, "The energetics of survival: Feeding competition among the fruit-eating primates of Kibale National Park, Uganda"
• Mark Buntaine, Bren / Political Science, "Does Transparency Mobilize Citizens and Decrease Corruption? A Field Experiment with Revenue-Sharing Funds in Bwindi National Park"
• John Foran and Richard Widick, Sociology, "The Post-Paris Global Climate Justice Movement: An Exploration of its Goals, Visions, and Strategies"
• Gaye Theresa Johnson, Black Studies, "These Walls Will Fall: Protest Art at the Intersection of Immigrant Detention and Mass Incarceration"
• Jennifer Kam, Communication, "Using a Stress-Coping-Resilience Framework to Identify Risk and Protective Factors for Latino/a Adolescents in Santa Barbara County"
• Danielle Shawn Kurin, Anthropology, "Lethal Conflict, Deprivation and Displacement in Failed States: A Bioarchaeological and Biogeochemical Perspective from Ancient Peru"
• Zakiya Luna, Sociology, "Health in Paradise: Dynamics of Care and Wellness Amidst Coastal Diversity"
• Rene Weber, Communication, "Is Media Enjoyment an Emergent Property of the Synchronization of Attentional and Reward Networks? A Grant Proposal"

Award recipients, 2014

• Javiera Barandiaran, Global and International Studies, "Incredible Government: Law, Environment and Science in post-Pinochet Chile"
• Eileen Boris, Feminist Studies, "Low-Wage Worker Survey"
• Mary Bucholtz, Linguistics, "Latina/o Youth Expertise and Identity Development in Social Interaction"
• John Foran , Sociology, "What Now for Climate Justice? Explaining Civil Society and Social Movement Strategies during the Last Year on UN Climate Negotiations"
• Lynn Gamble, Anthropology, "Ritual Feasting or Daily consumption? Interpretation of Food Remains at an Ancient Archaeological Site on Santa Cruz Island"
• Zachary Grossman, Economics, "Dual-Process Reasoning in Giving"
• Michael Gurven, Anthropology, "Teomere length and immune function in a high infection population"
• Gaye Theresa Johnson, Black Studies, "Beyond the Barbed Wire: An Intertwined History of Black and Brown Confinement and Resistance"
• Simone Pulver, Environmental Studies/Sociology, "Managing Offshore Wind and Aquaculture: How organizations Incorporate Uncertainty into Decision Making"
• Heather Stoll, Political Science, "Social Diversity at the Subnational Level"
• Amber VanDerwarker, Anthropology, "Food Insecurity and Warfare: Establishing the Baseline Diet"
• Rene Weber, Communication, "The Neural Correlates of Flow Experiences: Testing the Structural Assumptions Central to Synchronization Theory"
• Gregory Wilson, Anthropology, "Complexity, Wealth, and Status in a Mississippian Community"
• Xiaojian Zhao, Asian American Studies, "Migration in the Age of Globalization"

Award recipients, 2013

• Lalaie Ameeriar, Asian American Studies, "Re-Colonizing Immigrant Bodies in the Age of Multiculturalism"
• Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Sociology, "Angela Yvonne Davis: An Intellectual and Historical Biography"
• Dolores Ines Casillas, Chicana and Chicano Studies, Do It Yourself: An Analysis of Media Interventions in Language Learing Processes
• Alicia Cast, Sociology, "Conforming to Traditional Courtship Rituals: Do Same-Sex Couples Benefit?"
• John Foran / Richard Widick, Sociology, "Not Yet the End of the World: Climate Justice Activism and Market Advocacy at the UN Climate Talks"
• Zach Grossman, Economics, "Social-Signaling with Anonymity: Rule-Rationality or Beliefs-Based Altruism"
• Jeffrey Hoelle, Anthropology, "Anthropology of Isla Vista"
• Shelly Lundberg, Economics, "Examining the Role of Cognitive Ability, Personality, and Preferences in the Transmission of Inequality across Generations"
• Aashish Mehta, Global Studies, "How interconnected are Global Labor Markets?"
• Karen Myers, Communications, "Vocational Anticipatory Socialization Entry and Adjustments of Under-Represented Students"
• Thomas Scheff, Sociology, "The Shame System: Connecting the Scattered Literature"
• Sarah Thebaud, Sociology, "Leaning in or Leaning Out? Unpacking Biased Self-Assessments of Ability as a Theory of Gendered Career Choices"
• Amber VanDerWarker, Anthropology, "Reconsidering the Timing and Location of Bean Domestication in MesoAmerica"
• Emanuel Vespa, Economics, "Punishments and Cooperation: An Experimental Investigation"
• Greg Wilson, Anthropology, "The Role of Warfare in Mississippian Period Political Development"

Award recipients, 2012

• Gerardo Aldana, Chicana and Chicano Studies, "Astronomical Investigation at Las cuevas, Belize"
• Edwina Barvosa, Chicana and Chicano Studies, "Decentering Democrary: Rethinking Collective Will Formation in the Pursuit of Justice in Diverse Democracies"
• Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Sociology, "Women and Climate Change in Kivalina, Alaska"
• Grace Chang, Feminist Studies, "Trafficking in Our Own Backyards"
• Gary Charness, Economics, "Testing Mechanisms for Identifying True Risk Preferences"
• Lynn Gamble, Anthropology, "An Early Mound in Southern California: Evidence for Emergent Sociopolitical Complexity"
• Marek Kapicka, Economics, "Optimal Government Policies in a Life-Cycle model with Risky Human Capital"
• Fernando Lopez-Alves, Sociology, "Do Nations Really Exist? Nations and National Identity in Urban Latin America"
• Celine Parrenas-Shimizu, Asian American Studies, "Maria Clara, California"
• Stuart Smith, Anthropology, "Colonial Entanglements: New Kingdom Cultural Interaction at Tombos in a regional context"
• Amber VanDerwaker, Anthropology, "Feeding Families in Crisis: The Effects of Warfare on the Daily Food Quest"
• Gregory Wilson, Anthropology, "The Role of Warfare in Mississippian Period Political Development"
• Xiaojian Zhao, Asian American Studies, " The Urban Goes Rural: Negotiating Class, Gender and Regional Boundaries in Mao's China"

Award recipients, 2011

• Tamara Afifi, Communication, "Health disparities during economic uncertainty: The role of communal coping"
• Walid Afifi & James Blascovich, Communication & Psychology, "The Role of Parents’ Reappraisal on Adolescents’ Responses to Threat-Related Uncertainty during Active Wildfires"
• Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Sociology, "Nothing like chocolate: Chocolate Production & Alternative Development"
• John Foran, Sociology, Earth in Crisis: "The Emergence of New Cultures of Resistance for Global Climate Justice"
• Diane Fujino, Asian American Studies, "The Asian American Movement: An Interpretive Narrative History"
• Lynn Gamble, Anthropology, "Household Production and Structure in the Early Period: A View from Santa Cruz Island, California"
• Zachary Grossman, Economics, "Social-Signaling with Anonymity: Rule-Rationality or Beliefs-Based Altruism"
• Pei-te Lein, Political Science, "Comparing Political Socialization Though Citizenship Education in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China"
• Mireille Miller-Young, Feminist Studies, "Digital Desires: Black Erotic Labor Online"
• Laury Oaks, Feminist Studies, "Safe Haven Laws and the Representation of Responsible Motherhood in the U.S."
• Heather Royer, Economics, "Using Cash Incentives to Promote Healthy Eating among Children"
• Susan Stonich, Anthropology, "Challenges to Nutrition and Food Security in Tourism-Dependent Coastal Communities in Belize"
• Roberto Strongman, Black Studies, "A Queer Diasporic Ethnography of Candomblé in Brazil and Portugal"
• Amber VanDerwarker, Anthropology, "Reconstructing Prehistoric Plant Use: Integrating Old Data and New Techniques"
• Casey Walsh, Anthropology, "The Political Ecology of Bathing in Mexico"

Award recipients, 2010

• Xiaojian Zhao, Asian American Studies, "Gender and Chinese Immigration: From Kinship Ties to Women’s Networks"
• Eileen Boris, Feminist Studies, "The ILO and Women’s Economic Justice: Networks, Discourse, Policy"
• Eve Darian-Smith, Law and Society, "New Indian Wars: Indigenous Sovereignty in Local, National and International Law"
• Nikki Jones, Sociology, "Gang Injunctions in the Western Addition"
• Michael Glassow, Anthropology, "8,500 Years of Human-Environment Interaction on Santa Cruz Island, California: A Collaboration Between Marine Biology and Archaeology to Develop a Historical Perspective Toward Resources Management"
• Leila Rupp, Feminist Studies, "Queer Girls on Campus: New Sexualities and Sexual Identities"
• Ronald Rice, Communication, "Evaluating Sampling the Sea, an Online Seafood Sustainability Social Media Learning Environment"

Award Recipients, 2009

• Paul Amar, Law and Society, “The Rise of Commando Masculinity:  Militarizing Police Cultures and Gendering the Force of Law in Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles”
• Kelly Bedard & Gary Charness, Economics, "Mind-body Practice and Health”
• Javier Birchenall, Economics, “The Behavior of U.S. Labor Shares: Firms, Industries, and the Macroeconomy”
• Mary Bucholtz, Linguistics & Dolores Inés Casillas, Chicana/o Studies, “Vox California: Cultural Meanings of Linguistic Diversity”
• Zachary Grossman, Economics, “The Economic Impact of Self-Presentation: An Experimental Approach”
• Lisa Hajjar, Law and Society, “LAWFARE:  The Legal Campaign to Challenge the American Torture Policy and Restore the Rule of Law”
• Mary Hancock, Anthropology, “The Contemporary Youth Mission Movement in Evangelical Christianity in the United States”
• Kathleen Moore, Law and Society, “Walking Together: Inspirational Stories in Santa Barbara County”
• Robert Rachhaus, Political Science, “Explaining the Nuclear Peace”

Award recipients, 2008

• Kum-Kum Bhavnani,  Sociology, "Bittersweet: Chocolate Production and Development"
• Kathleen Bruhn, Political Science, "Too Much Democracy? The Impact of Primaries on Extremism in Legislatures"
• Olivier Deschenes, Economics, "The Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from the Baby-Boom Generation in the United States"
• Peter Kuhn, Economics, "Advertising for Jobs when Age and Gender Discrimination is Legal: Evidence from a Chinese Internet Job Board"
• Karen Myers, Communication, "The Influence of Memorable Messages: Girls' Vocational Anticipatory Socialization and Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics"
• Robin Nabi,& Tamara Afifi, Communication, "Media Consumption, Stress, and Relational Satisfaction"
• Laury Oaks, & Tania Israel, Feminist Studies & Education, "LGBT Community Collaboration for Change: Assets, Risks, and Interventions"
• Victor Rios, Sociology, "Gangs in Paradise: Migration, Delinquency, Violence and Institutional Change in Small Towns"
• Denise Segura, Sociology, "Dilemmas of Diversity: Inclusion and Exclusion of Racial-Ethnic Minority Graduate Students in Sociology"
• Celine Shimizu, Asian American Studies, "Birthright: Mothering in Santa Barbara"

Award recipients, 2007

• Tamara Afifi, Communication Studies, “Custodial Mothers' and Adolescents' Communication about the Parents' Relationship”
• Walid Afifi, Communication Studies, “The Palestinian Youth Resilience Project:  Ambient Uncertainty and Communal Coping among Palestinian Youth in Lebanese Refugee Camps”
• Mary Bucholtz, Linguistics, “The Role of Social Interaction in the Development of Scientist Identities and the Retention of Undergraduate Women in Science Majors”
• Eve Darian-Smith, Law & Society “Religion, Racism, Rights:  Landmarks in the History of Modern Anglo-American Law”
• Gaye T. Johnson, Black Studies, “The Future Has a Past:  Race, Politics, and Memory in Afro-Chicano Los Angeles”
• Lorelei Moosbrugger, Political Science, “Political Institutions and the Information Environment:  A Test of the Downsian Model of Political Competition”
• Erin Khue Ninh, Asian American Studies, “Ingratitude:  A Cultural Theory of Power in Asian American Women's Literature”
• William Robinson, Sociology, “Global Capitalism and Latin America:  Crisis and Transformation”
• Eric Smith, Political Science, “Public Reactions to Wind Power”
• Stuart Tyson Smith, Anthropology “Implications of Empire:  Identity, Economy and Ceramic Manufacturing in Nubia, 1550-750 BCE”
• Jacqueline Stevens, Law & Society, “A Study of Assassination:  The Politics of Innocence”
• Juliet Williams, Law & Society “Making a Difference:  The Fall and Rise of Single-Sex Public Education in the United States”

Award recipients, 2006

• Gerardo Aldana, Chicano Studies, "Indigenous Epistemologies and Cultural Continuity: Maya Mythology Then and Now"
• Edwina Barvosa-Carter, Chicano Studies, "Identifying with the Extreme: Multiple Identities and the Ebb and Flow of Political Extremism"
• Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Sociology, "Creating Alternative Development: A Study of Chocolate"
• Kathleen Bruhn, Political Science, "Leaders or Followers?" Politicians and Issue Emergence in the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election"
• Gary Charness, Economics, "Group Membership and Economic Behavior"
• Diane Fujino, Asian American Studies, "Pan-Asian Organizing and Third World Solidarity: The Asian American Political Alliance in Berkeley"
• Rod Garratt, Economics, "The Role of Speculators in Auctions: An Experimental"
• Marek Kapicka, Economics, "Optimal Human Capital Policies in Life-Cycle Economies"
• Mireille Miller-Young, Women's Studies, "Sexual Minorities, Sex Workers and Human Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
• Geoffrey Raymond, Sociology, "Talk-in-Activity in a material world: The organization of talk and other conduct in co-present interaction in the course of, or as part of, ongoing activity"
• Beth Schneider, Sociology, "Grassroots Political Action Committees: Creating California and National Surveys"
• Phillip Walker, Anthropology, "A Bioarchaeological Study of Health and Social Change in Ancient China"

Award recipients, 2005

• Paul Amar, Law and Society, "Police Masculinity and Extra-Legal Security in Urban Cairo"
• Ingrid Banks, Black Studies, "Blurring Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Post-Civil Rights Black Beauty Salon Culture"
• Grace Chang, Women’s Studies, " Redefining Agency: Feminist Responses to Trafficking and Anti-Trafficking"
• Olivier Deschenes, Economics, "The Long Term Consequences of Military Service During The Vietnam War on Post-Service Health Outcomes"
• Jennifer Earl, Sociology, "Arrests, Repression, and the 2004 Republican National Convention"
• Laurie Freeman, Political Science, "Social Capital, Trust and Environmental Activism in China: Evaluating Society-centered versus Institution-centered Theories of Trust Formation"
• Nikki Jones, Sociology, "Pathways to Freedom: How Men and Women Successfully Manage Their Post-Incarceration Lives"
• James Kyung-Jin Lee, Asian American Studies, "Warfare, Welfare, and the Ethics of Asian American Life"
• William Robinson, Sociology and Global Studies, "Research into Globalization: Theories of Globalization/Latin America and Global Crisis"
• Celine P. Shimizu, Asian American Studies, "Race and the Hollywood Sex Act"
• Stuart Tyson Smith, Anthropology, "Interaction, Long Distance Exchange and Secondary State Formation in Nubia"
• Hung Cam Thai, Asian American Studies, "Memories of War among the post-1975 Generation of the Vietnamese Diaspora"
• Xiaojian Zhao, Asian American Studies, "The New Chinese America: Networks and Social Hierarchy"

Award recipients, 2004

• Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Sociology, "'Passion for Change: Women Transforming the World"
• Eve Darian-Smith, Law and Society, "Gated Communities and Contemporary Western Understanding of Property, Democracy, and the Rule of Law: A Comparative Project"
• Michael Jochim, Anthropology, "Culture Change at the End of the Ice Age in South Germany"
• John Mohr, Sociology, "Conceptualizing Diversity in a Post-Affirmative Action Era"
• Kathleen M. Moore, Law and Society, "Public Perceptions of Muslims in the United States: Media Framing of Civil Liberties vs. National Security and its Effects on Tolerance"
• Leila J. Rupp, Women's Studies, "Transnational Homophile Organizing: The International Committee for Sexual Equality"
• Cynthia Stohl, Andrew Flanagin, & Bruce Bimber, Communication and Political Science, "Technological Change and Collective Association: Changing Relationships among Technology, Organization, Society and the Citizenry"
• Verta Taylor, Sociology, "Gay Marriage as a Social Movement Tactic"
• Hung Cam Thai, Asian-American Studies, "For Better or For Worse: Marriage and Migration in the New Global Economy"
• Raymond Sin-Kwok Wong, Sociology, "The New Chinese Entrepreneur: Changes in Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong"

Award recipients, 2003

• James Adams, Political Science, "'Reasonable Choice' Models of Policy-Seeking Candidates: Can Policy Motivations Explain Candidate Divergence in France and the United States?"
• Kelly Bedard & Peter Kuhn, Economics, "When Women Lose Work: Impacts of Women's Job Losses on Women and their Children"
• Denise Bielby, Sociology, "Institutional Traces of the International Television Market"
• Olivier Deschenes, Economics, "The Long-Term Consequences of Military Service during the Vietnam War on Post-Service Health: Evidence on Work Disabilities"
• Jennifer Earl, Sociology, "Tactical Innovation, Social Movements, and the Internet: Examining Online Tactics"
• John Foran, Sociology, "The Origins of Revolution in the Third World: The End of a Research Project"
• Garrett Glasgow & Stephen Weatherford, Political Science, "Setting the Media's Agenda: Can Grass Roots Groups Call Attention to Emerging National Issues?"
• Cynthia Kaplan, Political Science, "Conceptualizing Ethnicity: Empirical Tests of Competing Theories"
• Carol McAusland, Economics, "Trade and the Environment: Consumer versus Producer Generated Pollution"
• Christopher S. Parker, Political Science, "Fighting for Democracy: Race, Military Service, and Political Engagement"

Award recipients, 2002

• Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Sociology, "Women's Empowerment as Alternative Development: An Examination of Four Women's Organizations in Brazil, India, Israel and Senegal"
• Eileen Boris, Women's Studies, "Re-Valuing Care: IHSS Workers Struggle for Dignity and Recognition"
• Francesca Bray, Anthropology, "Tourism and the New Technologies: A Preliminary Study of UNESCO World Heritage Sites and the Internet in Morocco, Egypt and Turkey"
• Kathleen Bruhn, Political Science, "Partisanship and the Dynamics of Protest in Brazil and Mexico"
• Gary Charness, Economics, "Promises and Contracts"
• Jon Cruz, Sociology, "Digitized Music, Cultural Crisis, and the Political Economy of Sound"
• Eve Darian-Smith, Law & Society, "Attitudes and Reactions to Indian Gaming in Local Californian Communities"
• Olivier Deschenes & Catherine Weinberger, Economics, "Matching Labor Supply with Demand in a Rapidly Changing Economy: The Role of Early Educational Experiences and Other Pre-Labor Market Characteristics"
• Diane Fujino, Asian-American Studies, "Japanese American Radical Activism: Influences of the Concentration Camps and Black Liberation Movement"
• Lisa Hajjar, Law & Society, "In the Interest of Justice: The Role of Lawyers in International Criminal Prosecutions"
• Christopher S. Parker, Political Science, "The Power of Patriotism?"
• W. James Potter, Communication, "Designing Templates for Interactive Research on the Effects of Exposure to Media Violence"
• Celine P. Shimizu, Asian-American Studies, "The Making of 'Asian Women': Racialized Sexuality on Screen and Scene"
• Susan Stonich, Anthropology, "The Political Ecology of Vulnerability in Coastal Zones of Asia and Latin America"
• John Sutton, Sociology, "Incarceration, Crime, and Opportunity Structures in California Counties"
• Tara J. Yosso, Chicano Studies, "Roads to the Ph.D. for Chicanas and Chicanos"
• Xiaojian Zhao, Asian-American Studies, "A Sense of Responsibility: The Life and Career of Y.C. Hong"

Award recipients, 2001

• Eileen Boris, Women's Studies, "Citizens on the Job: Gender, Race and Rights in the United States, WWII to the Present"
• Garrett Glasgow, Political Science, "The Difference between Prospective Economic Voting and Survey Questions on Prospective Economic Voting"
• Michael Glassow, Anthropology, "Ecological Adaptation of Early Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Santa Barbara Channel"
• Carol McAusland, Economics, and Chris Costello, Bren School, "Predicting and Mitigating Exotic Species Introductions: An International Trade Perspective"
• Miriam Metzger, Communication, "Privacy on the Internet: The Effect of Privacy Statements on Trust and Information Disclosure Online"
• Stuart Tyson Smith, Anthropology, "Egypt's New Kingdom Empire and the Rise of the Nubian Napatan State: Imperial Strategies and the Dynamics of Culture Contact at Tombos and Hannek"

Award recipients, 2000

• Edwina Barvosa-Carter, Chicano Studies, "A Wealth of Selves: Multiple Identity and Democratic Citizenship"
• Sarah Fenstermaker, Sociology and Women's Studies, "Enforcing Hate Crime: California Law and California Practice"
• Peter Kuhn, Economics, and Cathy Weinberger, Economics, "Non-Cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis"
• Laury Oaks, Women's Studies, "An Emerging Dimension of the Politics of Reproduction: Catholic Health System Takeovers and Restricted Access to Reproductive Health Services"
• Raymond Wong, Sociology, "To Be or Not To Be: A Comparative Analysis of Communist Party Recruitment Patterns"
• Mayfair Yang, Anthropology, "Redefining Modernity and Civil Society: Local Identity, Popular Religion, and Ritual Economy in Wenzhou, China"

Award recipients, 1999

• Bruce Bimber, Kathleen Bruhn, Peter Digeser, Cynthia Kaplan, Alan Liu, Lorraine McDonnell, Stephen Weatherford, and John Woolley, Political Science, "Understanding Democracy at the Periphery: A Collaborative Research Initiative"
• Francesca Bray, Anthropology, "A Preliminary Anthropological Mapping of the Santa Barbara Information Industry and its Global Networks"
• David Cleveland, Anthropology and Environmental Studies, "Local Knowledge, Scientific Knowledge and Sustainability: Comparing Plant Breeding by Farmers and Scientists as the Basis for Collaboration"
• William P. Eveland, Communication, "The Internet and Social Capital"
• Andrew J. Flanagin, Communication, "Preliminary Assessment of Team- and Organization-Based Communication Phenomena in Virtual Organizations"
• John Foran, Sociology and Latin American and Iberian Studies, "The Comparative-Historical Origins of Third World Social Revolutions: Why a Few Succeed, Why Most Fail"
• John Mohr, Sociology, "Jurisdictional Conflicts in the UC Outreach Initiative Project"
• Laury M. Oaks, Women's Studies, 'A New "Irish Solution to an Irish Problem:" The Possibility of Lifting the Abortion Ban in the Republic of Ireland'