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

Nominations for the 2023 award are now closed. Recipients will be announced in late August 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.