Awards

The La Verne Academy gives annual grants to “La Verne Scholars,” who consist of tenure-track faculty who have passed their third-year review and have demonstrated promising scholarship, as deemed by La Verne Academy members. From two to four La Verne Scholars are typically chosen each year, and awardees receive cash awards to further their research goals.

La Verne Scholars

2024

  • Ali Dehgham, IT and Business Analytics
  • Dinko Kranjac, Psychology
  • Nicole E. Mahrer, Psychology

2023

  • Thomas Allison, Legal Studies
  • Ali Dehgham, IT and Business Analytics
  • William Luse, Management
  • Nicole E. Mahrer, Psychology
  • Raúl Pérez, Sociology

2022

  • Emily Cilli-Turner, Mathematics
  • Ryan Lee, Economics
  • Anwar Salimi, Accounting

2021

  • James Garcia, Psychology
  • Yesim Keskin, Psychology
  • Sylvia Mac, Education
  • Thomas Ontiveros, Theatre Arts
  • Tatiana Tatarinova, Biology
  • Karlita Warren, Kinesiology

2020

  • Allyson Brantley, History
  • Andres Espinosa, Music
  • Louise Kelly, Management
  • Laurie Rodrigues, English
  • Pablo Weaver, Sociology

2019

  • Joseph F. Cabrera, Sociology
  • Fengmei Gong, Operations and Information Technology
  • Margaret Michele Gough, Sociology
  • William J. Hippler, Finance
  • Si Hyun Kim, Management
  • Jonathan Lee, Marketing
  • Irene Messoloras, Music

2018

  • Roy Kwon, Sociology
  • Giacomo Laffranchini, Management
  • Lu (Sunny) Liu, Organizational Leadership
  • Christine Ma-Kellams, Psychology
  • Grace Xia Zhao, Music

2017

  • Heidy L. Contreras, Biology
  • MD M. Haque, Organizational Leadership
  • Yan Hu, Finance
  • Todd Lorenz, Biology
  • Gail M. Tang, Mathematics

2016

  • Aaron S. Baker, Psychology
  • Yingxia Cao, Decision Sciences
  • Valerie K. Cummings, Broadcast Journalism
  • Kanya Godde, Anthropology
  • Kristina M. Post, Psychology

2015

  • Soomi Lee, Public Administration
  • Lisa Looney, Education
  • Luci A. Martin, Psychology
  • Nadine M. Nakamura, Psychology
  • Adrian M. Velazquez Vazquez, Public Administration

2014

  • Sarah L. Dunn, Kinesiology
  • Loren R. Dyck, Management
  • Denise Ellen Kennedy, Education
  • Adonay A. Montes, Education

2013

  • Omid Furutan, Management
  • Megan Granquist, Kinesiology
  • Jon Leaver, Art History
  • Ricardo Morales, Chemistry

2012

  • Yousef Daneshbod, Mathematics
  • Sean Dillon, Theatre Arts
  • Thierry Kolpin, Education
  • Deborah Olson, Management & Leadership
  • Vanessa Preisler, Physics

2011

  • Sean Bernard, Creative Writing
  • Jeanny Y. Liu, Marketing
  • Jerry L. Kernes, Psychology
  • Cleveland Hayes, II, Education
  • Kathleen Weaver, Biology

2010

  • Gabriela Caprariou, Modern Languages
  • Issam Ghazzawi, Management
  • Victoria Haneman, Law
  • Laura Hyatt, Organizational Leadership
  • Christopher Liang, Psychology

2007

  • Jeffrey Kahan, English
  • Kenneth Marcus, History