Sociology 2017 Newsletter

SOCIOLOGY NEWSLETTER | Issue #2 15 l a t i o n s ! M.S. student Jake DeFlitch was awarded the Advanced Study Program’s Graduate Student Fellowship by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Jake studies environmental sociology, and is interested in the interaction between meteorologists and society. Last fall, he published a Washington Post article about his research in coastal Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina interviewing locals after Hurricane Matthew about their evacuation decisions. Jake is also involved in an NSF‐funded research project, Tornadic Winds: In‐situ and Radar Observations at Low Levels (TWIRL), which collects data within tornadoes. He is co‐founder of SunsetWx, a company that uses an algorithm to predict how colorful a sunset or sunrise will be. Their mobile application is expected to debut this summer. Jake Deflitch chases down an EF4 tornado in Katie, Oklahoma in May 2016 as part of the NSF project, TWIRL. Janna Rogers (Outstanding Senior for American Studies), Hannah Sipe, Ahmad Michael Jamaleddine, Katie Henry, Raegan Chambers, Wendy Miller, Dr. Chad Malone (Outstanding Professor Award), Ashley Donovan, and Dahlia Molloy (Undergraduate Academic Counselor) celebrate at the Arts & Sciences Banquet. O.D. Duncan Award Kerry Scroggie Richard Dodder Award Ashley Donovan Mabel Dixon Looper Award Katherine Henry Raegan Chambers Benjamin Gregory Wood Award Wendy Miller Hannah Sipe Outstanding Senior Award Ahmad Michael Jamaleddine Undergraduate Student Award Winners