The application for the 2026 Honors Program will open in December. We encourage you to click the button above and preview the application in our grant portal. Please note that if this is your first time in the log-in portal, you will first have to create a profile (separate from your ASA login information).
About the Honors Program
The Honors Program provides exceptional undergraduate sociology students with a rich introduction to the professional life of the discipline through participation in special activities at the ASA Annual Meeting.
Honors Program students develop long-lasting networks with other sociologists while their sponsoring departments get to showcase their most outstanding majors.
At each year’s Annual Meeting, Honors Program students will:
- Present in an Honors Program roundtable paper session and participate in Honors Program workshops on careers and graduate school;
- Take part in regular sessions and special events; and
- Learn more about the ASA’s programs, initiatives, resources, special interest sections, elected leadership, and governance arms
All students accepted into the program receive free meeting registration. Participants must cover their own travel/lodging costs.
2025 Honors Program Cohort
| Chidinma Adi | Pitzer College |
| Lily Baeza | University of Denver |
| Josephine Barboriak | University of Chicago |
| Ash Baudelaire | Princeton University |
| Madelyn Boyd | Sonoma State University |
| Chloe Burke | The College of New Jersey |
| Diana Castaneda | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Kendall Coney (Alpha Kappa Delta award winner) | Macalester College |
| Emily Dimiceli | Southwestern University |
| Erin Farrell (Alpha Kappa Delta award winner) | Georgetown University |
| Emma Farrow (Alpha Kappa Delta award winner) | Central Connecticut State University |
| Courtney Fitzgerald | Emory University |
| Juan Garcia-Reyes | Carleton College |
| Sonia Halabi | McKendree University |
| Bingjie Hsieh | University of Chicago |
| Maya Kosiarek | Elmhurst University |
| Nori Leybengrub | Barnard College |
| Isabella Luna | University of Colorado Denver |
| Peyton McConnell | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Kaitlyn McCracken | Asbury University |
| Antonio Mele | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thien Nguyen | Emory University |
| Olivia Loo | Connecticut College |
| Eleanor Paterson | Ithaca College |
| Asher Rose | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Hailey Saya Tomlinson | Johns Hopkins University |
| Annette Tan | Purdue University |
| James Thompson | University of Notre Dame |
| Stiven Vasquez Nunez | St. Francis College |
| Sierra Wills | Le Moyne College |
| Alexandra Zabalza | Santa Clara University |
| Yiqing Zhang | Washington and Lee University |
- Applicants must be majoring in sociology.
- Applicants must be juniors or seniors (or sophomores, in special circumstances) in an undergraduate program at the time of application.
- Applicants must be exceptional students whose grades and professors can attest to their abilities.
All documents are expected to be single-spaced and in PDF format, unless otherwise stated. These components can also be viewed by logging into the grant portal and previewing the application form.
- Personal essay (one-page)
- Resume (one-page)
- Research paper (maximum 8 pages) that you have written for a sociology course as the product of an extended research project, senior thesis, or independent study. (Submissions may be theoretical or empirical, basic or applied.) Thie paper provided will be presented during the Roundtable Session of the Honors Program, if accepted.
- Copy of your transcript (official or unofficial)
- Letter of nomination from a faculty advisor. Instructions provided during the open call for applications.
All Honors Program applications are reviewed by the Honors Program Advisory Board (listed below).
Application decisions are released in or before May. Students accepted into the program are encouraged to frequently check email for continuing correspondence through June and July.
In August, the Honors Program Agenda is sent to all participating students. Sessions listed on the program agenda are required unless marked optional.
The Honors Program is proud of its partnership with Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), the International Sociology Honor Society. The three winners of the AKD Undergraduate Student Paper Competition are automatically eligible to be part of the Honors Program.
For more information on the AKD Undergraduate Student Paper Competition and other opportunities offered by AKD, visit www.alphakappadelta.org.
Honors Program Advisory Board
| Cassandra Cotton | Arizona State University |
| Isabella Garcia Valdivia | University of Oregon |
| Nik Lampe | University of South Florida |
| Maria de Jesus Mora | California State University – Stanislaus |
| Shiri Noy | Denison University |
| Dawn Robinson | University of Georgia |
Questions?
For more information or to confirm eligibility, please contact [email protected].