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Political Science Now
Wilkinson receives the 2025 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for mentoring of undergraduates
The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty each year. The award is named in honor of Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, the first Latina to earn a Ph.D. in political science. Politics and International Affairs professor Betina Cutaia Wilkinson was awarded for exemplary mentoring of undergraduate students.
September 10, 2025
China Daily (Hong Kong)
‘Apron Mom’ urged to cut strings to outdated image
Education professor Linda Nielsen has been working on parenting issues for decades, and challenges the widespread belief that fathers are less capable than mothers in nurturing children’s social and emotional development. “We have bought into negative stereotypes about fathers that do not reflect reality,” she said. “We have embraced many demeaning, insulting beliefs about fathers that are baseless and run counter to the research and to national statistics.”
September 9, 2025
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