The department is delighted to announce that the 2025 Dr. Karen Gale exceptional PhD student award has gone to our very own Raimundo Salas-Schweikart

This award recognizes a Ph.D. graduate student who demonstrates a high level of excellence and expertise in their field. This can include academic and research achievements, excellence beyond course work and commitment to their area of study. Awards are given to one student from each area: humanities, social sciences and sciences and an at-large award.

Raimundo will be presenting his dissertation defense “Trust in Immigrants: Exploring the role of perceived threat and imagined contact in the United States”, April 29 at 10:00 AM in White-Gravenor 311-C.