Valerie Jenness Fellowships, Honors, and Awards
Honorable Mention, Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award, Pacific Sociological Association, 2015
Certificate of Recognition (for expertise, leadership, and service to the community), Los Angeles Police Department, 2015
President’s Award (for contributions to the field of criminology and positive influence on the current WSC president’s career), Western Society of Criminology, 2015
Saltzman Award for Contributions to Practice, Division on Women and Crime, American Society of Criminology, 2014
Richard Tewksbury Award (for scholarship on crime and sexuality), Western Society of Criminology, 2014
Distinguished Article Award, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association, 2013
Honorable Mention, Article Prize, Law & Society Association, 2013
Honorary Member, Golden Key Society, 2012
President, Pacific Sociological Association, 201213
Public Understanding of Sociology Award, American Sociological Award, 2010
Zot! Zot! Zot! Commencement Award (for the greatest display of Anteater spirit and joy of achievement during commencement ceremony), University of California, Office of the Chancellor and Office of Student Affairs, 2010
Outstanding Mentor Award, University of California, Irvine Emeriti Association, 2010
Stewardship Star (for nurturing important relationships with donors), University of California, Irvine Advancement, 2010
Lifetime Achievement Award, Crime and Delinquency Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2009
Joseph B. Gittler Award (for contributions to the ethical resolution of social problems), Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2008
Distinguished Contributions to Sociological Practice Award, Pacific Sociological Association, 2008
Distinguished Article Award, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association, 2007
Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
President, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 20062007
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, University of California, Irvine, 2006
Award for Teaching Excellence in Undergraduate Education, Division of Undergraduate Education, University of California, Irvine, 2006
Selected by Social Ecology students as “the faculty member who has had the greatest impact on his/her education at UCI,” University of California, Irvine, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006
“Interesting Professor We Would Like to Meet Outside of the Classroom,” Arroyo Vista Housing, University of California, Irvine, 2005
Professor of the Month, Campus Village Housing, University of California, Irvine, 2004
Faculty Recognition Award, Disability Services Center, University of California, Irvine, 2004
McGee Lecturer, Marquette University, 2003
Steiglitz Memorial Lecturer, College of Wooster, 2003
Outstanding Scholarship Award, Crime and Delinquency Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2002
Finalist, Aaron Wildavsky Book Award (for Outstanding Policy Book), Policy Studies Organization, 2002
UC Management Fellow, University of California Management Institute, 2001
LeeFounders Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2001
