Sociology’s Florencia Torche Wins NAE/Spencer Fellowship

      Florencia Torche, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been chosen to be a 2009-2010 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. The fellowship award of $55,000 assists with the Fellow’s salary replacement and research expenses for the fellowship period. This year, 20 fellows were selected from a pool of over 150 education scholars.
       The fellowships are administered by the National Academy of Education, an honorary educational society, and are funded by the Spencer Foundation.