Dr. Jennifer Randles, Fresno State sociology professor, received two national awards from the American Sociological Association. The Community Action Research Initiative (CARI) Grant Award from the Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied Social Research and Social Policy will support her research on engaged and positive paternal involvement among low-income fathers in Fresno. The Article of the Year Award for 2014 by the ASA Sociology of the Family Section was presented for her article, “Repackaging the ‘Package Deal’: Promoting Marriage for Low-Income Families by Targeting Paternal Identity and Reframing Marital Masculinity,” published in “Gender & Society.” Randles, who earned a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011, taught at Austin College prior to joining the Fresno State faculty in 2013. INFO: Dr. Matthew Jendian at matthewj@csufresno.edu.
