Texas State scholars receive awards from the American Association of University Women

Student Experience

Julie Cooper | October 4, 2022

Four Texas State University graduate students have received fellowships and grants from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Recipients of the 2022-2023 awards will pursue academic work in their fields and advance their careers.

Victoria Salinas, the recipient of the Selected Professions Fellowship, is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree at the Round Rock Campus. Salinas’s passion for women’s empowerment and technological innovation has influenced her decision to pursue an M.B.A. from Texas State with a concentration in computer information systems. Her career as a digital product designer in corporate technology at Frost Bank, Sysco, and H-E-B has shaped her mission to become a modern leader. She hopes to inspire other Latinas of all ages, through mentorship and education.

Sharon Marroquín, a graduate student in the College of Education, received the Career Development Grant. Marroquín's area of interest is the design, implementation, and evaluation of dual language programs. She is pursuing a master's degree in educational leadership at Texas State that focuses on critical consciousness and social justice. Her goal is to positively impact dual language policy, programs, curriculum, resource allocation, assessment practices, and capacity building for teachers. She is passionate about working to co-create student-centered equitable systems that empower emergent bilingual students and ensure equally high outcomes for all.

Sojung Huh received the International Fellowship. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Geographic Education. Huh’s doctoral research focuses on technologies in geography classrooms, teacher education, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and inquiry-based fieldwork. By studying geography teachers' professional knowledge, skills, and wisdom, her goal is to improve sustainable development education in AP geography classrooms and integrate ESD in US social studies curriculums, which will benefit society by supporting teachers, educators, and curriculum policy makers. 

Michelle Adcock, a recipient of the American Dissertation Fellowship, is a Ph.D. student in Biology, focusing on natural resources management and wildlife ecology.

AAUW is one of the world’s oldest leading supporters of graduate women’s education. Since 1888, it has awarded more than $135 million in fellowships, grants and awards to 13,000 women from 150 countries. For the 2022–2023 academic year, AAUW has awarded an unprecedented $6 million through its fellowships and grants programs to 320 scholars and community projects that promote education and equity for women and girls.

“We’re proud to support the work of these outstanding scholars and community leaders,” said Gloria L. Blackwell, AAUW’s Chief Executive Officer. “These exceptional awardees are dedicated to making contributions in a wide range of fields. We’re impressed by their work and can’t wait to see the great things they’ll accomplish throughout their research and careers.”