Dr. Douglas Imig , associate professor in the political science department Social Sciences and Business Dr. Douglas Imig , associate professor in the political science department, is being recognized for achievement in the social sciences and business. Dr. Imig, a graduate of Duke University , earned his doctorate in Political Science in 1991. He has been a Visiting Scholar and Research Associate at Harvard University and has established a national and international reputation. He has served as the Director of the Benjamin Hooks Institute, and has received the outstanding book award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in 1997, and the 2004 University of Memphis College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Research Award. Dr. Imig's central research and teaching interest concerns the development of political voice by marginalized and silent constituencies. To that end, he has focused on social movements, nonprofit and community advocacy, and citizen participation in the U.S. and Western Europe . His current projects include “The American Children's Movement,” which investigates the ways in which children become politically salient in the United States, and the ways that activists and advocates respond to political opportunities in their efforts to advance political agendas for children, and “The Europeanization of Social Movements,” (with Sidney Tarrow), which offers a cross-national and longitudinal analysis of trends in social movement responses to European integration. Congratulations, Dr. Imig.