Karno Dean’s Award Winner: Sophia Beatriz Salomao Costa

The Phyllis J. Karno Dean’s Award for Leadership and Academic Excellence is awarded to sophomores who have shown great promise in their academics and demonstrated leadership on or off campus. Created in loving memory of Phyllis Karno, Jackson ’79. 

Sophia Beatriz Salomao Costa (A23) shows great potential as a sociological researcher and as a leader. Devoted to equity and justice, Sophia has served as a key member of a Participatory Action Research project on the impact of the pandemic on slum residents in Rio de Janeiro. Additionally, Sophia hosts a multi-media podcast that sheds light on scientific denialism in Brazil, writes for the Tufts Daily, and contributes to Tufts for a Racially Equitable Endowment.