Congratulations to the 2017 Student Scholarship Winners!

The Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Gender and Crime is awarded to Minakshi Ratkalkar, a doctoral candidate at Drexel University. Her project is titled: “Adapting the Pennsylvania Disproportionate Minority Contact Youth/Law Enforcement Curriculum for Female Youth.”

The Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship is awarded to Veronica Horowitz, a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota. Her project is titled: “Mercy in a Punitive Place?: A Case Study of Gender and Commutation in Louisiana.”

Congratulations to both of our recipients and thanks to all the applicants who submitted very high-quality proposals for the awards.

Thank you to the selection committee members for offering their time and talents to this process: Drs. Rosemary Barberet, Lisa Pasko, Jesenia Pizarro, and Margaret Shaw.

Finally,thank you to those who make these awards possible: Larry J. Siegel, Terri Libby, and the Darald and Julie Libby Foundation; the Feminist Criminology editorial board; and the DWC executive board.