Congratulations to DWC Graduate Scholarship and Travel Grant Award Winners

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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2019 Division on Women & Crime funding awards

The Division on Women & Crime Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Gender and Crime

  • Kathleen Ratajczak, a doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky, will receive $5000 for her project titled: “Help Seeking after Campus Sexual Assault: From Title IX to Victims.”

  • Tri Keah Henry, a doctoral candidate at Sam Houston State University, will receive $500 for her project titled: “Racial Stereotypes and Gendered Crimes: A Multi-level Examination of the Effect of Race and Gender on Sentencing Disparities.”

  • Meg Osborn, a doctoral candidate at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (GC-CUNY), will receive $500 for her project titled: “LGBTQ+ Young Adults’ Encounters with Police: Contextual Factors, Consequences, and Service Needs.”

The Division on Women & Crime Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship

  • Ellen Van Damme, a doctoral candidate at the Leuven Institute of Criminology in Belgium, will receive $5000 for her project titled: “The position and role of women in and around gangs in Honduras, Central America.”

  • Katherine Maldonado, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Riverside, will receive $500 for her project titled: “Open Wounds: Gang-Involved Undocumented Latina Mothers and Violence in the Borderlands.”

  • Amber Wilson, a doctoral candidate at the University of South Carolina, will receive $500 for her project titled: “The Experiences of Female Community Corrections Officers: An Intersectional Perspective.”

The Division on Women & Crime Aruna Jain International Travel Grant

  • Kaitlyn Quinn, a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto who is currently living and conducting fieldwork in Nottingham, UK, will receive a $2500 travel reimbursement award for for attending the 2019 American Society of Criminology Conference in  San Francisco to present her research titled: “What We Talk About When We Talk About the Penal Voluntary Sector.”

The Division on Women & Crime Claire M. Renzetti Domestic Travel Grant

  • Ntasha Bhardwaj, a doctoral candidate at the Rutgers University (Newark), will receive a $2000 travel reimbursement award for attending the 2019 American Society of Criminology Conference in  San Francisco to present her research titled: “Exploring Pathways to Incarceration among Indian and Sri Lankan Women.”

The Division on Women & Crime Pace Kaur Bahl Travel Grant for Women in Law Enforcement

  • Ivonne Roman, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Affairs and Community Development of Rutgers University, will receive a $2000 travel reimbursement award for attending the 2019 American Society of Criminology Conference in San Francisco to present her research titled: “Physical Ability Testing and its Impact on the Recruitment and Retention of Women in Police Academies. A Case-Study of the Impact of the NJ Police Training Commission’s Change in Physical Fitness Policy.”

Congratulations to all our award recipients and thanks to the selection committee members:

  • DWC’s Larry J. Siegel & Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship – Co-chairs: Sheetal Ranjan & Kristy Holtfreter. Committee members: Drs. Elaine Arnull, Rosemary Barberet and Amanda Burgess-Proctor

  • DWC’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee reviewed the Travel Grants – Co-chairs: Valli Rajah & Sean Wilson. Committee members: Stephanie Bonnes, Janet Garcia-Hallett, Alondra Garza, Deena Isom, Carrie Li, Vanessa Panfil & Cynthia-Lee Williams.

Thank you to the people who make these awards possible: Larry J. Siegel, Terri Libby, and the Darald and Julie Libby Foundation; members of the Feminist Criminology editorial board; Claire Renzetti; Prit Kaur; family of Aruna Jain; and members of the DWC executive council. What a wonderful way to cultivate outstanding feminist scholarship!