Current DFC Officers and Their Terms

DFC Committees

Diversity and Inclusion Committee: This committee is responsible for increasing the membership and participation of underrepresented groups within the DFC. It creates the criteria for the DFC and Feminist Criminology International Scholar Faculty and Graduate Student Awards. It also selects awardees of the travel awards and Community Engaged Scholar Award. Co- Chairs: Samantha Kopf-Apple and Eddie Shuau Wei

External Nominations Committee: This group works to identify and nominate DFC members for: (1) ASC Executive Board positions, (2) ASC committees, and (3) ASC awards in order to increase visibility and representation of the DFC in the larger ASC setting. Chair: Staci Strobl

Awards Committee: This committee coordinates the solicitation, nomination, and selection process for all DFC member awards, including division awards such as the Book Award as well as undergraduate and graduate student paper and poster awards. The committee oversees the evaluation of nominations using consistent standards across award categories and works to recognize outstanding scholarship and contributions within the Division. Co-Chairs: Andia Azimi and Cassy Gonzalez.

Internal Nominations Committee: This group solicits nominations for DFC officers and facilitates the DFC election. Chair: Vacant

Newsletter Committee: This committee is responsible for publication of the electronic newsletter on behalf of DFC. The newsletter is published three times each year (spring, summer, fall). Co-Chairs: Amy Poland

Outreach Committee: This committee develops and implements strategies to recruit and retain DFC members while supporting the needs of the existing membership. It coordinates goal-oriented recruitment efforts to expand, diversify, and internationalize the Division and organizes DFC panels, sessions, and events of interest for the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. The committee also distributes programming information to DFC and ASC membership to encourage engagement and participation across the Division. Co-Chairs: Renee Lamphere and Trisha Rhodes.

Feminist Criminology Graduate Awards Selection Committee: This group coordinates applications for and selects winners of the Feminist Criminology graduate student awards. The members of the committee are appointed by the chair and the editor of Feminist Criminology. Co-Chairs: Current Feminist Criminology Journal Editors and Current DFC Vice-Chair

Social Media Committee: This committee maintains all DFC social media content and drafts policies governing social media usage for Board approval. Chair: Jennifer Cheek and Alvi Li

Special Events Committee: This group plans and coordinates the annual social event awards ceremony, and business meeting. It also facilitates development of other special events, as needed. Co-Chairs: Samantha Kopf-Apple and Katherine Irwin

Mentoring and Student Affairs Committee: This committee develops and implements strategies to recruit student members to the DFC. It develops strategies to assess and support the needs of student members. It also leads a mentoring program with the overarching goal of diversifying and internationalizing the DFC memberships. Co-Chairs: Danielle Slakoff and Sarah Murray

Teaching and Pedagogy Committee: This committee organizes sessions on teaching at the ASC meetings, updates the division syllabus collection, and supports other committees with teaching-related issues. Chair: Katherine Irwin  – Archive of Online DFC Teach-In (2020)

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Committee reports (2015-2021)