Entries by Samantha Gavin

Condolences to the Family of Dr. Nicole Hahn Rafter

Nicole (Nicky) Hahn Rafter Nicky Rafter, a long-time professor of Criminal Justice and senior research fellow at Northeastern University and an internationally-revered scholar in the fields of social history and criminology, passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly, on February 29, 2016 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. Guided by a methodology of comparative social history, […]

Call for Nominations for 2016 DWC Awards

The Division on Women and Crime Internal Awards committee is requesting nominations for seven award categories: Distinguished Scholar, New Scholar, Lifetime Achievement, CoraMae Richey Mann “Inconvenient Woman of the Year,” the Saltzman Award for Contributions to Practice, Graduate Scholar, and the Sarah Hall Award. Submission Information The nominees are evaluated by the awards committee based […]

Congratulations to 2016 Student Scholarship Winners!

The Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Gender and Crime is awarded to Erin Cournoyer, a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her project is titled: “Finding the Path to Reentry Together: Staff and Resident Perspectives at a Women’s Halfway House.” The Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship is awarded to […]

Teaching Resources Now Online

The Committee on Teaching and Pedagogy created a new online DWC Teaching Resource Guide through Google Drive. As you’ll see, there are different teaching categories that contain ideas for readings, films and other resources. Committee members input their recommendations from the classes they regularly teach and we’d now like to open it up to the DWC […]