DWC Member Becomes Youngest Full Professor at the University of Oklahoma

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DWC Executive Board member Meredith Worthen has become the youngest faculty member at the University of Oklahoma to achieve the title of full professor after the board of regents approved her promotion in May. It’s also entirely possible she is the youngest woman to reach full professor in OU history, though digital records only go back to 1983.

Worthen’s research focus covers deviance, feminist criminology, sexualities, LGBTQ identities in adolescents and LGBTQ stigma.

The transition from associate professor to full professor takes, on average, nine years. Worthen did it in five.

What makes this an even bigger deal is that, statistically, becoming a full professor is even more difficult for women than it is for men in academia. Unlike the path to tenure that is, for the most part, established at six or seven years, the process to become a full professor is much more vague and has no time limit.

“We just seem to hang out in associate for a long time,” Worthen said. “Sometimes for our entire career.”

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DWC Members Win Major ASC Awards

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Four DWC members have won the following ASC honors and awards:

  • Dr. Marjorie Zatz will be given the title of ‘Fellow’ (Note: Marjorie is on the ballot in the upcoming ASC Presidential Elections)
  • Dr. Valerie Jenness will receive the 2019 August Vollmer Award.
  • Dr. Amanda Burgess Proctor will receive the 2019 Herbert Bloch Award.
  • Dr. Jillian Turanovic will receive the 2019 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award

The title of “Fellow” is American Society of Criminology’s highest honor and given to those members of the ASC in good standing who have achieved distinction in criminology. The honorary title “Fellow” recognizes persons who have made a scholarly contribution to the intellectual life of the discipline, whether in the form of a singular, major piece of scholarship or cumulative scholarly contributions. Longevity alone is not sufficient. In addition, a Fellow must have made a significant contribution to the field through the career development of other criminologists and/or through organizational activities within the ASC.

The August Vollmer Award (established in 1959) recognizes an individual whose scholarship or professional activities have made outstanding contributions to justice or to the treatment or prevention of criminal or delinquent behavior.

The Herbert Bloch Award (established in 1961) recognizes outstanding service contributions to the American Society of Criminology and to the professional interests of criminology.

The Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award (established in 1997) is given to recognize outstanding scholarly contributions to the discipline of criminology by someone who has received the Ph.D., MD, LL.D. or a similar graduate degree no more than five years before the year of the award.

DWC Announces Pace Kaur Bahl Travel Grant for Women in Law Enforcement

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The DWC is excited to announce a new travel grant which is funded for three years starting in 2019 with possibility of extension in future years.

The Division on Women and Crime Pace Kaur Bahl Travel Grant for Women in Law Enforcement to present a paper, poster, roundtable, or lightning talk at ASC 2019 (one $2000 travel reimbursement award).

The submission deadline is May 10th.

Nominate Candidates for 2019 DWC Awards

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The DWC is calling for nominations for the eight professional awards that it gives yearly, at the annual meeting in November. Use the links below for more information.

DWC Professional Awards
2019 Call for Award Nominations
Online Nomination Form