DWC Represented on New ASC Executive Board

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Two DWC members have been elected to the ASC Executive Board:

  • Sally Simpson has been elected ASC President (2019-2020)
  • Lynn Addington has been elected Executive Counselor (2018-2021)

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Simpson & Dr. Addington on this impressive accomplishment. You make all of us in the DWC ​so proud! ​

Congratulations to all others who won this round of elections as well! All ​results are here.

Congratulations to the 2018 Student Scholarship Winners

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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2018 DWC graduate funding awards:

  • The Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Gender and Crime is awarded to Aneesa Baboolal, a doctoral candidate at the University of Delaware, for her project called: “Diversity & Exclusion After the 2016 Presidential Election: An Intersectional Understanding of Racialized and Gendered Experiences of Muslim Students.”
  • The Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship is awarded to Pilar Larroulet, a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, for her project called: “Reintegration, Desistance, and Recidivism Among Female Inmates in Chile.”

Congratulations to both of our award recipients!

There is even more exciting graduate funding news to share. As it has in prior years, the committee this year identified several extremely deserving applications in both award categories. Thus, this year the committee — with the support of the DWC Executive Council and the Feminist Criminology Editorial Board — voted to formally recognize two additional proposals in each category with a $500 Honorable Mention Award.

  • Honorable mention for the 2018 Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Gender and Crime is awarded to:
    • Meggan J. Lee, a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for her project called: “Playing the Juridical Field: An Ethnographic Inquiry into Domestic Violence Court.”
    • Margaret Campe, a doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky, for her project called: “Students on the Margins: Intersectionality and College Campus Sexual Assault.”
  • Honorable mention for the 2018 Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship is awarded to:
    • Shannon B. Harper, a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, for her project called: “Help Sought, Survival Uncertain: Using Mixed-Methods to Examine the Relationship Between Domestic Violence Resources and Neighborhood Intimate Partner Homicide Trajectories.”
    • Veronica Lerma, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Merced, for her project called: “Chicana Criminalization in the Era of Mass Incarceration: An Intersectional Analysis of Criminalization in California’s Central Valley.”

Thank you to the selection committee members who evaluated the proposals this year: Drs. Rosemary Barberet, Kristy Holtfreter, Amanda Burgess-Proctor, Sheetal Ranjan and Margaret Shaw.

Thank you also 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; and members of the DWC executive council.

New Editor of Feminist Criminology Featured on NPR’s Marketplace

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On June 1st 2018, Kristy Holtfreter started her new term as editor of Feminist Criminology. On the same day, she was featured in an interview with Eliza Mills, Associate Producer for Marketplace Weekend. The Marketplace portfolio of programs is produced and distributed by American Public Media®. It is broadcast on more than 800 public radio stations nationwide and heard by 14.6 million listeners every week.

The story titled “Five Things You Should Know About Women Who Heist” includes Dr.  Holtfreter talking about women offenders in the context of the newly released movie Oceans 8.

Listen to her program at the link below.  You will see Feminist Criminology mentioned in the write-up, and hear the Division of Women and Crime mentioned in the audio-interview with Kristy.

NPR Marketplace Interview with Dr. Kristy Holtfreter

Congrats to These DWC Members on Their Awards from ASC

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

  • Dr. Joanne Belknap will be given the title of “Fellow”
  • Dr. Sally S. Simpson will receive the Edwin H. Sutherland Award (​Note: Sally is on the ballot in the upcoming ASC Presidential Elections!)
  • Brooklynn Hitchens will receive the Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Diversity

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 Edwin H. Sutherland Award (established in 1960) recognizes outstanding contributions to theory or research in criminology on the etiology of criminal and deviant behavior, the criminal justice system, corrections, law, or justice.  The distinguished contribution may be based on a single outstanding book or work, on a series of theoretical or research contributions, or on the accumulated contributions by a senior scholar.

The Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Diversity is designed to encourage students of color, especially those from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the field, to enter the field of criminology and criminal justice, and to facilitate the completion of their degrees.

Congratulations to Joanne, Sally and Brooklynn!