Apply Now for the Siegel and Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Awards

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The Division on Women and Crime is now accepting applications for the Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship (given by the Darald and Julie Libby Foundation), recognizing exceptional graduate students in the fields of gender and crime.

The division will annually give one graduate student a one-time award in the amount of $5,000 to support a project involving original research, program or service development, implementation, and/or evaluation, or advocacy. The award will be given based on the originality of the proposed project, potential of the project to inform research, theory, or practice, and feasibility of the proposed project, including the budget and timeline for completion.

Applications are due to the division by March 1, 2015. Winners will be notified by May 2015.

To read more about the Larry J. Siegel Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Gender and Crime, visit https://ascdwc.com/student-awards.

The Division on Women and Crime is now accepting applications for the Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship, which is designed to recognize an exceptional graduate student in the field of gender and crime. The scholarship is funded by the royalties from Feminist Criminology, an innovative journal that is dedicated to research related to women, girls, and crime within the context of a feminist critique of criminology. Published quarterly by SAGE Publications as the official journal of the Division on Women and Crime (DWC) of the American Society of Criminology, this international publication focuses on research and theory that highlights the gendered nature of crime.

For the next four years the DWC will award one graduate student annually a one-time scholarship in the amount of US$5,000 to support a project involving original research. The student must be the leader or principal investigator on the project.

Applications are due to the division by March 1, 2015. Winners will be notified by May 2015.

To read more about the Feminist Criminology Graduate Research Scholarship, visit https://ascdwc.com/student-awards.

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Let’s Keep ASC Green!

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recyclingRecycling is not a crime!  Let’s keep the ASC meeting this year “green.”

Help the environment and reduce waste by:

Recycling Paper Products and ASC Programs

  • Place your unwanted paper products in designated recycling bins conveniently located next to the registration tables.

Returning Your Unwanted ASC Bag

  • Don’t need yet another bag from ASC?  Consider giving the bag back to ASC to be recycled by placing it in the bins next to the registration tables.

Returning Your Unwanted ASC Name Badge Holder

  • Bring along your old ASC name tag from previous years and return the new one to be used for other attendees.

 

Feminist Criminology Theory in Action Workshop

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fem_theoryThis year marks the 17th annual Feminist Theory in Action Workshop! Our first gathering was in 1998, and was facilitated by our brilliant colleagues: Nancy Wonders and Mona Danner. A few years ago, Natalie Sokolff and Kim Cook picked up the torch. It’s been a wonderful part of the ASC and we are proud to continue this tradition… Sadly, Natalie Sokoloff will not able to join us this year.

Typically we introduce ourselves and our areas of interest to each other, and then the conversation takes off from there. We share important research findings, exploration of gendered issues occurring in the world and, of course, ideas for activism within the frameworks of feminist theory and practice. It really enhances the rest of the conference week because we meet people we’ve never met before, and then can continue to see them and chat throughout the conference.

Below is the meeting time/place for the annual workshop. Hope you can make it! We always have a group dinner afterwards, so if you can, please join in for dinner as well. Details for dinner will be decided at the workshop. Please come!

Division on Women and Crime Feminist Criminology Theory in Action Workshop                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tuesday, Nov 18, 4:00 to 7:00pm, Marriott, Salon 11, Lower B2 Level

Journal Manuscript Reviewer Training Workshop

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journalsJournal Manuscript Reviewer Training Workshop sponsored by the Division on Women and Crime, Thu, Nov 20, 2:00 to 4:50pm, Marriott, Foothill D, 2nd Floor

Claire Renzetti (Editor of Violence Against Women) and Rosemary Barberet (Editor of Feminist Criminology), along with DWC Chair Kim Cook will be conducting this training session for those interested in reviewing manuscripts for a wide array of scholarly journals.  This session is designed for junior faculty and graduate students who are interested in learning the referee process for peer review journals.  Over a two-session time slot, the training will cover:

History, purpose and importance of peer review
How do editors select reviewers?  The relationship between the editor and the reviewers
Ethics and responsibility (Academic integrity, conflict of interest, defamation)
Bias (sexism, racism, classism, ethnocentrism, homophobia)
Journal-specific peer review procedures
What to look for in a manuscript
How to write constructive feedback to the author and editor
Making the final decision
Reviewing  the revised manuscript
Maneuvering through online reviewing systems: registering as a reviewer, deciding to accept a manuscript, completing the written review
Strategies for tackling reviews and getting the most from them

The training session will also include an interactive component in which participants critique samples of completed article reviews.

Participants will receive a certificate of attendance from the DWC.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Rosemary Barberet at femcrim@jjay.cuny.edu.  Walk-ins are also very welcome!