Coramae Richey Mann Award
The Coramae Richey Mann Award recognizes a member of the DPCC who has made outstanding contributions of scholarship on race, ethnicity, crime, and justice. To be considered for the Coramae Richey Mann Award, the person must be an active member in good standing of the division for at least 2 consecutive years prior to being awarded. Nominations consist of a letter of nomination and the nominee’s CV. Self nominations are welcome.
2023 Coramae Richey Mann Award Recipient
Deena A. Isom, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of African American Studies and Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina. Her research aims to bring marginalized voices and lived experiences center to the understandings of the causes and consequences of negative and harmful behaviors and entanglement with the criminal legal system through the advancement of criminological theory, critical perspectives, and intersectional methodologies. Her work has appeared in numerous outlets such as the Race and Justice, Feminist Criminology, Critical Sociology, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Social Science & Medicine, and Youth & Society. She is also the author of the recent book, Gratuitous Angst in White America: A Theory of Whiteness and Crime with Routledge as well as the newly appointed editor of Race and Justice. She is a University of South Carolina McCausland Fellow and Garnet Apple Award recipient as well as an Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Minorities and Women Section’s Becky Tatum Excellence in Scholarship Awardee.
Previous Awardees | 2005 - Present
2022 – Daniel E. Martinez
2021 – Jorge M. Chavez
2020 – Jennifer Cobbina
2019 – Robert Durán
2018 – Nikki Jones
2017 – Rod Brunson
2016 – Ruth Peterson
2015 – Hilary Potter & Victor Rios
2014 – Charis Kubrin
2013 – Anthony Peguero
2012 – Marjorie Zatz
2011 – Nancy Rodriguez
2010 – Robert Crutchfield
2009 – Jody Miller
2008 – Karen Parker
2007 – Ramiro Martinez and Katheryn Russell-Brown
2006 – Eric Stewart
2005 – Shaun Gabbidon and Helen Taylor Greene