The New Scholar Award recognizes a member of the DPCC who is in the early stages of their career and has made significant recent contributions to the literature and scholarship, including public scholarship and media, on race/ethnicity, crime, and justice.
Purpose: Acknowledges significant recent contributions to the literature on race, ethnicity, crime, and justice by early-career scholars.
Eligibility: Must have earned a Ph.D. within the past 5 years and be an active DPCC member in good standing for at least 2 consecutive years.
Nomination Materials: Letter of nomination and nominee’s CV. Self-nominations are welcome.
Deadline: By September 5, 2025, submit nominations to Dr. LaDonna Long, Chair of the DPCC Awards Committee, at llong@roosevelt.edu.
Shannon Malone Gonzalez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Previous Awardees | 2008 – Present
2024 – Chris Guerra
2023 – Toniqua Mikell
2022 – Janet Garica-Hallett
2021 – Shytierra Gaston
2020 – Janice Iwama
2019 – Jose Torres
2018 – Nishaun Battle
2017 – Jason Williams
2016 – Robert Vargas & Kishonna Gray
2015 – Stephanie DiPietro & Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
2014 – Kevin Drakulich
2013 – Jennifer Cobbina and Xia Wang
2012 – Andres Rengifo
2011 – Robert J. Durán
2010 – Victor Rios
2009 – Nikki Jones
2008 – Rod Brunson