Helen Taylor Greene And Vernetta D Young Graduate Fellowship
Helen Taylor Greene and Vernetta D. Young Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Race and Crime: The Helen Taylor Greene and Vernetta D. Young Graduate Fellowship for the Study of Race and Crime was established in 2018 to support the work of exceptional graduate students in the field of race and crime. The fellowship is named in honor of two long standing members of the DPCC, Drs. Helen Taylor Greene and Vernetta D. Young. In addition to their outstanding scholarship, they have provided support and mentorship to many generations of graduate students. This award recognizes and continues their efforts.
Purpose: Supports exceptional graduate students conducting research or developing programs related to race and crime.
Award Amount: $2,500
Eligibility: Open to graduate students working on original research, program development, implementation, or advocacy as the principal investigator or project lead. The project may be a master’s thesis, dissertation research, or other project. Must be a DPCC student member.
Nomination Materials: Project proposal and budget details.
Deadline: By September 20, 2024, submit nominations to Dr. LaDonna Long, Chair of the DPCC Awards Committee, at llong@roosevelt.edu.
2023 Helen Taylor Greene and Vernetta D. Young Graduate Fellowship Award Recipient
Hyeseon Noh is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on race/ethnicity and gender, criminological theory, victimology, and rehabilitation. Hyeseon earned an M.A. in Forensic Psychology and B.A.s in Political Science and Diplomacy and Psychology from South Korea. Her dissertation aims to develop East Asian General Strain Theory by adapting and broadening Agnew’s General Strain Theory to East Asian societies. Specifically, she focuses on East Asian countries' distinct cultural/societal contexts, such as their collectivist values, hierarchy order, and patriarchy under Confucianism. Beyond that, she currently works on stalking victimization, stalking legislation, and anti-Asian hate crimes. Her prior publications include works that examined strain in a collectivist society focusing on South Korea, validation of the ex-offender stigma scale, ex-offenders’ experiences on stigma, anger, and resilience, and recidivism prediction through a risk assessment tool for juvenile delinquents. In addition, she currently serves as a managing editor of Race and Justice. For the service to the community, she teaches Korean to Americans and Asian Americans including Korean heritage speakers.
Previous Awardees | 2018 - Present
2022 – Carla Salazar Gonzalez
2021 – Jihye “JJ” Park
2020 – Joshua Ruffin
2019 – Janae Bonsu
2018 – Asha Ralph