Helen Taylor Greene And Vernetta D Young Graduate Fellowship
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 longstanding 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.
The winners will be awarded $2,500 to support a project involving original research, program or service development, implementation, and/or evaluation, or advocacy. In order to be eligible, the student must be the leader or principal investigator on the project. The project may be a master’s thesis, dissertation research, or other project.
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