New Scholar Award
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 on race/ethnicity, crime, and justice.
To be considered for the New Scholar Award, the person must have earned a Ph.D. in the past 5 years and 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 New Scholar Award Recipient
Toniqua Mikell, Ph.D. is a Black feminist and intersectional criminologist. She joined UMass Dartmouth in 2019 as an Assistant Professor of Crime & Justice Studies. As an insurgent scholar, Dr. Mikell’s work emphasizes Black feminism and critical queer theory to unpack the systems of oppression and violence used for the social control of Black women, femme-identifying, and non-binary individuals. Her research interests include queer criminology, prisoner reentry, women’s sexual offending and victimization, and anti-carceral justice.
Previous Awardees | 2008 - Present
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