Norman White Outstanding Student Paper Award

The Norman White Outstanding Student Paper Award (renamed from ‘Outstanding Student Award’ in 2017) is named in honor of Norman White whose research interest focused on community initiatives surrounding issues of racial equity and social justice. This award honors Norman White for his contribution and continues his efforts. 

This award is presented in recognition of outstanding student research on race, ethnicity, crime and justice. The winner of the award will be awarded a $500 cash prize. In cases of multiple authors, the award will be divided among the recipients.

Qualifications:
Eligibility is limited to papers that are authored by one or more undergraduate and/or graduate students and have not been published or accepted for publication at the time of submission. Papers written with faculty members are not eligible for this award.

The award will be given based on the following criteria: 

  1. Overall significance of the work
  2. Research contribution to the field
  3. Integration of prior literature in the area
  4. Appropriateness and sophistication of the research methodology (if applicable) 
  5. Overall quality of writing and organization of the paper
  6. Papers should not exceed 30 pages of double-spaced text. References, tables, and figures are not included in the page limit.
Black and white image of Lauren Moton.

2023 Norman White Outstanding Student Award Recipient

Lauren N. Moton, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Associate in the Human Exploitation and Resilience Program at NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management. Informed by Black feminist and queer criminology, her scholarship broadly examines the intersection of victimization, marginalized identity, and criminal legal systems. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, American Society of Criminology, and The Graduate Center, CUNY. She has authored several peer-reviewed articles and is most recently published in Journal of Human Trafficking. Lauren recently received her PhD in criminal justice from John Jay College, CUNY.

Previous Awardees | 2008 - Present 

2022 – Brandon Alston

2021 – Matthew J. Perez McCurdy, J.D.

2020 – Kevin Dahaghi

2019 – Christopher Thomas

2018 – Tri Keab

2017 – Andrea M. Headley

2016 – Brooklynn Hitchens

2015 – Jeanee Miller

2014 – Janice Iwama

2013 – Zahra Shekarkhar

2012 – Favian Alejandro Martín

2011 – Michael Rocque

2010 – Erin Kerrison

2009 – Brian Starks

2008 – Travis Linemann