Teaching Award
The Teaching Award recognizes a member of the DPCC who possesses excellence in teaching race, ethnicity, crime and justice related courses. To be considered for the Teaching Award, the person must be an active member in good standing of the division for at least 2 consecutive years prior to being awarded.
Qualifications:
Teaching is broadly defined to include: classroom instruction, curriculum design, directing and mentoring students, developing instructional materials, producing educational films or videos, creating educational software or websites, writing or editing textbooks or teacher manuals, conducting workshops on pedagogy, training student teachers, and publishing teaching-related research.
Recipients of the award are expected to have excelled in one or more of these areas and have a minimum of 3 years of teaching experience. This award is intended to honor individuals whose contributions go beyond their institution to benefit the discipline as a whole.
Nominations consist of a letter of nomination and the nominee’s CV. Self nominations are welcome.
2023 Teaching Award Recipient
Charles Bell, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences. His research explores how out-of-school suspension, seclusion, restraint, and school safety measures impact students, parents, and teachers. He also examines social factors that contribute to violent student-student and student-teacher altercations. He teaches courses on race, corrections, the school-to-prison pipeline, school violence, and wrongful conviction. He also leads community engagement panels that allow formerly incarcerated individuals and exonerees to share their narratives in university settings.
Previous Awardees | 2016 - Present
2021 – Forrest R. Rodgers
2020 – Shirley P. Leyro
2017 – 2019 – Not Awarded
2016 – Shaun L. Gabbidon