The Byran Jackson Dissertation Research Award recognizes the outstanding scholarship by a graduate student studying racial and ethnic politics in an urban setting. The award comes with a $500 prize.
Nomination Instructions: Hard copies (or electronic, if preferred by committee member) of approved dissertation proposals should be sent to each committee member. Please include a nomination letter in the application. Applicants may self-nominate.
Deadline for nominations: March 15, 2021
Award Committee (2021):
Andrea Benjamin, Chair (Oklahoma)
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Katherine Einstein (Boston University)
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Sally Nuamah (Northwestern)
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Recipients:
| 2020 | Kiela Crabtree, University of Michigan “Racially Targeted Violence and Implications for Politics in the United States” Honorable Mention: |
| 2019 | Hajer Al-Faham, University of Pennsylvania “Contingent Citizenship: Muslims in America.” |
| 2018 | No award given. |
| 2017 | Patricia Posey, University of Pennsylvania “Refinancing the American Dream: the Consequences of Targeted Financial Policy for Political and Radical Inequality in the United States.” |
| 2016 | Diane Wong, Cornell University “Disappearing Chinatowns: The Struggle Against Gentrification in San Francisco, New York City, and Boston.” |
| 2015 | Brad Fulton, Duke University “Bridging and Bonding: How Social Diversity Influences Collective Political Action.” Duke University |
| 2014 | Zinga Fraser, Northwestern University “Catalysts for Change: A Comparative Study of Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm.” |
| 2013 | Marquita Bowers-Brown, University of Missouri, Saint Louis “The St. Louis Desegregation Transfer Program: Does Participation Lessen the Educational Disparity between the City of St. Louis County Students?” |
| 2011 | Emily Farris, Brown University “Pathways to Power: An Examination of Latino Local Elected Officials” |
| 2010 | Jamila Michener, University of Chicago The Politics of Help Seeking in Marginalized Populations |
| 2009 | Carlos Cuellar, Rice University “The Latino Empowerment Process: An Examination of the Causes and Consequences of Latino Representation in Local Politics” |
| 2006 | Angela Hagan PhD, University of Louisville Race, Consolidation, and Regionalism |
| 2005 | Paru Shah, Rice University |
| 2004 | Kristin Good, University of Toronto “Multiculturalism in the City: A Comparative Analysis of Municipal Responsiveness to Immigration in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the Greater Vancouver Regional District” |
| 2003 | Michelle Camou, University of Colorado “Managing Conflict without Contracts: Achieving Economic Justice in the Informal Economy” |
| 2000 | Joshua Behr, University of New Orleans “An Explanation for the Presence of Minority-Opportunity Districts and the Election of Hispanics and Blacks to the City Council within Single Member District Election Systems” |
| 2000 | Mara Sidney, University of Colorado “Social Constructions of Race and Class in Fair Housing Policy” |