
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 is for a dissertation that is in progress, rather than a completed dissertation. The award comes with a $500 prize.
Nomination Instructions: Electronic copies 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, 2022
Award Committee (2022):
- Patricia Posey (University of Chicago) – Chair, pdposey@uchicago.edu
- Davia Downey (University of Memphis), dcdowney@memphis.edu
- Paru Shah (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), shahp@uwm.edu
Recipients:
2021 | No award given |
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” |