Minorities and Women Section Awards 

The section is calling for nominations for section awards to be presented at the Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Please see below for information pertaining to each award. Please send section award nominations to         Chair, Dr. Jaya Davis at jbdavis@uta. For student travel awards, please send the nominations to Co-Chairs, Dr. Jason M. Williams at williamsjas@mail.montclair.edu and Dr. Meghan Hollis at meghan_hollis@txstate.edu by November 30, 2018. 

Coramae Richey Mann Leadership Award 

To be considered for the highest honor of the Section, Coramae Richey Mann Leadership Award, a person must meet the following criteria: an active Member in good standing of the Section for at least 2 consecutive years prior to being recommended. Recipient must be a contributor to the ethnic and racial diversity in criminal justice education. The recipient must endeavor to advance critical thinking concerning women and must have made substantial contributions to the emerging body of knowledge about gender issues in criminology and criminal justice. 

Becky Tatum Excellence Award

To be considered for the Becky Tatum Excellence Award, a person must be an active member in good standing of the Section. The recipient must be committed to conceptual or empirical contributions to the study of minorities as victims, professionals in criminal justice, or offenders.

Evelyn Gilbert Unsung Hero Award 

The recipient must be an active Member in good standing of the Section for at least 2 consecutive years prior to being recommended. Must be committed to ethnic and racial diversity in criminal justice education. The recipient must have made substantial contributions to the emerging body of knowledge about gender issues in criminology and criminal justice. 

Roslyn Muraskin Student Travel Award

This award is designed to encourage the participation of undergraduate and/or master's women students in the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and will permit one student to attend and make presentations at the 2018 ACJS Annual Meeting. The award will be a maximum of $600. Recipients shall be required to submit receipts to receive reimbursement for their expenses.
To be eligible for an award, an applicant must meet the following criteria:
  1. Be a female student in the criminal justice/criminology discipline.
  2. Be enrolled in an undergraduate program of criminal justice/criminology during some part of the academic year for the annual meeting at which the presentation will be made; or
  3. Be enrolled in a master’s degree program of criminal justice/criminology during some part of the academic year for the annual meeting at which the presentation will be made. 

Esther Madriz Student Travel Award

​One student award designed to encourage the participation of undergraduate and master's level racial/ethnic minority and women students in the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and will permit one student to attend and make presentations at the 2018 ACJS Annual Meeting. The award will be a maximum of $600.  The recipient shall be required to submit receipts to receive reimbursement for their expenses.
To be eligible for an award, an applicant must meet the following criteria:
 
  1. Be an ethnic minority (male or female) in the criminal justice/criminology discipline.
  2. Be enrolled in an undergraduate program of criminal justice/criminology during some part of the academic year for the annual meeting at which the presentation will be made; or
  3. Be enrolled in a master's degree program of criminal justice/criminology during some part of the academic year for the annual meeting at which the presentation will be made. 
Applicants for either the Esther Madriz or the Roslyn Muraskin Award must submit each of the following:
  1. Letter of Application
  2. Personal Resume
  3. Official Transcript of degree being pursued at the time of submitting the application
  4. Faculty Letter of Nomination
  5. Original single authored manuscript (4 paper copies). The presentation may be a roundtable, or a research paper session. The paper should not exceed twenty typewritten double-spaced pages using APA format. Each paper will be blindly reviewed by a national committee. 

Award Recipients 2017

Dr. Mary K. Stohr
Professor
Washington State University  

Coramae Richey Mann
​Leadership Award 

Evelyn Gilbert 
Unsung​ Hero Award 

Dr. Cassia C. Spohn
Foundation Professor and School Director
​Arizona State University 

Dr. Anthony A. Peguero
Associate Professor
​Virginia Tech 

Becky Tatum
Excellence ​Award
Keeper of the Flame 
Dr. Allison M. Cotton
​Metropolitan State University of Denver
This award is given to a member of the Minorities and Women Section who exemplifies the spirit of the section. 

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice 
​Best Paper Award 2017 

Gayle Rhineberger-Dunn & Nicole E. Rader. (2017). Race, criminal justice professionals, and intellectual authority in fictional crime dramas. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 15(2), 205-225. 

ACJS Minorities and Women Section 
Awards Ceremony and Reception 2017 

Honoring the Past 
Looking to the Future 

Student Travel Award Recipients 2017

Prior MWS Award Recipients 

Coramae Richey Mann
​Leadership Award 
2017
Dorothy Taylor
2016 
Alida V. Merlo 
2015
Joycelyn M. Pollock 
2014
Freda Adler 
2013
​Janice Joseph
Patricia Van Voorhis  
2012
Francis P. Bernat 
2011
Not Awarded 
2010
Faith E. Lutze 
2009
George E. Higgins 
2008
Rosemary L. Gido 
​2007
Helen Taylor Greene 
Evelyn Gilbert 
​Unsung ​Hero Award 
2017
George Higgins
2016
Jennifer Cobbina 
2015
​Hillary Potter 
2014
​Li Ying​
2013
Susan Sharp 
2012
Not Awarded 
2011
Not Awarded 
2010
​Marianne Fisher-Giorlando 
2009
George Wilson, Sr. 
2008
​Mary Stohr 
​2007
Lorenzo M. Boyd 
2006
Ramona Brockett 
Becky Tatum
Excellence ​Award
2017
Janice O. Joseph
2016
​Denise Paquette Boots 
2015
Michael J. Leiber​
2014
​Shaun L. Gabbidon 
2013
Min Xie
​Marlyn Jones 
2012
Allison M. Cotton 
2011
Not Awarded 
2010
Robert L. Bing 
2009
​Alida Merlo 
2008
​Vernetta Young 
​2007
​Roslyn Muraskin 
Keeper of the Flame 
Distinguished Service 
2017
Rosemary L. Gido
Indiana University Pennsylvania
2016 
​Robert L. Bing 
University of Texas - Arlington