Spring 2023 Scholarship Update | |
The Office of the Advancement of Research is proud to announce the impressive academic achievements of our faculty during the Spring 2023 semester. Our faculty have won numerous awards, and their research has been recognized and publicized in various media outlets. | |
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We are delighted to announce that Professors Blanca Patricia Tovar and Lucia Trimbur have been selected to participate in the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for the 2023-2024 academic year.
This program allows them to teach or conduct research overseas, engage in cutting-edge research, and expand their professional networks. Through this experience, they will build relationships with international colleagues that will help lay the foundation for future partnerships between institutions.
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We are proud of Professors Tovar and Trimbur's accomplishments, and their selection for this highly competitive program is a testament to their hard work and academic excellence. We eagerly anticipate their return, where they will share their experiences and become active sponsors of international exchange.
Please join us in congratulating them on this incredible honor!
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Representative Jerry Nadler announced that Professor Charlotte Walker-Said had been awarded a prestigious National Endowment for Humanities grant to support her research on the history and impact of non-state militaries in central Africa in the 20th century.
With this grant, Professor Walker-Said will examine the role of non-state militaries in shaping the political, economic, and social landscapes of Central Africa. Her research will encompass a variety of fields, including military and political history, economics, anthropology, and sociology.
“Charlotte’s work is critical to understanding the region, its political and religious institutions, and its citizens. This award is a statement on the importance of that work and is crucial to assuring it will be widely shared,” said Dr. Anthony Carpi, Dean of Research.
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Ke Li, a political science assistant professor, has received numerous prestigious awards for her groundbreaking book "Marriage Unbound: State Law, Power, and Inequality in Contemporary China." which delves into the challenges faced by Chinese women in divorce litigation. Published in July 2022 by Stanford University Press, Li presented her book to the John Jay Community during a talk in March 2023.
Her book has received the Herbert Jacob Book Prize from the Law and Society Association, the Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association, the C. Herman Pritchett Award from the APSA, and the Distinguished Book Award from the Law section of the American Sociological Association for its exceptional and rigorous scholarship in law and society, women and politics, and law and court studies.
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Assistant Professor of Sociology Tarun Banerjee has been named a recipient of the 2023 Feliks Gross Award for Outstanding Research. The Feliks Gross Award, alongside the Henry Wasser Awards, is recognized as one of the highest honors presented to assistant professors at the City University of New York (CUNY) for exceptional research contributions. | |
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The New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B Pullman Center for Scholars and Writers awarded a nine-month prestigious fellowship to Professor Sara MacDougall.
This fellowship aims to support Professor MacDougall's work on her third book, "Listening to Jehanne: A Survivor's Story from Late Medieval France," by providing her access to the library's vast collections.
“I heard about the Cullman Center when I first began to think about doing a Ph.D., and the professor I hoped to work with was a fellow there at the time,” said McDougall, who will be The John and Constance Birkelund Fellow. “Now, all these years later, it’s an honor to work with the New York Public Library and utilize their amazing resources and experts in community with other writers and scholars."
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John Jay Professors Jonathan Gray, Alexandra Moffet-Bateau, and Richard Ocejo have been selected as part of the new group of CUNY’s Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Faculty Fellows.
The initiative has awarded 65 scholars from The Graduate Center funds to develop new courses or conduct research in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies. These fellowships are being awarded for the second year and are sustained by a generous $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation.
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Watch: On April 18, John Jay College, in partnership with Columbia University, hosted “Current Trends in Cuban Music” The event featured presentations by Prof. Christopher Washburne (Columbia University) and Prof. Benjamin Lapidus (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) and other participating scholars discussing Latin jazz and the intersection of musical life in New York City and Havana.
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On April 20, Professors Jayne Mooney and Marcia Esparza
led a symposium on Decolonizing Criminology featuring diverse panels. The symposium aimed to discuss ways of removing colonial biases from criminology.
The discussions revolved around the intricate nature of criminal behavior and the social, cultural, and economic factors that contribute to it.
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