Urban Politics Section Award Recipients
Byran Jackson Dissertation Research on Minority Politics Award
The Byran Jackson Award recognizes the outstanding scholarship by a graduate student in the area of race and urban politics.
| 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 |
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2014 |
Zinga Fraser, Northwestern University
"Catalysts for Change: A Comparative Study of Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm." |
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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?" |
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2011 |
Emily Farris, Brown University
"Pathways to Power: An Examination of Latino Local Elected Officials" |
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2010 |
Jamila Michener, University of Chicago
The Politics of Help Seeking in Marginalized Populations |
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2009 |
Carlos Cuellar, Rice University
"The Latino Empowerment Process: An Examination of the Causes and Consequences of Latino Representation in Local Politics" |
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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" |
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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" |
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2000 |
Mara Sidney, University of Colorado
"Social Constructions of Race and Class in Fair Housing Policy" |