
Barbara R. Walters CC Faculty Award

Barbara R. Walters CC Faculty Award
The Barbara R. Walters Community College Faculty Award recognizes community college faculty who are actively engaged in scholarly work. Inspired by a gift from Barbara R. Walters (Kingsborough Community College) to the Committee, the goal of this award is to honor and support faculty in their academic endeavors, as well as to raise the visibility of community college faculty in the ESS.
The 2023 Award Winner is Amy L. Pucino, Community College of Baltimore County for their article:
“Lessons from the Blurring of the Frontstage and Backstage: Community College Personnel's Experiences and Use of Contemplative Practices During the Pandemic”
Submissions for the award are encouraged that meet the following criteria:
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Author is a community college faculty member, either full-time or part-time.
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Abstract has been accepted for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the ESS.
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The full paper does not exceed 35 double-spaced pages, including tables and references.
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Submission includes a cover page with name, institutional affiliation and email address
The award will be announced and presented during a special session at the annual meetings. The recipient is expected to be present to receive the award. Eligible authors should submit an electronic version of their paper by December 10, 2023 to the Committee Chair. Sarah Hoiland, (shoiland@hostos.cuny.edu). No papers submitted after this date will be accepted.
Committee:
Chair: Sarah Hoiland, CUNY Hostos Community College
Vondora Corzen-Wilson, Nassau Community College
Shenique Davis, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Tanya N. Cook, Community College of Aurora
Diditi Mitra, Brookdale Community College
Past Recipients
2021
Shenique Davis
"Cloaked in liminality and Blackness: Negotiating roles, identity, and emotional labor within and between prison walls and academia."
2020
Sarah L. Hoiland
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, “'I Pledge Allegiance to the MC': The Power of the Patch"
2019
Myron T. Strong
Community College of Baltimore County, "The Emperor Has New Clothes: How Outsider Sociology Can Shift the Discipline"
2018
Marcus Bell
Onondaga Community College, (SUNY), “Becoming White Teachers: Symbolic Interactions and Racializing the Raceless Norm in Predominantly Black Schools”
2017
Jonathan Cornick, Amy Traver
’It’s Not Just a Math Problem’: Integrating Sociology and Math for Student Learning and Social Justice in Community College Contexts”
2016
Etsuko Donnelly
Suffolk County Community College, “Wearing ‘My Sword’: Political Activism and Headscarf Practice among Muslim College Students”
2015
Joshua L. Carreiro
Springfield Technical Community College, “W.E.B. Du Bois, Self-Segregation and Black Consumers’ Cooperation