Previous Paula J. Giddings Award Winners

2024

Best Article Recipient

Zeynep K. Korkman – “(Mis)Translations of the Critiques of Anti-Muslim Racism and the Repercussions for Transnational Feminist Solidarities” (Vol. 22, No. 2)

Read more about Zeynep K. Korkman here.

Honorable Mention

Grace L. Sanders Johnson – “Picturing Herself in Africa: Haiti, Diaspora, and the Visual Folkloric” (Vol. 22, No. 2)

Read more about Grace L. Sanders Johnson here.


2023

Best Article Recipient

Sandra Ruiz – “A Light for a Light: Minoritarian Aesthetics and the Politics of Grief-Work” (Vol. 21, No. 2)

Read more about Sandra Ruiz here.

Honorable Mention

Jennifer Williams – “Apologizing to Chavers: #Blackgirlmagic’s Resilience Discourse and the Fear of Melancholy Black Femme Digital Subjectivity” 

(Vol. 21, No. 1)

Read more about Jennifer Williams here.

Honorable Mention

Asli Zengin – “Caring for the Dead: Corpse Washers, Touch, and Mourning in Contemporary Turkey”  (Vol. 21, No. 1)

Read more about Asli Zengin here.


2022

Best Article Recipient

Rumya S. Putcha – “The Mythical Courtesan: Womanhood and Dance in Transnational India” (Vol. 20, No. 1)

Read more about Dr. Putcha here.

Honorable Mention

Evelyn Alsultany – “How Hate Crime Laws Perpetuate Anti-Muslim Racism”  (Vol. 20, No. 2)

Read more about Dr. Alsultany here.


2021

Best Article Recipient

Robert J. Patterson – “Between Protest and Politics: Black Lives Matter Movement(s) for Black Lives” 

(Vol. 19, No. 2)

Read more about Dr. Patterson here.

Honorable Mention

Leigh-Anne Francis – “Playing the “Lady Sambo”: Poor Black Women’s Legal Strategies in the Post-Civil War South’s Civil Courts” (Vol. 19, No. 2)

Read more about Dr. Patterson here.


2020

Best Article Recipient

Maile Arvin – “Indigenous Feminist Notes on Embodying Alliance against Settler Colonialism” (Vol. 18, No. 2)

Read more about Maile Arvin here.


2019

Best Article Recipient

Abosede George -“Saving Nigerian Girls: A Critical Reflection on Girl-Saving Campaigns in the Colonial and Neoliberal Eras” (Vol. 17, No. 2)

Read more about Abosede George here.


2018

Best Article Recipient

Miglena S. Todorova – “Race and Women of Color in Socialist/Postsocialist Transnational Feminisms in Central and Southeastern Europe” (Vol. 16, No. 1)

Read more about Miglena S. Todorova’s work here.