Equity Award Recipients
Equity Awards recognize and publicize individuals and institutions that have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historic profession. Two equity awards are given annually: one for individuals and another for academic units. The award can be conferred for new initiatives or for sustained efforts. These equity awards are meant to recognize and publicize individuals and institutions that have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historic profession. While the awards are honorary and have no monetary component, winners receive a certificate of recognition that specially honors their efforts to secure and sustain diversity in the profession.
2019
Individual: Calvin White Jr., Univ. of Arkansas
Institutional: Howard Univ., Dept. of History
2018
Individual: Tiffany Packer, Florida A&M Univ.
2017
Individual: Lorena Oropeza, Univ. of California, Davis
2016
Individual: Albert Camarillo, Stanford Univ.
Institutional: Univ. of Texas, El Paso, Dept. of History
2015
Individual: Victor Macias-Gonzalez, Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Institutional: Duke Univ., Graduate School (Jacqueline Looney, sr. assoc. dean for graduate programs and assoc. vice provost for academic diversity)
2014
Individual: Ernesto Chavez, Univ. of Texas, El Paso
Institutional: North Carolina Central Univ., Dept. of History (Jim C. Harper II, chair)
2013
Individual: David Jackson, Jr., Florida A&M Univ.
Institutional: Univ. of California, Irvine, ADVANCE Program for Equity and Diversity
2012
Individual: Herman Bennett, Graduate Center, CUNY
Institutional: Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Dept. of Afro-American Studies
2011
Individual: Andres Tijerina, Austin Comm. Coll.
Institutional: Univ. of Arizona, Dept. of History
2010
Individual: George Sanchez, Univ. of Southern California
Institutional: Baruch Coll., CUNY, Dept. of History
2019 Equity Awards
Individual Award: Calvin White Jr., Univ. of Arkansas
At the University of Arkansas, there is a “Calvin White pipeline” of students who follow Dr. White from course to course—all African and African American studies courses are cross-listed with history—and in the last decade, more than 50 AAST students have double-majored or -minored in history. This pipeline has introduced African American history to hundreds of students while also creating a more inclusive university; many history majors have gone on to pursue MAs or PhDs in history as well.
Institutional Award: Department of History, Howard Univ.
Few departments in the United States rival Howard’s success in developing black intellectuals. In the last 10 years alone, the Department of History has produced 55 black PhDs and nearly 20 black MAs. No single department in the country has such a record of producing historians from underrepresented groups in the last decade. Moreover, the department has developed a cadre of black public historians who are engaged in interpretation at museums and archives throughout the nation.