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. Starting in 2023, the prize will be awarded on a two-year cycle rotation: in even-numbered years, to academic units; in odd-numbered years, to an individual. 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. Winners receive a prize of $1,000 and a certificate of recognition that specially honors their efforts to secure and sustain diversity in the profession.
2022
Individual: Tiya A. Miles, Harvard Univ.
Institutional: California State Univ., Los Angeles, Dept. of History
2021
Individual: Crystal Sanders, Penn State Univ.
Institutional: Northeastern State Univ., Dept. of History
2020
Institutional: Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, Dept. of History
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
2022 Equity Awards
Individual Award: Tiya A. Miles, Harvard University
Tiya Miles has done much in thinking about minoritized experiences, whether native or Black in the United States. The rigor and care with which she approaches her impressive work in public and academic history, especially the intersection of Black, Indigenous, and women’s histories, extends to the way she works with students, especially those from minoritized backgrounds, providing affirmation for their experiences and inspiring the trust they need to undertake their own important research.
Institutional Award: California State University, Los Angeles, Department of History
Through mentoring, professional training opportunities, and resource development designed to address the unique needs and experiences of Latinx, first-generation, and other students of minoritized backgrounds, the Department of History at California State University, Los Angeles, has dedicated itself to the hard work of recruiting more Latinx students into history programs and the discipline. This dedication is evident through the high percentage of Latinx students enrolled in its MA program, and especially through the success of its graduates of color.