Margot Mifflin, a professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York, for “Brazen Infidels: Radical Quaker Women and the Fight for Civil Rights.” The study examines the stories and political philosophy of Quaker women leaders of the antebellum abolitionist and first wave feminist movements. The award will be used for travel expenses for on-site research at Swarthmore College, Smith College, and the Boston Public Library.
Johanna Reyes Ortega, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkley, for “Promises and Perils: The Expansion of Women’s Rights in Revolutionary Regimes.” The study examines why revolutionary regimes diverge so sharply in their treatment of women’s rights. The award will be used for travel expenses and research assistantship stipends for data collection in Bolivia.
Recipients of honorable mention awards are:
Carolyn Barnett, an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy and School of Global Studies at the University of Arizona, and Alexandra McCoy, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Arizona, for “Who’s Afraid of Young Men? How Narratives of ‘Digital Masculinity’ and the Gen Z Gender Gap Affect Perceptions of Gender Equality.” The study examines how narratives about an increasing gender gap in political ideology and voting behavior among Gen Z affect young U.S. adults’ perceptions of society’s support for gender equality. The award will be used to conduct a survey with 1500 respondents from a nationally representative online panel through Theorem.
Sierra Malvitz, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Rice University, for “What Voters See in Parents: Testing the Mechanisms Behind Family Cues in Candidate Evaluation.” The study examines the effect of political candidates’ parental status on vote choice. The award will be used for costs for recruiting respondents for a survey experiment.
Meg Weeks, an assistant professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, for “Betty No Brasil: Transnational Feminism and the Reception of Betty Friedan’s ‘The Feminine Mystique’ in Dictatorship-Era Brazil.” The study examines how Friedan’s brand of feminism was received by Brazilian audiences, as part of a larger project examining how figures such as Friedan were influenced by Latin American feminists. The award will be used to support a research trip to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil for archival research and oral history interviews.