Award Amount: up to $1,000
Application Deadline: Friday, March 28, 2025
In honor of Dr. Kesho Scott’s many distinguished achievements and ongoing work to promote racial justice using an intersectional approach, and to deepen the program’s support for intersectional student engagement and activism, we are pleased to announce the creation of the Scott-Noun Award for Racial Justice. An award in the amount of up to $1,000 will be presented to one or more students who have demonstrated a commitment to service, activism, cultural, or other extra-curricular engagement to fight for racial justice and equity. The winner(s) will be determined by the Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Committee.
Application Requirements
- Applicants must provide a copy of a resume or curriculum vitae (CV).
- Applicants must submit a one-page written description detailing their service, activism, cultural, or other extra-curricular engagement in racial justice work.
- Applicants must provide the name and contact information of someone other than the candidate who will serve as a reference and discuss the significance of the candidate’s work and their qualifications for the award with the chair of the award committee.
Applications must be submitted by March 28, 2025 to De Dudley (dudleyd@grinnell.edu). No late applications will be accepted.
The Scott-Noun Award for Racial Justice is funded by the Louise R. Noun Endowment for Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies.
Dr. Kesho Scott is associate professor of American studies and sociology here at Grinnell College. She is an internationally renowned educator, scholar, diversity trainer, organizer and community activist. She has been a dedicated advocate and contributor to the gender, women’s, and sexuality studies program for decades. She has touched the lives of her colleagues and students all over the world. She was inducted into Iowa’s African American Hall of Fame and most recently has continued her racial justice work educating teachers in Grinnell K-12 schools and traveling across Iowa to organize memorials for George Floyd, as part of her transformative anti-racist practice.
Louise Frankel Rosenfield Noun graduated from Grinnell College in 1929. A dedicated activist and fierce advocate for women’s rights in Iowa, Noun was a central political figure and wrote four books highlighting the work toward women’s rights and social justice in the state. In 1985, Noun’s brother, Joseph Rosenfield 1925, established an endowment in her name at Grinnell College. This fund supports ongoing programming in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies at the college.
For more information, please contact GWSS program chair, Tamara Beauboeuf (beauboeuf@grinnell.edu).