After an incredibly challenging period in which fieldwork was disrupted, many of us suffered losses, and everyone experienced upheaval, the 2021 Brodsky Prize Committee (Peter Bearman, Amy Starecheski, and Carlin Liu Zia) was particularly impressed with the quality of OHMA theses created over the past year. We would like to celebrate four theses of exceptional distinction as we announce the winner of this year’s prize.

We invite proposals for sessions in our third series of Anti-Oppression and Decolonial Oral History Workshops.

In November of 2015, Jeffrey H. Brodsky, OHMA alum, announced a generous cash prize of $3000 for an outstanding capstone/thesis. The criteria for receiving the award is that the capstone/thesis must “make an important contribution to knowledge and exemplify the rigor, creativity and ethical integrity we teach our students.”

Explore the work of students and alumni who have been using their work to amplify Black voices, end mass incarceration, and challenge white supremacy.