Announcing the 2023-24 CEE Racial Equity Award Recipients and Nominees

The Center for Educational Excellence is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2023-24 Racial Equity Awards. We are both impressed and inspired by the work that was described in the nominations for each nominee. We are grateful to the nominators who took the time and energy to put these educators up for the awards. We are also grateful to each nominee for the inspiring work they have been doing to help make USD a place where racial justice, BIPOC scholarship, and Black excellence is part and parcel to academic life.

Award Recipients (all nominees are recognized below): 

The CEE’s Freire and hooks Decolonial Pedagogy Award. An award for a commitment to pedagogies and content on racial justice and BIPOC scholarship. 

Undergraduate Programs Recipient:

• Alberto López Pulido, College of Arts and Sciences - Ethnic Studies

Graduate Programs Recipient:

• Mary Jo Wiggins, School of Law

The CEE’s Fostering Black Educational Excellence Award. An award for inclusive practices that support and encourage Black students academically.

Undergraduate Programs Recipient:

• Cory Gooding, College of Arts and Sciences - Political Science and International Relations

We are honored to acknowledge all the nominees for Freire and hooks Decolonial Pedagogy Award:

We are honored to acknowledge all the nominees for the Fostering Black Educational Excellence Award:\

On behalf of the CEE Racial Equity Awards Committee, please join us in honoring and recognizing the recipients and nominees.