The Glenda Lewis Critical Race Scholar Award



As an affirmation of its commitment to support racial equity and inclusion in graduate education at UNM, Graduate Studies announces The Glenda Lewis Critical Race Scholars Award Program. Named in memory of Glenda Lewis, a recognized graduate student leader, critical race theorist, and doctoral candidate in Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, the Program will provide up to four awards for eligible graduate students conducting research on topics related to critical race scholarship.

Topics might include but are not limited to:

  • higher education, intersectionality, and institutional change
  • research on race relations in the United States;
  • studies of slavery and its legacies;
  • issues of social, restorative, or transformational justice and racial equity;
  • research on Black Lives Matter or related movements in past or recent present;
  • literary, historical, archival, community, or artistic studies of black, indigenous, or Latinx expressive cultures, written or oral;
  • critical race theories, pedagogies, and activist practices;
  • critiques of historic, institutionalized, or structural forms of racism;
  • urban design, public policy, or environmental racism;
  • protest, activism, and social change

Recipients will be named Critical Race Scholars and will receive an award of $2,000 for the Fall 2025-Spring 2026 academic year to support and facilitate their research. Critical Race Scholars will form a cohort that will meet during the tenure of the award to showcase their research in a Graduate Studies hosted platform (webinar, workshop for PNMGC or FMP, or other suitable venue to be determined).

Eligibility

Degree-seeking graduate students in academic good standing, with a minimum 3.5 GPA or above and no standing Fs, NCs, or Incompletes at the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Students must be full-time (9 credit hours or 6 credit hours and an assistantship).

Application Instructions

Please submit the application materials in InfoReady.

  • Letter of Application (limit to 300 words total) to include progress towards degree, how the funding will facilitate student’s research, and a statement on how your research relates to critical race scholarship
  • CV
  • Two (2) Letters of Reference with one letter being from a faculty advisor, director, or committee chair

Application Deadline

Applications must be submitted by May 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM MST. Awards will be announced soon thereafter.

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