Equity Award

The AHA Equity Award is meant to recognize and publicize those who have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historical discipline. The prize is awarded on a two-year cycle rotation: in even-numbered years, to institutions; in odd-numbered years, to an individual. The awards can be conferred for new initiatives or for ongoing efforts. Deserving nominees will have made an impact promoting equity in the work and study of history through mentoring, program building, fundraising initiatives, pursuing civic engagement, and working in a variety of venues to promote a supportive environment. Institutional nominees could include academic units such as departments of history, public history programs, interdisciplinary programs, research institutes, and other organizations. Such institutions or institutional units may have taken advantage of institutional and community resources to diversify history students and faculty or to provide professional experience through teaching, research, postdoctoral, or internship programs.