Kelsey Shoub, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Undergraduate Program Director, has received the 2024 Outstanding Research Award. This award, which includes a $1,000 prize and a plaque, recognizes distinguished achievement in scholarship and research by tenure-line faculty within the College.
Professor Kelsey Shoub was nominated for her outstanding and prolific research record, which is especially impressive for someone who received their PhD in 2018. Her work has contributed significantly to academic and public understanding of race, gender, and policing and how language about policy shapes public understanding. "Suspect Citizens: What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tells Us About Policing & Race," a 2018 book co-authored by Professor Shoub, utilized data from 20 million traffic stops in North Carolina to demonstrate how ubiquitous racial disparities are within police forces and how greater political representation within Black communities offers a way to address such disparities.
In addition to co-authorship of such an important book, in 2021, Professor Shoub was awarded the Herbert Kaufman Best Paper Award from the American Political Science Association's Section on Public Administration for her article "Do Female Officers Police Differently? Evidence from Traffic Stops." She has also published thirteen peer-reviewed articles in excellent journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, and Journal of Public Policy, just to name a few. According to the Web of Science, she has been cited more than 200 times and already has an H-index of 5, which is quite an accomplishment for a researcher so early in their career.
The SBS Outstanding Research Award is presented annually to those who either self-nominate or are nominated by their peers. Please visit the SBS website for the complete award requirements and a list of all past winners.