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Each year the School of Social Transformation awards nearly 20 scholarships to its students, in amounts ranging from $200 to over $9,000.
Undergraduate students in the School of Social Transformation are uniquely eligible for these scholarships. Students in Asian Pacific American Studies, African and African American Studies, Justice Studies and Women and Gender Studies are eligible as well as students who have made contributions to the Asian Pacific American community.
These scholarships are possible thanks to generous donations from our alumni, community organizations and members, as well as other benefactors who want to help our students complete their education.
Explore Our Scholarships
- African and African American Studies Book Scholarship
- For undergraduate students, currently enrolled in the African and African American Studies degree program.
- Leonor Boulin Johnson African and African American Studies Founders Award
- For full-time undergraduate students in their senior year of the African and African American Studies program at the School of Social Transformation who can demonstrate academic excellence and the application of academic knowledge through examples such as conference attendance, research, and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5.
- Y.F. Wu Scholarships
- This scholarship supports the success and leadership development of students who are taking (or have taken) an Asian Pacific American Studies (APA) course OR demonstrated leadership in community service and co-curricular activities related to the Asian American community.
- Arizona Constables State Association Scholarship
- For junior status justice studies majors in good academic standing who expect to continue in a justice-related career. The scholarship was established in 1986 by contributions from the Arizona Constables State Association, Inc.
- David Wayne Isom Scholarship
- For Arizona residents that are currently enrolled full-time in a justice studies major, with demonstrated financial need and a career goal in law enforcement in Arizona.
- First Generation Justice Studies Alumni Scholarship
- For a first-generation college student enrolled full-time in a Justice and Social Inquiry graduate or undergraduate program, with financial need and Arizona residency.
- Gray Cavender Undergraduate Justice Studies Scholarship
- For first generation justice studies majors who have taken media or labor studies, law and society, or economic justice courses.
- L. E. Rombach Justice Studies Scholarship
- For a full-time justice studies major (minimum 12 hours enrollment for undergraduates) with demonstrated academic commitment to a justice related profession.
- Mary E. Jones Brayboy Memorial Scholarship
- For Native American students who have an affiliation with a federally-recognized or state-recognized tribe. Recipients must also document financial need, community involvement and public service within the Native American community.
- Norton Grant for Women's Studies in Justice Studies Scholarship
- For students currently enrolled as a Justice and Social Inquiry undergraduate (BA, BS, or minor) with coursework in women and justice studies.
- Pat Lauderdale Graduate Scholarship in Justice Studies
- For doctoral students enrolled at the School of Social Transformation, with a focus in Justice Studies. Preference given to first-generations students, whose research is in one of the following areas: Political deviance and the law, disability and justice, indigenous jurisprudence and injustice or law and the social sciences.
- Russell L. Duncan Memorial Scholarship
- For full-time Justice Studies majors, in junior status and good academic standing, with demonstrated financial need.
- Elsea Family Fund Scholarship
- For students currently enrolled full-time in a Women and Gender Studies program (Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies BA or MA program or Gender Studies Ph.D).
- Feldt-Barbanell Scholarship for Feminist Leadership
- For a full-time student enrolled in the Women and Gender Studies program at ASU's Tempe campus, of junior or senior academic level. Student must demonstrate academic excellence (3.2 GPA or greater) and feminist leadership.
- Nita Heard Hardie Women and Gender Studies Scholarship Graduate
- For students enrolled in the Gender Studies Ph.D. program in the School of Social Transformation, preferably in the advanced years of their studies at ASU.
- Norton Undergraduate Research Scholarship in Women and Gender Studies
- For full-time Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, BA majors, with sophomore level status or higher (minimum 25 earned hours at the time the award is applied) and a minimum 3.0 GPA.
- Uta Monique Behrens Women's Studies First Generation Scholarship
- For first-generation college students enrolled full-time in the Women, Gender and Sexualities Studies program, with junior or senior standing and Arizona residency.
- Women and Gender Studies Book Scholarship
- For students enrolled in the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies undergraduate program, in good academic standing.