{"id":2867,"date":"2026-08-18T14:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/race-and-ethnic-studies\/?page_id=2867"},"modified":"2026-08-31T00:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:45:24","slug":"hepburn-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/hepburn-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Hepburn Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Robin\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/files\/2026\/07\/Robin-1600x1067.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-6aa1fabb925bb {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-6aa1fabb925bb\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 800; padding: 5px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #e4a01b; color: #242121; font-size: 20px; border-radius: 10px; box-decoration-break: clone; -webkit-box-decoration-break: clone;\">What is this award?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 600; color: #ffffff; font-size: 20px; line-height: 0.8;\">The Race, Ethnic, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department was indelibly shaped by the life and work of Dr. Joan Hepburn. She began her work at St. Olaf in 1987 and, until her retirement, Dr. Hepburn was the lifeblood of what it means to be an engaged scholar of Race and Ethnic Studies. She led students on a trip to the Million Woman March, crafted curriculum, and pushed St. Olaf to live into its stated commitment to the Wahpekute Band of the Dakota Nation. Dr. Hepburn demonstrated that at the heart of Ethnic Studies is a commitment to political movement. In her honor, REGSS created the Dr. Joan Hepburn Award for Achievement in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. This award will be presented each year to a student in the course that showcases outstanding academic achievement in their capstone project.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t     data-livetext\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-cranberry\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/hepburn-award\/#award\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">About this award<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-teal\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/hepburn-award\/#apply\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Application Process<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-purple\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/rossing-award\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Viola Rossing Prize<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters  site-panel__imgtxt-img-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Honors Day 1594-PR4\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/files\/2026\/08\/Honors-Day-1594-PR4-820x600.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/files\/2026\/08\/Honors-Day-1594-PR4-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/files\/2026\/08\/Honors-Day-1594-PR4-820x600.jpg 820w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/regss\/files\/2026\/08\/Honors-Day-1594-PR4-1120x900.jpg 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 800; padding: 5px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #f6c167; color: #242421; font-size: 25px; border-radius: 10px; box-decoration-break: clone; -webkit-box-decoration-break: clone;\">Project Types<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #242421; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; line-height: .8;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Projects can take a variety of forms. They include:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>a single,<\/b><b>\u00a0scholarly ess<\/b><b>ay<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>a portfolio<\/b>\u00a0of course essays, or a combination of scholarly, creative, and\/or activist artifacts.<\/li>\n<li><b>a digital project<\/b>, which can be a scholarly piece or a creative project.<\/li>\n<li><b>a creative project<\/b>\u00a0(creative writing,\u00a0visual art, performance,\u00a0or an event). 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Awards will be announced during the <strong>Race and Ethnic Studies Capstone Reception<\/strong> at the end of the year, with a specific date to be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: -10px; margin-top: auto;\"><a class=\"btn btn--grey btn--xs\" href=\"#\">Applications closed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"award\" style=\"font-size:0.001px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; 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