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An integral part of the Tarleton Women\u2019s Mentoring Network (WMN) executive leadership team, Dr. Morrow was nominated by her peers for her campus initiatives to help WMN members locally and at the state level through TWHE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe work we do with these two organizations is so rewarding,\u201d she said. \u201cI was surprised and honored to receive this award, especially while surrounded by so many other deserving leaders in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Morrow joins previous winners Kathy Pawelek (2023), Julie Schwab (2022), Dr. Annie Phillips Munson (2021), Dr. Martinella Dryburgh (2020) and Jenny Branson (2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am thrilled Texas Women in Higher Education is honoring Dr. Morrow,\u201d said Tarleton\u2019s TWHE institutional representative, Lora Helvie-Mason. \u201cSince arriving at Tarleton in 2020, Dr. Morrow has become a leader within our Women\u2019s Mentoring Network and on campus. She is truly deserving of this award.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2023, Dr. Morrow received a TWHE grant to help support persistence in member writing projects on the way to tenure and doctorates. With the grant, a writing accountability group was formed; it continues to meet regularly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, she supervised two undergraduate student researchers working to analyze data for Cross Timbers Family Services; she presented at the Research, Innovation and Economic Development conference in 2023 for her group\u2019s President\u2019s Excellence in Research Scholars grant project to study social services workers who advocate for and counsel crime victims; and she has used data collected on two Cross Timbers funding projects to complete an external grant application for a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Grant designed to expand similar services to other rural communities in Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She co-advises the Criminal Justice Society, a student group that conducts field visits and performs service work, and has volunteered at the Purple Pantry. She was named the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Engaged Scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Morrow, a faculty affiliate for the Institute on Violence against Women and Human Trafficking, studies structural violence, especially related to gender and gender-based violence, through an examination of areas including sub-Saharan African, Native American reservations, Chicago neighborhoods and in rural communities. Her research highlights how interactions within social structures such as the criminal justice system, workplaces and homes can create an environment that causes violence or otherwise prevents individuals from living up to their full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her work contributes significantly to the study of intimate partner violence from a socio-ecological focus and to understanding that most survivors face violence that not only occurs in families but that is compounded in interactions with the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Morrow holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in English and a minor in women\u2019s studies from the University of Wyoming, a master’s degree in sociology from Western Illinois University, and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\u00a0Tarleton Women\u2019s Mentoring Network began from a writing accountability group designed to help motivate faculty and staff to achieve their research goals. Over time, the conversations of the group shifted to more general support, encouragement and mentoring. WMN was formally created in August 2019, in connection with Texas Women in Higher Education and The Texas A&M System goals to support faculty and staff in the academy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The informal group is focused on providing a sense of community, mentoring connections, networking opportunities, and social and professional development for Tarleton State faculty and staff. Any individual who supports women employed at Tarleton is welcome to participate without regard to gender, gender identity or gender expression. Visit www.tarleton.edu\/womensmentoring<\/a> and look for the \u201cGet Involved\u201d button. Semimonthly meetings occur on Zoom, and a slate of programs is scheduled. Tarleton State\u2019s TWHE institutional representative, Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, can be reached at helviemason@tarleton.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE \u2014 Tarleton State University criminal justice Assistant Professor Dr. Rebecca Morrow has been named 2024 Emerging Leader by the Texas Women in Higher Education (TWHE). Dr. Morrow was presented …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":50720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":382,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,423],"tags":[437],"class_list":["post-50718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-academics-research","tag-college-of-education"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/04\/Morrow_Award_2024-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Academics & Research<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Academics & Research<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["College of Education<\/a>"],"unlinked":["College of Education<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 15, 2024","modified":"Updated on April 19, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 15, 2024 2:31 pm","modified":"Updated on April 19, 2024 4:24 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Three women standing together at a conference event.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}