The MinE Best Paper Award is given to the best paper presented in the annual EEA congresses whose focus is on the study of LGBTQ+, Race-Ethnicity-Religion and/or Disabilities. It was inaugurated in 2022.
The 2025 Award was presented to Donia Kamel for her paper Between Arab and White: Syrians and the Naturalization Law
The Award Committee wrote: The author combines census data spanning multiple decades to examine children’s names, intermarriage patterns, and residential choices among Arabs in the aftermath of the 1915 Dow v. United States ruling. The author also outlines a compelling plan to conduct text analysis of both Arab American and historical American newspapers, alongside a study of name Americanization using the Syrian Business Directory. The data collection efforts are impressive, and the main analyses are rigorously conducted. Overall, this is a superb and extremely original paper. Even more importantly, in a political climate where world leaders are increasingly eager to impose migration restrictions and limit pathways to citizenship, this research underscores the enduring value of offering immigrants a clear path to full civic inclusion.
The Award Committee also commended the following papers:
- The (Express) Way to Segregation: Evidence from Chicago - Sara Bagagli
- Persistence of Inequality after Apartheid: Assessing the Role of Geography and Skills - Kristina Manysheva
- Market Forces and Employer Racial Preferences: Evidence from Wartime Shortages - Joan Jennifer Martinez
Full information on the Award is here
Join Donia, Kristina and Joan for a special virtual session on their research on MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 at 15:30 CET. Session will be chaired by Lucia Corno, MinE Committee member.
Pre-register here