2024 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Paul MacKay Chandler Memorial Scholarship Award
The SISS Department is pleased to announce that we are currently accepting applications for the Spring 2024 Paul MacKay Chandler Memorial Scholarship Award.
The purpose of this $1,500.00 scholarship award is to recognize a soon to be graduate student who is also a Sociology student with advanced standing whose expected graduate school pathway reflects a commitment to Sociology, Human Rights, or Criminal Justice.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be accepted to a graduate program at an accredited institution in a program related to Sociology, Human Rights, or Criminal Justice.
- Turn in a personal statement regarding their commitment to social justice issues as shown in community and/or volunteer services.
- Have a minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher
- SJSU students who graduated in December are also eligible to apply for scholarship funds
Application Process
To apply, students should submit the following via email to Dr. Yolanda Wiggins (yolanda.wiggins@sjsu.edu) by 5:00 p.m. on May 7th, 2024. Please include "Chandler Scholarship Application" as the subject of the email. The application should include the following:
- Proof of acceptance into a graduate program at an accredited institution in a program related to Sociology, Human Rights, or Criminal Justice.
- A personal statement: Please describe your commitment to social justice issues as shown in community and/or volunteer services in 450-550 words. Please include a description of how you have committed to social justice issues as shown in community and/or volunteer services and how you expect to pursue social justice in your graduate work and/or post-graduate life.
- Transcript showing you have a minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher.
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The Paul MacKay Chandler Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 2009 by members of the Chandler family to honor the memory of Paul MacKay Chandler. Paul MacKay Chandler was a 1963 graduate of the Sociology Master’s program. He taught for the San José State University Administration of Justice Department (now the Justice Studies Department) and served as a Federal Probation and Parole Officer until his retirement at the age of 53. Mr. Chandler was passionate about social justice, and worked with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Hesperian Foundation. His work made him a nationally recognized expert on social justice in the correctional system, and he was called upon to testify on this subject before Congress.