Elva Orozco Mendoza
Assistant Professor, Political Science, UConn
for her book
The Maternal Contract: A Subaltern Response to Extreme Violence in the Americas (Oxford University Press, 2025)
The Sharon Harris Book Award Committee notes
, “Founded upon an analysis of state violence globally, Elva F. Orozco Mendoza’s The Maternal Conflict: A Subaltern Response to Extreme Violence in the Americas advances an original theory of ‘the maternal contract’ in political science while grounded in a governmental ethic of care, beyond the Hobbesian ethic of protection.”
Emma Amador
Assistant Professor, History, UConn
for her book
The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice (Duke University Press, 2025)
The Sharon Harris Book Award Committee notes
, “Historicist in scope and methods, Emma Amador’s The Politics of Care Work presents an analysis that is well researched, offering a narrative and a close study of the fraught relationship between mainland USA and its colonized territory, Puerto Rico. It informs readers about this history while emphasizing women’s action and activism, particularly in the social work field.”
