Outstanding Dissertation Award

The Council on Anthropology and Education (CAE) has established an annual award to recognize the author of an outstanding dissertation recently completed in the field of anthropology and education.

Nomination

Any member of CAE in good standing can nominate a recent dissertation for this award.

Eligibility

A nominated dissertation should have been successfully defended no earlier than 3 calendar years prior to the year in which it is nominated.

Deadline

Nominations are generally due to the Third-Year Member-at-Large in mid-summer of each year. Nominations for this year closed July 15, 2009.

Nomination Materials

The nomination should include:

  1. A letter not to exceed three pages from the nominator summarizing the strengths of the dissertation, including the strength of anthropological theory and method, the scholarly excellence, the relevance to educational anthropology, innovative or insightful approaches, and implications for research and practice in the field of educational anthropology.
  2. If the nominator is not a member of the nominee’s dissertation committee, the nomination should be accompanied by a supporting letter from a member of the dissertation committee.
  3. Three copies of a 20-page (5000 words maximum) abstract of the dissertation written by the nominee.
  4. A completed cover page, outlining:
    • Nominee's name, degree and institution from which s/he received it, and date degree was conferred
    • Nominator's name
    • Title of dissertation
    • Attachments (letter, supporting letter, abstract)

Evaluation Guidelines

The dissertation award committee will be guided by such considerations as:

  1. The issue addressed in the study bridges the theories and practices of anthropology and education.
  2. The author-researcher applies anthropological methods and concepts in handling and reporting data thoroughly and insightfully.
  3. The study is of high quality and makes an important contribution to the field.

Finalists

A short list of finalists will be selected in July or early August. Finalists will be asked to submit copies of their completed dissertation within 2 weeks. The winner will be selected from among the finalists on the basis of a reading of the completed dissertation by all members of the award committee.

2009 Dissertation Award Committee

Joseph Tobin (chair), Stacey Lee, Beth Leonard, Mica Pollock.


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Last Update: September 20, 2009