Politics of Education Association
Hosted by the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University
Dear PEA members,
We are pleased to begin accepting nominations for the Politics of Education Association’s 2008-09 Outstanding Dissertation Award. Please be sure to submit nominations and application materials by the December 1, 2009 deadline.
Doctoral students who received their degree between June 30, 2008 and July 1 2009 are eligible.
Recognition at our annual business meeting held at AERA comes in addition to a token cash prize of $250. In addition, the winner will be given written comments from the awards committee with publication in mind.
In addition to a nomination form from the dissertation sponsor, each nominee must complete an application form including a 1,200-word abstract of his or her dissertation. Both documents should be sent to eness@uga.edu by December 1, 2009.
Please also see the following Call for Nominations.
Erik Ness, Chair, University of Georgia
Christopher Loss, Vanderbilt University
Betty Malen, University of Maryland
Lorraine McDonnell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Vance Randall, Brigham Young University
Dorothy Shipps, Baruch College, City University of New York
The Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Politics of Education:
A call for nominations for the best dissertation in the politics of education.
This call is for the 2008-09 Award. It is designed to foster and support graduate student research and publication on political processes and outcomes in organized education grades preK-16, from the United States and abroad. One aim is to highlight and reward scholars studying political issues in education, as distinct from the interdisciplinary approaches taken by policy studies.
The PEA Dissertation Awards Committee welcomes any nominated dissertation that addresses the politics of education, including, but not limited to, those that focus on questions of democracy, voice, governance, inequality/equality, power, authority, political accountability, interest group interactions, coalitions and agency at any level of analysis (federal/national, state/provincial, local). Acceptable methods include, but are not limited to, comparative political analysis, case-study analyses of broad trends and reform efforts, qualitative studies, political history and biography, primary and secondary data analysis.
The Award: A $250 cash award, editorial and stylistic suggestions for publication from the PEA Awards Committee, and recognition at the annual business meeting of PEA held at the annual meeting of AERA. In addition, all finalists will receive a one-year honorary membership to the Politics of Education Association.
The Review Process: Completed nominations received by midnight December 1, 2009 will be reviewed by the PEA Dissertation Award Committee. Four to six finalists will be selected for further consideration by January 2009. Finalists will be asked to submit three complete hard copies of the dissertation to the chair of the PEA Awards Committee for review by committee members. Finalists and winners will be announced in the spring PEA Bulletin and honored at the annual PEA business meeting at the regularly scheduled AERA meeting in April/May 2010.
Eligibility and Application Process: Dissertations from students who have successfully defended a dissertation for either an Ed.D. or a Ph.D. in political science or education between June 30, 2008, and July 1, 2009, are eligible for nomination.
The nomination process involves submitting a scholar application form including a four-six page (1,200 word maximum) abstract of the dissertation, which describes the topic and any conceptual underpinnings, details the methods of data collection and analysis, and briefly describes the findings and the conclusions. In addition a nomination form from the dissertation sponsor is required. The sponsor's nomination should describe why the dissertation is exemplary and assess its contribution to the politics of education. It also verifies that the doctoral degree was earned between June 30, 2008, and July 1, 2009. No incomplete nominations will be considered.
Completed applications and nomination forms are to be emailed by midnight December 1, 2009 to eness@uga.edu. Emailed applications will receive a brief confirmation of receipt.
If necessary, applications may be mailed to the address below:
Erik C. Ness, Chair
PEA Dissertation Awards
Institute of Higher Education
010 Meigs Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Members of the 2008-09 PEA Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee:
Erik Ness, Chair, University of Georgia
Christopher Loss, Vanderbilt University
Betty Malen, University of Maryland
Lorraine McDonnell, University of California, Santa Barbara
Vance Randall, Brigham Young University
Dorothy Shipps, Baruch College, City University of New York