*GPOW AWARDS*
The Geographic Perspectives on Women (GPOW) Specialty Group is pleased to
announce the Jan Monk Service Award, the Susan Hanson Dissertation
Proposal Award, and the Glenda Laws Student Paper Competition for the year
2014-2015. See below for descriptions of each of these awards.

*Jan Monk Service Award*
This award is named in honor of past-President of the AAG, Jan Monk, and
recognizes a geographer who has made an outstanding service contribution
to women in geography and/or feminist geography. To nominate someone for
this award, please email the name of your nominee and a 1-2 page statement
of support including details of activism and scholarship to the committee
listed below by December 15th, 2014.

*Susan Hanson Dissertation Proposal Award*
This award honors Susan Hanson, a past President of the AAG, whose
scholarship has been key to extending understandings of the intersections
of gender and geography. It seeks to highlight a Ph.D. dissertation
proposal that promises to make substantial contributions to the geographic
analysis and interpretation of topics related to gender, sexuality, and
feminism.

Proposals should be double-spaced, 12-point font and not more than 10
pages in length (excluding bibliography). There should be a title page
with the student’s name and institution. So that the judges may read the
proposals anonymously, do not include author’s name anywhere on the inside
pages of the paper.  Email the dissertation proposal (as a .doc or .pdf
file) to the committee listed below by December 15th, 2014.

*Glenda Laws Student Paper Competition*
This award is named in memory of feminist geographer Glenda Laws
(1959-1996), who, among many other things, was a fabulous mentor to her
undergraduate and graduate students. Up to two prizes will be awarded, and
both undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to participate.
Papers must derive from and contribute to feminist research in geography.
Papers presented at a regional or national geography meeting from April 1,
2014 through April 30, 2015 are eligible for consideration. Papers written for
course work during this period will also be considered. Theses and
dissertations are not eligible for this competition.

Papers should be double-spaced, 12-point font, and not more than 15 pages
in length (excluding bibliography). There should be a title page with the
student’s name, institution, level of study (B.A./B.S., M.A./M.S., Ph.D.),
and when and where the paper was/will be presented or the course title,
term and year for which the paper was written. So that the judges may read
the papers anonymously, do not include author’s name anywhere on the
inside pages of the paper. Please email a copy of your paper (as a .doc or
.pdf file) to the committee listed below by December 15th, 2014

We would like to continue building the GPOW community by treating this
competition as a community event. We ask that faculty members encourage
students at all levels to submit written work, and that graduate students
encourage and mentor undergraduate students to submit papers.  Please note

that there will be a monetary award presented to all of the winners.

Please direct questions and submissions to the GPOW Honors and Awards Committee at the following e-mail address:

 

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GPOW Awards Committee:

 

Dr. Roberta Hawkins
University of Guelph

 

Dr. Sya Buryn Kedzior

Towson University

Dr. Nazgol Bagheri

University of Texas at San Antonio