Dissertation Award Opportunity

[Anna Farrell]

Hi All,

Below is a dissertation award opportunity from the Language Issues SIG of
the Comparative and International Education Society. Best of luck!

*Language Issues SIG Dissertation Award 2014*

The Comparative International Education Society (CIES) Language Issues (LI)
Special Interest Group (SIG) is pleased to announce its 2014 Dissertation
Award!  The award is open to dissertations that focus on educational
language issues, broadly defined, in comparative and international
education.  Dissertations will be reviewed based on the following criteria:



1. The dissertation's relevance to current thinking in the field

2. The degree of sophistication or innovation of the methodology used

3. The soundness of data collection and analysis

4. The dissertation's social utility and/or its implication for policy

5. The degree to which the dissertation incorporates a comparative
perspective



Eligible dissertations must have been filed within an 18-month period prior
to the LI SIG award's extended submission deadline of February 15, 2014
(e.g., from August 15, 2012 to February 15, 2014).   Students in Ed.D. or
Ph.D. programs are eligible and the applicant and/or the Dissertation Chair
must be a current member of CIES.  The winning dissertation will receive
$100.



*Applicants should submit the following four documents to be considered for
the award:*



1. A detailed abstract of no more than five pages along with a
self-assessment indicating how the dissertation meets the above five
criteria; both should be doubled-spaced with no author identification (for
blind review)

2. A title page (not counted within the page limit) with author's name,
address, institutional affiliation, telephone, e-mail address, and names of
dissertation committee chair(s) and members

3. A reference page (not counted within the page limit) with only the
references cited in the abstract, and

4. One letter from the Dissertation Chair recommending the dissertation for
this award (this letter may be sent directly to the Committee at the e-mail
address below).







After the initial round of consideration, the two highest rated candidates
will be asked to send the Committee a file with their entire dissertation.
Awardees will be recognized formally at the LI SIG business meeting at the
CIES Conference in Toronto, Canada, March 10-14, 2014.



Submission Information

Please, submit the above documents electronically (as attachments in Word
compatible files) with the key word "Dissertation Award Submission" in the
subject line to:  cieslangsig at gmail.com by February 15, 2014.  If you have
any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Awards Committee at the
above e-mail address.

-- 
Anna M. Farrell
PhD Student
Comparative and International Development Education
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Cell: 612-599-4712
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