List of Past PGSG Award Winners
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY NON-STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS
Awards are as follows:
- Julian Minghi Outstanding Research Award. This award will be given to the author(s) of a journal article, book chapter, or book published during the previous calendar year that makes an innovative, original contribution to the conceptual and/or methodological embrace of political geography.
- Stanley D. Brunn Young Scholar Award. This award will be given to an individual who has received her/his Ph.D. within the past ten years, in honor of contributions that have generated new interest in the subfield and/or opened up new areas of inquiry for political geographic
research.
- Richard Morrill Public Outreach Award. This award will be given to an individual who has used her or his political geographic expertise to affect change (in public thought or public policy) beyond the academy.
General Information:
1. All awards will be based on nominations made to the President of the PGSG, with award decisions to be made by the PGSG Board.
2. For all awards, the field of political geography will be defined according to the breadth of topics covered in the Political Geography chapter of the “Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century” volume.
3. For each award category, a maximum of one award will be conferred each year, with the announcement to be made at the PGSG Business Meeting taking place the next Spring (e.g., the announcement for the Outstanding Research Award for 2012 will be made at the Spring 2013 Business Meeting). For each award category, if there are no nominees whom the Board views as deserving of merit, no award will be made.
4. Each award recipient will receive a $50 check to honor her or his achievement.
5. Decisions regarding who receives awards will be made by the PGSG Board. The PGSG Board reserves the right to determine whether a nominee (or a nominated publication) falls within the scope of political geography.
6. Nominations by Board members are permitted.
7. Awardees need not be PGSG or AAG members, although awardees will be strongly encouraged to join both groups if they are not already members.
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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Description: The Political Geography Specialty Group (PGSG) student travel awards will be given to support graduate student travel to present a paper on a political geography topic at the PGSG pre-conference and/or the AAG annual meeting. This competition is open to all MA/MS/PhD students and up to ten (10) awards of $200.00 will be given each year.
Guidelines are as follows:
1. The competition is open to all MA/MS/PhD students who are currently enrolled in a Geography degree program and are registered to attend the PGSG pre-conference and/or the AAG annual meeting.
2. Students should submit electronic copies of the following documents to the PGSG student travel award committee chair(listed below) by December 15, 2012: a) their paper title and abstract; b) confirmation of conference registration; c) a brief cover letter stating where they are enrolled, what degree they are pursing, whether they are a member of the PGSG, and the details for any other travel funds they have been awarded.
3. Entries must be on a topic in political geography. The PGSG student travel award committee will prioritize applications based on these criteria: a) PGSG student members will be given preference; b) students with no funding or less funding will be given preference; c) students participating in the PGSG pre-conference will be given preference; d) the potential contribution of the student’s presented research to the field of political geography will be considered.
4. Award winners will be notified no later than January 15, 2013.
5. All monetary prizes are awarded at the discretion of the Student Travel Award Committee. If fewer than ten acceptable entries are made the committee can decide to give less than ten awards in any given year.
6. Any questions pertaining to eligibility will be resolved by the Student Travel Award Committee.
Student Travel Award Committee:
Katrinka Somdahl-Sands, Committee Chair, Rowan University, somdahl-sands@rowan.edu
Darren Purcell, University of Oklahoma, dpurcell@ou.edu
Anne-Laure Amilhat-Szary Université Joseph Fourier, anne-laure.amilhat@ujf-grenoble.fr
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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Description: The undergraduate student paper award will go to the best paper on a political
geography topic written by an undergraduate student, regardless of membership in the
AAG or participation at the Annual Meetings. Papers submitted for awards to other
AAG-affiliated organizations are not eligible. This competition is open to all undergraduate students who have written a research paper or senior thesis on a topic in political geography.
Guidelines are as follows:
1. The competition is open to all undergraduate students, or those who have completed an undergraduate degree since the last award has been made.
2. The entries must be research papers or theses, and not reviews. Papers must be longer than 10 double-spaced pages plus bibliography, but less than 15 pages plus bibliography. Margins must be 1” on all sides and 12 point font must be used.
3. Entries must be on a topic in political geography.
4. Each university may only submit one undergraduate paper or thesis for consideration.
5. Electronic copies of papers must be received by all three members of the PGSG's Undergraduate Student Paper Award Committee Chair by June 15, 2012 to be included in that year's competition. These submissions should be made by the student's advisor or the department chair, which will indicate that the submission is the department’s chosen applicant (see #4 above).
6. Submissions will be judged on their written clarity, methodological and theoretical soundness, and their contributions to research in political geography.
7. All monetary prizes are awarded at the discretion of the Undergraduate Student
Paper Award Committee.
A. Up to three Honorable Mention awards will be given (award of $50 each).
B. The winner of the Award will receive $100.
C. If no acceptable entries are made the committee can decide to not give the award in any given year.
8. The results of the Student Paper Award competitions will be announced in the fall PGSG newsletter. The awards will be formally announced at the PGSG business meeting and the cash awards and registration reimbursement will be distributed to the awardees at that time. The awardees' names and paper titles will be forwarded to the AAG for publication in the AAG Newsletter.
9. Any questions pertaining to eligibility will be resolved by the Undergraduate Student Paper Award Committee.
Undergraduate Paper Award Committee:
Mat Coleman, Commitee Chair, Ohio State University, coleman.373@osu.edu
Weronika Kusek, Kent State University, wkusek@kent.edu
Vincent Artman, University of Kansas, vartman@ku.edu
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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITIONS
Description: The student paper competitions are open to all students who have written and presented a research paper on a topic in political geography.
Guidelines are as follows:
1. The competition is open to all students, however a student may not receive a Student Paper Competition award more than once during her/his tenure as a student. See also 8a below.
2. The entries must be research papers and not complete theses or dissertations. Papers must not be longer than 15 pages double spaced 12 point font, plus bibliography.
3. Entries must be on a topic in political geography.
4. Paper entries must have been presented at a professional meeting during the period beginning with the first day of the previous AAG Annual Meeting and concluding with the last day of the next AAG Annual Meeting.
5. Digital copies of papers must be submitted electronically to the PGSG's Student Paper Award Committee chair by Friday March 15, 2013.
6. Submissions will normally be divided into Masters and Ph.D. student divisions.
7. Submissions will be judged on their written clarity, methodological and theoretical soundness, and their contributions to research in political geography.
8. All monetary prizes are awarded at the discretion of the Student Paper Award Committee. Awards will normally include:
A. A regional student-paper award: for a paper presented at a Regional AAG meeting; award will be $100 for the top paper(MA or Ph.D. level, only one award); a student may not win both student paper awards;
B. Doctoral Student Award ($250),
C. Master's Student Award ($250),
D. up to three Honorable Mention awards
($150).
9. The results of the Student Paper Award competitions will be announced to the winners just prior to the annual AAG meeting. The awardees (including any Honorable Mention awardees) will be invited to attend the annual AAG Awards Luncheon at the expense of the PGSG. The awards will be formally announced at the PGSG business meeting and payment will take place shortly thereafter. The awardees' names and paper titles will be forwarded to the AAG for publication in the AAG Newsletter.
10. Any questions pertaining to eligibility will be resolved by the Student Paper Award Committee.
Graduate Student Paper Committee:
Corey Johnson, Committee Chair, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, corey_johnson@uncg.edu
Steve Radil, Ball State University, sradil@bsu.edu
Helga Leitner,University of Minnesota, helga.leitner-1@umn.edu
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