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IACM Dissertation of the Year Award Nomination Procedures

posted 27 Jan 2003

Each year, IACM seeks applications from freshly minted Ph.D.s in our field for the Dissertation of the Year Award. If you have received your degree within calendar year 2001 or 2002, then you are eligible to apply. We encourage eligible folks to apply since relatively few dissertations are granted each year in our area. So the chances of winning are quite high.

To apply for the Dissertation of the Year Award submit a 10-page (excluding tables and references), double-spaced abstract of your dissertation to me at the following address:

William Donohue
Department of Communication
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
(donohue@msu.edu)

The deadline for submission is April 1, 2003. Your application must be submitted to me through my e-mail so I can distribute them to the reviewers in this format. I will not accept abstracts in which the text (excluding references and tables) is longer than 10 pages, so keep it short.

When I receive applications I will forward them to two reviewers who will rank order them. If only one person applies, we will hold the dissertation for one year and put it in the next year's pool. In the event of tie rankings on the evaluation, I will send the abstracts to a third reviewer. Applicants are encouraged to give the committee a thorough understanding of the theory, methods, and results of the dissertation study. If you have any questions, please e-mail me and I can help. Best of luck, and I look forward to seeing you in Melbourne.